standing shopping and dining offers. and certainly alice services be our guest at frankfurt and board cd managed by front bought the this is the, the, the news coming to live from berlin. european leaders gathering brussels for an emergency summit. top of the agenda is how the continent can strengthen his defense capacities and provide more practical support to ukraine. countries president has already thank you or for standing by. we'll have the latest. also coming up. donald trump meets free. it is really cost inches and the white house as the issues a stern warning to a master free. the other is still held in guns. the

law. i'm terry martin. good to have you. with this european leaders have gathered in brussels for an emergency summit on the agenda is boosting defense spending and showing up support for ukraine. top you leaders are being joined by ukraine's president for allow me is landscape the talks com, just days after the us pause, military aid and intelligent sharing with ukraine. european nations are under pressure to stuff up following trump's decisions. the distance the us from europe's security commission chief 1st lift on the line has proposed a plan that she calls re arm europe. president soleski has been receiving a much warmer welcome here in europe compared to his meeting with us present. donald trump in the white house last week in brussels. he thank your parents for their continued support, as i want to thank all our european leaders festival and for

such signal, strong support. these cons, so strong support from the wherever you know, the war and the lots being during all this pure and last week you stay with us and of course, from all the brains from all our nations. big appreciation, well, where to sample that we are not alone and this on all just the words we feel as a signal to increase our production and signal us do with a new program to increase that your pm security. it that's, i think, the great decisions and here's what the used for impulse, the jeep tire. cala said when asked about the blocks role in any piece, negotiations to end the war in new credit. this is the question of a freely peace and security in us. we need to be accounted in when it comes to any kind of deal. so when it comes to really ending ending the war and the

treating the long term fees. we know what is at stake here. and we also have, on our sides is something to bring to the table. these discussions are ongoing things, limitation of any kind of deal. europeans need to be on it. but let's go straight over to brussels. we're our brussels beer chief alexander phenomena standing by alexander, we just heard that use foreign policy chief and ukraine's president before that. how high or the stakes for this you summit? well, the stakes are incredibly high hanging brussel scary, no doubt about that. and so many of the leaders arriving here in brussels emphasized correctly, that was the law fund, a lie. and the european commission president said that this is a war to ship moment for the european union. least one in presidents now is the does trust that this is a moment to show whether the european union is

a global play or, or just a club for discussions. so you see that the leaders understand what's at stake and behind close stores. we are hearing from a diploma and officials a telling us that their how they have seen a change of mindset their with so many meters, acknowledging that to europe cannot to any longer rely on you ask for protection. and that's the repeating. the union needs to step up their support for ukraine. well, many are wondering, of course, alexandra, whether anything can make up for the lack of us military support if it's being withdrawal. and that's a monumental task. can you repeat in countries build up of the not in the short term, i would say. even though they're promising, can you massive support packages of full ukraine. but when we look at how

much the u. s. has provided for ukraine, 40 percent of old military aids for kids. and then at the weapon systems that you as a, has been providing ukraine with the wip instead. so that you appear in union order members do not happen at their disposal that take just so the picture of the system . so you understand that this is a huge gap, and it's very unlikely that the europeans will be able to fill the gaps in a short term. but of course, they understand that it's now up to, to them, to provide more weapons and financial supports to key if the last week your commission present or so the funder line table to plan that could unlock around 800000000000 euros in defense investments over the next 4 years,

how realistic is that of it's under that, that some will actually come together? well, i mean, it is realistic that the some, all of that can come together, but it will take time. what's can happen, however, very quickly, is for the european commission and to borrow money at the european markets, up to 150000000000 to europe on behalf of the member states, and then to give the money to member states who promised for instance, to be a lead to a nation to uh, bride it to buy on for, to use immunization for ukraine or to step up to the weapons production in the you a p and union. so all of that can happen very quickly when we look at other measures that were introduced by it was a lot from the lion of, for instance, relax and relaxing the quotes of the quite strict to physical rules within the block. that's could take a big a bit longer. the designers thank you very much. that was our brussels. we're

a chief, alexandra from the. thank you. take a look at a few other stories making headlines today. south korea is military says the pilot error was called was what caused one of a spider jets to accidentally dropped 8 all sort of civilian area. during training . a people were injured in several buildings damage when the k. f. 16 jets released the bombs onto a urban area close to the border with north korea. the german postal service showed such a post says it will cost a $1000.00 jobs by the end of the year. cuts will come from the pool of $187000.00 employees working in the domestic lever in arsole division, which a paul says high cost and a significant drop and advertising mail and reduced letter volumes of land to cost us present. donald trump has issued what he called his quote last warning to him. us leaders threatening further destruction in gaza if all remaining hostages are

not released. he issued the ultimatum on his social media platform. present also told gardens that a beautiful future awaits. but if they hold onto hostages, they are did. earlier the you as president, met with freed captives in the white house where he pledged to return those still being held. which will spawn this with joint in the studio by our middle east list. shawnee roads on is shawnee. we've got trump saying he wants all the hostages out. now how my says the only way for that to happen is if the agreed piece still moves forward into the next stage, what are the chances of the deal actually proceeding as planned? well, it seems like we're in a very critical days because we are a hearing and the last always be ports of there might be, have been a breakthrough in those talks in direct talks been come us mostly uh, you know,

through negotiator is katara in egypt and and trumping his people's teeth, which cough as his chief envoy to this topic is real as denying any progress. we still need to see if this is about just, you know, keeping, uh, you know, positions uh tougher. but we know we americans are pushing strong and they keep on pushing because the steel of 3 stages it was agreed upon and started on some on january 19th, shortly before trump took off, as seems to be the only pass forward if you want to stick to negotiations, but the thing is that it's not quite clear if israel wants just to see negotiations of the only solution we hear in, you know, how much saying this is the only pass, but for israel infinity. now, there's a lot of, you know, questions on whether this is what needs to be done because his real has promised to eradicate her mazda. so you have seemed to be quite adamant in going edit. and it seems like the americans are not going to stop him. the question is, what happens 1st? are they 1st focusing and bringing the hostages because operating in gaza with around 22 is really hostages. still alive, believe to be alive,

would make it very hard for the idea of to make any progress or any changes. this has been the struggle that they have had in the past and will still have as long as they are leaving hostages in gaza. so this is exactly where we are now. maybe there's a chance for a breakthrough, but if not, this is going to be, you know, the determinant, next 2448 hours crucial times. now it's crucial to because i mean in the meantime, israel has cut off all 8 the shipment's going into a garza so that's a factor as well. if the talks moving into a 2nd phase, do not proceed. what happens next? is there a plan b? what we hear the rhetorics from israel and from trump talking about unleashing how that, you know, god sighs over all of these things. i mean, let's be very honest with, you know, gaza has been true so far, has been horrific as it is. what is really planning to do is for us, maybe cut out electricity, maybe siege maybe take over some parts of guys that it has not taken over before.

so escalating even further as much as it's may be hard to imagine and, and may mostly, what is real, feel like it needs to be even more aggressive. what is what would want to see what that's an yeah, i would like to see. and what trump is somewhat hinting at in his post as if they want to complete the surrender of him us. this is a very wild dream that mentioned yeah. when the writing is around, i have had from day one, i think how must has been showing a lot of, you know, you know, perseverance and i am not seeing how any of this is coming close to, you know, any closer to being achieved. even with a trump in the white house, but it's clear that an attorney i was gonna try and it seems like trump is not going to be the one to stop him showing. thank you very much. i really say little shiny or is good. welcome to her well, big prices in the united states and almost doubled in a year. the surgeon costs are partly due to an outbreak of bird flu and that's led to the calling of millions of chickens. the price hike of such a central part of the american diet is feeding into wider fears of inflation and

its leaving many consumers and restaurant owners shell shocked. few foods there is crucial to the american breakfast as eggs. but the price is searched by more than 100 percent in the last 12 months. and that select consumers and restaurant own is scrambling for solutions. eggs are really important. we go through a lot of eggs. they're usually $46.00 a case. and right now they're a $146.00. the case is each raised impose the surcharge of $2.00 on own meals containing ex employees. say most customers have sold at the move for now for others. it's yet another reminder that the cost of living in the us is going up . um, it was mixed. i mean, some people um, had been keeping up with sort of, you know, the shortage of eggs. and so they're not surprised, and other people,

you know, are upset because foods really expensive. the shortage of eggs and this guy high prices have been caused largely by an outbreak of 80 and flu, which is full foam is to coal more than 160000000. but because it comes as us, consumers are starting to feel more pessimistic about the economy with inflation rising unexpectedly to 3 percent in january 2025. there are also concerns that us president donald trump's trade target will drive up prices even more for american households. during his campaign, trump promised the opposite. so when i, when i will immediately bring prices down starting on day one, many, many days later. and some a wondering if trump may have to eat his words. for now the, the us is looking to make up the some of the shortfall by importing eggs from

turkey. one of the world's biggest exporters, which is unclear if these quick fix will contain the logic problems the american consumers could face if trump fails to deliver on his pledge to reduce prices. the finally, authorities in the u. k. have launched a new scheme aimed at preventing flooding and parts of the countryside with the help of beavers. the semi aquatic mammals protect wetlands by building dams, that pre shape areas of open water, which in turn also encourages other spaces to thrive. they were hunted to near extinction in the u. k. others in the 16th century in, but by slowly re releasing beepers in certain habitats, it's hope they will now be a com. just reminder the top story we're following for you this. our european leaders are meeting at an emergency summit in brussels, with the name of ramping up defense spending and showing up support for you. create

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