i don't know if we've reached the end of the day. i just went outside to take of my mouth. we used to tell you that we remember when the world's small shape on dw the this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine's president calls for a european army to confront of russia's friends. the munich security conference also here is germany's chancellor call for more defense spending and rejecting us calls for europe to embrace the far right also and to show the latest hostages released by hum off begin their joyful reviews with family. psyche deco ken and 2 others are back in israel. hundreds of palestinian prisoners are also freed in exchange,

the mariana evans, dean. it's good to have you. with us. german chancellor, olaf schultz says defense spending must increased significantly to counter the threat from russia. speaking at the munich security conference shows also responded to controversial remarks from us, vice president j. the vans who urged europe to open its doors to far right parties . scholes and germany had the right to decide how it deals with fund ride hate speech. also in munich, ukrainian president wrote them years lensky warrens, that russia posed a danger to all of europe launch. he said new russian military divisions destined for bellows could attack nato country once the landscape also called for the creation of a european army to deter russia. let's be on us now. we con,

throughout the possibility that america might say no to europe on the east, that threats and that many, many leaders have told it was your that me, it's its own military. and i me, and i mean of you are a and i and i, i really, i really believe the time has come on forces of your must be created and, and his address to the conference room and chance are all of sold called on europe . and as allies to be ready to support ukraine for the long haul, even after any p steel might be made. the over p, as in european said, being the strongest supporters of ukraine. and we are going to do this full as long

as it takes 2 buildings. these is so long as the notice, and the most indeed sidelines stopped when the weapons both silent them and the at the end of the negotiated solution. ukraine will have to be able to defend itself against the possible future russian attacks. if you not see it, it will be a massive financial material. logistic challenge, what can you crane cannot do this on its own in the foreseeable future. and that's why the support of us, europeans. yeah. and the trans atlantic and international partners will continue to be necessary across the same way. we have shad burdens together in the past. it's a lot minds. i'm the 1st at the top. so i asked the w as chief political correspondent, nina has a how much substance there is to these words of unity between ukraine and to see you? this is definitely one of the cool question is how united is europe and has your really understood these wake up coal. that is not the 1st one off to the

americans. how came here and um, essentially told the europeans, again look, we're going to be interested a lot more in other regions of the world in particular asia, the in the pacific. and you all going to do, or you are going to have to do a lot more for your own defense. so this is something where now you do feel like europe is advert crossroads when it comes to its future. and below them is a landscaping ukrainian president was very clear in his remarks here in this speech . this is not no longer about the europeans doing everything they can to help ukraine defend itself. this is about finding ways for europe to come together so that europe ultimately can defend itself, potentially against russia. because base is becoming aggressive. now we all know that ukraine has received well received the candidate status to become

a member of the european union off the rest as a full scale invasion 3 years ago. but of course that is a long way down the road. now it's more about trying to coordinate a lot fact. so what europe can do to ramp up support for you came and also to find more common priorities on, you know, one of the specific things of the landscape suggested that your of do it with the goal of increasing its ability to defend itself is the form of a european army. what could that mean? no more on a if you talk to security experts, defense experts, foreign policy analysts. and you ask them about the potential, the prospect of a european me so use. they would smile at you and say they say is the on. so the politicians give when they don't have answers to the pressing questions of the day

. and with all due respect, steve, all of them is landscape. this is a goal that europeans will have to piss you at some point to really form this unity . but it's still a very, very long time away from now. now it's up to the europeans to find ways to implement the 1st steps towards those um policies. well, let them use the landscape knows that, and he wants europeans to act and implement and more strategically, the european strategic autonomy and plans that they have all agreed on. so they need to every which weapon systems do we need. why do we owe all the different systems that kind of collaborate with one another? what? how do we get the financing guiding so that even smaller countries come by munition lessons? this is not just about trying to get soldiers together to form this army by europeans

. this is also about where do the weapons come from? where does the munition come from? below him is the landscape says okay, i'll remind you of ultimate goal. and that way you can talk more specifically about the steps that need to follow. now that was dw nina has a reporting from them unique a security conference. all right, let's take a look now. some other stories making headlines around the world in the democratic republic of congo, looting has broken out in the town of the call, who answer river fighters entered the eastern cities outskirts. thousands of residents are flash with their rolanda and bank rebels already in control of the local airports. c, m. 23. our group and as allies captured, goma, the regions largest city, laid last month. tens of thousands of joined to anti government protests and the central serbian city of calgary events. students had been leading massive anti corruption demonstrations for months now following

a deadly railway disaster in november. the protesters blame the collapse of the freshly renovated train station, roofed on raf and they're demanding accountability. let's turn our attention now to the middle east and to gaza, where 3 more is really hostages, have been released by him off in the later stage of the ceasefire. and deal with israel, the 3 men among them, your horn is seen in these images, have now been re you knighted with their families after more than 15 months in captivity. just hours earlier in hon. eunice and gaza, they were required to speak on the stage before being handed over to the red cross . this weeks hostage and prisoners swamp follows the dispute earlier this week. this present to the rail, the cease fire agreement, which has halted more than 15 months of finding the meanwhile, palestinians in the west bank city of rama law had been welcoming release prisoners

after they were freed from his really jails. also as part of the ceasefire deal more than 300 pounds to me and prisoners and detain. these are being set free. some of them were serving life sentences for deadly attacks in israel or corresponding tonya kramer's in jerusalem and has been following the developments for us. she told me more about the hostages who were released today. us. yeah, as you said, we saw the earlier release this morning of 3 more male hostages in con eunice in south and goes as a know they were all taken captive on october 7 from the keep boots near us, which is actually not very far away from where they are wherever release know now we're talking about here. again, a daycare, and he's a us is where the citizen he learned to con. no. returning coming back home to is rolled out. a baby daughter was born while he was in captivity. this alexander or

social, i don't know if he's the russian is really a citizen. his mother, grandmother, and girlfriend, were taken also hostage on october 7th. they were released in the release hostage cease fire, release in november, and in 2023. now, we also have seen the release of your hong and who was also abducted from the giblets near owes. but his brother remains in captivity and that shows a bit to know this fittest read moment a today again, you said that the know it wasn't even sure that this release will happen often. so it's like in this, in this a ceasefire, but also, you know, what is a lot of relief among the families that have come back. the last ones now from this really says a lot of concern for those who are remaining in captivity. we also

understand now that all 3 of these, no former hostages have arrived no in hospitals in tel aviv, whether we'll be staying, whether we'll get medical check ups and will they will be staying with the families for the next couple of days. and tanya also part of this deal is the release of more than $300.00 prisoners from is rarely jails. what can you tell us about them? well actually there were 369 palestinian detainees that were released today under this agreement. now the, so to 6 of them were serving life sentences for a deadly attacks. the so called secure 2 prisoners would as well says, 10 of them at least were taken to the occupied westbank where they were welcomed by the family members. um they were waiting for them there. we understand that at

least 20 of them will be deported via egypt or to gaza. some of those are released to the best bang for taken to hospitals straight away. that is, according to the public opinion red crushing there. there's also a group of over $300.00 palestinians that were supposed to be released and this uh, a release of phase most warehouse uh without trial in posting and prisons. there were taken by the is really military, off to october 7 from garza and detained. and they're also part of this group that are being released a now today, back to casa, this now is the w's, tanya kramer recording for us from jerusalem. tanya, thank you so much. and finally, love is in the air in brussels on this valentine's day weekend for both the young and the young. at heart, our reporter rosie per showed me at some silver singles at a speed dating event. unlike many others,

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but i haven't found him yet. thought head over heels are not everyone here still has a date with the done score. and that's the latest on the w news this our america ever seen. i'll be back with more headlines for you in about 45 minutes. thanks for watching the we would never compromise upon the rights or take the opportunity to upgrade your cation and he quit opportunity of work. in 2024, ask um women sat down with a ton of on demand better. right? so women of us can, there's the sharp edge of peace stopped much stuff on the.