a friend who always comes 5 years off to cousin. we remember when the road stood still stops much 8 on dw, the . this is needed, the news live from berlin. united states and ukraine reported me it agree on the details of a crucial minerals deal towards the state of washington. and keith could sign the agreement as early as friday, with ukraine's president flooding his lensky, hoping it will keep us military support to his nation flowing. also in our show, israel's expanding military operations in the occupied westbank, sending tanks into the territory for the 1st time in decades. this place, palestinians are wondering if he'll ever return to their homes, the

student, usually in berlin, welcome to our program. ukrainian officials say keep in washington have agreed to the terms of a draft and minerals and resources deal that the agreement could be signed as early as friday, with plans for ukrainian president florida minutes lensky to travel to the us to meet with donald trump. us president has been demanding ukraine, give access to its rarer minerals and what trump calls compensation for war time, a provided by the us under job. i'd $1000000000.00 short while ago us president trump said to deal with see the us recuperate some of its costs. so what we're doing is now we're saying, look, we want to be secured, we want to get that money back. we're helping the country through a very, very big problem. a problem like very few people have had, shouldn't have had this problem because it shouldn't happen. but it did happen, so we have to straighten it out, but the american taxpayer now is going to get that money back. plus, i mean,

while they use for policy chief kaya carlos, is also traveling to the united states to discuss the respect to the ends of the war and ukraine with us secretary of state coming marco rubio, make us or visit comes as a french president, a manual i'm a call and met trump on monday. relations between the us and europe are growing increasingly strange as washington and moscow appeared to grow closer. speaking to the journalists ahead of her trip, carlos carlos insisted that europe and ukraine must be involved in forging peace with russia. you can disguise, so 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 and vice. it is not fun. we have cd correspondents here. schultz and brussels to tell us more about what to expect from causes visit the us as well as your foreign policy. she's kind of call us is not one to remain silent. if she disagrees with what's being said, she's a former,

as tony and 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. and any eventful piece talks or that 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 mccord when he corrected president trump, that the you does not expect to be repaid for all is 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 negotiation at

the same time saying it's too early to talk about such things when putting this still, bombing ukraine that even an increasing rate, a terry schultz there in brussels because really military has expanded its raids in the occupied westbank, sending tanks into the territory for the 1st time over 2 decades of tens of thousands of palestinians had been forced to leave their homes in jeanine and nearby cities, and it was unclear when or if they would be able to return. the homes have been bulldozed by these really military. and the is really defense minister has order troops to prepare for a long term stay. is there any tang started wanting into the occupied fest bank for the 1st time in over 20 years? there's roy it has the order d army to target for us to union, but it's in groups. indeed, refugee camps of the not invest bank big for shut off for 5 years. we are operating in refugee camps in jeanine on until caught him in new asylums in order to ensure

that what happened will not repeat itself. we will continue to operate in any refugee camp and in any other place in the west bank where terror raises its head. we will overcome the extreme. it is the most terror of the palestinian terror organizations and of those who support them. by the idea of began nude celebration last month after reaching us the site agreement didn't cause a up to 15 months so far. at least 20000 palestinians have left their homes in jenny, in the nearby city of 2. regarding the not the invest bank also it's a dangerous situation. when the israeli army storms the area we have to flee, looking according to the world heads organization, at least $82.00 palestinians were killed in the best bang during the 1st 6 weeks of

this year. of the w a to express deep concerns or the violence and the impact of increasing the tax on healthcare facilities. machine the current uh platform so full of buying this. we have seen that tax on the houses in choice is a 2023 star player rising in the west bank. so another 13. so how's the tax is october 2020. so sweet. 44 house. it's a tax documents. just no westbank between the 1st of january and for a single january has is riley forces demolish houses and infrastructure in the jenin refugee camp. many palestinians via these tactics of aimed at them and then to displacing the population. earlier i spoke with law professor michael link, who served as

a former un special rupture on the situation of human rights in the occupied palestinian territories. he told us more about the current situation in the west bank and israel's operations against milton groups there as well. they've been around for some time there growing a numbers in parts of the large part because there was a growing political vacuum in the west bank. the whole rational and death of a palestinian authority was to lead the post indians to a self determination and a palestinian state. today we are further away from a genuine austin and state in a 2 state solution than ever. and it as the confidence in the political leadership of the palestinian authority, one is up collapsing in the west bank. you have this growing vacuum which is being filled by young militants. see likely no other choice of the take up arms which and which are fairly plentiful in the west bank against these really occupation. remember, we're dealing with a 57 year old of israeli occupation. that is the longest in the modern world,

and it shows no signs of ending israel. these really connected us, so there's going to be no palestinian state that's emerging. so you see the kind of dashing of hopes that the power studies would finally be em and be rid of the occupation. this is what the wants of giving if you like political oxygen to these young mills in groups. we know that you and experts have one that israel's carrying out tactics employed in gaza now in the occupied westbank. could you tell us what is meant by that as well we've seen, for the 1st time, the use of airplanes of firing missiles into the crowded refugee camps, particularly in the north of the west bank. as your correspondent mention in the told carol north shelves of janine caps, we have over 40000 palestinians who have been displaced, whose homes have been destroyed as well. we're seeing the wreckage of the water. so we find electricity lines which are meant to be the essentials for life in these

camps. these $40000.00 palestinians are going to be gone, at least according to the form of defense minister for 4 months at a time. and we don't know they're ever going to be able to return to their homes and in these camps. so we're beginning to see if you'd like, because the position we can use that term of the west bank with these really military turning its attention to rudy. note, these are these young militants, which i suspect will be a hopeless cause for these really military. some observers say that now with the trump administration in place the is really government is more open than ever about plans to annex the westbank. is that what we're seeing is the beginning of such an operation? yes, i mean i, i think we're definitely headed on the past. obviously there was the opening with respect to possibly displacing the $2200000.00 palestinians from gaza and opening up the repair riviera of a middle east. that idea seems to have died with the opposition being expressed by egypt. and by george, i suspect what donald trump was going to give if you like,

as a consolation bishop tries to these really government is to allow them directly expand other over 300 settlements and the settlement infrastructure. and to seriously consider mixing some or all of the west bank, i think this is going to be on the political agenda of these really government in its dealings with uh with washington in the months to come. alright, that's michael. think he's former you in special for i'll put you on the situation of human rights in the occupied palestinian territories. michael, we appreciate your time and your observations. thank you very much. let's have a look now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world by hundreds of people have attended the funeral is really hostage odor live ship from the 84 year old was one of 4 hostages, whose bodies were handed over by him on last week. meanwhile, the milton group says, israel's failure to release 600 palestinian prisoners at the weekend is

a serious violation that could cause the cease fire deal to collapse. hope frances remains in a critical but stable condition as he battles pneumonia in the hospital. that again says the pontiff has not developed any further respiratory complications and has begun working from his bed. 88 year old has now spent 12 nights in the hospital and wrote this to speak to cannot, british prime minister says you k will raise defense spending to 2 and a half percent of g. d p over the next 2 years case tom or told parliament that europe is in a new era of insecurity when it comes 2 days before he's due in washington to try to persuade donald trump is to continue support for ukraine and nato. struggles ever from new marine expiration firm ocean infinity has begun a new search for malaysia airlines flight image 370 which disappeared over 10 years ago with 239 people on board. the operation with the underwater vehicle scanning

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a big deal. there is nothing, no cash money metro, nothing. we were just having lunch and all the lights went off. a major blackout like this is highly unusual and truly the country of nearly 20000000 goes to one of the best power networks in the region. i was scared. i thought something happened because i saw everybody going out onto the street. the government has ruled out an attack or sabotage, as the reason for the power loss. seeing a system failure was more likely to be the cause to ease interior ministry has said it was deploying the armed forces across the country to maintain order. and finally, take a look at this. hikers and switzerland are taking advantage of a rare opportunity to explore ice caves formed inside a glacier or the water from melting ice, carves out the spectacular tunnels,

then widened by warm air that flows through the cavities. scientist say the temperatures and the alps are rising at twice the global average rate is could cause glaciers to lose around 80 percent of their mass by the end of the century. all right, here's a reminder for top stories you're creating. officials say keeping washington have agreed to the terms of a draft and minerals and resources. deal agreement could be signed as early as friday, with plans for your premium present flooding. mid zalinski to travel to the us to meet with dr. trump is really military. it has expanded its rates and the occupied westbank sending tanks into the territory for the 1st time in over 2 decades. tens of thousands of palestinians had been forced to leave their homes. that's all for now, we'll be back soon with more headlines. in the meantime, you can find out more of a piece and other stories online. check us out at dw dot com,

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