of experience, outstanding shopping and dining offers and drawing hours services be our guest at frankfurt. airport city, managed by front bought the this is the w news live from balance. germany is like the next leader says he will drastically increase defense spending. the conservative, like math says he will change budget rules to re um, germany, and it concerns about america's commitment to its allies. the winter of sundays, the election says he'll have a new government in place within weeks. this comes off to the growing risk between the us and europe of the ukraine. take center stage of the united nations. the us breaks runs with its european allies voting against a resolution condemning russia's invasion of ukraine.

the money keeps mccain, and thank you for joining us. with at least mounts who is set to become germany is next. john slow says took so on the way to form a coalition government with the social democrats. he has pledged to have a government in place by easter at the latest of mounts. has conservatives want a massive boost in defense spending to help strengthen europeans security? but he says it is too soon to say whether the outgoing parliament could waive that through. it's also unclear how that would be financed is the chief political edison. mr. eli because now joins us now. she was out that press conference when escalation mounts was just speaking. so me say let's go to these mounts is really putting a lot of focus on this isn't the that he wants to form a new government as quickly as possible. what progress is he making as

well. there's no results here that he can speak about, but he certainly didn't waste any time he spoke to the us cling via who is the next generation of leadership and following what i felt. so still the current concept of the social democrat s p d policy. we didn't to details about those talks. he met with current, still tom. so what i felt today, and we know that the issue number one is a force forming a government. but the even more pressing issue is defense spending and actually taking a stand, speaking with one voice as you are so much under pressure by the trump administration. and that will require issued financial commitments that, that will need to be found. this number 200000000000, which for the express what i also about and would neither confirm nor deny and which could be a potential extra spending package. the problem is these actions may have for polls

that propelled him to the top, one of these selections with this conservatives. but the policies of the center who are in favor of more spending no longer make up of 2 such majority in the future parliament. so we may see the old parliament called upon one more time at to make that transition possible to decide on a potential. she was spending package and that's at the moment what we understand both sides are speaking about thing before they get to the nitty gritty of forming a governing coalition. okay. the ones this coalition has been full and you just mentioned defense. they're obviously a huge piracy, but what are the of the most pressing policy challenges that his new government will have to tackle? well, the interesting thing is that now there might be consensus that defense spending is the number one issue, but that really wasn't what votes his lunch most about during the election campaign

that the economy and migration on top of the list. that order changed. interesting enough, one from the base mounts as spoke about the top down just that he had security at the very top and he to he will need to seek a compromise which could prove very difficult, foolish math announced that on day one he would make. so that's an migraines trying to enter many wanting to claim asylum coming from a safe country would be sent back from the border. well, that's something the source of democrat s p d who wants to go into a coalition with simply want stanfull because they say it's illegal under european know. so that's just illustrating one of the big divides the 2 sides will have to bridge. and what else was mounts talking about during the press conference that he gave earlier? well, he wants to see or focus on the voting and know here legislation here in germany,

which changed caps, the number of employees to just above $600.00 and but he's not being successful in changing is the attention to that because it's also the economy of course, is it is an issue that will require a huge investment. his argument is money invested will re, for rewards, it will allow for the next governments to actually take it even more in taxes and that will cost. but um, pushed on how he will finance all of this. he says he has to look into the books. it's too early for him, todd, so nobody is chief unless glad to send me. take a look at us now. we certainly will have to leave it there, but thank you so much i let's take a look now, some of the other stories that making headlines around the world today. and to have any central bank has reported a loss for the 1st time in 45 years. the bundle spunk said it's reserves had been depleted by rapid changes in europe zone interest rate policy. in the past 3 years,

the european central bank quickly raised rates to slice inflation. the bonus funds last amounts to move in 19000000000 years versus prime minister says the u. k. will raise defense spending to 2.5 percent of g d p. over the next 2 years kissed on the told parliament that europe is in a new era of in security. now this comes 2 days before he is due to fly to washington, to try to persuade donald trump to continue support for ukraine makes i will do everything we can hundreds of thousands of students and also have returned to school for the new academic year. the u. n. says nearly old school buildings have been destroyed and is raining military bombardments. teachers are reporting that many children are struggling emotionally of to losing family members in the will. the serious interm president of med l sharah has opened

a national dialogue conference in damascus. c pulled at a historic opportunity to rebuild the country. off to 14 years of rule, the full rebel leader called for a state monopoly on weapons kurdish policies. blake, cost of the conference, condemning what they called token representation of minorities. what's the model of the european union's for and the policy chief kaya carlos is traveling to the united states to discuss the prospective and to the war in ukraine with the us secretary of state, monica ruby, i a visit. com is just off to the french president. and my new and my call met with donald trump on monday relations between the us and europe, all growing increasingly strange. this washington must go get closer. speaking to john list, the head of head trip kill us, insisted that you're a new crime must be involved in forging peace with russia. you can discuss whatever you want. so with the, with food thing, but the, if it comes to europe or ukraine and then ukraine and europe also have to agree to

the 1st that has to be peace and so far of routine advice. it is not fun. let's get more from dw correspondent terry schultz, just joining us now from brussel. so terry off the french president, met with donald trump. yesterday. we're going to be seeing other european leaders traveling to the us pushing for a greater involvement in russia, ukraine negotiations. we just heard it from kaya kyle us. so what can we expect from? or i think that's when you look at cairo, call us as personality. and the strength of her conviction that ukraine must be helped and that ukraine must be the one who decides about talks. i think that her interaction with marco rubio is likely to be similar to the one that emanuel mccomb had when he was sitting with donald trump. and trump was saying that the e u gets all of its contributions to ukraine. repay, which is not true. mccomb said that's not true. and then tried to explain to that,

to the audience there at the white house. i think this is what we, what we will see from call us when she sits with a secretary of state, marco rubio, who, by the way, just today has, has explained the us vote at the united nations as saying that it didn't think it was wise to antagonize either side in this conflict. that's not something that's going to be welcome to, to kind of call us being used foreign policy chief. i think she's definitely going to state europe's case very clearly that they do not believe that now is the time to even be speaking about a reassurance force, for example, for a cease fire that may never happen. but this is what they basically been forced to do now to try to stay relevant to the trump administration that say they're willing to put the european lives on the line to keep a piece, if by some chance trump manages to, to forge one with putting some straight tool king pulling no punches from kaya kyle us. what about the u. k. prime minister keystone that he set to meet trump in

a couple of days. what do you think he'll be bringing to the table to invest, right. he'll be watching the interaction between rubio and call is very carefully to see um, you know what he should expect, but as you say, he's going to be meeting president's trump. and i think it's no coincidence that cares. dormer held a session today is stating that they're going to be raising defense spending to 2.5 percent by the year 2027. that of course is nowhere close to what a trump is demanding. 5 percent from all nato allies. in fact, storm are said that the u. k. would only get to 3 percent by the year 2035. so i think he's probably a bit nervous that he's going to come in for some criticism from president trump when what he would really like is to be getting credit for being the 1st country to say it would send it troops to keep a ceasefire agreement to us so far he's the only one who's been so clear about that and, and really went out front with that. and he would like that to be how president trump

sees the u. k. it's going to be very interesting as, as it was yesterday between presidents mccord and trump. terry, thanks so much for that. those t w's correspondent, terry schultz and brussels. a taiwan coast guard has detained a trying these crude called our ship over suspicions. but it may have said that an undersea cook can be telecommunications cable. the shit which has registered in togo was intercepted between taiwan main island on the outlying pen do islands, harmonies authorities have detained a crew members and all investigating now whether in nearby on the see cable was intentionally cons. taiwan has reported 5 cases of i'm the c cable malfunction so far this year. i pay has raised concerns, but china could damage its communications cables in a bit to blockade, or sees the islands which beijing claims as its own. you mean dw

is james traitor, is following the story for us from ty pay, he sent us this update. are so many details to be on doubts about this particular incident. suppose we know leah taiwan is coast guard, said it had to detains this china link ship with 8 crew members. those were all a chinese nationals that was off to this on the see table for this harmonies. the island offshore island, just pulling who was disconnected with ortiz, say, communication with that islands were not completely disrupted off to communications woods of us and redirected through another on the see tables. but congo is really of the size of a lot of these tensions that situated right in the hearts of the taiwan straits. the narrow stretch of water that separates china and taiwan only a little more than a 100 kilometers in some places. and it's, this is way, you know, the have been increase tensions between china and taiwan over recent years, time one is already reported. 5 cases of c cable malfunctions,

se that's up from 3 age last year. and the year before. this is often described as being costs of china is efforts to wage what taiwan cools grades on war 5, these all in seem a day, 3 tactics. it full below the threshold of formal conflicts, but it designed to wave down at taiwan psychologically. china, it's pos, is already spoken ounce about this particular incidence. china is foreign ministry has said this is not a diplomatic issue and it will not be common thing for the 10 straight to reporting that from type pay. now high cuz in switzerland, taking advantage of a rat drones to explore ice caves, food inside a glacier, the water from melting ice case and melting ice cops out, the spectacular tunnels. the then widen by womb as it flows through the cavities. fine to say that temperatures in the outs all rising it twice the global average rates, and this could cause places to lose around 80 percent of the mass by the end of the

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