all the other industries are open the 5 years often. we remember window, well, it still stops march 8th on dw, the business day that we knew his line from berlin. european mirrors prepared to meet for an emergency summit. top of the agenda will be how the content can build up its defense, as well as pledging more practical support to ukraine. the countries president will be among those attend also coming to an investigation begins after a south korean fighter jets accidentally drops farms on a civilian area close to the north korean border. several people are being treated in hospital. the

welcome to the show on the call fairly. european leaders are gathering for an emergency summit and brussels today with the aim of ramping of defense spending, i'm showing on support for ukraine. among those attending will be ukraine's beleaguered president followed them as a landscape. the meeting comes at a pivotal moment for europe as the united states of bens, it's close alliance with the continent, and pauses all support for you. create a visit to not to dom casee joel. an invitation from king charles flattery, europeans hoped, would we know, but donald trump, we're already equipment to you, but a heated exchange between the american into ukrainian presidents. now tony threatens the us to support to ukraine, but also turned into a moment of reckoning for europe. and it's time to re, um your,

it said you commission president us to live on the line. and as allies prepared to discuss a plan that could unlock around 800000000000 in defense investments over the next 4 years, we are in an era of we argument and europe is ready to mass. so for the boost it's 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 will need to replace over the long term um, united states contributions to europe and security that include, for example, control and come on equipment, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. that could take a decade or more, but trump's conditions to the us as continues security umbrella,

increased defense expenditure to 5 percent of national g. d p's is deemed unrealistic by most to european partners. you need, as we'll face via political position at home, if they attempt to slash social welfare and i, but 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, believe defense is the responsibility of national governments. and then that is victor or bon hungry as prime minister, who many here in brussel c. as a trojan horse doing rush as bidding inside the e u. o band, his often try to locate the ukraine, but often relented when the time came to exercise his veto. now, as he tries to grace shaped himself with president trump, it could be hard for european need to ship to get him to go along. the old man has called on the you to follow trump's lead,

and discussed the cx 5 directly with russia. x, but say the you could still find a way to move forward, even in the face of hungry is a position or forming a coalition of willing nations on some decisions, such as sending a to crane as well as on the proposal to send you a pin troops to secure t guarantors along the mean, many instances also in the europe process where europe and so i've been able to go ahead in smaller groups rather than in 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 u has always been very flexible. in the face of the u. s. new foreign policy, there was a sense of urgency in europe to run puppets defense. but if some of the states refused to participate, others outside the blog can be brought in as part of new way the u. k. and canada were present at the london conference. well hungry in slovakia, which is also being seen as soft on russia were left out to europe. it's

a paradigm shift and it's going to be a massive undertaking. there were no illusions about that. germany's leadership is also headed to brussels, p outgoing cancer or shots that is for more or less talk to the w political correspondent, matthew more. matthew, what does the german side want from today? summit as nicole, the keywords today about this summit, this emergency summit usually about unity and european unity. since donald trump one election that the phrase that we've had so often in europe is europe united. and the, the aim of this summit today is to discuss offing defense spending across europe using rules on this budget so that countries can, can do that. but really what we're going to see is we're going to see all the shots, the rep presenting jeremy at this meeting, the chance of germany. but really behind the scenes, we've also seen lots of unofficial meetings with features match the man who is

somewhat the shuttle translate. he won the elections just over a week ago and we've seen a very unusual sight. and that is human brussels over the last few hours meeting mock routes at the head of natal. at was a fun the line at the defense head of, of the european commission, and senior leaders really bump unofficially. i'm behind the scenes and, and his message and his, his whole election campaign was about really delivering germany to a leadership role in europe. and in the last few hours he and letting you know, he and i'm from mazda of plans to, to lucian debt room. she and gemini, gemini, is really tight that rules to, to run pop music for spending what she's been applauded for across europe. so we need to come back to the key question that the question that generally is we the evening to get out of this summit. and in the coming days and weeks is to, to united, jab europe and really return germany to our kind of leadership role on the

continence. now that you mentioned in further humorous pulling the strings behind the scenes there and away at the french president even referenced him in his speech last night on expanding frances nuclear deterrence. listen to what do you have to say? this is only our nuclear deterrent protects us. it is complete, sovereign, fully french on since 1964, it has always explicitly played a role in the preservation of peace and security in the early theo, no. but answering to the historian, call of the future german chancellor, i decided to open us a good teacher to debate on the protection through our deterrent of our allies on the european continent. so not yet the chancellor and already have only influencing the european agenda. matthew, where does the free mission math stand on this issue? or this idea of friends or the united kingdom,

fearing its nuclear umbrella with the rest of europe, is actually not new idea macro, and has mentioned it numerous times over the years. but whenever he's mentioned, it's often been dismissed by a political leader. so all of shots are dismissed it, and the reason the short for dismissal is he'd say, we shouldn't, don't, america, the united states has commitment to me to. however, the fact that this discussion has been raised again, nicole just shows you that there are serious thoughts about that commitment. immediately after the election features match. took, took this issue up and willing. we took this issue up and said we need to discuss it. there are lots of complex questions arise and you said, you know, among them who holds the suitcase, who decides when there should be a minute, a nuclear responds to it's not just something that can be done casually. and so there are many, lots of issues and complex questions arise from that. and the very fact that if we take match hasn't dismissed our right and hasn't noticed that there should be a discussion of it, which marks a big see change in, in the,

in the tone. and the kind of in the attitudes here in europe about what is necessary going forward. i think said that there it's very early days. but the fact that michael mentioned again last night on the fact that and we just met some on his late, which was next tons of germany, has said that he's willing to have this conversation to shows you how far europe has come the abilities, matthew moore, thanks so much matthew after the show down in the white house last week and the trump administration's announcement is cutting aid for ukraine. how important is this summit for ukraine i asked to go, we used correspond luxe on earlier or 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, the consequences that followed. and the last couple days, including yesterday, were another with the senior consequences for your training on we saw that you do

us a us a stopping military, a deliveries to your train. we learned of the stopping of, i'm halting of intelligence sharing. uh for uh the paint and military um 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 they take everything into accounting cue, including humanitarian assistance. and europeans have been following. trump leading up his comments on the cream leading up to the, you know, ration his comments on nato. him criticizing europeans not doing enough and not spending enough prenatal. and they have also been watching. uh, yeah, the washington to 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 trained 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. a few pre as are there are lots on the same us military support for ukraine has served as a crucial lifeline to keep in his fight against russia's full scale invasion. billions of dollars worth of equipment, either on route or on order will no longer be delivered. now, it might take time for the effects of the salvage to filter down to the front line . but here's a look at what it could me the, the weight is perhaps the biggest blow yet, so you cranes more a foot. the united states, c i a director consuming,

it has costs off us intelligence sharing to ukraine. so depriving its frontline forces of to you, it's a nation and it's fight against russia. wisdom allies, including the u. k, have been banned from sharing washington's knowledge through the limiting you a support alongside pausing its military aid to tease previous lifelines from its biggest military backup. the u. s. has provided more than $64000000000.00 topping europe's spend. but of all of that was before donald trump took office and before his dramatic whitehouse route with the load of me is the landscape. the always provides about the cheapest seem to have ukraine's weapons, including many of its most powerful among them in defenses. like the national advance surface to air missile system or nasa, them's hook missiles and patriot missiles,

old vital in shooting down russian drone and messiah tax. the patriots has the us, as most advanced a defense system and is key and protecting ukraine's energy infrastructure. but it's not cheap and into sick to miss all costs. around 3800000 euro used to round the launch. it's cost about $9400000.00. h. crane will now have to carefully ration it's remaining supplies. the us also provides king ground defense equipment, such as abrams tanks, bradley vehicles, how it says and high must rock it launches a hi mas rockets have been particularly effective in allowing you crying to sit munitions depos behind russian lines. the waste also supplies smaller weekends and munitions like javelin, empty tank, muscles considered crucial and stopping rushes advance. it's not just the lack of

new width and sick to stymie ukraine's flight. many cars required to fix damage equipment and specialists, munitions are only available from the us. ukraine can keep slicing for now with military expense estimation. current supplies will last until someone who wants to be called as a defense and security policy journalist, and joins is now from berlin. welcome back to the w. no military experts we heard of their say, your supplies will run out by the summer. what happens after that? well, it's not as savvy decline, it won't be a bad to ukraine, is fighting. and sometime in june, they say no, it's older. it will start as we heard the already it will start to pretty fast because i have to erase and the munitions they have. they run low and summer part

of it can be replaced by your p and that's, that's, that's not all. and the main problem. hello, be air defense. as we've seen the just before, they need to patriot, besides, to establish a certain level of defense, all the infrastructure. and if that is this runs all, there is a big, big problem. but it's not only hardware is of the us is also stopped intelligence sharing with ukraine, france just now offer to stedman can make up for what is lost or is ukraine now partially in the dark when fighting gets aggressor a well, that's a big classics and you are p and allies can deliver some to put some of the intelligence the u. s. has been delivering so far. but the crucial point here is speed. the targeting side, cold, as it's called, the military is to speed up the reaction from it's finding

a target and delivering a below to this target. so how fast you can react on the intelligence who have makes crucial difference. and the problem is that the system, the u. s. has established a, this is well established, this is working. and the french and other european allies, they have to, to work because of ukrainians to make their intelligence as fast and as reliable as the us intelligence. so far before and how fast this can happen, that's, that's a big question. now in the wake of that historic falling out in the white house, european meters responded by stepping up. you mentioned that they can do something but can be realistically filled the void left by the us, a giant one in the ukraine and in europe as a whole. mbm bacon and at the moment that not for the time

being uh, i've mentioned there defends very so far as no european system that could match the capabilities of that patry of the defense system. the drum and iris ts alarm system is in the range well below the, the, the producer of the artist the system is developing and us alex system. but this will be some time until this is available and operational, sol semester, the fall of the time being no, there is no european answer to that. as we talk about many proposals that will boost your theme defense in the long term. but maybe briefly, if you can, what about short term measures that need to be implemented now, especially to support ukraine? well, the short term address might be around picking up what is available in europe are renting, not production, even more than it's been planned on to know those to us legal, defense,

and security policy journalists are always great to have you on the show. thank you . so much for your time. you're welcome. i and a quick look now at some other stories making headlines around the world today. fozzy and serve leader miller, i go to it has approved several laws, banning central government, police and traditional authority. in bosnia semi autonomous served territory, the laws escalate tensions in bosnia and herzegovina were doing because already facing present time and removal from office. he was sentenced last week for ignoring decisions by the authority overseeing the country's peace. of course, the newest president tom trump has temporarily lift 5th tariffs or car makers after talks with us auto executives. the one month exemption applies to imports from canada and mexico that comply with existing free trade agreement terms 25 percent levy on almost all goods from those nations came into effect on tuesday. donald

trump has issued what he called his last warning to hamas leaders threatening further destruction in gaza. if all remaining hostages are not released immediately issue the ultimatum onto the social, his social media platform, the president also told gardens that's a beautiful future awaits. but if they hold on to hostages, they are quote that the reuters news agency is reporting that her mazda, of his threats are aimed at supporting israel. and it's up to him to back out of the cause of cease fire. really or trouble met with freed captives in the white house where he pledged to return those still being held short while ago i spoke to journalist bindix levine in tel aviv and asked him if the us is now putting an end to its decades long policy of not negotiating with terrorist? 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,

the us uh us books person of the warehouse books version, excuse me, said that he has the permission to do that because that that's his mission to actually bring it back. americans that 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 target who's paper said that they were focused on the uh, the floor. i'm going to come the hostages and that's has uh, 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 mouse 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 a talk said that were direct between as an buller and they'd be how much is it the location of that before that the just the yesterday evening and only there is one of the senior officials 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 want. we want a comprehensive, the in the we bring back all the hostages and not only some of them. and according to their nationality or something else, so they also express the consent as file exploding to

a couple more world headlines now. the protesters have class with police and the arch in time kept open as iris as they tried to march around the congress building . the demonstrators were demanding higher pensions and protesting for other than have you had me, lays austerity measured. the weekly pensioners protest was joined by football fans heating the call and the social media campaign, calling for support tropical cycle. and alfred has stalled off australia as east coast and is now expected to make landfall on saturday. schools and airports has been closed as the region, braces for its 1st cycle, and in decades, more than 4000000 people live in the storms projected past. the climate monitor reports that global sea ice covered reached a historic and low last month. the lack of ice comes as temperatures near the north pole rose to 11 degrees higher than average. the copernicus, climate change surface warrant that the loss of heat reflecting ice exacerbates

global warming. south korea's military says that pilot error was would cause one of its fighter jets to accidentally dropped 8 bombs on a civilian area during training. if people were injured and several buildings damaged, when the k of 16 jets released 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. beyond crouch, matt is a journalist in the south korean capital sol, and he told us more about how this incident unfolded as yeah, 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 3 exercises apart of

a deterrent strategy against the threats from the north. but the usually um, those fighter jets, they fly around shooting ranges and then drop their bombs. 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 as 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. um, 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, with this whole area becomes basically like a target. but i don't think that they have for seen that to something like this could happen that a 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 i. and before we go, here is a quick reminder of our top story today. european leaders are preparing together for an emergency summit and brussels, with the aim of ramping up defense spending and showing up support for ukraine. the meeting comes of the united states pauses, also ford for ukraine,

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