but you can protect yourself and your family from diseases in the home by applying the 5 keys to see for use them. you also have a role to play the this is dw deers, live in from berlin, and it has happened again, a car ramming into a crowd of people here in germany. there's a anger and there were questions. munich. police are holding a driver who injured 30 people with his car, some of them severely. it's the latest in a series of suspected attacks in germany as a federal election approach is also coming up. the new us defense secretary, defending is balls at nato headquarters in brussels, pete, the exit insisting that president trump is not for training ukraine by keeping into the kremlin. and even a snow storm wasn't enough to shut down the red carpet. as the stars came out, to kick off the 75th, berlin international film festival,

the barely and all the hybrid gone to our viewers watching on tv. so the united states that you all do around the world. welcome. in the german city of munich, a car has plowed into a crowd of people. 30 people injured in what police are treating as an attack that happened just before 11 am local time. the crowd was made up of people taking part in a trade union demonstration. police of arrest and one suspect, described as a 24 year old asylum seeker from afghanistan. earlier this evening, 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,

they must be decisive action investigations are on the way. i do not want to preempt their conclusions, but al thoughts with the victims and all day families. some of the victims were very, very seriously injured. yeah, for let's all right, here's a closer look now at the events, unhealthy unfolded today in munich police and emergency services rushed 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 is from behind. the suspect then accelerated and drove into the crowd. must be clean. colleagues come the perpetrator,

boots of this vehicle was shot at once. that the perpetrator was arrested. political leaders said they would devastated by what had happened. the 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 and them out and there are a lot of injured people because it's feed, if it's a slap in the face, isn't loggins desist. some have speculated it could have been worse if so many police are not being deployed because of a major international security conference that starts in the city on friday. the incident also comes after a series of fun, into tex, involving asylum seekers and less than 2 weeks before snuff collection dominated by the issue of migration. when he w. c. political editor, mikella cooper, joins me now from munich. mikaela, what do we know about the suspect about

a pre to earlier before she was actually in daphne legally. that's what's the value of the state of, of area where i'm here in unit of the interior minister said earlier, this seems to have been some confusion. he was known to the police, but because he was a witness of because of shoplifting. that took place. he worked as a detective in a stool, and that's why he was on file. so he is somebody who came from afghanistan is that much fits into a past and we see previously what he did hold the legal title to be here in germany . never the less this has re ignited, if it ever actually stop the debate about migration here in germany. and since the, the question of whether the risk of such violent attacks, we saw a similar attack on a christmas market before christmas. in mac, the bug is something that now needs to be tackled with more than was particular

with alexis has 10 days away. yeah, that's exactly right. to me, we're just over a week away from these election security migration or both explosive political issues. what impact mckellar, do you see this incident having on the outcome of the boat as well? many people see that this could play into the hands of the far right alternative for germany here in terms of pulling it around 20 percent. my suspicion though is because we seen so much debate about this issue. we seen a very contentious vote in parliament of what fall, right, if the votes help conservative cd you votes of that front for our free police mats across the finish line and in something against migration, and it still didn't move the poles. so we're seeing a very heated media debate. i really have question marks, whether this will move to the, the a lot currency, the conservative cd you see issue and solution. math is in the lead. and the greens

and the social democrats are at a neck and neck races to become 2nd up potential kotis and putting into the future government to ok, dw mikaela clifton, with the latest there in munich, mckayla. thank you. and our coverage continues. i'm joined now by hundreds yackel chandler. he is the senior director of the counter extremism project. it's good to have you with us this evening. we now know that this case has been handed over to prosecutors who specifically investigate extremism and terrorism. so what does that tell you? well, that means that the deputy indications that this individual acted according to some extremist ideology, whether he was connected devices because it's of course, a architect. pick an attack to use a car to drive into a crowd of people. that is, this has been advises eas, advising it some besides us, and support as worldwide since 2017 repeated. this is the latest incident

involving a person driving a car into a crowd of people here in germany. are these isolated events, or do you see any connection between at the moment there is nothing pointing to the connection between these. we have, in fact, 6 terrorist attacks in germany the last 10 months. so if you have some actual wave on our hands, but it's not that this is a mazda plan news, but it's all tied to another group. it's simply an expression of a couple of things. number one, we have a much more operationally free ice is all try to enter and it works because we have to be drawn from all the conflicting areas i've got is done africa, the meetings on the fields the out on the winning street and they feel they've defeated the americans enough to understand the french to your beams as the way to pick up. and now you're wrong and rush struck in syria in we have

a very much hamstring, a security structure in germany as well as a social media environment which is crucial for communication. radicalization, financing and full coordination of attacks. we're the companies are getting worse, obviously saying they are no longer doing content motivation. robin. we've got an election here in germany in just 10 days time tonight and distribute transfer all of shoulds suggested that data protection laws here are preventing german authorities from identifying potential perpetrators of terrorist acts early. what do you say about that as well? i would say finally, it's really sad, but it took so long for this debate to stop. i've been calling for this for over a year. we have put in the last couple of years, the german security forces, whether it's the group police, the external, evolving to try to contention service on much that, that firm

a digit 14 by reform of many of these laws. one consequence of this was however, that their ability to operate online to really analyze mass style to use artificial intelligence is being much more hamstring because of data protection concepts. so much so that one has the feeling that the imagination in the law is that the internet is one single book centrally located in germany, that the security forces will have to look through. this is no longer the case. this is a worldwide mass style environment. in which, without the need to dig a provisions that they are allowed to do that they can not get the right technology . they can not hire the competent people to do that. i the they will always remain behind august because yeah, that's the reason why it's called the world wide web. and you have them schindler, with the counter extremism project, mr. sion, there's always good to talk with you. we appreciate your analysis tonight. thank you. thank you so much i or here's

a quick look now some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world, the palestinian militant group. i'm also says it will release 3 is really hostages this saturday as plan a mos had threatened to delay the release and had accused is real, a failing to live up to its promises under the ceasefire. d. o. a claim that is real, do not robert f. kennedy junior has been confirmed as the new and us secretary of health. he was approved by the senate with 52 votes to fit 48, or if k has a history of vaccine skepticism and of spreading this information. he says these priorities and government include tackling obesity and removing ultra processed foods from school lunches. although has some into most skills ambassador over to russian drones. it said violated its air space. it exploded on its territory. officials said the incursion took place during an attack on the danube river port

in neighboring ukraine. romania said, its air space was also breached. the new us defense secretary is here in europe deflecting criticism aimed at his balls. p. higgs of today defended us president trump's effort to begin negotiating a piece of a mint for ukraine with russia, appearing in nato headquarters in brussels. the us defense chief rejected criticism from european members and the alliance over truck, this phone call to russian president vladimir putin. germany's defense minister was among those criticising. he expressed regret over what he called concessions made to russia while sidelining ukraine sue. and i'd give you a, put in secretary hicks as it said future funding for ukraine could be on the table during the negotiations. and he praised president trump's initiative, saying that it was not a betrayal of ukraine. and 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 to blabber 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 vladimir potent responds to frank. 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 the german trans. oh luck, schoultz. he reacted to the statement made by the us defense. secretary schultz told reporters that no deal can be made over the heads of the your ukrainians and the europeans via vista. the month. we know that no one long piece more

than that. you craning as for the slot at the same time, it's clear that a russian victory or a collapse of ukraine will not lead to pace just the opposite side of it. wouldn't change of pace and stability across your 5 be your new crime. and that's, that's a faithful. we have to work together without partners in our ongoing negotiations, confidently and engaged because they affect us directly being on the vehicle we, europeans, ukraine's the strongest supporters. and we will remain so as long as necessary, even after a possible peace treaty make nothing about ukraine without ukrainians, and nothing about europe without your opinions. that's what counts as in fields with all of our friends in partners in europe, agree on this. to put it clearly piece must last for the long terms and it has to secure ukraine sovereignty. so that's why

a dictated pace will never get out support. we also want to grade to a solution that leads to a d, calculating of european and american security. that would only benefit one person, president for reason president 40. 0 our coverage continues now with the w corresponding economy. he's in keith tonight. nick as we heard us secretary of defense p. hex that he said today they're both ukraine and russia will have hard concessions to making any possible peace thoughts. i'm wondering to night, how do you cranium, feel about this notion of making concessions to russia? i think brent ukrainians were expecting some of these things, we had heard the trouble mistakes and doing mostly quite about nature. same thing, even on the bodies and about bring back home by territory. i think there's no doubt tone, especially initially after we had that post from donald trump about his goal with pushing that effusive posted to the social way. he talked about coming history,

fighting the notes, the other will go to where he talked about teaching praise pollution for using his trump common sense kind of most. so there was a sense, really, that this was all about ukraine giving things up and rush or were, you know, being honest during the return in those last remarks you heard from hicks at the slight seeming correction. what we're talking also about the fact that russia is the aggressor and this ukraine, the victim, that it is also for us to do things. but suddenly there is a worry that still trump, of someone who as we know, gets on past with dictators with strong man and who is a lot more interested in dealing with region than he is in dealing with the landscape. he did though, even though in the that post it seems like you would just inform zalinski of what had been decided. he did go on speak with zaleski for an hour of his 90 minutes of teaching. so it is a scary time for ukrainians, but it is maybe not quite as, as kind of one sided in, in, in kind of implications as it might initiatives. and yeah, and you know, we heard from the german chancellor today a whole lot. schultz is saying that you to you,

you can't negotiate over the heads of the ukrainians or the europeans. and with that in mind, do we know to what degree that ukrainian president zalinski is being integrated into any piece thoughts a lot from outside. we definitely see what he's doing to stay on trump's good side. we have seen very clearly that he has tried to adopt the language of trump in his team. he has praised them, guessing it at times he has of deals over the a rare of metals try to interest, jump in the business opportunity here so that ukraine is an opportunity for america, not just a cool us to support with billions of dollars. and i think he's just really conscious of potential blaine game when and if talks with russia fail, he doesn't want to be blamed for these talks dialing the kind of consensus here and ukraine amongst many, is that basically trump is in his honeymoon right now. he thinks he can kind of deal based on his special brand of chum and deal making and that eventually given time and with the credit is pay that calls right. maybe he trump will realize that

if he doesn't want to come out of this looking like the losing side, he will have to apply some pressure on putin and do more for ukraine. that is the hope it solves the something that looks pretty questionable right now. but they don't have a lot of other things to do with hopeful, so that's i guess, the option seeming you, they going full truck is also communicated that security guarantees moving forward for ukraine will not come from the united states rather will have to come from europe how to secure do ukrainians feel knowing that their future security may be in your opinion, enhance that is a big deal just a couple of days ago, we'd heard from zalinski saying that without america european guarantees all going to be with a great deal. it is very clear if we've looked at the kind of history of this war, europe, and all of us together and us given about the same amount of money. but europe has mainly kept the deluxe on, kept the government wages being paid dimensions. but america has done

a whole lot more for defense. the hope here is now that at least if they can get an agreement on comp, skating versus assets that are being frozen rather than just currently where they're getting the proceeds from the interest payments. that maybe they can use that money to buy weapons from america to send money to american weapons factors. what's the main red states of that kind of business relationship that interest in terms of us economy and use us trade balance might keep jump on board, might keep him interested. and that with the combination of those us rep is being paid for with russian assets. and maybe european peacekeepers who knows that some kind of solution can be found to provide some kind of security. because the big deal here is you're at present with no real concrete security guarantees. this is the country where as soon as the war is frozen and the boards are open, is expected to a whole lot of people will leave the man who currently can't leave the country where the fighting or can't leave, will follow their wives and their children to europe in this country could just slowly lead dry. well, boy, the brain drain that they've already see. that means they connelly the latest

tonight from key, as always. thank. all right, here's a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world and explosion in a taiwan department store is killed. and these 4 people and many others injured authorities, say gas ignited in a 12th floor, food court in the city of type chung, the blast, and the shower of glass and other debris up to the street below. oh, investigation into the incident is underway. the german luxury car maker portion says it will cut 1900 jobs by the year 2029 to factories here in germany are set to be effective. forces share prices fall in 30 percent in the past year. as it's business in china has region. the news comes as other major german carmakers, such as volkswagen, are also considering significant job cuts the berlin international film festival, also known as the barely nala has officially kicked off a list. actor timothy shalom. a is here for the german premier of his bob dylan bio

pick a complete unknown and tilda swinton will receive an honorary golden beer for her life's work. the festival itself was launched with a premier from germany in the lights by director tom to class. a mysterious woman from syria sets out to transform a dysfunctional, german family life. and is it something to me and includes her 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 asia on 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 lever, some 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 festival of 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 your somehow was spinning and active as their calling for a boycott of the valley now that we want a welcoming and increase that 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, your violence targeting the countries immigrant communities is the topic of multiple documentaries. it comes extra money is due to vote in an election centering on migration of my colleague david levitz is covering the berlin film festival for us. i asked him what role he expects politics to play it this year is barely know well brand this uh, this festival is with 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, the germany is facing a pretty decisive election in just 2 weeks time and this festival and 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 is going 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 fridge in berlin of the very 1st it indeed, amazingly, they managed to wear 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 badge. 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 are very versatile, very worldly, very stylish, a performer, who can be a core key and play the bad guy. i'm the good guy and can be from and, but sometimes all in the same film. and she's also a big friend of this festival. 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?

well, you know, i just saw the opening night movie, the lights, but it's on 6, the one that's having its world premiere and 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 party and drugs in the 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 horizon altieri, or spiritual motive that has to do with her own families, say. so i another big fairly dollars guy. it's on through for the director of this movie, see really changed the world's look on german cinema 20 years ago with run lola run

more recently with a series of babylon, berlin. and he'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 belly dancer lover 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 love, it's david, enjoy you the movies. we are jealous here in the studio 3 and we'll be talking with you soon. i. this already is a quick reminder now of our top story. a driver has filed a car into a crowd in the southern german city of munich entering at least 30 people the suspect. the 24 year old asking national is now in police custody. and donald trump's defense secretary has defended his bosses. communication was by the way of food and speaking at a native meeting and brussels pete hex,

it said trump did not make any concessions on ukraine in his phone hall with vladimir putin after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day. the big question to night did the us just the trade ukraine, like saving into the criminal will be right back the

our economy is designed to growth. good. our planet is reaching its limits. you get the sense that there is no concept. and also a sense that industry isn't one at all. then essentially, so for the party, you have us. the question is, what needs to strings here? and what does prosperity without growth? is it possible the in 45 minutes on d w, the

is the but we'll tell you how happy the boxing was. the story we have a getting a visa is more difficult than finding gold hosted to use the dream force and for the present feelings about what's going on in the industry. instead of being discussed across the continent, dw, and use africa every friday on the w. 7 am by then or sofa is getting on the plane. i'll be on board as well. now, review at berlin briefing, funding is right in the middle of the global tensions about time. between east and west autocrats and democrats. germany's whole system is on the fresh politics of getting down during the fall, trying to do gaining grounds and the world around germany. just getting more dangerous. we break it all down with experts and political class and we did what it

means to you from violin to right where you are. it's only non you pod cost fun in briefing on youtube and wherever you get into the, to you as president trump said that he and russian president fujen spoke for more than an hour on the phone this week and agreed that talks to in the board. and ukraine should begin immediately, ukraine's president was not on that call. in fact, it trump dialed up president zelinski after he had spoken with fulton what to add insult to injury trump had this message for ukraine. joining nato is not going to happen. getting back territory taken by russia is unlikely, and security guarantees will have to come from europe almost 3 years to the day when russia began its invasion. the world is asking, has been united states betrayed its ally ukraine.