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of the food producers are the ones primarily responsible for the safety of the people. 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 news live from for a land, the tops diplomats of the us and russia agreed to talk on ending the ukraine war. us secretary of state, marco rubio will head a us delegation to meet russian envoys and saudi arabia. european countries will not have a place at the table. also coming up, a mass rally keeps up the pressure on the serbian government. the student led anti corruption protest takes over the country's 3rd biggest city, serbia march. that's national holiday. and
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a stampede leaves 15 people. dad in new delhi as main train station. as huge crowds travel to the comes mail of fast the . i'm david love, it's good to have you with us. the united states has to push ahead with talks with russia aimed at ending the war and ukraine. this after secretary of state, marco rubio spoke on the phone with russian foreign minister, saturday labrons. rubio is currently in israel and a tour of the middle east. he's due to travel on to saudi arabia, where reports say he'll start the talks with russian negotiators. us officials also say ukrainian representatives will take part news of the talks comes just days after us president trump blindsided his allies by talking to russian president
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vladimir putin. that's left to european leaders scrambling to be included in the negotiations on ending the ukraine war, sears, nato secretary general mark router speaking at the munich security conference on saturday. a sense of what states gets into the debates, not by complaining that your might. yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up as complete proposals, ideas is around publish, spending, make sure to training in the bathroom supplies continue, but also come up with concrete ideas. what, for example, security guarantees could look like and where to go, and i must say, since of i'm day of complaining what time to see now be seeing on the european side of nature is indeed that people are not getting into the concrete planning phase or what could that be? that's what the spitting before the news of the face to face talks between russia and the u. s. broke. but european leaders were already racing to address the differences between the us and its allies, which have been thrown into sharp relief. these past few days,
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french president and my new one of my call is working on convening an emergency european summit as quickly as possible. we asked to w, corresponded terry schultz. if your opinion leaders are worried that the us is trying to leave them out when it comes to deciding ukraine's future, well, it's not their imagination. they're not invited to be at the table and they've been told they won't be while at the same being to being at the same time being told that they're going to be the ones responsible for picking up the implementation of this deal is being made above their heads so they are being piped bypass. they've been told clearly that they're being bypassed at this phase of the negotiations. and that doesn't sit well. nobody wants to be dictated what they're going to have to do in the future when they have no control over what that agreement is going to look like. so that is something that you leaders are bringing up and it's very important to you cream that the europeans are there because you cream very much, feels that the europeans at least share this sense of, of you know,
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responsibility and, and certainly urgency and fear about what would happen, and for us is allowed to remain strong. and if these territorial concessions are made to russia, that affects europe and they're not being given a seat to discuss how that might work out. let's, let's take a quick look now at some other stories making headlines. and the democratic republic of the congo. thousands have sled, the city of chicago as rebel fighters, advance. it's the 2nd regional capital. there were one and backed m 23 armed group has taken in the countries. rabble group and its allies captured goma, the regions largest city. last month. african leaders have elected to booties foreign minister as the new head of the african unions executive arm. my mood a lead use of beat out form or kenny and prime minister railroad thing to secure the job he takes over as the african union struggles to respond. so the conflicts into don and congress a 14 year old boy has been killed and for others
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injured in a stabbing attack in southern austria. police say the perpetrator attacked passers by at random in the city of villa. they have arrested a 23 year old syrian national, who they say was a legal residence in the country. 3 is really hostages, released by hum. us have arrived back in israel and a re unite and with their families. yeah, your horn said g. deco hen and sasha a true for an off, or the latest group of hostages to be exchanged for hundreds of palestinians freed from his rarely detention. this is some moments ago the dead because 10 saw his wife after months of being held in captivity. she was 8 months pregnant with her 3rd child when he was abducted. their family watched an
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o and celebrated with champagne. the new words can explain how excited they are, how much we've been waiting for him at home. the union followed a carefully planned hand over vacation was left onto a stage with 2 other hostages. yay! horn and sasha proof enough and surrounded by dozens of arm, tomas militants, the free urge for the completion of the seas fire, which almost came to a breaking point earlier this week. when her mas threatened not to release more hostages, the group accused israel of violating the terms of the truce by blocking aid from entering garza in response israel's button to resume the fighting. after the release of mazda mind,
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that 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 debt. 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 while comes their family members. some of them appeared gone. according to the red crescent for have to be taken to hospitals to uh,
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we are being through hunger, cold torture and humiliation. but we are a strong nation that believes and it's close. and hopefully we'll be free soon on search and t looms over the next phase. of an already precarious agreement planned to begin in march. in serbia, tens of thousands of joined anti government protests in the central city of cross go gearbox. separate. serbian students have been leading massive demonstrations for months now demanding accountability from the government. it follows the depths of 15 people in november last year when a freshly renovated train station roof collapse, protestors and blame the accident on corruption. joining me now is dw reporter libra is you've coverage, or you better. let's talk more about these protests they've been going on for months now and they seem to be getting bigger. what exactly are the protesters
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demand? that's right, david. so the protests have been ongoing for months all across serbia. today it was just the latest protest in the central city of cub whereabouts. you know, students came from all over serbia, from different cities. they marched into the city and some of them even run marathons. some of them cycled. so tens of thousands of people came to protest against the government corruption and to demand justice and accountability for the tragedy in all the sides. so that is that it has been the main demand or by the students. and this is what they wanted to reinstate today. they were greeted by locals with food and things for singing petri arctic songs. so it was very emotional. you could see images of people hugging students crying even so it was a very emotional day and it was a 15 hour blockade of the main boulevards and roads. and it ended with 15 minutes of silence to commemorate the victims. and the protesters were saying that this,
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this incident, this tragedy as a result of corruption and the government, particularly on the part of president alexander, of which, what is his response to the protest? that's right. so at the same time, while these protests were happening in a trap, where let's president how the riley in another city, it was supposed to be initially in the side where the tragedy happened. but because people expressed concern and they were upset and angry about that, he actually switch said last minutes to another city. and there were reports, you know, that even people from the neighboring boston and have to go in that came with buses to, you know, show their support for what it's, but he's basically saying that, you know, foreign powers are influencing the protest in serbia trying to, uh, you know, through over throw the government issues calling it color is revolution without providing any evidence or thing for these countries actually are. so right now he's also saying, you know, he's ready for a dialogue. see, once you know,
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students to stop the blockades and sort of initiate this conversation with the government. and he's even mentioning a possibility of new elections. what and what are the chances of that happening so far? it seems like the chances are very low because uh, opposition parties of say, i have said that they, you know, with boy caught the new new elections because they blamed the government of irregularities during previous elections. so it's unclear, but it seems very unlikely. now serbia's been a n e u candidate for well over a decade. now, what is the you're saying about these protests and about these allegations of corruption? very little david, you know, the european union has a large, the silence for the past several months. only now, recently in the past several days, we've heard something from the european commissioner for and large ment, mazda cos. she basically published an open letter saying that, you know, the,
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the serbian government should allow peaceful assemblies, but also opened a swift investigation into the tragedy. so, you know, so we're hearing some statements but not from top officials like, or still a funder line. uh so right now we're, we're still hearing very little. we've also heard russia saying for example, that, you know, west is trying to, over through the government. so it, we're hearing all these different statements from different countries, but students are saying they will continue locating the roads and protesting until their demands are meant to w reporter, olivera. zip codes. thank you so much. i, or at least 15 people have been killed in a stampede at one of the main train stations in the indian capital daily. the crush happened to those thousands gathered to board services to the crew mail a hindu festival. the world's largest religious gathering attracts millions and has a history of crowd related disasters. the visa scenes from the new that you're
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going to be station after that list emptied the station was packed with crowds competing for the camilla. the world's largest religious gathering road. there was a huge sun piece. the crowd was huge. i've never seen such a crowd before. the beginning of the there was a lot of pushing up a little more than what any of you enjoy. now we weren't injured when you took our case and came out of the station. pretty easy efficiency to paints. i mean the lead and the pod heading to program with the formula is taking place without the platform. as of now, the most important part of the situation is under control, as are the brands are moving as you come down from the photo bridge and you can see there's no issue at the moment. that's the one that i'm going to care. the
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situation went out of control for a brief style of 10 to 15 minutes due to overcrowding. police and relief beings struggling to ease the congestion. this incident comes less than a month after dozens of people were killed in a pre dawn, crushed in profound raj of thousands have marched through central berlin in support of eligibility to rights ahead of snap federal elections. next weekend, the crowds marched from the german parliament, passed the brandenburg gate using the slogan, choose love, some participants say they're worried that a political shift after the february 23 elections could impact their rights. conservative and far right parties are leading nationwide. poles in germany. ahead of the center left parties in the current government. and before we go, here's a quick reminder of our top story. us officials say a team including secretary of state, marco rubio will meet russian envoys to discuss the endings of warranty and ukraine
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. the talks are to take place in saudi arabia. ruby is currently visiting the middle east. with that you're up to date for more news. be sure to download the dw news app or go to d, w dot com. and david levitz from me and the whole team here in berlin. thanks for watching the, enjoying the views, and come to take a look at this tv highlights every week inbox, subscribe. now the amount of is increasing every year. so many i'm gonna fucking online. so suppose the only work that is holiday destination is a drowning wife at the cost every year you're exposed to.

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