when, why did they have all the time? i should just search for the day and take them out for the . this is dw news live from berlin. german officials promised a swift investigation into this week's deadly christmas market attacked as mag version ones. the victims many question how a rampaging driver was able to reach event security also on the program. look inside ukraine's soviet era and nuclear weapons facilities as the country stairs down a stalemate. and it's where we're russia. many are wondering what could have been if you print and held onto it, atomic are some the

i'm on east of welcome to the program. the german government has promised to thoroughly investigate whether there were any security lapses before the deadly attack on a christmas market. and magda burke, 5 people died and 200 were injured. when a car plowed through the crowd of visitors there on friday night, the city is still coming to terms with what happened at the site of the christmas market and mark the board. a c flowers and candles for the victims. tributes are still pouring in for those killed when a driver tore through the market at speed. the community is deeply shaken by friday's attack. those who come to pay their respects at the site are searching for answers. yes, i'm deeply solved success with those taking a toll on me. i'm horrified. that's something like this. going to happen. despite the boat up. despite the safety precautions,

it makes no sense at all. as the shock lingers, german authorities are investigating how something like this could happen. especially after reports, the suspect had been repeatedly flagged by multiple sources, including officials in saudi arabia, his country of origin, germany security agencies under pressure to explain why they couldn't stop the attack. because it, while i'm or we, our selves were once the recipients of the tea pot from saudi arabia in november 2023 proceedings were also initiated here on the police inspection and health and took appropriate investigative measures when it was so on. specifically that in the end, it could have been seen as a warning. yeah. and i would need, but he was not known for violent acts. although the suspect had no violent history or ties to banned groups. authorities called the attack or a potential risk, but said no concrete threats set off. alarm bells, scott pin,

but never ripped boats. and now it has to be glorified who sent them. and they said when and to which i told her to use it for how was it assessed and coming to us only then we could see whether it was followed up or not. whether it should have been looked at again, or whether the measures that were taken were sufficient. in fact, the investigation continues. and as residents and mark the board more and german leaders are promising. swift answers and dw chief political correspondent anita has a, has more on the state of the investigation. slow as we heard that with lots of warnings from individuals who are less examined as ours is that they have to look into a ton of a. and that includes members of an n g o, for example, working with ex muslims who had filed a legal case against him for threats on the x platform in which he said that the german police were trying to install is live msm in germany. and they made lots of

similar posts like that on next. that should have been deeply concerning cooling for under michael's death. for example, he'd also even been fined by german authorities. so making threats in the past and the so the government longevity about him, we're hearing that he goes to an official less from german authorities in which they try to detect him from breaking the law off to some of the threats that he made. all of this is now being investigated and they really have to provide answers here as to how as far as ease of working together, whether the information actually reaches people who are in the position to then follow up with consequences. what's challenging here is that he doesn't seem to fit in any of the typical categories. he called himself left wing, but then support at the far right a d and it's ideas. and what we're hearing is that there will be a special parliamentary committee session here in berlin on the 30th of december, where dom intelligence representatives are also going to be hug

in ukraine. talk of a possible peace plan has highlighted concerns that any pause in the fighting could give russia time to rebuild at the army. to counter this, key of supporters have put forward several proposals. european peacekeepers controlling the front lines. nato security guarantees and promises of more weapons . but what would it take to convince ukrainians that the threat from russia has ended and not just been postponed? dw nick connelly takes the diving ukraine's soviet past, understand their hopes for the future. this isn't a submarine. this is a soviet era nuclear weapons come on center, 40 meters underground. yep. oh wonderful. so what you wouldn't have known if you're building new york and boston, you'd have just been told that plan 50 and new york. can you do both offices and charge to press this lock and then turn a key at the same time for the launch to go ahead. let's go back in the 19 eighties

and nobody was in uniform 10 soviet nuclear missiles are based at this, such a loan, ready to strike american cities in a matter of minutes. now it's a museum analogy, is it to guide off to the collapse of the soviet union? newly independent ukraine inherited the was the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal, gave them up in return for security guarantees known as the budapest memorandum. those promises from russia, the rest of the u. k. i've turned out to mean little they're more more ukrainians who regret the fact that their country gave up these weapons? they say ukraine still hadn't their weapons. maybe the russians wouldn't have invited. how did you credit without nuclear weapons protect itself from a bigger nuclear on may by and russia, the constraints to attack it with those very same ones that would have been based here. back in the day, you will see this of was elected to ukraine's parliament in 2014 after rush or invaded in 2022, joined the ministry, and now come onto the drum unit. you spoke with us and the front lines. some of the

live was we weren't duped in the it's as simple as that. do you thought us? we didn't get real security guarantees back then and we're paying for it now with our blood needs to speak to in the ukrainians aren't going to the same thing happen again. apples, but it was all what would it take for ukrainians to feel secure? since rushes full scale invasion, ukraine has signed a number of bilateral security agreements with countries including germany, u. k. and the us think of that just to supply weapons and took himself within 24 hours. should ukraine be attacked again in the future? fits of says that's not enough. sure to pretends regime collapsing will you credit joining nato if he's one of the joints for lost in peace. international peacekeepers. the key to position you come to if we have thousands of british french, german and polish troops along the front lines, then that's a real guarantee. that piece might actually a whole, you know,

didn't move that this war will be over those or anything else. all other kinds of deals with just to ensure that the words just pause and will break out again in a month or a year's time, which is, which is mostly which is the let's say that would require tens of thousands of troops, not just along to 1000 kilometers frontline, but also along ukraine's borders with russia and batteries. and they would need to be on even if and it's a big if countries like germany, new k, would be willing to risk sending troops to face off with russia. the bigger question remains whether they actually have enough troops to do so. and for more on this we know across live to w correspondence. sonya father, the car and t. if sonya in that report, we just saw. the ukranian commander mentioned the idea of having european peacekeepers guarantee a possible seized by or is that a popular idea and you can of what i think. so you clean up a really critical point is that any kind of ceasefire without the mechanism in

place to try and prevent russia from attacking your queen again is just the dangerous and this is why listen, savanski has been, you know, pushing for me to membership. he said was the only way to stop like to be 14 from coming back. but until that happens, and that could take a long time. ukraine has very welcome to student in essence, ideal of your, of these people as you're trying to hold the piece in ukraine. we hold a few days ago from folks with some of the ukrainian foreign ministry who said that discussions of this a gaining traction now with the autopay and partners. but he did admit that these conversations are still quite low on specific detail. i think the system of debates that is limited to policy circles among lawmakers here to ukraine, which when you speak to ordinary people, you know, one common argument you sure is that until now you create has been, you know, it's really your 1st line of defense against russia to free the very high price for making sure all sure it doesn't, you know, advance for the attack other european countries. and this is only fed and all for

europe in nations and partners to really step up and put boots on the ground and help you planes, you know, over switch forces to try and wanted to a potential ceasefire versus the landscape of his thoughts is also pointed out that this, this, this problem of this question of peacekeepers is also likely to be quite complex. he said there are many questions. we don't know the potential size of, of, of, of possible contingent. we don't know how robust them and it could be. and of course, he's also said, we don't know how they would respond if there was a connection from profit. so lots of unknowns to and what is the mood like and you cry. now that we're just a month away from donald trump returning to the white house when i'm in the mood in ukraine, associated golfing doc. oh, you do. i think people are exhausted. often the 3 years of war. you know, everyone sure has lost a family members or friends. a, you know, ukraine is still losing ground in the east to russia. it's been struggling to find fresh school for the opinion. polls here are suggesting that a majority of ukrainians now wanted to see like on pre negotiated into the small as

quickly as possible. and many people who all seem to feels like us president elect donald trump, might be best place to do that to kind of lean on both russia and ukraine to end up with the conflicts out on some of the acceptable terms. within the same time, i have to say that is also exciting in keys, but the incoming topic ministration could go to a call to reduce the thoughts of critical us some of the 38 to ukraine. that will also somebody's here that you know, trump promises in this conflict very quickly called pressure ukraine into accepting some kind of a bad b, which would leave, you know, chunks of, instead of 3 to russia and without security gavin trees to tell any kind of future aggression for most of uh from las go, but i have to say that if you look at opinion for donald trump for being supposedly quite a popular new queen, a lot of people seem to be putting the hopes on him to really in this conflict. dw sonya father, the car and keith, thank you and keeping with us present elect, donald trump,

he's threatened to retake control over the panama canal. trump told supporters panama was charging too much for us on ships to pass through. considering how much washington spent to build the waterway more more than a 100 years ago. panama, as president, has had back consisting control the canal is non negotiable. it's less than a month until he's back at the white house and president elect. donald trump is showing what his approach to international trade may look like. addressing his support is that they're ready in arizona. it use the central american state of panama, of over charging you as a vessel for passing through the panama canal vendors. this complete rip off of our country will immediately stop. the stop the united states has a big invested. it says the secure, efficient and reliable operation of the panama canal, the us health finance,

and construct the canal a 100 to 10 years ago, and finally handed over control of the passage to panama in 1999. passing through the panama canal, it significantly reduced maritime travel time by connecting the atlantic and pacific oceans and adding more efficient global trades. the president elect fee, as other countries could gain too much influence on the canal. and for all is good . when president jimmy carter flawlessly gave it away, gave it away for 1 dollar, 1 dollar during his sermon office, it was only for panama to manage and not for china or any other country to manage it. see what's going on there. china, the principles both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving or not follow, then we will demand that the panama canal be returned to the united states of america upon him as president closer. oh,

i'm willing to reject that. china has any site in the management of the canal and insisted everyone has equal treatment and come out of the unit. think about was not controlled directly or indirectly by china, european community, united states or any other power or was a panamanian. but i rejects any statement that misrepresents is reality. the other one because i feel good. the canal will continue to be in panamanian, hands on the patrimony of our nation. and guaranteeing its use for the peaceful, uninterrupted transit of ships of all nations or any federal bureau. and are they bought on a few 100 y. trump has yet to clarify how he plans to enforce his threats. the world may have caught a glimpse of what we expect from his 2nd presidency. and a reminder of our top story. as the german government has promised a swift investigation to find out whether security services could have prevented the deadly attack on a christmas market. and mca burke,

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