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welcome to the show i'm to call fairly french president. the money on my call says he's planning to discuss sharing frances nuclear deterrence with fits european allies to protect the continent from russian threats. he made the announcement during a televised address to the nation ahead of an emergency summit of european leaders today. my call also expressed uncertainty over the transatlantic partnership with the us as washington appears to move closer and closer to moscow. this 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 whether pacing ukraine is achieved quickly or not to the is it though you repeat and states must want to, to meet in the face of the russian threatened that i've just described. they took that capable of defending themselves better, and of the tearing any future aggression. whatever happens,

we have to equip ourselves further and was it could be that on the dash, our process correspondence. shelton listened closely to him, a call and speech and told us what exactly is proposing to boost your ups defenses . yeah, so 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 friends and the u. k. are the, are the states in the european in europe, which do with john nuclear power. so front is an especial position here being the only state in the european union being a nuclear power. and he said that he wants to start this discussion. this 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 jim chancellor that has been asking for this or has been off control. this discussion is this, of course comes in a time where there is a fear that maybe the u. s. u. k. a protects that 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 so called the possibly european troops that might go into ukraine 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 shoot in paris for next week. so early to talk about peacekeepers when there is no peace to keep fisma 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 prefers and discuss it there. he didn't give any more details except for what you mentioned. that the, the years can shape said might be forcibly center. this is since has been an idea that has been sitting around here for awhile, but she didn't get get any more way of to say now 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 photos of us are lensky and donald trump. sir, this is of course difficult to say what is here in, in some way, is that this idea of europe 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 recent developments will have to show if his leverage has initiatives that you also takes together with kia salma, v u k. prime, minnesota will be enough to really change things as they are. they'll be able to respond unless they are sold in from brussels. many thanks a, as a nuclear deterrence will be one of the major issues discussed at today's emergency summit of annual leaders. they'll be debating how best of bolstering drugs defensive as well as increasing help to ukraine as president bulletin read the landscape will join them. but with hungary refusing, once again to endorse a statement to back key, the meeting in brussels could prove to be rather difficult. was it to not to dom compete? drew an invitation from king charles flattery. europeans hoped,

would win over donald trump. we're already equipment. you've met up for the heated exchange on like television, between the american and the premium presidents over the weekend. not only defect in the us the supports 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 4 years. we are in an era of we 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. 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 europe and security that include, for example, control and come on equipment, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. but that could take a decade to 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 of 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 wants the risk of being seen is to involved 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

e. u. or bond has often tried to block aid for ukraine, but often relented when the time came to exercise. as we do now, as he tries to grace, she had himself, president drum. it could be hot for europe in leadership to get him to go along. or bond has gold on the e you to follow trump's lead and discuss a ceasefire directly with russia. x. but 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 green and russia. 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 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. that's got some perspective from cave and bringing the w corresponded like send out max after the show down in the white house last week, and the us announcement to cut aid for ukraine. how important is the summit for you cree? right, i mean we also remember what happened in the white house. so just a couple of days ago, i think the memory still very fresh and especially here in the ukraine. the dispute that the conference that when, when went off the rails is one thing the, the actions of consequences that followed in the last couple days,

including yesterday. we're now the, with the senior consequences for your training on we saw that you do us a us a stopping military, a deliveries to you train. we learned as the stopping of, i'm halting of intelligence sharing for the train. the military provided by the west, which will make the life for um, soldiers are kind of on the battlefield. very difficult. um now the europeans have been very important partners of the ukrainians ever since the beginning of the war . they. they stepped up gradually. um, they are the 2nd largest donor military aid. they are the largest donors of, of 8. when you take everything into account them queued, including humanitarian assistance. and europeans have been following. trump leading up his comments on the cream leading up to the you know, the ration his comments on nato and criticizing europeans not doing enough and not spending enough prenatal. and they have also been watching. uh, yeah,

the washington that the situation with the relationship between kids and, and washington shower so that they are aware that more needs to be done. and ukraine is turning toward to them. exactly for that at the moment. so this to somebody is an opportunity for you praying to um, yeah, get together with your opinions and hopefully find more concrete steps towards piece. although we already heard in the story just there that are all $27.00 leaders of the block will be present and not everybody is a very strong supporter of me. how can be you help bring, keep in washington closer again as well. that's very difficult question. i'm so it's very difficult to perceive the us and how you create a new relationship. it doesn't really seem very clear at the moment, least from our perspective, what the end goal of donald trump is. i mean, he's trying to present himself as a deal maker. he said he wanted to finish the war as get it, get it over with us. he puts it as, as, as quickly as possible. it's not exactly pure at the moment what he's willing to

sacrifice, how far he's willing to go in terms of uh, giving up a southern country in terms of sending a president for other countries to move a borders by force. if he is exerting a nervous pressure on presence of lensky, very little talk about what present to the actual dresser has to do with. so it looks like he may be wonderful to end the war at all costs. and then the europeans probably don't have a lot of opportunity to, to weigh in there um, from, from, from what we see right now. and if it's just about sharing, the burden is it's just about the europeans taking off more responsibility, splitting the costs, sort of say, perhaps that could be $1.00 way forward. but we're dealing with just very many unknowns here at the much. so realistically speaking, what can, can you've expect from the summit other than more than words of solidarity to you know, the co, i think after what's been happening last couple of days from, from being here in ukraine, i think a warmer it's a go, a long way right now,

just knowing that you're not fighting this, we're alone. this is the 4th year of the war that you have support, that there were still trust there with your partners that happened doing a lot and still continue to do a lot. but if you're talking about concrete measures, i mean this is the latest mystery of events to find stuff for it to find some kind of ceasefire deal. it's very, i'd like to, this is going to happen today. but the concrete measures that can be talked about likely are the rest of the shows and assets. this could play a role m as a french prison, the model my comb brought up just recently could, could play a role in future peace negotiations. another, an issue that's going to be discussed is i'm to talk about peacekeepers, potentially. france will be sending some of their soldiers to a to what's of seas for a new deal has been reached. i'm going to, um, yeah, provided additional security guarantees along with non you nato countries such as

the okay and turkey. they seem to be quite open about that. and another big issue that's going to be discussed today. this is more about you. um security uh is the $800000000000.00 defense package that was left on the line commission present, announced just recently. um, but this is uh in directly also gonna have uh, an effect on your credit security in the future. and on the support. that's uh that you can provide to your trainer that additional security that you print while receipts of course, so as like send to him keith, thanks a man likely to become germany's next chancellor hopes he's found enough backend for a plan to spend hundreds of billions of bureaus on defense and infrastructure, foolish man who leaves the center right conservatives has agreed with his likely coalition partners that the so called debt break, which limit is government borrowing, should be reformed. the parties want to change the constitution to allow a major increase in defense spending to be funded through borrowing. but they still

need support from the green party come of the i'll come with the match. the man points to be the next leader of germany with a game changing message on defense spending. through to see a doctor, i want to say this very clearly in view of the threats to our freedom and peace on our continental and the same must now apply to our defense. whatever it takes, whatever it takes, whatever it takes those whether words matthew will divide. the famously used when he promised to save the euro currency back in 2012. now math is pledging similar that his plans defense spending over one percent of the german gdp can be finance with borrowing a fund of $500000000000.00 euros over 10 years. for info. structural would be set up and for what's would be east. so federal states can borrow more a plan which the policy sold will also help stimulate germany's aiming economy. and

you're the one who travels in our country where that by trade know, by con, concerns that something is no longer working. well, if you have children at school and in daycare, you can see the investment backlog, our country is running on wear and tear. this one is a landscape also slice. the plan is for the bonus, talk to vote on the measures next week. balance move intended to demonstrate germany's ability to act ahead of the european union meeting to discuss a response to u. s. policy changes, bar and $43.00 days from europe must now grow up, and europe must be able to defend itself in the successful tide. you can couldn't match also wants to push for the immediate approval of a 3000000000 euro age package for ukraine, which has been held up in parliament for weeks. he paid a visit to outgoing chance, low enough shots on wednesday morning to make sure this thing from the same him sheets on a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world today,

bosnian serb leader miller, i thought it was approved several laws banning central government, police, and judicial authority. in bosnia semi autonomous served territory. the last escalate attentions in bosnia and herzegovina were dirty cuz already facing version time and removal from office. it was sent in last week for ignoring decisions by the authority overseeing the countries piece of courts to do as president donald trump has temporarily lifted tariffs for car makers after talks with us auto executives. the one month exemption applies to imports from canada and mexico. that comply with the existing free trade agreement terms 25 percent levy on almost all goods from those nations came into effect on tuesday. just front of the donald trump has issued what he calls his quote, last warning to hamas leaders threatening further destruction in gaza. if all remaining hostages are not released. he issued the ultimatum onto his social,

his social media platform. the president also told gods instead of uniform future awaits, but if they hold on to hostages, they are dead. the confirmed that is all boy had held direct talks with them, also find their designation. incentives as a terrors group by the us and to multiple other countries on israel was consulted on this matter cannot speak to journals. bollocks levine from tele v. finally, good seeing you again. so the us there putting an end to its decades long policy of not negotiating with terrorist. what more can you tell us about these talks? yes. well, uh to uh, my understanding, uh, this is the, the special invoice for uh, hostages out in boulder to admit the with the how much is a piece of the in the, to the us uh us books version of the white house, blue squares. excuse me, said that he has the permission to do that because that that's his mission to actually bring it back. i'm going to comes home. detox were held in the doha,

but 2 weeks ago. a see to how much that piece of the i guess the base beacon to our guitar and who's paper said that they were focused on the bed and the floor. i'm going to come the hostages, and that has a and these ladies to visit you a bit as well. we know that there are fine american hostages, but they said that they at least the floor and the mazda and the location was the one that raised the issue of a comprehensive deal that would lead to the disease of those hostages. but it would also lead to the end of the war and that so what we understand regarding the thought that there were not actually a leading anywhere to uh, the extent to but, and my understanding this is only just a talking between the 2 sides nowadays. right? inside the business from the permit is off of the us and they said that they have expressed the opinion to those talks. didn't say what that opinion is. in other words, they are not approving to this. um the talk said that were direct between that and

buller and they'd be how much is the cation and the before that the just the yesterday evening. and only there is a, the senior official which is usually a code name for and benjamin that then you or someone in his circle set. that is what i was informed of these thoughts and was not then tuesday as think about them . in other words, they don't approve of them again. and by the way, the families of the hostages as well. basically the statement saying that this categorization of hostages is not the thing that we, once we once a comprehensive deal. we bring back all the as a gentleman, not only some of them and according to their nationality or something else. so they also did express the consent. yeah. because of besides, those is really american jewel nationals. there are 54 other hostages still in gaza . about $22.00 of them assume to be alive, where do negotiations between israel and how my stand right now, then what is your legal issues?

of course are this domain to, there's nothing good that it's being done the currently under what type of these route 80, uh, which, let's call it is to actually extend the 1st a phase of this deal. they said that they accepted the outline which met. it describes the 2nd day of destruction to the next few weeks in continuation of the deceased firewall, releasing half of the remaining costs of just that and the alive and only after this, the release of the start to beginning who fusions will. the 2nd phase of the deal with the start of the is what any interest to you is to actually get back as much a hostages as possible without being without the the clinic, the end of the world, without any guarantees for the end of the war of something that apparently will not happen, and apparently it's indivisible that we will go back to war by exploding in televi . thanks bike, a. thank you. and some other headlines from around the globe. protesters have

clashed with police in the r, as in time capital one. as iris, as they tried to march around the congress building, the demonstrators were demanding higher pensions and protesting president heavier malays. austerity measures. the weekly pensioners protest was joined by football fan, giving the call of a social media campaign calling for support. the used 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 to 11 degrees higher than average. the comparative cuz climate change service warrant that the loss of heat reflecting ice exacerbates global warming. south korea's military says that the pilot, the error was what caused one of its fighter jets to accidentally dropped a bombs on a civilian area. during training, a people were injured and several buildings damaged when they k as 16 jet,

to release the bombs onto a city close to the border with north korea. the military says they will halt live drills while they investigate the accident, and that they will compensate the victims were joined now by during those fabi on catch my eye in the south korean capital 5. what more do we know about this incident at this point? so you have the incident happened during regular military exercises that are conducted here by the south korean army together with the u. s. army and been something really unprecedented. happened. and we talk about an area that is actually quite close to the north korean border because those submitted to exercise as a part of a deterrent strategy against the french from the north. but the usually i'm those fighter jets, they fly around shooting ranges and been dropped their bones. but this time a fight a pilot has dropped a bombs on civilian area on a village. and um yeah,

people were injured, buildings were destroyed. but given what we know, i think it's rather astonishing that the damage is not even much greater because to the bumps that were dropped are a so called mock 80 to bottom stair, 500 pounds heavy. they are more than 2 meters in length, and their radios of destruction is comparable to a football field. so it's really serious damage. yeah, the military talks about pilot error or do we know what exactly went wrong there? how could this happen? well we know likely what happened to so the software and apple as they conducted the interviews with the pilot, they to conduct it um investigation and they say that the pilot seems to have to type in the wrong coordinates before he was getting into the airplane. i mean, those coordinates determine where the bump later will be dropped, but i think still a several questions remain, remain on answered. and one for example, is with a m a why they haven't been more safety mechanisms to prevent this incident from

happening. and basically to check before hand whether they were was some human error or not. and i think those are really very uncomfortable questions that have to be asked right now are accidents like this common fob? yeah. and how controversial are these live drills? well actually those, i mean accidents are not very common. i mean there were some similar incidents that happened, but i mean, a decades ago, i think this is really quite unprecedented what we seen today. but those exercises are quite controversial, for example, and put you on the, the area where the exercise happened today. i'm, i mean, for us, the low codes, but also a civil rights groups have been demonstrating against those exercises. why? because they have safety concerns. but when they demonstrate out of safety concerns, usually what they have in mind is that north korea might react, you know, and, and see this as a provocation. and then you know what,

this whole area becomes basically a likely target. but i don't think that they have 1st seen that the something like this could happen that the yeah, a south korean fight to apply to could accidentally dropped the bombs on the, on a village. that is really the worst case scenario. and i think many residents upset and also angry journalists, bobby, and catch bought and sold. great speaking to you as always, thanks. a, a and a reminder of our top story is today. french president, the money on my call says his country's nuclear deterrence course. we used to protect your comments, come ahead of especially european summit, which will focus on defense and showing out support for you. create an investigation has been launched out for a south korean fighter jet, accidentally dropped a bombs on a residential area close to the north. 3 and border if people were injured and several buildings damaged south korea's military sets. pilots. air is to blame it. what is now up next?

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