5 years often we remember when the world stops march 8th on dw, the business data, we news long from berlin, have a european union prepared for a clear and present danger. that's what the european commission president calls the us shift towards russia or the event freeing of billions of bureaus to re arm a continent that may no longer be able to rely on protection from washington. also coming up a survey shows durham is mostly february. the defense spending hike bed for how long, and would help the welcome to the show. i'm nicole for the annual leaders of health crisis talks and

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 you as president donald trump knew courtney and president will let him use the landscape. the white house exposed the growing rift between the us and its allies, for all the world to see this public display of support for ukraine's when we re, president, was the 1st thing you need is wanted to achieve with this emergency meeting, which comes a week after the let them use savanski was kicked out of the white house off the caching for donald trump, the front of the me, the video since the 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 concepts from support from the world and you know,

the war and the watts 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 to 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'd 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 is henry's prime minister, big to old on, didn't back the statements. but all the leaders 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 result 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's just about taking more responsible on our shoulders for our own security. this is a moment of indication for fonts as president to menu mccall, who forgive, has been urging gear up to build the capacity to defend itself without relying on nature and the united states. fonts is now considered and 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 say so, so she, it's an option that would have been unthinkable under the decades of transatlantic cooperation. a short while ago i spoke to sir richard, share a former deputy some freeman line commander for a year of nato. and i asked him about that you retirement plan and whether he really thinks the block is doing all it can. i think of it yesterday is about as well. really, really important. let's be clear about that. so in about 800000000000 your i found that, but that was a monster is, is nothing short of good news, but you're absolutely right. you can needs help. now the americans sort of have, have made it clear that like a tops immediate support comes intelligent support. and so this is what i call a commas. you are a policy for europe and canada, europe and nation, some channels. i have just, i've got to run pop immediately to fill the gap on this means taking risk. it means giving immediate money, i think, to the creditors who, who can spend the money and very, very quickly run the procurement challenges,

but many european countries. but also for your pin countries to dig deep in that right and also to provide you credit the means to hold russia because the american withdrawal is data hit them hard and you commission president was enough on the lines as your faces a clear and present danger but that danger is actually not new, is that it's been 3 years since proven. launched is attack on ukraine and the europeans are still scrambling for a joint strategy. is this not too little too late? i've been arguing that this is 11. yeah, it's too late. the tax on ukraine was launched in february 2014. this is when the war sausage, he also calls the full scale invasion in february 2022 was, was, was the next major phase. and you're absolutely right in europe and canada and the nature of ohio show of step, talk to the walk 3 years ago at the very latest. uh,

but having said all the apps, it's better than the light. the number is the message. and this is, this is welcome news, better late than never, but i want to look at the reason why this isn't happened earlier, wasn't night for european nations to rely on the us for their security and the security of their neighbors over as long as they did yes, in a while, and europe for something 2 years has been sitting back on the line america to provide your 10 secure c and america. european countries of and frankly, been free lighting off american support side of the subs. europe. we need to look at ourselves in europe for some of the reasons for america's re withdrawal from the sea. and this has been night. yes, of course it has, but of course not. the reason bishop didn't happen 3 years ago is on site because of the sort of ostrich like headed and assigned about the real stress plays by pushing to europe. and the security is on a says sir richard sheriff on

a you defense a short while ago. while opinion polling here in germany indicates there is strong support among germans for increasing the country's military budget. 66 percent are in favor of more defense spending according to survey by and for test email. that will be welcome news for the probable next chancellor of jeremy for the mass. he's currently negotiating coalition terms with the social democrat, s p d. folk party say they want to spend hundreds of billions of years on germany's defense, but questions remain about what exactly germany will spend the money on, and how much my it all cost of to rushes. full scale attack on ukraine began in 2022. schultz announced $100000000000.00 euros of special borrowing to bring gym and is the force is up to scratch my kid on the site, the vendor. now those likely to form the next government plan to one least even great to sense this and of all we understand the funds for the defense of our

alliance in the country. you must now be significantly expanded, missing in 2020 full gem. and these defense spending went above the 2 percent, and they tell you target for the 1st time, but what allies need and the security situation demands is changing 1st. meanwhile, the minimum capability requirements of need to be adjusted. we have to established 5 or 6 new brigades in germany, only, so there's no money will be needed. the total cause of hundreds of billions and extra funding, some of that will go to things. gemini is already committed to such as its mission to build up a troop presence in lithuania, as nato boast as its eastern flank. that could cost an extra $170000000000.00 euros over the next 10 years. there's also a plan to boost gym and is a defense capability. the price tag for that, over 100000000000 year roads and the shopping list goes on. so don't call the salt

. most of that is the area of cyber defense, satellites, logistics. these target defense, in fact, the entire scope of overall defense, which is why we're talking about significantly different subs. both of those women had to will that the cost of replacing us policies stationed in germany and the rest of europe if they were withdrawn. perhaps another 30000000000 years. some politicians also think fixing up germany's creaking infrastructure needs to be part of this effort. they argue that when heavy equipment such as tanks are transported through germany, solid roads and railways would contribute to the country's strategic readiness. and is it possible if tanks cause they move quickly? because too many bridges, no longer support loads of a 100 tons, and we have hundreds of militarily relevant bridges. that's called taking a 100 tons and military equipment is all set of no use. reintroducing compulsory

military services, some are arguing for would also be a big drain on budgets for accommodation. equipment and training. gemini is a now seems fixed on giving more money to the military, but it could get very expensive indeed. of the while a clear majority of the german population is in favor of spending more money on defense and infrastructure and taking on more debt for it all. i asked the w chief, political correspondent nina has if this was a clear sign of the times, well, i think i have declared bob dylan is at times they are a changing the cold. but the yes it is, it's astonishing is that the us and seemingly lessing down countries that are fighting for the. busy lives to defend the freedom and the germans no longer carry about that. welcome to complete a new reality and so many german sol, how the training president was treated in the oval office last friday. the right thing happened on the wall expense have been warning for years that europe needed

to do more for its own defense. but i do believe that see, really brought it home to many people here in germany. that uncle america was right a few years ago when she warned that we can no longer compete, you rely on the united states for our own defense. and that had sort of been taking full grounds at hand. people are now beginning to understand a come be fixed at the pace by just praying for economic recovery. and the is the thing everyone in this country can see and feel every day that we need to invest massively into infrastructure. and that i think has, by the way, contributed to that feeling of the politicians up. there are no longer listening or why aren't they doing it? anything against those potholes and the rows, collapsing bridges, etc. then not just passively annoying things that are also factors that are affecting our economy in a bad way. then there is also the question of personnel. the german military has long been struggling to recruit, how the germans feel about re introducing mandatory military service. well, that has become the topic of discussion at dinner tables and families, you know,

grandparents worrying about their grandchildren and the mothers and fathers saying, yeah, but we do have to defend ourselves. so we've significantly reduced defense spending since the end of the cold war. and we also paused conscription with all those days, but over but there's an increasing understanding now already lost. some of the majority of devon said in a poll that they were in favor of re introducing mandatory military conscription. and that we need to have arms to stop anyone who might otherwise be tempted to attack us as a bonus that is currently a means that have some 203000 soldiers. but we're not even reaching that goal. we only have about a $180000.00, so we need to recruit personnel anyway. and the defense minister already has a plan in the draw that was stopped by. it will have shorts of the time. but there are no illusions any more, some form or another of military conscription will come back to germany as chief

political correspondent. nina has a 2nd look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today . trans service to parents has been disrupted after and, and that needed a world war 2 bomb was found near the guard. the north station, one of your busiest eurostar has to spend the trains to the french capital, affecting thousands of passengers. friday is a busy day for eurostar travel, and the weekend syria has launched a large scale security operation in western areas. loyal to allison leader bizarre . i'll a side follows an ambush by assad. supporters in the ports to be able to talk you at least 13 security forces were killed in that attack. curfew has been imposed there. assigned was overthrown by insurgents. last december. in france, the daughter of convicted rapist, dominique pinnacle, has filed the sexual abuse complaint against him. caroline berry on ledges. her

father drugged and abused her potentially for up to a decade for the coal was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his wife and recruiting strangers online to rape her flights in the caribbean. in the us state of florida, i have been disrupted after the failure of a space ex starship test flight. the rocket exploded just minutes after lift off. video posted on social media appears to show flaming debris from the spacecraft, january and sir hip test flight also, and that's in an explosion. and a reminder of our top story and your leaders have held crisis, talks to boost to european defense is in the wake of washington's pivot away from its transatlantic partners and ukraine. the summit came almost a week after heated words were exchanged between us president donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart. well, let him, here's the landscape at the white house you're up today, but stay with us. after a short break, we have a documentary under think some of the secrets behind the holy city,

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