to tell her, he wanted to say hello. instead, i had to tell katia frank, i was gone 5 years off to cousin. we remember window road stood still stops march 8th on dw, the. this is dw news life on berlin, ukraine's president calls for a european army to confront russia's threat at the munich security conference. lot of here's the lensky urges here up to shape its own future as washington signals. it is cutting back is commitment to european defense. also coming up the latest hostages released by a mosque begin their joyful review and years with families. peggy deco shan and 2 others are back in israel. hundreds of palestinian prisoners are also freed in the exchange. and germany's chancellor pays tribute to the victims of thursday

suspected car ramming attacks in unit 2. people have now died with 37 others injured. the melissa chance, thanks for joining us. german chancellor, all of shelves says defense spending must increase significantly to counter the threat from russia. speaking at the munich security conference, he also responded to controversial remarks from us, vice president j events who urged europe to open its doors to far right parties. schultz said, germany has the right to decide how it deals with far right hate speech. i also knew that ukrainian president was letting me as lensky when warned that russia poses a danger to all of europe. he said, new russian divisions destined for bella roost could attack nato countries. lensky

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 asia that threatened it. many, many leaders have told it was your that means 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. the forces of your must be created. dw as chief political correspondent, nina has a, is at the conference, and this is her assessment of the lensky is comments. if you talk to security experts, defense experts, foreign policy analysts and you ask them about the potential, the prospect of

a european army. so use, they would smile at you and say they say is the on so that 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 miss 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 5 steps towards those um policies. well, let them is elaine, so he knows that and he wants europeans to act and implement. a more strategically the european, strategic a ton of the plans that they have all agreed on. so they need to agree 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 going 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 them 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 here's a quick look at some more stories making headlines. african leaders have elected to duties foreign minister as the new head of the african unions executive arm at a summit in addis ababa. my mood ali uses beat out former canyon prime minister. a low didn't go to secure the job. he takes over as the african union struggles to respond to the conflict in a student and come and present in the democratic republic of congo. looting has broken out in the capital after rebel fighters entered the eastern cities outskirts

. thousands of residents have fled with their wand. in fact, rebels already in control of the local airport. the m $23.00 armed group and its allies captured goma, the regions largest city late last month. tens of thousands have joined anti government protests in the central serbian city of car. do you have students have been leading massive anti corruption demonstrations for months now? following a deadly railway disaster in november, the protesters blamed the collapse of a freshly renovated frame station roof on graft and are demanding accountability. 3 is really hostages, released by him. off today has arrived back in israel and our re uniting with their families. yeah, year horn saggy deco shan and sasha truth and off are the latest group of hostages

to be exchanged for hundreds of palestinians. it is rarely detention. this is some moments ago the dead contin saw his wife for months of being held in captivity. she was 8 months pregnant with her 3rd child when he was abducted. their family watched an o and celebrated with champagne. the new with such can explain how excited the or how much we've been waiting for him at home. the reunion followed a carefully planned hand over vacation was left onto a stage with 2 other hostages. he ate horn and sasha proof enough is surrounded by dozens of arm, tomas militants. the 3 are for the completion of the ceasefire,

which almost came to a breaking point earlier this week. when her mouse threatened not to release more hostages. the group accused is read of violating the terms of the truce by blocking aid from entering gaza in response israel's button to resume the fighting. after the release her mazda mind, the both sides follow the terms of their agreements. the release of the 6th group of enemy prisoners confirms that there is no way to release the rest except through negotiations and the commitment to the requirements of the ceasefire agreement. the group just released a total of 19 hostages. according to the deal, 14 more are expected to be released before the end of the month. 8 of which are believed to be dead. in exchange,

israel is freeing a large number of palestinian prisoners in this 6 group more than 350. the largest number so far in romano, a cheering crowd welcomes their family members. some of them appeared, gone. according to the red crescent, for have to be taken to hospitals to uh, we are being through hunger, cold torture, and she mediation. but we are a strong nation that believes and it's close, and hopefully we'll be free soon on search and see looms over the next phase of an already precarious agreement. planned to begin in march earlier journalist by like a slide dean intel aviv told us more about the hostages, who were released. yes. well 1st of all, let's see hostages that are from menu. oh, is that community that has suffered the most? uh, october 7th, uh, 20 or it's uh,

people still held and they kept seem to be in the gaza strip stuff after the 3 that were released today. so tennis of, uh, the new doors community were taken captives and since others though, maybe 100 others even with children, october 7th. so we're talking to somebody about community this stuff for the most. and now it's getting back uh its uh, citizens that one by one know, ms. sasha, i just missed his grand mother and he was informed today unfortunately that his father was killed in october 7th by home. us as well. that's something that he did not to know why he was in the garden, this trip a matter of course. uh yes, he is the one that was the taken up today. yeah. and even the, his brother as they didn't, they kept civically. he's not even included in the 1st space of 50, but of course the community is very pleased to see him back and us to give them him

the american citizens that met his wife and his daughter, and that there was born while he was in captivity. now the family is a complete again. now israel has also released more than $300.00 prisoners. what do we know about them? yes, 300 said is 69 prisoners were released today in all of them. they can be called the most secret to prisoners because $333.00 of them were arrested. the during good the uh, ground operation, and because of strep. so we're talking about state garza and that's we're not in bold on the silver 7 that i thought were in victo were 7th attack, but they were a rested to during care of the ground, the age of one of the does the manager with live. i'd one hospital that there is the world wide, the campaign calling for his the release of the 56 and more are in live sentence, the prisoners that were released today. most of them may will be back good to the

west bank and east of paige. originally and met some of them that some of them actually look all of them for it because they were symptoms to like say, have been involved in the fx, the killed is there any is one of them is the aide for them on one, but it was his name but, but it will be a is a, it will be, was involved in an attack to build the 12 is really so we're talking about the people that carried out who were involved, the attacks that has actually killed these ratings, but now they are being released in exchange with these is rated hostages. and what about the next phase of the deal? everything's been so tentative. touching, go, what is planned and what are the obstacles to moving forward? this is why we speaking actually uh prime is 7th and the always the holding meeting with his cabinet uh by phone. this is the meeting that is supposed to be

um a held in order to discuss the is ready, the position on the 2nd page. that would be something that did not start until now . well, go to the leasing formally. it did start paid back when nothing y'all was in washington on the 16th they all said the deal. uh last monday. that's uh um, that means that it was all stupid. but besides, what exactly is going good to do or uh, it'd be coming a few days. maybe we'll have more clarification on the is there any position here, but of course also one more thing that is very important. the ultimate so that the trump has given to her mouse and said that he will back his role in any thing that it could do. he was talking about 12 o'clock saturday at, according to the met and to walk to washington dc time, which is at 7 o'clock our time here in israel. so exactly right now and still nothing had been done. the, i doubt that anything will happen because these raiders were saying that if the

dynamic continues of this, the, these apostage is at least in the 1st space of the deal, it doesn't have any interest to stop the, the less for now. it definitely it doesn't have any legitimacy in these very the public among families of the hostages. that's something that is taken in consideration of course. and until the end of the 1st phase of the deal, of the thing that i think will change. but for the 2nd phase of the deal, it could be that as well demand be complete. this are meant to the gaza strip. and how much giving up on the governments have begun to strip something that they will not accept apparently. and that could trigger resuming the war. all i citing, thank you so much. thank the german authorities say 2 people, aged 2 and 37, have died from injury sustained and thursdays cart ramming attack in munich. dozens of others were injured, went and asked in asylum seeker drove in to crowds at a trade union rally. federal prosecutors say they suspect that the incident was

religiously motivated and aimed at disrupting germany's upcoming election in just over a week. german chancellor, all of shows has visited the site of the attack in munich, dw, as chief political editor and mckayla customer as more as he came to the scene here twice today, a 1st to laid down some flowers at this crossing. it was some 30 people were inches when this young man drove essentially into crowd into a demonstration. this is the kind of demonstration for the rights. and he then went and spoke to the emergency services for almost an hour. and then he were tons of to once again reiterates that she is the very decisive in acting where action is needed. and so that's the full low need to apply a force that's a terrible act. this of course being of mine, a young man who came here as

a teenager. then he was erotic, who lives here in germany, and authorities believe that there was a religious extreme, this motive behind this. so what i saw, it's clearly very moved after having spoken to the emergency services today. and you are up to date on melissa jan from me and the team. thank you for watching the we are all set and we are watching to see all the to bring you the story behind the new the will on about come by as information for free might say due to the.