the story is i'm going to treat you most of the the because the cease fire deal is in jeopardy after is real to spend the release of over 600 palestinian prisoners despite tomas delivering on it. part of saturdays was we got reaction from palestinians were waiting for their loved ones. we were shocked as usual, the occupations way of dealing, hurting the families, tormenting them in the prisoners. the conversation was very useful. we not only listened but also heard each other. and i have reason to believe that the american side has begun to better understand our position. russian and us diplomats hold their 1st face to face talks in years as the trump whitehouse seeks to reset relations with the kremlin and put it in to the ukraine. conflicts that divide administration for both watts.

the protesters clash with police in berlin on the eve of a snap election that's expected to see chancellor hall lock schultz, we've office while the alternative for germany party hopes to net its strongest results in history. the just after 11 am here in the russian capital and you're watching our t international. i am your host donald quarter. welcome to the boss has accused israel violating the gaza ceasefire and their prisoner swap deal. that's as benjamin netanyahu ordered to postpone the release of over $600.00 palestinian prisoners even after him. off handed over 6 hostages, as agreed on saturday. here's how these rarely prime minister's office justified

the move. in light of her mazda is repeated violations, including the ceremonies that humiliate our hostages and the cynical exploitation of our hostages for propaganda purposes. it has been decided to delay the release of terrorist that was planned for yesterday until the release of the next hostages has been assured and without the humiliating ceremonies. while they get more on the story now we're crossing live to our political correspondent keyboard is going off . who's in the middle east right now, so you go on. could you take us through this developing story and the reactions heard so far this sunday morning? sure. done. israel was expected to release over 600000 prisoners after how much really 6 is really hard to do this part of the c spider agreement. but when it started came, israel decided to put it's part of the change on hold causing outrage among palestinians, especially among the relative so waiting for these prisoners in gaza and the west

bank for 16 years. we've been waiting for this day. this is hoping for the release of our son liked the other prisoners. this suffering today is a continuation of the suffering we've enjoyed over the years of his imprisonment. as if we were shocked, as usual, by the occupations way of dealing, hurting the families, tormenting them, and the prisoners level. through today, all the families of the prison estate and the governor rate. we will not leave this place except to ensure the safety of can you will the families and will arrange for a whole night. for them, the code that has seeped into the souls will not be used by any one given the difficult circumstances they have enjoyed and live through the day. the release was stopped at the very last minutes when the prisoners who had what had already boarded the buses to leave. how much has accused as well for violating the ceasefire agreements and has called on the international mediators to pressure it

into sticking through. it's part of the deal. we believe that again, these are the 2 games from the right wing government to sabotage and undermine the deal, and to send a message of willingness to go back to war. earlier, how much release the fix is rarely hostages. they were shown overwhelmed, happy and thinking the former captors at this ceremony on stage. israel says that they acted under duress and has been fiercely criticizing how much for the way the conduct, the changes staging public ceremonies displaying the coffin. so with the, the, the victims in them, and showing these posters the, depicting the light goodness of benjamin didn't yackel with fangs and blood on his face. and earlier in a separate incident from us, also released to the body. so for is really hostages, including those of 2 children and their mother. and he's really

a forensics couldn't confirm her identity sparking outreach must says that the reason for that is because the family was killed by it may be f as frank targeting the building where they were being held. and so her remains could have gotten mixed up with the remains of other victims. in the meantime, thousands of dollars being is have taken to the streets of the bill of eve, the demanding that these really authorities stick to their end of the bargain and fulfilled their commitments. release the prisoners because they fear for the wellbeing of the remaining is really hostages, still being kept by home us. right, that was our chief political correspondent to go to fiscal. know thanks for bringing us. the details now for tire of reform is democratic factions. both person, dmitri de leon, e, told me that the is really prime ministers move is aimed at clinging to power. so the only way out for him is to create an excuse to stop

the, the, to hold the exchange process. and, and to, by the way, uh, try to save his goal. sure. let's remember that the 2nd most important person in the governmental college and that is, will be self admitted, fascist best seller. smartjets. uh, threatened to leave the government. if the 2nd phase, i'll be in agreement a to z, z is rarely genocide in guys that took place this. the 2nd phase starts next week. so uh, and then, you know, also aims at for political reasons, internal domestic, political reasons for this agreement. so he can have a buy time to salvage whatever he can of his government, and hopefully for him maintain disclosure and that keeps him empower and keeps him away from jail as corruption charges. i wait for him as soon as he leaves office.

all eyes were on re a this week as the saturday capital hosted historic talks between top diplomats from russia and the united states was the 1st such sit down in years as the trump administration seeks a deal to reset relations and, and the ukraine conflict for good rushes for administer, hailed negotiations that lasted more than 4 hours. how to go to do marco rubio particularly emphasize the fundamental importance of each country being guided by its national interest. these national interest, of course, will not always coincide. it is very important to regulate. these discrepancies the conversation was very useful. we not only listened but also heard each other, and i have reason to believe that the american side has begun to better understand our position. so i came away today convinced that they are willing to begin to engage in a serious process to determine how and how quickly and to what mechanism can have

and be brought to this war. i think it's important to have this meeting because we haven't really had much engagement with the russians for almost 3 years. and it's, that's the table for future conversations. how that turns out will be up to the parties and their willingness, not just to make commitments but the live by them. uh, that will be tested. the marathon talks brought in agreements to establish a bilateral consultation mechanism while normalizing the functioning of mutual diplomatic emissions on ukraine. the russians and americans decided to a point teams that will work towards a peace deal. all scale in washington also mold over rebooting geo political and economic cooperation after the military conflict ends with both sides, pledging to state diplomatically engaged from now on bottom. as the lensky though, was not invited to the negotiations about ukraine and saudi arabia, the letter claimed he was actually planning to visit, re add the next day, but decided to reschedule the trip to march. apparently because he doesn't agree

with being sidelined from this week's tom rose. i mean, the united states is discussing with russia the ultimatum that put in set at the beginning of the full scale war. again, about ukraine without ukraine. i wonder if we didn't accept such ultimatums at the most difficult moment. it's why are we likely to do it now? let's gimme a new american investigative journalist. ben swan gave us his take on the prospect unfolding. i made the new to tons between moscow and washington. one of the things that makes this entire dialogue is so important between the western russia is that they didn't talk only about ukraine, which is interesting because for the past 3 years, we've seen that the united states doesn't talk to russia at all. but when we talk about russia, it's nothing completely singular. we only talk about one issue to warn ukraine. and so one of the things that we see in this discussion that was very important was an entire discussion about gaz problem and about energy. the fact that the united states is talking about working with russia and getting investment into guys from

and working on energy projects with russia is not just stunning. the reporter. so there a minute ago, a week ago, a lot of people wouldn't believe in this conversation would be happening now. a year ago, a lot of people thought might have thought this conversation would never happen again. the idea that the us is talking about energy ideas with russia at a time when europe badly needs both russian energy and american energy and the united states is trying to really build out its energy profile. i think it's a pretty remarkable moment. so that's a very important moment. again, this discussion going far beyond just ukraine, but also talking about bigger issues about russia in the united states. the united states saying they want to see americans being able to invest in russia and russian companies able to act in the united states. again, this is something that a year ago, 2 years ago wasn't even discussed. the germans are taking to the polls in a crucial federal election today, the stakes are high and emotions had been boiling over. protests turned violent in berlin on the eve of the snap boat.

the the german capital streets had been rocked by rifle rallied some left wing and t 5 and right wing a. if the supporters, the latter party is projected to when it's the biggest ever share of the national boat, the federal power crisis has been escalating ever since chancellor olaf schultz has coalition collapse back in november. he's widely expected to leave office after today's vote. and here's our to contributor rachel, mark, rachel marsden with all the, the big national election in germany this weekend. only the 4th snap parliamentary election to take place since world war 2. because hey, why wait for the government's 4 year expiration date to come around when it's stinking up the whole joint like forgotten, sour coat in a bavarian heat wave back in 2021. chancellor oil. i've schultz took charge with

his traffic light coalition made up of his red, social democrats, greens, and yellows, centrist free democrats, and well, the yellow light unplugged itself, you could say causing the government to crash. so now instead of germans being relegated to just yelling at that one key traffic light, they now get a chance to avail themselves of an electoral off ramp. so heading into the final structure of the campaign, the center, right, kristen, democrat, opposition has been cruising along in the lead ahead of the anti establishment. right. alternative for germany party or a f d with some wondering if they will be like kind of a game show contest and who makes a surprise final search. meanwhile, schultz is social democrats. have been doing it out with the greens for 3rd place, glory high. yes, the greens, a party whose results were so pitiful with single digits and regional elections late last year that it's leaders reside. because apparently those german voters in

the east had bigger priorities in mind as germany, the industrialized and trading. they are gas heating for wind and their bmw, of use for bicycles and shots as for administer, the particularly geometry challenge screen on the lead. a bare bach for once confused the $180.00 degree turn with a $360.00 is apparently just as good at geography and started talking like she was chief diplomat of ukraine, even vowing to defend ukraine from germans and the rest the shots. his cabinet was like, uh, yep, sure. sounds good to us. if i give the promise to people in ukraine, we stand with you as long as you need us. then i want to deliver no matter what my german vote just thing, but i want to deliver to the people of your train isn't all going, scott. and then we are very clear with the message to ukraine, but also to the russian aggressor. we will support ukraine as long as necessary. so

do you know, ukraine must not lose the score? what is at stake here is the future of the european quarter of peace and freedom. the doors we stand by ukraine sides. shoulder to shoulder is the door to germany. support for ukraine will not cease. we have made provisions struck defense deals and secured the funding in good time so that ukraine can continue to fully rely on us in future. turns out that all of that was just a convenient cover for transferring tax payer cash into the coffers of german defense companies. like ryan metal whose economic fortunes have had it in the opposite direction from the average germans, or even the average german industries with the economy contracting again. last year the german tax payer was also supporting a giant e u slash fund called the european piece facility into which germany pay some of the all around $7100000000.00 euros the it's leaders say it earmarked for you brain

berlin has to then apply to brussels to get some of that money back in exchange for digging through. it's old john sitting in the military attic and sending it over to ukraine, where russia then blows it up, sparing germany the guilt of the massive carbon footprint of just dump it in the nearest landfill. and then hey, why do you know, god is still up those plots? it's again with some new weapons now because hey, war might be hell. but it can also apparently be a fantastic spring cleaning program. and this, this whole weapons garage sale scheme that ultimately blew out schultz as traffic light. because back in november, schultz told as finance minister christian ledner to earmark and other 3000000000 for germany weapons for you prayed. and lender said to just give here more hand me downs, which just happen to be horace long range, missiles that could start world war 3. if key of fires the men to russia and shot

said no thanks. maybe it is a little bit risky to bet on kids uh, competence. since even broken down german tax were reportedly being made even more broken. if that's even possible. apparently it is when the of radians tried to repair them. so when or then bailed right out of their shots as coalition and took his yellow traffic light with them. so thing called for a non confidence vote against himself tossing himself under the bus before anyone else could do it for him. and ultimately resulting in the dissolution of the parliament by the german president in december. and welsh alters exit sounded a lot like the going away party for the guy at work, who always microwaves, fish in the office kitchen, will afford to stay a whole lot. schultz has been the worst cancel or the federal republic has ever had . germany is in the deepest, most severe economic, financial energy and migrant crisis. i do believe our parliament faction has just

discussed this. even though there wasn't much to discuss the chance that we will support shots in the confidence vote, except for 3 persons worried frederick merits might become a war chancellor, for the whole of charles showed again today that he has no strength for fundamental changes in his answers completely failed to address the problems of inadequate fitness support economic competition out there, fight this in front of a z. the dispute. mr. chancellor, a rose because you were not able and not willing to hold together a coalition of the s p d greens and f d p which was no longer fit together at the front time the the way you behaved, but your opinion level is embarrassing. they are embarrassing germany. it's embarrassing how you behave in the european union. seems like ever since charles has been packing for his uh, potentially imminent trip into the political wilderness. he's had some time to think about how maybe it's not such

a great idea to treat the german military industrial complex like it's standing on the street corner, shaking you 10 top with an eye patch bagging of brother would you please bear a dime for you? praying, especially when the average human citizen is being brow beaten by german and european, the leaves into sharing showers to save energy, for example, because they're told that it will help defeat puts in on the battlefield. i had suggested expanding military aid at some point, but if you do that, you also have to say where the money is coming from. i'm against us taking this from pensions. i'm against us doing this through cuts to local governments against us investing less money in railroads and roads. so you have to finance that. additionally, that's a quite the, a pay for any one that seems to have manifested during schultz is uh, tire track back massage, something the current front runner, murtz, cause he had to experience as a zooms along on you talking point auto pilot,

my personal view and my willing is still and remains to deliver within a year were being coordinated framework of delivering more veterans to the tooth to ukraine. so what's the next? first of all, it's after the selection. he says, he only has one thing in mind. and let's just say that his chances for that are about as good as ending up as angelie. there's always an ex husband's discipline be, is your plan be to become a lawyer again? so again, that's no plan. be my my plan a is to be elected chance le again, i'm so give you. i don't think there will be anything else off to the chancellor shifts off to that. i would like to become an ordinary citizen again. oh, okay. so he wants to just be an average german citizen and finally be able to enjoy all the fruits of his own policies, like a drain circling economy and skyrocketing cost of living. alrighty then, so the wild card in this election is the right wing anti establishment f d party. now in 2nd place nationally after some eastern regional election victories

late last year and making statements like this. we want peace in ukraine. we don't want arms deliveries. we don't want tanks. we don't want missiles. we don't want tourist missiles for ukraine. that would involve germany in the war. i say to friedrich merits, if he really wants to supply weapons, then he can also volunteer to fight and not hand over our soldiers to the suicide mission. he should go there himself, along with high back with anton hoff writer with angelina bare bach. they should go to ukraine themselves and leave our people and our soldiers in peace. some german politicians have tried and failed to ban the f d o, right? but at least one former top you official and champion of democracy has openly bragged that there are always certain measures that can be taken, you know, just like in romania where a right wing candidate dared to win the 1st round of

a lot. auctions before democracy was suddenly saved by canceling that 1st round altogether. i told the let's wait and see what happens and for the time being, let's keep our cool and enforced our laws in europe. we need to be aware of the risk that our laws may be circumvented and that if they are not enforced, it could lead to interference. we did it in romania, we will obviously have to do it if necessary. in germany. a long mosque has jumped into the mix platforming and promoting the f. these policies on his ex platform, which is absolutely delighted the european political leads. i'm just kidding. they're losing their minds completely over at the munich security conference. us vice president j events called out the german and you establishment treating basic western values like ca calls qual, they run around flirting with a talk or see and he specifically invoke their treatment of the a f d. what german democracy, what no democracy, american, german,

or european will survive, is telling millions of voters that their thoughts and concerns their aspirations, their please for relief are invalid or unworthy of even being considered democracy. russ, on the sacred principle, that the voice of the people matters. there's no room for firewalls. you either uphold the principal or you don't. while he was in town, that's also met with a few leadership. skipping and meeting with schultz entirely because well, he says that schultz is on his way or any way, a better thing to do, i guess. and that's really all it took for the german establishment to start wailing about for an election interference. a commitment to never again is therefore incompatible with support for the a f d. that is why we will not accept outside is intervening in our democracy in our elections and in the democratic formation of opinion. on behalf of this policy, the, i'm really kind of the americans are questioning democrat against to sions,

and they are interfering quite openly in an election, including in relation to democratic tardies and their majorities in okay. and i have to say it disturbs me. it doesn't surprise me because they've talked about this before, but i firmly rejected it. it's not the job of the american government to explain to us here in germany, how we should protect democratic institutions. and we will continue on our course and continue on our course, se, and uh, what course is that exactly the scenic fruit to economic ruin, or the express lane off a cliff. either way, buckle up, because it looks like we're about to find out in short order. you as president, turn the tables on the embattled ukrainian leader this week, as donald trump called lot them years lensky, a dictator without elections. the new white house wants compensation for all the money spent on the military conflict. there was provoked by the by and administration. the lensky is reportedly refusing to sign and pay back deal,

even as the proposed terms. keep getting worse for him. trumpet said, he's literally sick of the landscape bickering the night of states is given $350000000000.00 because we had a stupid in top, but it's president and administration. so we're asking for rarer than oil any the we didn't get a big watching him negotiate with no card says no cards add, you get sick of it and you just get sick of it and i've had it and he did made a deal with us for rivers and things, man who knows what rivers is worth, you know, but at least it's something i know who knows what else who is, who knows, they even have it. but we made a deal with the river. it's and 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 in close is a was unable to meet him again. but uh so, so just on wasted trip in dangerous 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 i had a feeling something like that would happen. at any rate, it seems like washington's white to the party with london and getting there 1st. the british government apparently managed to secure exclusive rights to ukraine's resources just dates before donald trump took office. are these marina costs are about, has been delving deeper into the story. it's clear that the u. k. has become very passionate about that ukrainian calls all of a sudden, especially the last couple of months, even as a peace deal seems within range. one of them is determined for ukraine to keep

going by using lies, brain, washing, sweats, 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 this will for anything to work. it has to have your p ends and ukraine is part of it because the premiums and europeans are the ones to meet. so same cement the here in europe. so without does that 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 that this better than presidency. senate savanski the last couple weeks of being in tears. and all this was proceeded by another strange moments that weird landmark

agreements between london and kids. talking about unbreakable bonds, billions of a, then lots of promises museum for him. you mean he's the tiny because there was a visit of the british prime minister, the signing of the 100 year partnership agreements. this is a fundamentally new format of relations. the closest relations are now between ukraine and britain. you. there is also a secure secret part of the agreement, everything that really adds to our resilience and the opportunity to develop as a has more energy cooperation as the agreement states right here. it also some of the 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. well, isn't that nice and potentially lucrative for that? you take 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 that's why the landmark agreements was signed before tom had a chance to get there literally 4 days before his and all duration. and now i think it was once in or else we're telling the rain they are very valuable, rarer. and we want to slowly put 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 the brain where they're going to secure what we're giving them with a rare or as, and other things. here's the thing. we don't get our money back and we told them that the deal is we do something similar, right?

more or less us treasury secretary school and the best ones, even travel to crate it with an early valentine's day presence in the form of a proposal, but it wasn't very well received. here's how that all went down in scott, this is actually what you were sleeping and unavailable for me to be traveling many hours on the train, which today we're talking about the secretariat. he wants to get a document signed. and when he came back and they were just full respect to the united states, and that's why i said this document is not readiness. 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, as 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, 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 pulled at the same as a broad scope airforce. and now that landscape is in a bit of a pickle she has from calling him a dictator 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've tried spots, they have compliments in the boatloads. the prime minister expressed his support for president zelinski as ukraine's 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. and boris on a said, the man who just had su button and.