away officer rules, the environment is not responsible. make up your own mind. dw, made for mines. the . this is dw news, live it from berlin, us vice president, j. d. vance gives european allies a stern talking to on democracy in britain and across europe. free speech i fear is in retreat in a cover band expansions in unix security conference, vance slammed european leaders for what he calls and running in fear of their own voters. speeds comes from a growing concern over the future of us foreign policy. also coming up from off the announce is which of these rarely hostages. it's due to release on saturday. the 3 men were abducted from the same cookbooks on october 7th,

2023. the library golf is good to have you with us. we begin with the us vice president, speech in munich, j. d. vance today told a room full of european defense and government leaders. that free speech is in retreat in their countries at the munich security conference vance claim, the freedom of expression is being eroded and you called it a bigger threat to democracy than russian military aggression. he also address the issue of migration, saying europeans had not voted to open what he called the flood gates to migrants. answers beach was one of the 1st scene of addresses at the security conference today. it comes at the end of a remarkable week where you as president donald trump, spoke on the phone with russian president vladimir putin. both the leaders

promising to work together to end the war and ukraine. european leaders with appearing however, that this will be done without your ukrainian or european input. so, many of those gathered in munich would have been hoping perhaps the vice president can shed some light on donald trump's plans for a negotiated piece in ukraine. instead, they got a lecture about democracy in europe and britain and across europe. free speech i fear is in retreat. so i come here today not just with an observation, but with an offer. and just as a, by the ministration seem desperate to silence people for speaking their minds. so the trump administration will do precisely the opposite. and i hope that we can work together on that. in washington there was a new sheriff in town and under donald trump's leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square. agree or

disagree of the a new sheriff in town will vans is speech did not sit well with everyone considered germany's defense minister. he said that the speech was unacceptable. these are the more catchy this democracy was pushing question by the vice president in front of all of europe as he spoke about the enrollment of democracy. and if i understood him correctly, he compared conditions in parts of europe and the, with those in all sorts here in regimes might, i'm going to have, this is not acceptable. the, i'm going to stay in munich. i'm going to go to our corresponded terry schultz. she's at that security conference, terry is interesting. what we're seeing here, the us vice president taking shots and european democracy and then germany's

defense minister, happy to fire back. what do you make of this? yeah, that's really interesting. and i think it probably makes europeans all feel better that somebody stood up and say and said that this speech was offensive. because d d bounce was taking some of the very important parts of what europe field is democratic. you know, getting hate speech off the internet, protecting people from having to listen to or see those things um with the way some of the regulations that exist here. and he was twisting it around to say that that's restricting people's freedom. so i think that it was very, a very bold if the story is to get up and say that immediately. but, you know, for as he did the same thing, it, nato went after they, uh, talked about, you know, taking these things off the table for you crazy. it was to story is what came up and said, you know, i don't understand why they're, you know, already giving up can, can,

seating to russia before any peace negotiations have even started. so this has been quite interesting, a performance from the german defense minister. yeah. and it'd be on democracy, but i mean, we're there to talk about the security in with the europeans, traditional military support from the us mail apparently in question. thanks to the us president. what are your p and leaders is saying about your opinions future? well, the european union knows that it needs to, you know, co, less itself is the use of military future is, is separate from, from nato's. they have, you know, their, their own tracks. and really, the us support is really only relevant out at nato, where, where it's an ally. but, you know, the, the european, most of the, the e u countries are in nato. so this, uh, you know, there is, there's a lot of crossover here, and they have already known that they need to band together, that they need to become more self sufficient. that they need to be able to produce

more of their own weapons. so that they are not completely reliance on the united states and sending so much of their defense investment to, to the united states. so these are all just reminders of the things they've known for a long time. but you know, if, if the beginning of a full scale were in your brain, didn't light a fire under them to get this done? peter's beer, has it changed since president trump's re election? well, i think that still remains to be seen again it's, it's only been a couple of days since we heard from p takes it there at nato headquarters. but you know, i think that the president zelinski is getting reaffirmed support from european leaders. and not only did you hear his story is, may make these comments, but you're also hearing the baltic leaders come out and make statements, you know about supporting ukraine, about saying that you know, their views on whether you praying can become a member of nato. hasn't changed that they're going to continue sending military

support to the maximum capacity that they have. a lot of things for your opinions and you frames haven't changed. of course, pulling the carpet out with a of us support is going to be a big a, you know, a big downside for it for their efforts going forward. yeah, shocking di corresponded to results of the meaning of security conference. terry, as always, thank you. all right, here's a quick look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. rwandan backed rebels explained to achieve control of the strategic airport in the east of the democratic republic of the congo footage on social media shows. armed men in the streets of cobbled boot where the airport is located, the m 23. our group has been advancing on the nearby city of boot cover for weeks following their capture of the city of goma. ukraine says, a rushing drone has struck the chernobyl nuclear power plants. the weapon penetrated the outer shell, protecting the facility,

and it started the fire. the un atomic energy agency says it did not compromise the inner containment shell of the reactor that melted down back in 1986. and that radiation levels in the area have not increased. that's good. thailand's army has free 260 people from 20 countries who were forced into working in online scam centers and me and more. the rescue operation is part of the crack down on scam centers in southeast asia, which often use traffic, the labor and trick victims around the world. out of millions of dollars. every year, sped. francis has been taken to the hospital in rome with bronchitis. frances has complained of breeding troubles since being diagnosed with the illness last week. excuse me. the 8 year old has struggled with multiple health issues for years and often uses a wheelchair or

a keen eye public appearance loss. it has revealed the names of the 3 is really hostages, set to be released in the gaza strip tomorrow. saturday. the military group says that, alexander trooping off, so you deck on chin, and yet your horn will all be freed. now all 3 of these men were abducted from a could bullets close to southern gaza during the october 7th terrorist attacks. earlier this week, i'm off threatened not to release more hostages thing. israel was not permitting promised aid into gossip. israel is said to free, more palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages. a short while ago i spoke with a journalist, bawling sliding and telling me even i asked him, what we know about the hostages, who are set to be released tomorrow. yes, so all of them are aware of getting that from and you know, all of the community the some of the most expi on october the 7th we're talking

about. so need that to hanny is a 36 year old is all done. he's an american citizen and he did not until now meet his the daughter because his wife, it was brute meant by the time he was a kidnapped and they, she waited for him. of course while he was the in, they kept dvd, hopefully tomorrow he will be meeting her sasha, he's uh 29 years old. i may have brushed him citizen as well as his is really is citizenship. and he was visiting his parents house with his girlfriend's back in the 7th a menu on he was that kidnapped alongside his mother, his grandmother and his girlfriend. his father was unfortunately killed on october 7th, and the whole city of the women were released back in november 2023 and the u. haul red was the kidnapped alongside his brother. a tough little stay and kept it with the actually because it's not including the 1st page of the video. and what do we hearing from is really officials regarding tomorrow's exchange. i guess will of the

unnamed uh is rainy fish. oh uh, just uh, issued a statement and this is a cold name for prime minister and attorney on how or his the surgical uh, the statement said that we have working in full coordination with united states to rescue as many hostages on live as possible as quickly as possible, and we intend to take full advantage of this opportunity after that options are open. why is this message coming? good right now because of the pregnancy is office uh, came into uh, backlash uh earlier today because they released the statement saying that the less that's a must have given is the accepted by as well. something that the scores doesn't a gets along with the statement that we've seen throughout this week. the were saying that all the 911 hostages should at least by saturday. and then even the saying that all the hostages, she's released by saturday. otherwise, hell will break out just like drum has this said later on the statement was deleted

them the instead of it, it was written that instead of the wording and the list is accepted in but as well, they should have been written. the lesson was accepted in as well. in other words, as well, did not still med decide what it's going to happen after the release of tomorrow. okay. and believe what do we know about the palestinian prisoners who are set to be released? a yes, tomorrow since we have the 16 on those numbers, there's a little bit of lead to be on the 33 of them may or may have people that were at risk that since october 7th, inside the does it during the military and ground operations. 36 are a prisoner said that the lives of those prisoners, which means that they have killed or wounded is varieties in the attacks. some of them will be reported outside if it has been entered tories, others will, they get back to their homes and that was bank and gaza strip were also an east jerusalem. before we let you go, you know,

earlier this week and boss was threatening not to release hostages, do we know why, how much changed his mind was just wondering, a statement yesterday they've said that they intended to leave the hostages on saturday after the fox has been held in cardboard and the thoughts were positive. they did not say that the issue that they have they stated was resolved. and uh, i kinda understand that the issue is the issue of the car about the heavy machinery . tomas is demanding to enter because trip according to people that i talked to inside because of the human machinery and thinking about it did not enter the trip yet. but it could well be uh that's how most has gotten some guarantees from the mediators. and for me is most that is a whole list and those say cover bands of those who the machine is later on during the week. that could be the things that changed their mind. they after all, okay, journals balding flooding with the latest from tell of the following. thank you. this finally a kayak or a paddling off the coast of chile has had an extra for the nary encounter with

a hump back well after it temporarily swallowed him. yes, it's a most biblical here, adrian. so long as this trip was going, swimming, leaving the huge well surface nearby, briefly trapping him in its mouth. his father manage. look at this, the capture, the whole thing on camera. let's look at the swallow and then spit you out. here's the moment again. you can see the other guy. yeah. disappear before popping back up a few seconds later. the reason . amazing. maybe his name is not joe. you're actually w news. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news hope to see you, the, the,

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