old, we can be the generation, the ends that so good. malaria must die. so millions can live the this is the w news lies from the land japanese likes, the next leader says he will drastically increase defense spending. the conservative stimulus mount says he'll change budget rules to re um, germany, and make concerns about america's commitment to its allies. the winter of sunday's election says he'll have a new government in place within weeks. we'll say coming up. the used car and part of the policy chief heads to washington as a risk grows of the ukraine kaya tell us, will tell the trumpet administration. they come the no peace without keys and negotiating table. and taiwan takes measures to protect its telecommunications infrastructure. suspecting

a chinese crude ship of intentionally severing on the sea tables plus the lead, a series and trim government says the states should have control of lessons in the country as it works to recover from nearly 14 years of civil war. the manuscripts mccain welcome to the program. great to have you with us for the ship mounts who is set to become germany is next. jones says talks are on the way to form a coalition government with the center left social democrats. he is pledging to have a government in place by east of mounts. has conservatives once a massive boost in defense spending to help strengthen european security. he said, time is of the essence because of the challenges facing the country. yacht line, his priorities for germany, and divide goals and 3 things need clarification. firstly,

the foreign policy and security international affairs are changing dramatically every day because i know that demands a german government capable of taking action meet not steal. secondly, migration, quick decision making is needed here too. and so it is, the economy were already coming up to the end of the 1st quarter of 2025. and the economy is in that precarious situation. a critical one that we need to make decisions extremely quickly to ensure the economy improves in the costs of this year. i also chief political edison, mckayla customer with a maps has made any progress. yes, informing his new government. 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 when i sold. so still the current concept of the social democrat s p d policy. we didn't hear 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 will need to be found this number 200000000000, which so they should, that's what i asked him about and would neither confirm nor deny and which could be a potential extra spending package. the problem is these of actions may have for polls that propelled him to the top one, these selections with this conservatives. but the policies of the center who on favor of more spending no longer make up a 2 sided 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 once 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 the attention to that because it's also the economy of course, because it is an issue that will require assumed 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 i 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 do you see philos? glad to send me a look at us now. sure. and then we'll have to leave at that. but thank you so much . i of a saw rights alternate as a german, a policy achieved his best result, f r, in sundays election. campaigning on an immigration, m. c. european union platform. the c came 2nd that 120 percent of the votes. it is now set to be the main office ition policy, and that will mean a more prominent role for its carlita ali spider. the w's. matthew moore takes the place to look at the woman who has become the public face of germany's phone, right to her support or she's a savior. critics, a dangerous fire brian died. dian with these windmills of shame on the but both can probably agree that alex vital,

the leader of the far right alternative for germany, is it bits of a paradox. vital joining the party in the early days when it form to oppose the euro. an economist, she wrote her doctorate on the chinese pension system, and speaks mander and she should, rose up the ranks of the f. d, and helped propel them into the business. diag. yeah, we will deliver by then migration had become the these core issues and that's the part to move further to the hard. right. so to did heart tone woke up. burke has made girls and head scarves and strangers with knives and other good for nothings were not secure prosperity, economic growth, and above all the welfare state. and she embrace beyond who the leading figure of the parties rather cooling someone she previously saw to extreme away from politics. her life looks very different. this is vital with our shoreline can born

partner. they have 2 sons and live in a different country, switzerland. if i do say is our primary residence is in germany, these apparent contradictions allows be living abroad with the women of color fronting an empty l g, b, t, q, n t. emigration party has a lot of people stretching the heads. wasik, when i'm looking at your program, i'm afraid for my future i'm on the sexual and i'm scared. by the way, you should be scared to buttons on the why. why should i be scared? for the, the vital is the ideal figure to lead the anti establishment movement on election like she won the rest of the political part to deliver the fee would be lying in wait kind of choice. then i can tell you the next election will come sooner than you think. and then we will overtake the see you

a stronger force. that is our goal. the next government core less, you know, spaces, the challenge proving her wrong. let's get more from a political coke political correspondence. simon young. simon, we're looking at the far right. a f d is now the 2nd strongest, political force in the gym and paul amend. what is the policy planning to do with the significant influence that it is now wielding? so yeah, and you as many investing the i f, d will have the nearly a quarter of the seats in the book just to, i'll just over a 150. and that will give them plenty of opportunity to speak in debates and make the points at and uh, they'll be more able for instance, dual, so seems fluent. so the parliamentary agenda, and i think all of that is part of the journey as a c, h a to be com, a be accepted as a normal policy, a parts of the political landscape,

a permanent pause of it here in germany. but it remains to be seen, i think. so. how exactly they will behave quite so. lots of the members of parliament are actually new to the book does tug at and that they include some pretty free t characters. i could say including one gentleman who has described himself is the friendly face of national socialism is quite a significant if you like, extreme radical right to element here. and so people like that, i think could be quite hard to keep in line. and that could mean problems with the i, if these day to day, which is to be in government off to the next elections in 2029. that's right. i mean, none of the, of the policies will work with the a, f d because it is a fall right policy. so do you think that being excluded from govern government? do you think that could further radicalize it?

or, i mean, you suggested that it was trying to become more moderate. i mean, will it become more moderate to make it more attractive as a potential coalition partner or yeah, i mean, it's an interesting question there because there is that point of view that says well, that they've got a larger representation in parliament. they don't have to have this sort of attitude of insurgent opposition. policy doesn't have to be quite so destroyed. and tim, cantankerous, empowerment as they've been before. and they, they could do what maureen, the pain in front. so we're all good. leave me alone in italy. have done namely to the self in the image of that party and attempt to make it more palatable to voters in the center and take a step away from those on the extreme that i just mentioned. but they, i should say, i don't see any sign of that. certainly during the election campaign, the rhetoric was a pretty harsh the criticism of all the parties, including the christian democrats who download set to lead the government at was

very severe. so uh, you know, it remains to be seen whether by the a, if they will behave itself and try and, you know, sort of make itself unacceptable policy at all. whether they'll stay on the, on the right one and 5 people voted for the state in germany. how much of this success do you think is down to it's co lead to at least vital. i think a lot of it, she's obviously a, a striking say, got a contradictory, say in surveys, a quarter of jim and say that they think kids are satisfied as they put it with a political look. i bet she sees it confusing sega is living with same sex, paul, now raising 2 children. when the policy itself proclaims is very traditional, have family image. and then again, bible has self service put her cell phone is this one of the boys walk face of the

i f d. but she has also embrace pretty harsh rhetoric talking about re migration of unwanted foreigners and this kind of thing. and she seems happy enough to work with these people on the, on the extreme right and have positive, funnily enough, some of them are a bit disappointed with her. they think that she has led them to a slightly less good result than they could have achieved at, at national level. so there are already people saying, well, you know, how long will they go on? total writing at least bible for that too. is one of the questions we will have to work out in the coming months and years assignment. thanks so much for that of simon young dw, use political correspondent. so let's take a look now at some of the other stories. mation, the headlines in germany's central bank has reported a lot, so the 1st time in 45 years, the buddhist bank said its reserves had been depleted by rapid changes in your a zone interest rate policy. in the past 3 years, the european central bank quickly raise rates suffice inflation. despite loss

amounts to move in 19000000000 years. the impeachment, tearing for south korea is suspended. presidents have closed with a defiant statement from you in foothill. he defended his shop decision to decline martial last year saying the country was facing an existential crisis. constitutional court judges must now decide whether to uphold use impeachment or for reinstates his pallets. the marine exploration from ocean infinity has begun a new search for malaysia airlines flight m h 370 which disappeared over 10 years ago. with 239 people on board. the operation will see underwater vehicle scanning about 15000 square kilometers, a c bed off west and australia. malaysia will pay the 1st $17000000.00 if it manages to find the plane. the use foreign policy chief kaya

call us is traveling to the united states to discuss the prospective then to the war and ukraine with the us. x ray of state monk, a review of visit, comes off to the french president and manually mccomb met with donald trump on monday relations between the us and europe. all growing increasingly strange as washington and most go pro close to speaking to john list. so head of head trip kill us, insisted that europe and ukraine must be involved in folding pace with russia. it can discuss, so whenever you want. so with the, with food thing, but the, if it comes to europe or ukraine, then ukraine and europe also have to agree to the 1st. there has to be peace and so far of roots in advice. it is not fun. i also dw correspondent terry schultz, who's in brussels to tell us more about what we can expect from cal us as trip a visit to the us. well, your foreign policy chief kind of call us is not one to remain silent. if she

disagrees with what's being said, she's a former student in prime minister, add an extraordinarily strong supporter of ukraine. you saw her there wearing yellow and blue yesterday at the anniversary of the start of the war. so i would expect that she herself is stealing her nerves for these meetings, because if secretary of state marco rubio repeats, things that president trump has said like ukraine started this war or that it doesn't believe russia needs to give up anything in any event, will peace talks or zalinski is a dictator. i mean, she actually addressed that yesterday and said she thought president trump got confused between zelinski and pollutants when he made those remarks. so we could be in for another engagement, like we saw yesterday with president mclaren when he corrected president trump, that the you does not expect to be repaid for all it's a to ukraine. so i think we'll all be watching this very carefully and expecting, call us to make a very strong case that europe and ukraine must be involved in any negotiations at

the same time saying it's too early to talk about such things when putting is still bombing ukraine. and even increasing rates, i was seeing a number of the european leaders heading to washington. now we off to kinda kill us with what the u. k. prime minister kissed alma is jew to meet donald trump on friday. what do you think he's going to bring to the table? terry? what he would like president trump to focus on is that the u. k. was the 1st country to say it would contribute troops to any event you will, reassurance force or peacekeeping force. should president trump be able to broker a ceasefire between presidents, zalinski and put in, but what i think he's going to be in for is president trump criticizing the relatively low level of defense spending by the u. k. a stormer came out today and said that he wants to raise that level to 2.5 percent. by the year 2027. that's

far below what trump is expecting of nato allies. he's going to demand 5 percent defense spending and much more quickly than the u. k. is going to be able to do that in fact, storm or said that he hoped to get up to 3 percent of g. d. p by the year 2035. so i am sure that he's concerned that he's going to hear something about the defense spending, even as he wants to focus on the u. k. being out in front with a potential to put boots on the ground as president. trump has requested of european allies, dw correspondent, terry schultz and brussels. terry, thank you. a taiwan coast guard has detained a chinese crude called cargo shift. though the suspicions it may have said that in on the sea telecommunications cable, the ship, which is registered in togo, was intercepted between taiwan main island on the outlying penguins, harmonies authorities have detained a crew members and are investigating whether a nearby on the see cable was intentionally caught taiwan has reported 5 cases of

undersea cable malfunctions so far. this year. type pay has raised concerns, but china could damage its communications cables in a bit to blockade or sees the island which beijing claims as it. so talk to elizabeth from viruses, a fellow at the atlantic council's in the pacific security initiative. i also, whether this was likely a case of chinese sabotage to. so there's a saying that if it, you know, walk. so i could quite select a doctor and who does a dock? so yeah, i believe it's quite likely we have seen a china do this kind of thing in other areas. chinese ships have um you know, cut cables up in the baltic and they've done this before. you know, around timeline and, and not by a japanese dispute, it islands as well. and so, you know, it appears that this is certainly a calculated move. china increasingly is putting more and more pressure on taiwan,

you know, before speaker nancy pelosi run over to taiwan in the summer of $22.00 china kind of limited itself to some circum navigation and patrols by its, um, yes, of its jobs. well now it's a regular terrorist chinese just regularly cross the informal, the median line in the taiwan strait. they are increasingly sending ships out to and circle taiwan. and beyond that, they're carrying out more and more naval exercises, which you really are rehearsals for. it's not invasion for a complete embargo of taiwan as a matter of fact, in october, when taiwan was selling the republic of china, national de china and carried out a complete the practice of a blockade and circling taiwan. so these are part of china is great zone activities which are aggressive maneuvers that just fall short of pulling out more. so you

talked about china wanting to put pressure on taiwan, but you also use the wood invasion. so we, are you saying that's the reason shine or is doing this is because of it's long term goal of invading taiwan and the absolutely is not invade. it certainly has plans to blockade carry out a blockade. and to not only make the taiwan economy collapse, but to affect public opinion and morale. if the people on time want to see that there are governments cannot just send them and make them secure. the faith and the government will collapse. and, and that obviously would be a very bad, you know, scenario for the government on time. one is ability to counter any type of chinese maneuvers that time. one has reported 5 cases of on the c cable malfunctions this

year alone. if china is responsible, is this assign, would you say that china is right, syncing up these kind of activities and might be planning something was in the near future? a absolutely, absolutely us navy arrows are of the belief that these so called exercises, these a, these, these actually regression, they are her soul of, you know, in warfare almost always genetic priests ages genetic. right? so the, the. 1 the non kinetic procedures can i? so the knowledge genetic would be cutting cables, cutting communications of black out of infrastructure. and before you know, the bombs and the missiles start flying. and so what they are doing is they are practicing they're rehearsing. there are trying to effect the taiwan governments. there is a significant but very small, but significantly vocal um,

part of the population that is saying, you know, we just really do need to joint, you know, china. but also, i believe that this is sending a signal to president trump in his 2nd administration to see what his policies might be regarding taiwan. he has sent mixed signal. however, most recently, he did announce that they will be in an arms package for taiwan, of highmark miss highmore missiles. and also he exempted taiwan and the philippines from the fries of usaid funds. and so there, there, there might be like another dimension here. that is perhaps the problem i do want to mention us state department under secretary state rubio just deleted from its taiwan fact page that the taiwan does not support that the united states does not support taiwan independence and they no longer refer to taiwan as the

republic of china is just taiwan. china is just a china not republic of china either, but it's interesting these subtle changes to the taiwan fact page. filter elizabeth, a friend laura, thank you so much for your analysis and for your time today. as the leader of syria's and from government says, the state should have control of all weapons in the country as it works to recover from the 14 years of civil war. and from president of model. sure, made the comments that a national dialogue conference in damascus. opposition figures acts of this religious lead as an artists are attending this, they try to charge a new pulse to syria for a chance to help shape serious future. it's new real lives invited. 600 representative to damascus for a 2 day event. the conference was laid by the islamist phone, the rebel group, hyatt, terrier alshaun, or

h to use which spanish heated former president busha assad's ousting in december interim president asked me to el sharah spoke of the importance of the role of floor and see the state needs to have control over the countries weapons and the unity of arms under monopoly by the states is not a luxury, but duty under no obligation. syria is indivisible, ended strings, lights and it to you and is a serious new lead is wanting to bring fullness actions into a single me. but um, to groups windows invited to the conference, at least the kurdish lead syrian democratic forces out all the organize and see the curtis community would be represented with. it's not clear how many minority groups showed up with many unconvinced about the government's promise of an inclusive future. besides tackling a ruined economy in war ravaged infrastructure,

the mason will discuss a new constitution, largest, have me, and it's important that the constitution is consistent with our dreams about a new syria, a syria without exclusion. outside the meeting, some had more immediate concerns. charlotte is going to the one thing and the reality on the ground is another. why should we care about the conference when the most important things, like security and safety? unfortunately, remain on the dress as well as food bread, just going up, transport price is to we have limited earnings and even those have store how people meant to live. and those gifts by while the damascus conference, max, and use states and serious rebuild. there's still a long road to recovery, asked me to, i'll show raw, had said it could take around 5 years to organize elections and 3 years to rewrite the constitution. as a reminder of our top story for you,

germany's likely next john let the conservative finish math says toolbox on forming a new coalition with a sense of less social democrats has the guns and that a new government has been placed within 2 months. he said he'll focus on increasing defense spending. i'm it concerns about america is coming to its allies seem to have time to but just stay with us. all be back in just a few moments to take you through the day time. and you can look into the

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why did they have all the time? i should just such mundane trace amount for on the of the world watch the deepening estrangement between america and europe at the united nations on monday and the continuing massive fist in u. s. foreign policy, as the u. s. broke with its european allies over to you and resolutions on ukraine and sided with russia. moscow praised washington's refusal to condemn puts into his invasion with the rest of the ukraine growing faust. a string of european leaders are heading to washington this week to try to persuade donald trump to keep his support for team. i'm nato strong. can they do anything to.