and then when generation, i know i'm due to this kind of fun. it feels like the basically is things that we use live from by the end. the french president says the trump administration has tons of world on his head and then addressed to the nation a memo my cause says he wants to believe the united states is on his side. but once france, as you are to be ready to defend themselves, the ways holds intelligence sharing with k, if you could have that ukraine's ability to target the russian forces and is mole bad use of the washington post military a to the country. breeland's prime minister declares greenland is out of to trump tells congress he thinks the arctic island will join the us. one way all the of

the i've been preserving, welcome french presidency memo. my cost says he plans to discuss sharing frances nuclear deterrence with its european allies. you made the announcement during a national, televised address to the nation in which he expressed uncertainty over the trans atlantic partnership with the west. as washington moved closer to moscow is a class good, is it as a new life? i want to believe the us will remain at our side foot or place, but we also have to be ready if this is not the case. it could it be on its way to peace and ukraine is achieved quickly or not to these it though appear to be in states must continued in the face of the russian threaten that i've just described, hooked up capable of defending themselves better. and if the tearing any future aggression, whatever happens, we have to equip ourselves further. and was it could be that on that,

i'd like to bring in now correspondence, these louie and powers. so what's the french president's plan? well, if president and my, my call was tonight appealing to the french people to change the mindset, you know, he said russia is a clear threat not only for ukraine, but also for europe and funds that defense needed to respond to that. accordingly, he was talking about increasing defense capacity in france. you know that there needed to be made sacrifices that money would have to be spend on that. he was also talking about francis nuclear, to turn to know that fonts is one of the only countries in the european union's union to have nuclear weapons. that if the company uses as a to times and my my call has been talking us over the past few days about maybe extending back to town capacity to other countries across the european union. all

this comes ahead of a meeting tomorrow in brussels, with the 27 heads of stage of the european union will come together and are planning to, you know, to determine and to agree on a common statement on a common plan for maybe common spending. and also to provide more municipal weapons who you're trying to stand with she crying in front of the russian aggression as you've some. and then the lead up to that meeting. he's an interesting want him, i'm all of my calls, be meeting with congress prime minister victo order fund. i would've loved to have been a fly on the wall. absolutely. victor urban is known to be one of the leaders in europe that has a pro, russian stands just as the leader of slovakia for example. and so a mount of my car was trying to meet him, was meeting him tonight to try to convince him to actually agree on that draft

agreement that is already circulating amongst your team members and member states. so one point where the hung gary lead to it seems to be disagreeing when it comes to that statement is you know, sending but the, the fact that the aims to send additional ammunition to ukraine. so in my, my call in vice with victoria herb on to night, hoping that he might convince him that he might negotiating with with him, be able to negotiate with him so that he will sign that common statement tomorrow. mind you and my, my call has been advocating for a so court up that i default at defense lions that the european union should turn into. and he's now pushing forward for your to build up its own production capacity is when it comes to the defense sector. but he also knows that the issue is plain for time. as for the coming years, they will still need the support of the us. and that's as we just heard. also part

of the strategy you wants to, you know, convince your team leaders to, to go towards the common defense capacity, but also try to keep the us on board. it is a fine line really get your is thanks for joining us. that we use lisa louis in the french capital will that some of these you leaders gets on the way thursday. they'll be debating how best to bolster europe's defenses and increase help to ukraine, who's president of them is the landscape will join them out. brussels corresponded and shows bora as more. it was, it did not to dom cathedral an invitation from king charles flattery, europeans hoped, would win over donald trump. we're the equipment you met. our brother. he did exchange, unlike television, between the american and the ukrainian presidents over the weekend. not only defect

in the us as a box to ukraine, but also turned into a moment of reckoning for europe. it's time to reorder said, you commission president or slough on the line as allies prepared to discuss a plan that could unlock around 800000000000 euros in defense investments. over the next 4 years. we are in an era of re argument and europe is ready to massively boost its defense spending bows to respond to the short term urgency to act and to support ukraine us. but also to address the long term need to take on more responsibility for our own european security. the funding for this would come from a shop increase in defense spending by member states, europeans for me to replace over the long term united states contributions to european securities that include, for example, control and combined equipment, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. but that could take

a decade or more and terms conditions for the us has continued security umbrella, increased defense, expanded to 5 percent of national g. d. b's is deemed unrealistic. but most to europe in boston, us a lead us would face sylvia political opposition at home, if they attempt to slash social welfare and die what that money to, what's defense. the european union is trying to take the initiative to bring the member states together and find a way to fund the real moment, but it runs the risk of being seen is to involve extending its reach by member states. believe defense is the responsibility of national governments. and then there is victor or bon hungry as prime minister. so many here in brussel c as a trojan horse. during rush as bidding inside the you or ball has often try to block aid for your grade, but often relented when the time came to exercise. as we do now, as he tries to increase, she had himself with the president drum. it could be hard for europe in leadership

to get him to go along. or bond has called on the e you to follow trump's lead and discuss a ceasefire directly with russia. experts say that you could still find a way to move forward, even in the face of how greece opposition, by forming a coalition of billing nations on certain decisions, such as sending a degree as well as on the proposal to send your being troops to police future be steve, between your green and russia, that, that mean many instances also in the euro, crosses where europe. and so i've been able to go ahead in smaller groups rather than the framework. so one way to look at it is to say that the use of binding it's consensus approach. and other way to look at it is to say that the eu has always been very flexible in the face of the us as new foreign policy. there is a sense of urgency in europe to ramp up its defense. but if some member states refused to participate, others outside the block can be brought in as partners. no, we and canada were present at the conference hosted by non

e. you need to remember the u. k. y is hungry, and sla kabbage is also seen as being soft and russia left out for your up. it's a bio dime ship and it's going to be a massive undertaking. there are no illusions about that. the director of america is the central intelligence agency. john ratcliff says the you where says paused intelligence sharing with you create the decision, cuts key both from bio information about russian movements on the battlefield. it follows the suspension of old u. s. military, a to key 5 to friday's fractious, oval office meeting between president trump and savanski us national security advisor mike walls was asked about the pause in a press conference as we have uh, we have taken a step back uh and or pausing and reviewing all aspects of this relationship, just in the last 24 hours sense the public statement from zalinski and then the

subsequent conversations, which i'm going to walk inside and continue. i think we're going to see the movement in very short order. moreno around is a military expert of kings college funding. she told us how the loss of u. s. military and intelligence support will change the way ukraine fights this war as well. i think the most critical right now is the lack of intelligence support because it is not something that you're peons can supplement in a sense that us military satellites or satellite capabilities across a period through what the europe has and what the u. k. has therefore, even if you're creating hassle weapons, but it will not be able to determine where the targets are. it will greatly affect and intelligent surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. so even if you crane in forces are not going to run out of weapons just now or,

and they munition of course as well. it is not something that you can provide and, and also really important thing. all logistics for 8 to ukraine and i went up just talking us a but also european aids, the united states has been providing logistical support for that. so that will have an effect. so i assume that the immediate effect will see when it comes to the lack of intelligence that the ukranian troops see. and only later on, of course, um, bearing in mind that the enemy also has a phase that is to say, depends on how the russians designs are operations. and they might try to push even harder and all knowing the ukrainians will lose this capability when the ukrainians will run out of amunition. as or 8th of the us supplies delivery expert, marina moran from king's college bonded will. donald trump is out of field to the fire over his ambitions for greenland. the president told congress he reckons the

island will end up in american hands one way or the other. for many greenland is the main issue with head of elections next week isn't joining the us. but full independence from denmark as america is, donald trump reiterated his desire to antics greenland to the us in typically contradictory style. we strongly support your right to determine your own future. and if you choose, we welcome you into the united states of america, but we need it really for international world security. and i think we're going to get it one way or the other. we're going to get it the reason for the sudden interest in an enormous arctic island with just 57000 inhabitants. well there's, it's coveted strategic location. while under the ice ly valuable rear f metals vital for telecommunications as well as billions of barrels of on top of the oil.

denmark illinois the island 300 years ago and still controls its for the defense policies. greenland has been sent me a ton of us since 1917. i know elections next week. we'll see the question of filled greenland independence brought into sharp focus on the elections on the march 11th. that going to pretty historical. it's very likely that there will be a process at talking about independence, real independence for the 1st time, or between denmark and greenland. denmark explorer administer set. the most important part of the trump speech was to respect the island, the sovereignty slide to substitute that they want to loosen that ties to denmark. but i've no idea the that the want to do that in order to, to, to become, you know, an integrated part of america. so we emphasizing what he did, the writer itself it's, it's amazing. i think it was the most important part of the speech president of the

capital nuke gave a mixed reaction. this is one way or the other way, going to keep on dreaming on the drum. so you've got the village, so you've got the fluids, you've got everything. i think she's think the par, the grid, lead to relay tap no more than this homo. everything we need we need help. and he likes to add, add a lot of taxes here, which would also increase the homeowners here. so it's really we feel like it's a bad idea and we just more why don't be like a little i land this more independent than anything else. meanwhile is greenland prepares to vote the message from its incumbent? prime minister is clear. we don't want to be americans, nor danes, which would be exit route on facebook. greenland is ours. that brings you up today to know the international news. i've been puzzling. thanks for watching dw,

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