the, the, the business data we news line from berlin, the french president says his country's nuclear deterrence, quote, we use to protect your m and a televised address and money on the call warrens that russia is a threat to both france and the entire confidence is comments call ahead of especially european summit which will focus on defense and showing up support for ukraine. also coming, greenland prime minister declares greenland is ours. after trump tells congress he thinks the arctic island joining us one way or the

article. surely sure. welcome to the show. french president, the money on my call says he's planning to discuss sharing frances nuclear deterrence with its european allies to protect the continent from russian threats. he made the announcement during a televised address to the nation, the head of an emergency summit of a you leaders. my call also expressed uncertainty over the trans atlantic partnership with the us as washington appears to move ever closer to moscow. it is a class because it doesn't use, i want to believe the us will remain at our side for it. but we also have to be ready if this is not the case. could it be on it with a piece and ukraine is achieved quickly or not, and is it the whole thing, you repeat and state must want to turn it in the face of the russian threatened that i've just described as capable of defending themselves better. and of the tearing any future aggression, whatever it happens,

we have to equip ourselves further and was it could be that on the dash of them while i'm president, my call space, let's go to our correspondence to see a children in brussels. we'll see him. i can't emphasize that europe must be able to better defend itself, what concrete proposals to be put forward though? yes, sir, the main thing that he said is that he wants to start a discussion with the other european states could also be protected by the french nuclear system of france and the u. k. are the, are the states in the european in europe, which do with our nuclear power. so front isn't especially a position here being the only state into european union being a nuclear power. and he said that he wants to start this discussion as it is partners here in the european union. and this comes after this discussion has been, or that has been a push basically that his match who just won the german elections. it's likely to be the next gym. chancellor that has been asking for this or has been ost control.

this discussion is this, of course comes in a time where there is a fear that maybe the u. s. u. k. are protection bed is currently in place in the european union, might not be there forever. and the other point is that my chrome was making bus about the so called a possible european troops that might go into trying to secure a possible peace deal. and there he said that he will call for a meeting of the military's chief of stops next week. off the states that are willing to participate in such a possible troop in paris for next week. so early to talk about peacekeepers when there is no peace to keep, didn't a kron offer any new ideas for peace talks for ukraine as well. he said that all initiatives are on a good way. maybe just a quick reminder. so right now the u. k and friends have said that they would work

together on a piece plan add together with the training that they would then go to united to the united states and proposes and discuss it there. he didn't give any more details except for what you mentioned. at the, the, the year from shapes that might be forcibly center. this is since has been an idea that has been sitting around here for awhile, but she didn't get give any more way of just a note that he says that he wants to persuade donald trump to stay engaged with your how much leverage does he really have to do that at this point. well, he has been in washington last week and when he has been there, there has been quite a good atmosphere. but this has also been before the fallout. the public followed officer lansky and donald trump. sir, this is of course difficult to say, what is keir and in some way is fed this idea of your, of becoming more independent and becoming stronger has always been one of emanuel.

i'm across favorite projects. so he calls this strategic autonomy. he's been advocating for this for a while, so there's what's happening right now is really in line with his politics and in the end. now the, the recent developments will have to show if his leverage his initiatives that you also takes together with kira salma, v u. k. prime minister will be enough to really change things as they are the w for responding to the caea shelton from brussels. many thanks. i us, nuclear deterrence will be one of the major issues discussed at today's emergency summit of a you leaders. they'll be debating how best to bolster europe's defenses as well as increasing help to ukraine as president will let them use the landscape, will join them, but with hungary refusing to endorse a statement back and keep the meeting in brussels could be quite difficult. was it to not to dom cathedral an invitation from king charles flattery,

europeans hoped, would win over donald trump wheel military equipment. you met our brother. he did exchange, unlike television, between the american and the ukrainian presidents over the weekend. not only touching the us as a box to your grade, 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 full yes. we are in an era of re argument and you're up is ready to mass. so for the boost it's defense spending to boast to respond to the short term urgency to act and to support ukraine. 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 will need to replace over the long term um, united states contributions to european securities that include, for example, control and come on 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. b's is deemed unrealistic. but most to europe in boston, us, the lead us would face sylvia political opposition at home. if they attempt to slash social welfare and die what that money towards 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 as long as the risk of being seen is to involve extending its reach by member states of believe defense is the responsibility of national governments. and then there is victor, oregon hungry as prime minister. so many here in brussel c. as

a trojan horse doing rush as bidding inside the a you or ball has often tried 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 president from it could be hard for europe in leadership to get him to go along or bother. scroll down the e, you to follow jumps 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 hungary opposition, but 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 a few jump b steel between your queen and russia, that definitely in 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 banding, it's concise 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 have 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 posted by known e. you need to remember the u. k. y is hungry, and sla kabbage is also seen as being soft and russia were 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. a, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. you as president, donald trump, has temporarily lifted tariffs for car makers after tax with us auto executives. the one month exemption applies to imports from canada and mexico to comply with existing free trade agreements. trumps 25 percent loving and almost all goods from those nations came into effect on tuesday. tropical side loan alfred has stalled

off australia's east coast and is now expected to make landfall on saturday schools and airports having closed as a region. braces for its 1st cycle in decades where the 4000000 people live in the storms projected past. bosnian serb leader miller, i don't to, it has approved several laws. banning central government, police and traditional authority involves me a semi autonomous served territory under the laws escalate. tensions in bosnia and herzegovina were doting, is already facing prison time and removal from office. it was sentenced last week for ignoring decisions. finally of 40 overseeing the countries piece of ports. the use climate monitor reports that global sea ice cover reached a historic low last month. the lack of ice comes as temperatures near the north pole rose up to 11 degrees higher than average. the copernicus,

climate change service warrants that the loss of heat reflecting ice exacerbate global warming. us president donald trump has added fuel to the fire over his emissions for greenland. the president told congress he believes the arctic island will end up in american hands one way or the other for many green lenders. the main issue ahead of elections next next week isn't joining. the us though, but full independent from denmark of 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 air metals, vital for telecommunications, as well as billions of barrels of on top of oil, denmark illinois to island 300 years ago and still controls its forwarding and 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 said the most important part of trump speech was to respect the island of sovereignty by 2. but 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 rights with sophia determination, i think, was the most important part of the speech. residents 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 didn't keep audit relented. really tap no more than this normal every day we did. we did have and he why, like you might 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 just more independent than anything else. meanwhile is greenland

prepares the votes, 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. and finally, the world's largest iceberg has for the moment at least ended, it's a big journey from antarctica to the open sea bearing, the rather sterile name, a 23 a. the ice mass is about as big as greater london. it's been on the move since breaking away from an ice sheet in the 1980s. now it's run a ground close to the remote south atlantic island of south georgia. sign to say it's good news for the sensitive while i live in and around the island, which could have been threatened if the ice mass had collided directly with south georgia. a quick reminder of our top story, french president of my new law call, says his country's nuclear deterrence quote, to be used to protect your comments, come ahead, especially european summit,

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