[000:00:00;00] the the donald trump again takes a lot of marysville and steve thing, the lost her husband negotiating with no card spring years now. nowadays i've had to towards your brains. donors is disrespectful. you get sick of it. you just get sick of it and i've had it. how boss really says 6 is really hostages from java, but the hundreds of palestinian prisoners also to, to be freed from is really jails today, reportedly face delay plus a leader and economy and a vote of no confidence. fred chancellor shows that's the back part of the crucial german federal election prepared to kick off on something

the dates saturday night in law school. i'm using the legal and this is the news drop on our t international. hello and welcome newman roles. they know satellite networks, the us has reportedly threatened ukraine, which shutting down an access to vital star link internet services unless he of science or is the worst extraction deal that says donald trump says he's don't with lot of mirrors. lensky is disrespect towards ukraine's bonkers, and that he needs to remember the millions of dollars pump in from washington. so we're going to is assign a dealer. there is going to be a lot of problems with them. so we're going to sign a deal to get security because we have to do that. we're spending our treasure. i've been watching him negotiate with no card says no cards add,

you get sick of it. you just get sick of it. and i've had it. and he then made a deal with us for forever and things man who knows what river is worth. so you know, but at least it's something and who knows what else who is, who knows? they even have it. but we made a deal with the river. it's and the secretary of treasury, a very good guy, actually went there and they couldn't even come close to get a good deal done. and frankly, i wish he didn't go to the waste all of his time like that. but they couldn't get close. they met, right. and then when he wanted to get it close is a was unable to meet him again. but yeah. so, so just of wasted trip, indeed, jewish trip to i didn't like it that he was doing it because, you know, he's a good man. i didn't want him to be put himself under danger because that a feeling something like that would happen. but it seems like washington is late to

the party with london getting there 1st. the british government, apparently managed to secure exclusive rights to ukraine's resorts, is just days before donald trump took office. ortiz rena cost for it, but has been delving deeper into that story. it is clear that the u. k. has become very passion. it's about the ukrainian calls all of a sudden, especially the last couple of months, even as a piece deal seems within range. one of them is determined for ukraine to keep going by using lies, brain washing floods and even tiers of support from the european union. here's a small reminder, you know that the united kingdom continues to be your full most partner. we continue to work alongside you. we continue to support you to the max. and as you fight to surrender war for anything to work, it has to have your p ends in ukraine is part of it because the premiums and

europeans are the ones to meet so, so in samantha, the here in europe. so without this, the any d wouldn't just work very grateful to all of those european politicians that spoke out and read from the values and principles said they are defending. no one is better than presidency senate. so lensky lets me conclude and this becomes difficult. the last couple weeks of being in tens and all this was proceeded by another strange moment that weird landmark agreements between london and kids. talking about unbreakable bonds, felons in a band law soft promises museum for him. you know, mean use the tiny bit. there was a visit to the british prime minister, the signing of the 100 year partnership agreement. and this is

a fundamentally new format of relations. the closest relations are now between ukraine and britain. there is also a secure secret part of the agreement with everything that really adds to our resilience and the opportunity to develop some had more energy cooperation as the agreement states right here. it's also summative. so u k, as a preferred partner for ukraine's energy sector critical minerals strategy and green steel production. and there's more now look at the sports supporting developments over ukrainian critical mental roll strategy, and necessary regulatory structures required to support the maximize ation of benefits from ukraine's natural resources as well. isn't that nice and potentially lucrative for the you? k, after all, ukraine has one of the largest mineral deposits of any do a p and country, which would explain the southern friendliness and partnership. maybe the have slide

that a lot of mark agreements was signed before tom had a chance to get there. well, actually 4 days before his and all duration, and now i think it was once in or else we're going the rain very valuable, rarer. so we, while, while we pull it up to go in terms of the guarantee we want to guarantee one, we're handing a money hand over fist. we're giving them equipment. so we're looking to do a deal with your brain where they're going to secure what we're giving them with their errors and other things. here's the thing. we don't get our money back and we tell them to do something with us. treasury secretary school and the best sense even travel to crane with an earlier valentine's day presence in the form of a proposal, but it wasn't very well received. here's how it all went down. and scott,

this is actually when you were sleeping and unavailable for me to be traveling many hours on the train, which today we're talking about the 2nd or he was there to get a document signed. and when he got his football and respect to the united states, and that's why i said that this document is not ready. and i said there is no word on security guarantees. we agreed that there could be something done about it, but no one knows anything. and if it isn't clear, i said, let's write the percentages. i am defending ukraine. i can't sell our state. you will write some guarantees, and we will write some interest in the memorandum, i was only told 50. i said, okay, no, i'm just a decision maker and i'm not working on the details of this document. i think

president trump is very upset, present zelinski and i and some cases, and rightfully so. look. number one, joe biden had frustrations was the landscape. people shouldn't forget it, their newspaper articles out there about how he cursed adam and a phone call. because zalinski instead of saying thank you for all your help is immediately out there are messaging what we're not doing or what he's not getting. i think the 2nd thing is, frankly, i was personally very upset because we had a conversation with president zelinski, the vice president and i, the 23 of us. and we discussed this issue about the mineral rights, so we explained to them. but we want to be in joint venture with you, not because we're trying to steal from your country. but because we think that's actually a security guarantee where your partner and an important economic endeavor, we get to get paid back some of the money, the tax payers have given close to $200000000000.00. and it also, and now we have invested interest in the security of ukraine and he said, sure, we want to do this deal. that makes all the sense in the world. the only thing is i need to run it through my legislative process. well, it seems

a broad scope there 1st and now is a lot of skis and a bit of a pickle she has from calling him a dick's aid or without elections, has ruined his country and perhaps sold it off after all. but so those who are unable to provide any security guard sees, even if they tried spa steph compliments in the boat loads. the prime minister expressed his support for the presidency. lensky as you cranes, democratically elected leader. and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend the elections during more time as the u. k. did during world war 2. this was amends in these country, and that is country. and still does. he was elect street. he's the like to lead to ukraine. and he's done what winston churchill in britain and 2nd will. and boris johnson, the man who just have to button and make sure the conflict kept going. 3 years ago, what a deal was on the table. when do we, europeans going to stop being scandalized about donald trump and stopped helping

him to end this war. that's as a car in for it as prime minister is even willing to send his own troops, fight on per pet. consider committing, purchased forces on the ground along side of those. if there is a lost in peace agreement, but the must be a us back stop. because i us security guards, it is the only way to effectively, to, to russia from attack. can you create a good? but as he can see, even he admits that us involvement isn't necessary, which won't happen if they don't get their minerals. so now the question remains are the minerals there for the taking or how they already been sold. so ukraine's new best friend which could become the landscape final mistake. no 6 is really hostages. how being released by come us in the final swap of the

ship. he does the cease fires. first phase, the captains are a 100 over to the red cross with more than 600 palestinians set to be freed from jailed in return. but israel has reportedly postponed dot release. ortiz, middle east bureau chief, me if north central and just live. no, i for more, all not muster. you're in the west bank where locals are waiting. i suspect them release very much of family friends. any movement or not so far it is getting late in the day. the food and well absolutely subsidized prisoners change between these roll it how much has taken an unexpected and very dangerous turn on the big greenland it has you noticed how the student prisoners were supposed to be released as soon as is really hostages crossed into israel from gaza hours ago, but now we a see a delay from these really side prison authorities have earlier concerns to us. but

the decision to hold off came from the political leadership was reading political leadership. and as of now, there was no clarity on when the release will move forward. if at all went out in ramallah, where are some of those probably students, prisoners were expected to arrive again, hours ago ahead of their release. the idea of deploying the additional forces across the wide west bags, including here to prevent mass gatherings, but neither of these restrictions know the bad weather. no hours of delay have stopped these people from wasting in much smaller numbers. many have been here since early morning send in in the rain, then hail, then snow anxiously waiting to embrace the loved ones. most of them have taken shelter from the cold inside this community center behind me. still hoping, praying for news all there is a strong and brave enough to wait outside from us has we after the fuse in israel, also holding the pro says and calling hall and mediators describing take them to

send the occupations failure to release the 7th batch of prisoners in the exchange process on the agree date represents a blatant violation of the agreement. we call on the mediators and guarantors of the agreement to exert pressure on the occupation to respect the agreement and implemented provisions without procrastination. installing this latest exchange has been already on folding under extreme tension on thursday as well received at the remains of hostages, which does not survive the 1st such case since the ceasefire began the moment towards the states and quickly took an even dark cuz her and among the remains were 2 young children, tragic victims of the of silver 7 attacks and off the forensic analysis. israel concluded they were murdered with fair, has contradicted her master's claim that they were killed and is really as far as adding to the tents and her mouth was also supposed to return the body of the

mother. but instead israel received the remains of an unknown guys and woman. the reaction was swift from minister benjamin netanyahu accused him off of violating the agreement and war, and that it would pay the highest price. the entire bill was suddenly raised from us, quickly corrected the mistake returned in the proper volume. well, we have firm and it's commitments to the bill. the supply depends is this rose, how does not to assist henry exchange just now we're witnessing vista land some believe that's could be a factor in what's happening now. and this delay is israel's way to punish probably student people for the anger and frustration the israel had to endure before. as part of this bill is really set to free. $802.00 probably student present us with that. all of them coming to the west bank and here to ramallah, more than half will be sent back to gauze on including $200.00 women and minor is released in exchange for the bodies of hostages returned earlier on. the lease also

includes 51 present or serve and life sentences and 59 with long sleeves in terms israel refuses to allow them going back into the west bank slicing security concerns. they will be deported to countries like age of only about 50 full of prisoners. those israel says do not have blood on the hands are being released to ramallah. occupied is through the more rather i re faxed it to be released. we cannot say when and again, if earlier today that they have mazda 36 is really hostages from 3 separate locations in jobs. that reminds of the passive has been held in different parts of the same place. as in previous exchanges, the hostages were 1st handed over to the international red cross. send to these, where the army, which press 4 to send into israel for reunions with their families, and is ready for such capture. deeply emotional moments, often more than $500.00 days in contingencies rate is any a core and all that invented on that a simple and have ties showing off. finally,

home also relieves were i've read them in these 2 and he summons so yeah. who has been held in gaza attention over a decade leading to school. this is a force that these really government has done little to secure the 3 that before. now, over the course of these war we've reported on min b, so it is really of f e o p and origin who was due to a mental to take him to call since 202014 was never sent again until last year. when how much would be a video of hand proving he was alive? medical evaluations have confirmed that he and 5 all the hostages are in satisfactory condition. now all eyes are on when palestinians prisoners will be freed to middle all thousands of his readers. tenths of a series was made for gathering reading. tel aviv calling on the government to 600 commitments and release palestinian prisoners. they see are the ada disruption lighting. things for the release of the cost is still held in captivity and gaza.

the risk they're not ready for back to yeah, we are, we have to see what developments emerged today. ortiz, middle east bureau chief marie if nice not live from ramallah, with the thank you. crane will have no place within the e u if it's membership harms hungry on interest. that was one of the direct takeaways from victor, or bon states of the nation address earlier. the prime minister also room, the key of the chances of joining nato. the problem we have on that is the war, in fact, is not even about ukraine, but about the territory called ukraine. which until now has been a buffer zone. a buffer state between nato and russia being placed under the auspices of nato. why european and american liberals thought the russians would idly watch this happen is still a mystery, but it is already clear that the experiment failed ukraine or what remains of it

will again become a buffer zone. it will not be a needle member. will it be a member of the european union royal that will be decided by the own gary is against the will of hungry and the on gary ends. ukraine will never be a member of the european union, a say, as well as bringing life to the program. now senior research fellow with a global policy institute, think to george is m o l. a. george. good to see you, mr. or bon? pretty clear in his stance, no nato membership for ukraine. is he simply saying what other leaders won't publicly or will these comments cause you have more friction within the alliance? well, i don't think those comments will close too much friction because um nato membership now is very much up in the a given the very strong stands taken by the trump administration. i mean, what happens off the trump is a different question. but at the moment, um, this doesn't seem a to likely,

so i don't see those comments will cause too much friction, that before the hungry leader also said ukraine won't become part of the e u. f on gary ins vote against the claiming that if keeps given the key to the door it could destroy and gary in agriculture, it is not a real fear as well. it is very much of a fair. i mean, if you recall, we had, it was very serious problems with hungary, with romania, with bulk area. when you decided to forego any um, uh, grain quotas on ukraine. and suddenly it is, uh, cheap uh, low quality, a grain was flooding the european markets. and this was causing very serious um, economic problems um, you know, instead of throughout the east and central europe. um, i mean the one thing the common agricultural policy was supposed to achieve was a protection for your ups, mama's, but in this ideological seal to support your brain. um,

also if on the line just simply threw out the window, the prize, the very, the very hot all the you the comment agriculture policy. it's her interesting victor or bonds, comments, both against nato, the you as regards you creating that'd be for just a few months ago that would have been met. i'd suggest with, with outrage calls for hungry to get out of the block that, that doesn't seem to be emerging now. it does not tell us something hard to kind of windsor change or blowing just well, what it tells us is that the europeans absolutely nonplussed. about what's going on in washington, they don't know how to handle a trump. and so there's no point in their, uh, their rating victor or bond because the source of their problems is donald trump. so this is this week. we're going to have my crown, we're going to have to style them maybe even georgia maloney. they're all going to

troop out to washington to try to persuade chrome to be more um, amenable to ukraine and more cost uh to rush up. uh so that's really the, the source of the problem is big for a man. took a serious rescue. he gambled on trumps um, winning the election. he gambled as he once had. they've gone the other way. had gone to a harris one little cause he would have been very serious trouble in your sofa. the time being he is um on top tribble because he has a patron in uh in washington. and until your events can figure out how they going to handle a trunk if a tool uh they, they're not even missing with or but he also said ukraine has been and will continue to be a buffer zone between nato and russia. does that suggest, even if it piece the low stroke soon, it will remain a powder tag that could explode again in a few years down the line. hard to take those remarks?

that's a very good question. i took those remarks more as um, as, as like as a buffer is there another was as part of the final settlement. um there will remain a buffer zone between russia and made so it was keep in mind or about the country. so the media planes has never been a particular friend of russia has one particular friend who is, he has always said we are members of nato. we are members of the you don't here, identifies with the sort of the western uh, side of the uh, conflict. so that's why he sees that well as a measure of stability and security for europe will be the creation of this buffer zone. so that no is the ukraine will separate the lines of conflict between russia and the way so he sees that there will remain a division in europe in the future. but is to be hope that this division will not

lead to war. and in a, just in case ukraine will be the buffers of separating the west and russian political analyst and commented toward summer while eli from budapest. george, thanks as always. thank you very much. now it's germany proposed to go to the polls and national elections on sunday. i agree, things have been witnessed on the streets of berlin with police and left wing demonstrators flashing the violence came after officers moved in to clear the route for a march by supporters of the right wing alternative for germany. 4050 as forecasts to make significant gains across the country. there's some background on the ballots. in december, it shows sort of shows last the vote of confidence. after firing his finance minister from the rivals medical parking the coalition government then collapse, leading to early elections. germany has reduced russian gas purchase is unimplemented other measures that apply to rapid backward slide for it's

a ptolemy which is nice for me to avoid that are word recession. i'm not sure to be a big collection issue with local saying the routing coalition has don't to be able to like have finished, good blast, didn't do anything to few decisions and above all, mostly negative ones. i am disappointed by all the parties of the routing coalition come to me a phone at 1st. i could not imagine that 3 such different parties could achieve good results together. we're not doing well right now, and there are lots of election promises being made. whatever will be better for the citizens, the opposite will be the case. the state does not have enough money. there is always talk of making savings. so it really affects people's wallets after the election. do you have the full volume or do they have neither considered nor solved the problems of the country? i am very pessimistic, miss. so i had hoped that friedrich merits would tackle this week, but he will now take either the greens or the s p d, or both with him. and nothing will change their bite him unfortunately, nothing will change, right?

i mean, what the population does not want is a left leaning co government. we will not solve the problems of migration like that complete. so you can know for more in europe, more in the middle east economic decline. these are very big problems and that's why we need a fresh start. what polls currently predict that the center, right christian democrats will come out on top with the alternative for germany and 2nd, an overlap schultz is s p d, feeling quite a bit done in 3rd, the city use liter, frederick mertz is also tip. i've managed to become the next johnson,

the or whatever they are. our sister german language channels, spoke with bender, stag member clowes, ernst from the on the globe list. so right by getting the deadlines party and an r t exclusive, he re some key issues. the upcoming fast approaching boat has bought and shop focused the eastern city. although the current candidate for the position of tron solo from the christian democratic union, a free drink a match. so it has not yet made

a final decision for even before the election. he has made it clear that he intends to send taurus messiahs to ukraine. this would certainly lead to a further escalation of the conflict, and of course, we should expect a russian reaction. this is an unpleasant situation and we should try to avoid it. to match has not yet reached a final decision on this issue. as part of the election campaign of these, however, i fully believed to germany as well as the french british and americans needs to have already achieved a significant level of support for ukraine. and therefore, i would like to ask an unpleasant and disturbing question was how involved all the europeans and this will at this point to pretty well. so i'm telling thoughtful and if we're talking about the relationship between russia and germany in the context of sanctions, how would you assess the impact of the sanctions on both countries in the long term will be the winners and losers. as a result of these measures, maybe 5 feet deep are the idea that we no longer need energy supplies from russia was absolutely wrong. she was, as a result of abandoning them,

does that is gas and oil from russia, as we are now taking no russian natural gas. but american l. n g american l n g is 3 times more expensive than russian gas, which has led to us no longer being competitive with the united states in industries that are particularly energy intensive. as this benefits the united states and homes germany. however, it is not out of russia, it has the growth rate. there is still acceptable. while we have already been in recession for 3 years. and by the way, russia has found ways to sell its gas and oil through other countries, including the european union's a different price, is. that's a problem. these sanctions are the you and germany move and russia. we, by the way, another thing in reality, it is clear that the sanctions war cannot be stopped. it is being conducted as harshly as before. the only difference is that russia is liberating territories more and more quickly to head to cut you know, the ship. since i would like to ask about your current assessment of ukraine's

prospects for joining nato and the european union. it was also, it was the not to, by guarding ukraine's possible accession to nato. and i don't think it is very likely as while the war is ongoing, the nato chart that does not allow for the admission process to begin. this would be hardly unusual. as for the you, there are rules that must be followed some countries wish and are attempting to push for ukraine's membership in the you. however, i doubt this will happen if we follow the usual process for joining the european union. it would take a long time for ukraine to fulfill the requirements revise it. however, some countries does ukraine's accession to the european union. the ideological reasons, regardless of their potential causes to the u, edits, member states. this is a risky proposition, and i am not sure how it will play out long at this point. it seems that more time needs to pass before ukraine can join the you don't really see the meanwhile, a knife attack in front says left one person dead and several more injured this