of the few neighboring countries, greed, overall materials the world. all too often silence in the face of tragedy. congo empire of silence starts february 15 on dw, the. this is dw news live, and from berlin, a car ran into a crowd of people in munich. at least 28 were injured and police say the driver and ask in asylum seeker is now in custody. also coming up with donald trump, us defense secretary, defending his boss and nato headquarters in brussels, pete hex, it insisting that trump is not betraying ukraine by keeping in to the kremlin. and the stars coming out in berlin as its 75th international film festival. the $1000000000.00 gets underway. asked this. oh the

i bring golf is good to have you. with this in the german city of munich, a car has plowed into a crowd of people of 28 were injured in what police are treating as an attack. it happened just before 11 am local time. the crowd was made up of people taking part in the trade union demonstration. police have arrested one suspect, described as a 24 year old asylum seeker from afghanistan. a short while ago we heard from the german chancellor, olaf schultz take a list. this to him, full bottom. i have already commented on the terrible attacking munich and i want to again stress avery sentence. there must be decisive action investigations are on the way. i do not want to present their conclusions, but alcohol works uh with the victims and know they have families. some of the

victims were very, very seriously injured. yeah. yeah, for let's all you want to take a closer look now at how events spend folded today and meaning it's please send emergency services. a rush to the scene of storage. he said some of the victims were very seriously hurt. may have included children. please said most of the injured had been taking part in a demonstration linked to a strike in the city center. the suspect driving a mini cooper overtook a police vehicle is scolding the demonstrate to us from behind. the suspect then accelerated and drove into the crowd. must be clean. colleagues caught the perpetrator soon after the vehicle was shot at once, that the perpetrator was arrested. political leaders said they would devastated by once it happened that things in germany needed to change police by dreadful. it is

simply dreadful, ladies and gentlemen, when you get the message off that again someone has driven their car into a crowd of people missed. i'm out and there are a lot of injured people because its feed, if its a slap in the face is launch loggins' desist. some have speculated it could it be was it's so many police are not being deployed because of a major international security conference set to starts in the city on friday. the incident also comes after a series of bon into tex involving asylum seekers and less than 2 weeks before a small selection dominated by the issue of migration. dw, as chief international editor, richard walker is in munich. he has the latest on the investigation. so this is the scene of the attacking central munich, just a few minutes worked from the main central railway station this down there. and as you can see, the many that's being described in our report being looked at as close to police

have been gathering evidence over the last few hours since this attack happens. and it's really striking to see just that the scale of that dent in the wind screen, the buckle in the roof, which it shows the kind of force with which the car drove into people who are demonstrating on the street for demonstration for high pay is part of a strike and i think, you know, that gives you a feel for how quickly the police came to the conclusion that this was not some sort of accident that this was a deliberate act. and talking to somebody who was in that demonstration, they describe how the car came into the back of the, of the demonstration parade that was working along the street here, overtaking police cause it was supposed to be protecting it implying into the crouch. and you can see on the ground here,

a lot of items still strewn on the roads. some of the 4 blankets that are used to keep victims. woman try to see umbrellas and yet you've had those. so police drones flying over the scene, trying to search across and get a sense of the scene, the team in charge of the investigation on a team that looks at extremism. and that is the direction that the investigations are going and that this attack appears to have been motivated by an islamist political motivation. so an act of terrorism here on the streets of munich, on the eve of the munich security conference with wellesley does a gathering over this weekend to talk about what war and peace particularly here in europe, but around the world. and also, just over a week before the federal elections here in germany and election campaigns that has

already been turned into a kind of a fever over the issue of migration and security as a result of previous attacks. now here in unit, yes, another attack is for the going to intensify. the sense that the politicians need to get a grip on it domestic security. and this issue of migration, if that to prevent further rises of the fall right here in germany, in the weeks and years to come. that was the w as richard walker, they are reporting from munich. here's a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the palestinian militant group, i'm off, it says it will release 3 is really hostages this saturday as plan a mouse had threatened to delay the release and had accused is real of failing to live up to his promises under the ceasefire. d. o. a claim that is real did not robert f. kennedy junior has been confirmed as the new united states secretary of,

well, it was approved by the us senate with 52 votes to 48, or if k has a history of vaccine skepticism and spreading misinformation. he says his priorities and government include tackling obesity and removing ultra processed foods from school lunches. the german luxury car maker porsha says it will cut 1900 jobs by the year 2029 to factories here in germany are set to be effected. forces share price has fall in 30 percent in the past year as its business in china as we can. the news comes as other major german carmakers, such as volkswagen, also consider significant job costs. the new us defense secretary is here in europe, a deflecting criticism aimed at his balls pete hex. it today defended us president trump's effort to begin to go shooting a piece of a mint for ukraine, with russia,

appearing at nato headquarters in brussels. the u. s. defense chief rejected criticism from european members of the alliance over trump, this phone call to russian president vladimir putin. germany's defense minister was among those criticising. he expressed regret over what he calls concessions made by to russia, both side lining ukraine excesses said future funding for ukraine could be on the table during negotiations. but he praised the trump initiative, saying it was not a betrayal of ukraine. i would start by saying the, the arguments that have been made that somehow i'm coming to the table right now is making concessions, divide or putting outright that we otherwise are that the president of the united states shouldn't otherwise make. just reject that at its face. there's a reason why negotiations are happening right now. just a few weeks after president trump this morning, just press united states is vladimir put in response to strength. we have the

perfect deal maker at the table from a position of strength to deal with both vladimir putin and zelinski. no one's going to get everything that they want. understanding who committed the aggression in the 1st place. or for more, i'm joined now by belinda. check it over. do you a political strategist and a geopolitical analyst in the end? it's good to have you. with this, we just heard the us secretary of defense pete hex, of saying that both ukraine and rush of will have to make concessions in a possible peace deal. does it make sense though, to speak of concessions before these talks of even the guy will absolutely know it's all vs because of the way it was presented. it's very much looks like us. russian negotiated ceasefire and ukraine is going to be

for the europeans. are sidelines in this process. haig says, more in europe, that any future peace agreement between russia and ukraine bill needs to be guaranteed and supervised not by the united states, but by europe. is europe ready to do this? well, absolutely no. to hear what else? again, york is expected to secure a piece that has not been negotiated and likely will not negotiate or will be, is it, it again, some sort of a stick us, you know, sidelines and of secondary importance in the process. so security guarantees will be very weak and then will be, must be in my literal deals. and obviously the union will provide some training. but let's be honest to hear what kind of fuel can security guarantees.

are we expecting in 2025 to be vague and it will be sufficient and most likely, well, surely the us president and the new defense secretary that they have to know that would you agree with the criticism that we've heard today that the us is betraying it's l y ukraine, or will the us and a trip to point 0 is going after its own interest and the national interest of the us is not overlapping with the interest of the europeans. this isn't a note with the interest of ukraine, again here, which is the interest of the us. trump wants to be a peacemaker. she wants a quick deal. that's why it's going to be quickly negotiated ceasefire. certainly short term piece. under caution, wiley, brenwood likely will likely continue preparing for future consultation. so with

russia that's for sure the needs of the war will also continue be on 20262027. the framework bought on behalf of europe. um, the options are quite limited to because we know for a fact that the opiates are planning to increase the defense budget. so they will have to meet to ukraine's security and defense. steve, we have here a lot of open. so here, let me ask you the present, the us president, once the native members to commit to 5 percent of g d p for defense. is that realistic or no, it's not realistic at all because a lot of sudden you can they to members or even struggling to commit to the 2 percent. most likely they will, let's say arrive at some sort of treat treatments, 3.5 percent agreement. but again, defense budgets will continue rising. that's for sure, the twenty's, which is what it will take,

5 to 10 years for this trend to actually many. so it's a long term process. it's all going to happen in 2025 right now. you know, your brain is in a dire need for not only security guarantees, but also direct me 38. if the ministry 8 is not coming from the us, it has to come from somewhere else and degrees. you can states believe to talk it over. we appreciate your time and your valuable insights to 9. thank you. thank you very much. well, if you're watching us in the united states, this will be no surprise eg prices have hit an all time high in the united states that nearly $5.00 for a dozen ex avian flu. birds flew outbreaks which have killed millions of egg laying . hands are bearing much of the blame, no chicken, no egg and with supplies running short and even reports of isolated rationing consumers have been left scrambling. it's become

a common site and us grocery stores. empty shells, hardly any eggs here. and if they can be found at all, they come with an s o nomic, a price tag. that is not only the raw stuff, the price of 8 dishes and restaurants is up. many fast food chains are adding a surcharge to everything from omelettes to pancakes. food insulation is hurting americans so much. so that's some of getting creative. a growing trend, backyard shaking, raising the animal's at home brings a steady supply of the nutritious goods. this small life stuck farm in texas, so it's hobby farmers up in the last few weeks, they've noticed in a dramatic increase in the demand for, for chickens is people are wanting to buy them because the big prices have gone up or, or heads just are not available, our sales for poultry doubled or maybe potentially triple. maybe we're selling 100

chickens a week or more truck drive. our tool will be k. uh, is looking at rhode island rates today. they are a popular breed because they're easy to raise and lee reliably. and we'll see when we can we in price this went up a lot. we owe a lot. it is expensive now that it is cheaper to buy chickens and raised and i think we will see what happens almost like a lot. one of the reasons for the usually high price is the avian flu, which is decimated, pull to live stocks across the u. s. but why like price visibly high inflation has long been an issue for americans. however, it has come down a lot from as opposed cobit high, near 10 percent. we're close but not there on inflation. and you did see today's inflation print which, which says the same thing that we were we've had made great progress toward to

percent last year or inflation was 2.6 percent. so great progress, but we're not quite there yet. so we want to keep policy restrictive for now as the trump administration has policies, so not helping, whether it's loud appeals for the interest rates or tariff threats against the trade partners. they cut them as a warning that americans will continue to sell out more for goods and services. so maybe back your chicken can use the financial painted bait. although with a spread of the avian flu, the price for life chicken has gone up to date, march the 80th anniversary of the fire bombing of the german city of dressed and in world war 2 international guess. and local officials will mark the occasion with speeches, music, and a human chain to call for peace. of starting on february 13th, 1945, hundreds of british and us planes, dropped bombs and started the fire storming drugs. been up to 25000 people died and

the city center was destroyed. the bombing was part of the controversial allied the strategy of targeting city to bring about the end of the war. a war which germany had started. german planes had already bombed british cities earlier in the world or at our political correspondence. so i mean young is in drugs didn't get anything to you. so i mean, so how does the city come memories? the bombings that began to 80 years ago today. yes ma'am, there has been that many memorial events in dress than today rece playing and symmetries around the city service at the rebuilt call. in case you have a judge of a lady that many people will know. and here where i'm standing outside december of for a building and all the same is building in this how to address them to the saving. that's been a class singing and hundreds of people gathered to listen to politicians. speaking

about the significance of this day and how it's important to keep the memory alive . and that event was also attended at by the g, cuz 10 to senior members of the british royal family. as he said, of course, it was the prettiest royal air force that planned and led to the attack that was devastating to the city. and at 6 o'clock, hundreds of people held hands informed, su in chain here through the historic hearts of the city. just to show, standing in silence, that sense of a solemn remembrance of the city of this anniversary. that means so much, i think still to people here it's, i mean, we know the, in the past far white groups extreme is they've tried to maybe create political capital. and to exploit this day of remembrance of will they be able to do that this year as well?

that's certainly the plan. there are number of large demonstrations by right wing extremist groups coming from all around germany, but also from places across europe and domestic intelligence. so far is, is a warning of a master's mobilization of these people at they do seek repeatedly to sort of use this data to sort of throw the focus on the idea that it was germans who somehow were mainly the victims at all for the 2nd world war and the ones who really lost out as it were, and people talk about a hollow cost against germans in the bones of dressed and those off twisted versions of history. i would say at least as far as most people here in germany, i can said, but we will hear those kind of woods in the next few days now here this evening on the actual anniversary. but so there's a huge police presence here in the city. ready for any trouble and of course it'll be counts of demonstrations. i think it's against the right wing extremist as well

. all right, our very own. so i mean young in dresden for us tonight. so i mean is always think the berlin international film festival known as the barely nala has officially kicked off a list. actor timothy shell, him a is here for the german premier of his bob dylan by a pick a complete unknown and killed us. what will receive an honorary golden bear for her life's work? the festival itself was launched with a premier from germany in in those lights by director tom to class. a mysterious woman from syria sets out to transform a dysfunctional german family life. and is it some information and it's looking for plan will change the family forever. the supernatural thriller opens this year's berlin international film festival. the, it's

a film that's political, but it's also very joyful across his own ro boundaries. it's it's, it's a delight, political, joyful, crossing boundaries. those are the hallmarks of the valley, not of the world's top film festivals. they may also be the most down to earth or movie lovers. movie stars and industry players all attend world premieres together is the best festival just to reach a wide audience. it's always great to see the reaction of from the public. it's my favorite festival actually. but very goal. see all these on thing. stars and their fans will be bundling up here in berlin for the festival. 75th edition. this year is also a tribute to the festivals history. first organized by the us army and 1951, west berlin. it brought international glamour to a city occupied and still largely in ruins. after world war 2, the festival quickly became one of the biggest, attracting the world stars. even as the berlin wall went up and later came down

at the same time, the bailey knowledge gained a reputation as a political festival. regularly honoring directors from a run for films shot in secret from the regime. last year except in speeches criticizing israel and germany support for israel sparked a political scandal with german politicians calling them unacceptably. one sided with ear, somehow was spinning and active as their calling for a boycott of the valley. now that we want a welcoming and increase of festival, we also want a festival that values and protects free speech and free dialogue and discourse. this year's political focus is largely on germany, violence targeting the countries immigrant communities is the topic of multiple documentaries. it comes as germany is due to vote in an election centering on

migration. and my colleague david levitz, he's covering the berlin film festival for us. how are you doing, david? so the barely knowledge we know it has a reputation for courting political controversies. i, as you said in your report, there were less than 2 weeks away from a national election here. so what can we expect from the festival this year? well, brand this, uh, this festival is a window on a, on the world. so we've got people from all over the worlds here who want to get their political message out nonsense here from germany in the short time that i've been standing here on the red carpet. i've heard political messages pro is rarely pro palestinian anti chinese feminist. and the list goes on, but as you said, that germany is facing a pretty decisive election in just 2 weeks time. and this festival ends the day before that election. so we can be sure that especially on the award ceremony night the day before the election,

we're going to be hearing about it once the more the festivals director has said, she's hoping this year there will be no drama or that the drama to say on the big screen. i don't think that that's very likely. yeah, well let's push politics to the side for a moment. i mean, how much star power can we expect this year to are the biggest celebrities. it will show up in a very frigid berlin of the very 1st and indeed an amazingly they managed to wear a very little on the red carpet. i'm always amazed every year we've got uh, just a good chest in coming uh uh, cumber batch timothy shall. and may, as you said, and of course, tilda swinton cruz just picking up her prize right now for her lifetime achievement . she's of course a big icon of art house cinema. i very versatile, very worldly, very stylish, a performer who can be a core key and play the bad guy and the good guy and can be from and, but sometimes all in the same film. and she's also a big friend,

a vista as to what she's been coming here to berlin, believe it or not, since 1986, when the berlin wall was still up just a stone's throw from here actually. and she's had, she started, i think, 26 movies that have played here at this festival. so someone who's really admired and loves around the world, but for took over here in berlin and they've been, you know, you get the plumb assignments for the next 2 weeks. particularly in the middle of winter here in berlin. this is perfect movie going whether so what films are you looking forward to the most uh, well, you know, i just saw uh, the opening night movie, the lights by its on 6, the one that's having its world premiere in just a few minutes. let me tell you just a little bit more about this because i couldn't help but thinking this is a little bit like a modern day berlin mary poppins. you've got this really dysfunctional family, a family in which the kids are, like i said, modern day berlin, the kids are sort of disappearing into a world,

a party and drugs and be our video games. meanwhile, the parents are working too much. they're not coming together. i'm just outside figure, very much like in disney is mary poppins movie comes in, except that she's a syrian refugee and she's a syrian refugee who has in alteri or spiritual motive that has to do with her own families. fate. so, um, another big, barely dollars guides on through for the director of this movie. she really changed the world's look on german. send them a 20 years ago with a run lola run. more recently with a series of babylon, berlin. and here's another one who's really happily seen here. there's another movie that i'm also looking forward to seeing the one with jessica testing. she plays the land therapist in the united states with a much younger ballet dancer above her, who comes to be with her from mexico. throws her whole life out of whack and she is trying to maintain the order of her life. i'm really looking forward to seeing that one to brand. all right, david lovetts david,

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