the, the, this is dw news live from for lead. the whitening risk between the us and europe over ukraine plays out of the united nation. us adults, a neutral stance on the war breaking ranks with its european allies for its president amend wilma called. meanwhile, looks for common ground during the white house visit. also coming up, the far right alternative for germany was one of the big winters of sunday's federal elections. taking more than a 5th of the votes, most of it on the east. look at why the region is such a strong hold. for the far right, the

student is the in berlin. welcome to our program. united states has split with its european allies at the united nations by refusing to blame russia for its invasion of ukraine. us and france were at odds of the un security council with us failed to back a resolution labeling russia as the aggressor in ukraine's war. a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations at the un security council. for years out of the u. s. has voted in favor of resolutions that take place affirming ukraine's territorial integrity and calling on russia to seize hostilities. lead to under president donald trump. us is taking a difference dancers, since it's but the time for russia and ukraine to make difficult choices and, and the fighting is now we call on all other un member states to join the united states and pushing for a durable piece that will bring stability to europe and deter,

for their aggression general us is adopting a neutral stance that does not right condemn russia, causing a split with a to your pin allies. to both the general assembly joined russia, north korea, iran and others in voting against a resolution drafted by ukraine on the 3rd anniversary of moscow's invasions. or let me read to each one. let me assure you that ukraine wants peace more than anyone, but not any peace. we must be mindful of the fact that this is existential war. this is existential wolf, within tide. democratic wrote power, democratic principles, and values. and the russia has repeatedly tried to dismantle these rules this order, and it was a cute architecture. it is impossible to stop with the aggressive by using

these met doesn't work. the lessons that pushed for its own competing resolution named the path to peace porch calls for swift and to the war without naming rushes, the aggressor, a cranes european allies, led by france or proposed amendment to the us tax. to underline that the conflict was the result of russia's invasion, military operate. that's who went through this is the rush. i chose to bring them back to europe and saw him. then over the past 3 years. and i guess russia has been waging a brutal, legal and justifiable aggression against ukraine, with a blatant disregard for international humanitarian law. i'm in the video, they go pretty popular as you'll see the left us however abstain from voting on the amended version. if it's resolution and, and eventually the un security council adopted washington's original resolution with 10 votes in favor. and 5 extension was a statement. meanwhile,

president donald trump has said he believes russian president vladimir putin is ready to accept to european peacekeepers in ukraine. trump and french president emanuel nicole and held talks at the white house on monday. the costs of france aims to build a long, less than piece, and that europe is ready to be a stronger partner to the us. and to step up on defense, the trump said there was progress towards ending the fighting in you great sorrows if this gruesome and bloody war can scarcely be overestimated. hundreds of thousands of people, russians and ukrainians in particular have needlessly died. and i've spoken with both president potent and president zalinski. and again, a lot of a lot of good things toward peace are happening. moving and i think pretty quickly, and i know the next step is you'll have supposedly the us of the desire to be don't . the layers of piece is you're talking about the beach and didn't want this one

because this piece most would not be. and besides the renter of the home screen and must not certain that these ones leave off without guarantee condition. so then feeds a lag in the defenders to solve the frame technician. will she put it to other stakeholder when it over to you create itself or european commission president was left on the line. so the country could join the you in the next 5 years. it's, it presses a head with reforms she was speaking to you on the 3rd anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. round the dozen leaders from the un. kendall also found that some great spain has announced a 1000000000 euros and military aid for teeth. when they show support, however, it was still overshadowed by that diplomatic shift from ukraine's biggest back in to this point. us would a ceremony to honor the fallen at my don square in keys to public ukraine's president zalinski was joined by more than a dozen leaders from europe and canada to mark the 3 year anniversary of russia's

full scale invasion, all the lengths the implants, the leaders then held the summit, reaffirming their support for ukraine. the, the show of unity comes at a critical time for ukraine and it's a european allies. the u. s. is threatening to pull, it's the court for keith and has left the landscape out of peace talks with russia to read for european leaders guaranteeing ukraine security is high on the agenda. this includes you membership, european commission, president ursula funder lions, said ukraine. it may be able to join the block ahead of schedule. i would even say ukraine. narrow space process if they continue at that speed and at that quantity, perhaps they could see earlier than 2030. so thank you very much for giving the impulse. and let's work hard on all sides really to keep the momentum of the 24 leaders from the g 7 group of industrialized nations including trump,

then held virtual tox zalinski, announced that an economic deal with the white house in the works. and he made this direct appeal to the us. thank you very president. tom, we would really like to hear from you because all of our people allow us, our families. how worry ward will that be support from america? will america be the leader of the free world? and i want to be worthy honest. where do you want us to be you for our people, for life in general is so important that americans support america assistance remains. and really, i believe we can be just as effective in securing real guarantees for peace. lensky and european leaders want to see that the negotiating table with the us and russia . the use foreign policy chief kaya, tell us, will go to washington next week to promote that message. let's have a look now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the

thirty's president, wretched type erewhon has offered to host the possible talks on ending the war and ukraine has been meeting the russian foreign minister, 2nd law for all season. everyone says on crow would be happy to help him get any negotiations between moscow and keith. that bumps is the major conference aimed at helping chart. serious political future has gotten underway in damascus form has been one of the chief pleasures of the country's new rulers. former rebels have promised an inclusive political transition with a conference being closely watched by both syrians and the international community . as military has broken in nearly 2 years, each of the southeastern city of obeyed seen as a cuba 3, and it's more against the r a south paramilitary group. residents and soldiers were seen celebrating. millions of people have been displaced by the conflict to the german election now which saul voters opting for

a change of government and to shift to the right support for the far right alternative for germany party almost doubled. most of their backing comes from the former eastern parts of germany, were deep divisions remain nearly 35 years after the country re unified. w's alex guess went from fort order on the border with poland to find out why. with this election the far right if the has cemented its position as a force to be reckoned with, it has almost doubled its vote. and for years, its success shown by the stock divide on this map is down to strong support across almost all of east in germany, with its anti migrant rhetoric and talk of closing boulders. the poppy flipped many districts from the center left to the far right. like here in the city of concord order, where people are trying to make sense of the huge a if the gains,

if i speed, i don't understand it. maybe it's because of my age or it's the youth. didn't they get some education at home on? so how is it, you know, showing the support? i don't think it's good because they have gained quite a lot. so it is a, it's a mystery to me. it's a problem that's who is of those where and surprised and i know i wasn't, it was quite clear if you were the only ones containing the whole time compared to the other parties on the part time says i think it's very, very good. all i actually voted for the se, myself, to be honest all these far and as a really annoying frank, but it just isn't what it used to be. the migrants here were reluctant to talk to us about their concerns of a drawings in a fall big sentiment in the region and usually elected a if the low make out. i know gala said his party had responded to both a frustration while he said of apologies carried on pushing unpopular policies.

this is going to san francisco and we noticed more and more and campaign stands that people don't want the other parties dictating the funding of how they should think of what, how they should talk easy to what they should eat, what kind of heating system they should use because they drive costs or they want policies made by german politicians for jeremy need to find the item. where did you come for adults on, but for you and i, a political scientist at the cities university, the search of the far right is just part of why the global trend product is moving towards the extreme. on one explanation for that as that, um, what holds the middle together? what, what did hold it together? what's the problem? so the open society of the, of the well 1st stage of capitalism being somehow tamed by social redistribution mechanism. and that problem is no longer holds true for

a lot of people. as many people i think what disappointed germany's next conservative that government needs to deliver the change. many i calling for if it wants to bring both a spec from the friend just over the room where the vatican says pope francis remains in critical condition, but is showing signs of slight improvement. the 88 year old pontiff has been battling pneumonia and both lungs at hospital in the city for over 10 days. and his condition has been worrying millions of catholics around the world. dw object power at travel to room to meet some of them. a quiet surprise for the pope without you a form of hope jump pull. the 2nd has become the sense of attributes well wishes and pres, for pope francis, who's been in the hospital behind. since february the 14. you seem to see what the total of 3 year it means a lot for christians. and for every one of the cycles, he won salvation that for all people and for nature of those it is

a someone who truly wants the salvation of all of god's work and creation. know very good. you afraid the don't like it? is you, many people come here to spend a moment praying for the pope the pope is known to still be in a critical condition here in the hospital and while people continue to arrive to pray for him. his health condition is of serious concern for the operations of the back to could 2025 is a jubilee. yeah, that's a special yeah. if the catholics to observe sins clear debts and find forgiveness over 30000000 people are expected to come to room to make a pilgrimage, which culminate symbol king of this pos, to the holy doors of the vatican. so many people who's been coming to remove the past few days this moment has been used to reflect on what this po means for the

catch. i just think he is such a people. pope, you know, of really trying to accept it's jack park with that report out of rome. don't forget you can always get dw news on the go. just download our app from google play or from an app store. that'll give you access to all the latest news for around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. lots of sports, business and entertainment news as well. plus, lots of analysis and background from our correspondence around the world and this live feed you're watching right now. it's also on there. only one click away. that's it for now, we'll be back soon with more headlines. meantime, either get that app or go online, we're at the w dot com also on youtube or the deeds of the news channel. i'm seeing here is the invalid. so watch the

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