the see was more snow when you have the, the god, the ceasefire. d o is in jeopardy after his real suspends the release of over 600 palestinian prisoners despite her last delivering on it's part of saturday swap. we get reaction for palestinians for waiting for their lunch. we were shocked, as usual, by 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. prussian and us diplomats hold their 1st face to face talks in years. as the trump white house speaks to reset relations with the kremlin, had put an end to the ukraine conflict. that divided administration provoked plus

the protesters clash with police in berlin on the eve of a snap election that's expected to see chancellor whole lot sholtes leave office while the alternative for germany party hopes to net. it's the strongest result in history, the walker and the program. you're watching the weekly on our to answer national. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome. our top story home us has accused israel a 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 the is rarely prime minister 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. israel was expected to release over 600 fasting and prisoners after him on some of these things is rarely as hostages as part of the ceasefire agreement. but when its turn came, israel decided to put a part of the exchange on hold, sparking outrage throughout palestine, especially among the families of the prisoners waiting for them in gaza and the west bank for 16 years. we have been waiting for this day, hoping for the release of our son like 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 family's tormenting them and the prisoners level. today, all the families of the prison estate and the governor rate. we will not leave this place except to ensure the safety of all the families and will arrange for a whole night for them. the code that has seeped into the souls will not be eased by any one given the difficult circumstances they have enjoyed and lived through the day. the release was stopped at the very last minutes away to the palestinian prisoners had already boarded the buses to leave a mouse has condemned a 0. it's using it all violating the ceasefire agreement and has called on the international mediators to pressure the country into fulfilling. 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. this game after how much release the fix is really hostages. they were shown overjoyed,

and thinking of their former captors by it is or says that they were acting under duress and has been in general fiercely criticizing so much for the way they have been conducting these exchanges. staging public ceremonies displaying the coffins with the bodies of the victims inside. and the posters are depicting the light. being this of benjamin. nothing yackel with bangs and blood on his face. and earlier how mazda is also sparked outrage when they released the bodies. the 4 is really hostages, including those of 2 children and their mother. and these really forensics couldn't confirm her identity. said that that could have been possible because the family was still buying their idea of air strikes, targeting the building where they were being held at the time. so her remains could have gotten mixed up with the remains of other victims. in the meantime, thousands of these really safe taken to the seats of tel aviv demanding that the stories stick to their part of the deal release the palestinian prisoners during for the wellbeing of those is rarely hostages. still being kept by how much the

spokes person of the top reform is democratic faction. dmitri de leon, he told me that the is really prime minister is 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, a tried to save his goal is your, let's remember that the 2nd most important person in the government to college and that is, will be self admitted, fascist bestsellers smartjets. uh threatened to leave the government. if the 2nd phase i'll be in agreement to seize is rarely genocide and guys that took place this a 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 this goal issue and that keeps him empower and keeps him away from jail as corruption charges. i'll wait for him as soon as he leaves office. all eyes were on re add this week as the saudi capital hosted historic talks between the top diplomats from russia and the united states. it was the 1st such sit down in years as the trumpet administration seeks a deal to reset relations and ends. the ukraine conflict for good versus for administer. hale been negotiations that lasted more than 4 hours a 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 for us. 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. i came away today convinced that they are willing to begin to engage in a serious process to determine how and how quickly and through what mechanism can in 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 to live by them. that will be tested. marathon talks brought an agreement to establish a bilateral consultation mechanism while normalizing the functioning of mutual diplomatic emissions on ukraine. the russians and americans decided to appoint teams that will work towards a peace deal while moscow in washington also bowled over rebooting geo political and economic cooperation after the military conflict and both sides pledged to stay

diplomatically engaged from now on. lot of me was the lensky was not invited to the negotiations about ukraine and saudi arabia. he later claimed he was actually planning to visit, re add the next day, but decided to reschedule his trip to march, apparently because he doesn't agree with being sidelined from this weeks. tops was in the united states as 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. why are we likely to do it now? american investigative journalist, ben swan gave us his take on the prospect unfolding and made the new to taunt between moscow and washed. 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 a completely singular, we only talked 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 that 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 sadly 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 the germans are taking to the polls in a crucial federal election. today, the stakes are high and emotions have been boiling over well. protests turn violent in berlin on the eve of the snap boat. the german capital streets have been rocked by rival rallies of left wing and t 5 and right wing at the supporters. the latter party is projected to win in its biggest ever share of the national vote. the federal power crisis has been escalating ever since chancellor olaf sholtes is coalition collapsed in november. is widely expected to leave office after today's vote. but here's more information from our to contributor rachel mar, a big national election in germany this weekend,

only the 4th snapped 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 thinking 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 stretch 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 contestant 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 been trading their gas heating for wind and their bmw, of use for bicycles and schultz. as for administer, the particularly geometry challenge screen on the lead, a bare bach for once confused a $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 of shelters 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 a thing, but i want to deliver to the people of you train isn't all, scott, and we are very clear with our 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. joyce, we stand by ukraine side. shoulder to shoulder is the door to desk. 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. it 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 fair 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 ukraine. berlin has to then apply to brussels to get some of that money back in exchange for digging through its old john city and its 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 fill up? those posits again with some new weapons now because hay 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 ukraine. 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 you have fires them into russia and shot said no thanks. maybe it is a little bit risky to bet on key of competence since even broken down german tax very poorly 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 its 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 all off. schultz has been the worst chancellor. the federal republic has ever had. germany is in the deepest, most severe economic, financial energy and migrant crisis, or parliament faction has just discussed this. even though there wasn't much to discuss. we won't support shots in the confidence vote, except for 3 persons worried friedrich 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 deep problems of inadequate fitness for economic competition, just 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 behave at european level is embarrassing. they are embarrassing germany . it's embarrassing how you move behave in the european union. seems like ever since schultz has been packing for his potentially imminent trip into the political wilderness. this 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 didn't come up with an eye patch, begging of brother would you please spare a dime for your brain, 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 as 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 just 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 fee of pay for any $1.00 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 you are 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. is your plan be to become a lawyer again? so again, that's not plan. be my, my plan a is to be elected. chance le again, so give you, i don't think there will be anything else off to the chancellor shipped 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. all righty 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 and ukraine. we don't want arms deliveries. we don't want tanks, we don't want missiles. we don't want taurus, 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 rider 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 um, certain measures that can be taken, you know, just like in romania where a right wing candidate dared to win the 1st round of elections before democracy was suddenly saved by canceling that 1st round altogether. 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, you long mosque has jumped into the mix platforming and promoting the f these policies on his x platform, which has absolutely delighted the european political leads. i'm just kidding. they're losing their minds completely over it. at the meeting security conference,

us vice president j events call 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 secret principle, that the voice of the people matters. there is no room for firewalls. you either uphold the principal or you don't. while he was in town, that's also met with a, a few leadership skipping and meeting with shultz 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 as intervening in our democracy, in our elections, and in the democratic formation of opinion. on behalf of this policy, the i'm of the connor from the americans are questioning democratic institutions and they are interfering quite openly in an election, including in relation to democratic tardies and their majorities. and i have to say it disturbs me. it doesn't surprise me because they've talked about this before, but i firmly reject 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 say, and what course is that exactly the scenic route 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 or well,

it's nice and warm in the caribbean right now. the e u g found things to be rather more frosty, as she attended a community conference of the island mentions. grenada, told her brussels should be apologizing and paying reparations for centuries of slavery. the extra n c for us to live on. we and i don't mean to be impolite, but i will see to you therefore, that the issue of reparations for the trans atlantic slavery, i mean sleep and african peoples and black bodies, as my comrade ralph likes to see is an issue that he will take up with you, we went to sales on to future generations of humanity to ensure that the trends atlantics lead tree and enslavement of africans in the caribbean. lots in central sold and north america is accepted as a crime against humanity. and that the appropriate apology on compensation is speed

and the international community accepts the dish should never happen again. the trans atlantic slave trade, so at least 15000000 people forcibly transferred to the western hemisphere between the 16th and 19th century. according to the un millions more perished on the long and torture his journeys as vast fortunes were amassed in european nations. as a result of it, and while ursula are on the line, acknowledged the criminal nature of slavery, she seemed more keen to steer the conversation in another, perhaps more predictable direction. when russia tons rolled into ukraine, you were the 1st regional block to stand with you plane, with europe. and with international law, honorable deacon mutual. slavery is

a crime against humanity and the dignity and the universal rights of every single schuman being is touchable and must be defended. by all means. we're not a lawyer, an activist arlay gill, told r t. the history of enslavement still cast a dark shadow over the caribbean. the damage was pause and the legacy of the a lot of the slave trade. slavery on the level that the navy of genocide in the caribbean. the last, the latest news, you know, was the, on the development of carbon countries and carbon nation is that direct result of the, of your honestly, of truth. in fact, the compensation to the british from the, what is one of those, the only repeating. but if it is the 2015, so that is not

a long time ago to renew the regency fee of independence before then. we won't have any other are still calling here in the caribbean, minnesota. it is not a long time ago. and um, slavery in every move in front of the world, mostly from them. but we are of the can see the view that if you of us on the americans and all the colors, the, it's on the, on the representative justice for drew's, the cost you suffered the be the same measurement. somebody use a c deals the up to you want to use so that we in the car, the alarm system, who seriously a lot of this the wrong this the represents the low cost of such we believe that it is not the, it is no the, the the last thing,

the legacy on down the visual score by this crime would be money to continue. the appraisal was to say, it is the, the remedy now by the rope. and even in the poll is that the that's the newest for this our, my colleague rachel ruble will be joining you in just about 30 minutes with more here on our, to international the the,

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