country, the iran inside the protest movement to all the people slicing the rays each despotism. faces of angus stops. march 19th on the w as a state of the news long from berlin and european union from paris for a clear and present danger. that's what the european commission president calls us shift towards russia. where is the aim at freeing up billions of bureaus to rearm a confident that may no longer be able to rely on protects from washington. also coming up ukraine's president, mending fences. all of them are zalinski said to me, donald trump special envoy and saudi arabia, in a few days after last week's route between the lensky and trump. at the white house, south korean cord cancels the arrest order for impeached president jones. so he all

paving the way for his release from detention and, and you weakened protection for wolves and what critics say is a major blow to science. and finally, diversity. the welcome to the show on the co fairly. you leaders have health crisis talks in brussels in the wake of washington's pivot away from its transatlantic partners. the extra ordinary european summit came almost a week after a heated exchange between us president donald trump and ukrainian president will let him read the landscape. the white house exposed the growing raft between the west and its allies, for all the world to see, to this public display of support for ukraine's will we re, president, was the 1st thing you need just wanted to achieve with this emergency meeting,

which comes a week of to the let him use savanski was kicked out of the white house off the caching for donald trump. the front of the me. yeah, we do seems to day when we will continue with you know, and we will continue in the future. i want to thank all our european leaders festival and for such signal, strong support. these cons so strong support from the world and you know, the war and lots being during all this pure and last week you stay with us zalinski use the occasion to us. you need us to continue urging washington to involve keep in peace negotiations with moscow. you need is agree with zalinski that an agreement to stop the fighting without security guarantees for you claim wouldn't to, to russia from attacking again. the summit statement, e, you need is having door says a ceasefire, must be part of a process that leads to

a full peace agreement. it adds that any agreement must be accompanied by quote, robust and critical security guarantees for ukraine. henry's prime minister, big to old, on, didn't back the statements. but all the details have committed to working together to both the goods defense they discussed easing the brock street budget dead rules . so member states can increase their military spending. today, history is being written. we're coming out of this european council, very determined to ensure europe security and to act with the scale, the speed and the results that the situation demands. i present that the re on your plan today to the lead us a plan to give you up the military capability that it needs to face to day sweats. it's coach, mobilize up to $800000000000.00 euros and it is about taking more responsible on

our shoulders for our own security. this is a moment of indication for fonts is presented to menu mccord who for years has been ginger up to build the capacity to defend itself without relying on nature and the united states funds is now considering protecting european allies with its new pos know, could you pull position to propose to open a strategic conversation with the member states that are interested in making progress on this subject. the more i don't see sources, usually. it's an option that would have been unthinkable under the decades of transatlantic cooperation. for more on this extraordinary summit, or join now by the w, corresponded lucy, a shoulder in his fall it at all from brussels. lucy, are you leaders jumping into action there? where is that 800000000000 years to re arm? you're going to come from know, and how fast can it be mobilized, stare? so letting me talk to you 3 of the 2 biggest chunk, sorry, the 1st big chunk of 650000000000 years. and these are basically debts that the

member states should be allowed to make. so the here in union wants to change its rules, which are relatively strict right now when it comes to making new debts for the states. and they want to change it in the way that it will be allowed to make that's for defense spending. that is the 1st chunk. and the 2nd one would be a 150000000000 euros of roads. fairly european union goes ahead, takes out these loans and give them to the, to the member states. and the reason for doing that is that the european union does get a pretty good credit, right? that maybe not every member said would get and business the other big part from which the members state should be allowed to do drawing procurement for arms. messiahs other defense goods. so this is, this is the plan, but this is a more long term plan. so this is for the used to come to allow europe to reopen itself. so, and the next step would be that the european commission will have to really put

proposals legislative proposal on the table. it did say it will do this in the next 2 weeks when they need us to meet for the next time. so there's a real sense of urgency here in the european union. but as i've said, these are plans for the longer term to re, um say, say here, europe, the french president, the money in my home, we heard him there in the report. he said he would like to open a debate on extending his country's nuclear deterrence to his european allies. how do these allies feel about it? to yes, so there has been some ball coming birds for this proposal, for example, this thing coming from the training and president also from deluxe and others president for those. so other states which has been a bit more skeptical and this has been mainly outgoing chance that will show us who has said, he things said the, the europe or germany should stick to the current plan, which is a back by nato. and which is mainly the euro,

or nature relies on mainly us nuclear weapons which are on the territory. and he's been saying that this is that a lot of parties in germany would also be thinking the same. so he's very skeptical, nevertheless, a monterey, my call has been saying that other leaders have approached him and that he is now looking into this for there will be technical talks coming. and then in the 1st half of this year, there should be a decision board as possible and whatnot, but these are still very early days in this debate. yeah, and it bears repeating that off shots is of course on his way out of the chancery here in germany now. and this was about showing unity as well publicly towards the west, but unity when it comes to ukraine usually means the unity of $26.00. and hungry, refusing to go along with a block, doesn't that? so how are the remaining members managing to work around victo,

all bon here. so they have a certain practice and we're looking around victoria, and you can say you're into european union. this is not new that victo on fox military at, for ukraine yesterday, they have sold it by issuing 2 statements. one was backed by or 27. the 1st part on the defense. the 2nd born was back on the by 26 states. the 2nd born was the one on the help for ukraine, where the other 26 use states have reiterated certain things like there should be no negotiations for ukraine without ukraine. but they have also made clear that they want to put to cry. and that is the strongest possible position so that it could go in the strong position into possible peace talks, and they have reaffirmed that they would keep supporting you train this military at me. as i've mentioned, that has been some creativity before. and so convincing hungarian meters and this

worked in, in certain areas, but then they also areas, for example, when it comes to military ed from something called the uniform piece facility there . and gary is still blocking money for you train. and there it has to be seen if this will ever be freed up as, let's say, a shelton and brussels. thanks i. it's now after attending the summit, you're going to president zelinski is that to travel to saudi arabia next week. the whole talks with the us on ending the war with russia. he's expected to be president. donald trump special envoy, steve with cost would cost, says a letter from the landscape of trump contained an apology after the row last week and the white house, trump has been pressuring the landscape to make a peace deal pausing us military, even suspending intelligence sharing a sock to the w corresponding life sun, the for the perspective from ukraine joins is from keith. max zalinski is set to meet with us officials next week, and so on your radio. could this be

a sign that the 2 countries are moving closer again? well yes, nicole, i mean at least that's a, that's a reason. there's a reason to hope for the ukrainians they do need to us than you would. they do need to us weapons in the us capabilities to fight this war. european partners, other countries are, don't have the same capabilities to, to fill their shoes at least for the moment. now the situation did look very blue, bleak after that's a press conference last week when the landscape team got kicked out of the white house quite literally. what happened in the following days is that the military aid was suspended, intelligence sharing was, was suspended. but from what we're hearing, lensky is team and trump changed over the course of last week, had been in touch and have been trying to fix this relationship, trying to find a common way forward. and perhaps what also influenced trump's decision to get back

to the table with savanski is that the europeans have about to significantly step up their efforts for ukraine to take more responsibility. that is something that he also has communicated to is to his supporters, back home in the west, that us should not be the so solely as she likes to frame it's responsible to got to, to, to, to finance the war and finance ukraine's with re cranes defense so um yeah, the ukrainians certainly are looking forward to meeting with the americans and getting this mineral deal minimal deal done. we'll have to wait for the, the fine print to look at the details of what exactly this is going to entail. but perhaps this could also mean that the us weapons and us intelligence are back on the table. for now, aid from washington remains. cots, though, is ukraine's military already feeling the lack of view of support on the front lines. um this is something that usually comes with

a little bit of lead time when you talk about intelligence and the us intelligence capabilities that is likely something that would be seen quite fast, quite rapidly. so to say the ukrainians need american capabilities to make out targets within russian occupied territory. and within, within russia, for example, to take out russian air defense systems to take on russian command post to take on munitions to the depos. this has been quite successful strategy in the past to attack and the rear and for that they need american intelligence. we don't know exactly and for what we heard the ukrainians at least. yes, they communicated that they also didn't know exactly what the suspension of intelligence sharing would entail. but so we could imagine that it will make an immediate effect on the battlefield. other countries, like france, for example, um have promised to share more of their intelligence to, to try and make up for it. but they don't have the exact same capabilities. if you look at the military support, that is something that's going to be seen. um,

it's not not social likely because the ukrainians are sitting on stock per house, for example, for $155.00 millimeter hurdle artillery shells. a lot of the stuff that comes in from the board. it doesn't go from the board directly to the front line, which sits in a warehouse is modified as retrofit or comes to use a later in the war. but certainly, and it is 2 weeks in a few months. shouldn't there be any replacement the ukrainians are going to see the difference when it comes to the use of weapons and they also already probably gonna start culturing their strategy and not knowing how much. yeah, how much additional reinforcements are or replacements are going to come in and ukraine says it's energy infrastructure came under massive russian attack again this friday. how are these latest attacks affecting the country? right, so there was a, there's a large scale attack of this happened yesterday and you train and from what for hearing this was the targets for ukrainian gas infrastructure.

this is nothing new uh, energy infrastructure has been attacked, especially in the winter months since the winter 2223. and this follows a series of attacks over the last couple of weeks, which happened predominately in odessa of last. so with the russians are trying to do is they're trying to hit the, the, the gas, the gas production units here in ukraine, which, yeah, increases the prices, but also takes, takes, takes away what is, what is available limits limits the gas production. so the cranes are already looking into important inputting more gas and this is very difficult situation, not just for the industry but also especially for civilians. this is sunny day here in cuba now, but we're still somewhat at the end of winter. it was a very cold february, so it was very difficult situation there. mark center. okay, thanks so much for your recording. and a quick look down some of the stories making headlines around the world. flights in

the caribbean and the us state of florida, i have been disrupted after the failure of a space 6 starship test flight. the rocket exploded just minutes after lift off. video posted on social media appears to show flaming debris from the spacecraft. a january starship test slide also ended in an explosion to syria ascending reinforcements to the north western city of la takyo. following an ambush by forces loyal to our stiff leader pushed our i'll aside at least 13 security forces were killed. a curfew has been imposed before it city was a strong hold. the facade was over thrown by and surgeon's last december, china is foreign minister, has accused the us of quote, meeting good with evil, by imposing what he called arbitrary terrace on chinese goods. long. he said the us was punishing china after it had helped us contain its fentanyl crisis. newest

president trump has cited chinese production of the drug as a reason for the increased levies. according south korea has cancelled the arrest warrant for impeach president june. so guild paving the way for his release from prison, but he's lawyer says he has not yet been freed. as prosecutors may appeal, the decision was arrested in january after his short lived declaration of martial watt. in december of 2024 investigator say it amounted to a rebellion. he was lawyers argued he should be released while the investigation continues because the indictment process was taking too long. let's go live the soul now and bringing journal is fabia and catch mot. fabia and what more do we know about the court's decision and how significant does it as well, in my opinion, it's pretty significant. why? because i don't. so if y'all has been kept in a detention center since mid january and many of those ex,

the expected that he will not leave his jail cell for quite a long time. but now he's supposed to get out of it. that was quite a surprising decision. i must say, and that of course gets the whole um, crisis that we have facing here in south korea and you dynamic um. and so if your, if and freedom could mobilize much more actively has support, this could be much more outspoken. it could get much more platforms for his um, arguing and unsurprisingly, his support us wearing lots numbers here in downtown sol. as we're reading, they're quite cheerful. they're happy while the people on the left side and the political if they are quite disappointed by the decision. mm. hm, we can actually see some of his supporters there protesting in front of the prison this morning. now, this is not the n word against you. all's the legal troubles. is it? no, no, no. he's still facing 2 trials, actually, 2 separate trials. one is the impeachment trial that is held at the constitutional

court and actually it's expected that there could be a verdict um, probably next week um uh, by the latest in a to a maximum 3 weeks. that is the expected schedule. and they will decide whether you want impeachment is illegal and they could finalize it. then the country would hold elections within 60 more days or they could reinstate june. so going back into power and then he would go back into his presidential office. but that's also the 2nd try and that's the criminal trial. so you went to the accused of abuse of power, but also insurrections that, that are really very heavy crimes. he could face in many, many years in jail or possibly a lifelong sentence. and those trials are still ongoing and you and his lawyers doing says that this is a political which had a how does the gen, the public there in south korea? see it what the, the public is extremely paula rice. um, you have to support us to completely support yourself, you all. and who as you say,

say this is a 4 digit code which and then you have the people on the left to say that june. so if you all put that democracy here endangered, by imposing mazda of law, and actually if this seems to be no middle ground, really the political landscape, also the public is extremely polarized, including the media. if you look at the pulse and i would say the number who want to see you can still go out of office. they are slightly in the majority. but yeah, as i said, it's really paula rice. those journalists probably have pets but and so great to get that update from you. thanks so much. north korea is closing its borders to western torres, just weeks after it began letting them back in. last month, western taurus were able to visit for the 1st time since north korea sealed its borders when covert headed back in 2020 tour operators. they travel to north korea is canceled until further notice. it's unclear what lets to this abrupt change

the numbers of rules living and the wild in europe is estimated to have almost doubled over the last decade to more than 20000 that seem as a success for conservation measures. classifying was a strictly protected, but after protests from farmers angered by the killing of their live stock, a new e u long now comes into force. that makes it easier for land owners to should. walls is always rosie verger it. and nathan, kansas, have this report. a pack of wolves penetrating the value, a national park in the woods. and the result in the light of day, we find only traces of them. so we can see some will scott hair everywhere is he's eating well, boss. this was an outside of bark de, also a lot of wildlife. they attacked so also, so they had sex and college park ranger yackel bly. decker has watched wild life change since rules me to come back in the natural and several years ago,

crossing from germany after the species was previously content out of existence. here in the 19th century, the 1st wolf came in in december of 2021. then we have pops, 5 pops in 2022, and then have to end on all, most long, soft, well, for instance, killed by christmas 2022. so in one ralphio, 300. moving on stats, a few point visitors have also had to close encounters likely cyclists to back in 2022. it's leading farm was furious and some locals worried. if it's getting more dark, then i am more cautious about that. i know the wolf is here and i teach my children to scream. the bark owners were among those asking to we can will strict protection status too long for some hunting. and they got their wish. last year, the european union pushed for international changes and can now start the process of dying grading. you legal protections. but the decision has been slammed by

environmental campaigners. they argue rules, which hasn't called human dice here for decades. are important predators keeping herbivores and check on helping more plants flourish. activists also points to you, evidence showing most regional wolf populations still lack strong, long term survival prospect. it's definitely a political move. there's no science behind it. what's reading worth? and this proven to be effective as non nissan methods, like electric fans and other what we called quick suspense measure. that really works in terms of stuffing the ethics. why coding and shooting, even if it seems to for us, this is really an effective back in the netherlands. the possibility of shooting some rules in future is welcome here. so not all park visitors are in favor. i understand that the farm is set. a lot of troubles with it. but for me personally, a personal i, i love to move a decent dues. he asked plants to keep her distance and keep an eye out. for these

controversial creatures sometimes caught on camera and often caught up in political debate. and some other world news. the vatican has shared an audio message from ailing pope francis with a crowd of faithful in saint peter's square, the pontiff think people for their prayers and his 1st address since he was hospitalized 3 weeks ago. with double pneumonia, mexico's president claudia shane bound has held what she called an excellent and respectful phone call with you as president donald trump. following the called, the white house agreed to a 4 week postponement of the import tariffs on mexican good. the wide has leaders in the pause extended to some canadian imports, as well as the price of egg in the united states has more than doubled in a year. the surging costs are partly due to an outbreak of bird flu that's linked

to the calling of millions of chickens. the price hike of such an essential part of the american diet as 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's left 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 a case. this is a 3 is impose the surcharge of $2.00 on old meals containing ex employees. say most customers have sold at the move for now the others. it's yet another reminder that the cost of living in the us is going up. it's a good mix. i mean, some people have 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 food's really expensive. the shortage of eggs and this guy high prices have been caused largely by an outbreak of 80 in 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 were 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 went, 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 woods. for now,

the, the us is looking to make up the some of the shop full by importing eggs from turkey, one of the world's biggest ex quotas. but just, i'm clear if this quick fix will contain the launch of problems, the american consumers could face. if trump fails to deliver on his pledge to reduce prices, and before we go a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you today and you leaders have held crisis talks to boost. you are being defensive in the wake of washington's pivot away from its trans atlantic partners and ukraine. the summit came almost a week after heated orange between you as president donald trump and ukrainian president valona mayor zalinski were exchanged at the white house. and a court in south korea as cancel the arrest warrant for impeach president units of gold paving the way for his release from prison. but he was lawyer says he has not yet been freed. as prosecutors may appeal that decision,

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w dot com, click on apply and social media video news for nanning, german quote, some sliced the you've probably seen those clips of ukrainian president followed him here as a landscape trip to the oval office. it ended in disaster and the fall out came quickly, but the trump administration's decision to suspend all military a to your meaning of the white house, definitely going to be in history books. as the moments of monumental change in the united states wrote on the world stage without the americans, how bad do things now looking for you, prayed the europeans step in to make up for the last supports this week on to the point where i'm looking at the consequences of donald trump putting u. s. military a to ukraine on hold. how could europe help sales again.