how much on the increase until somebody can talk to the deputies chief political correspondent, nina. honda followed the stop the festival the brandenburg gates and explain the significance of this year's event. you know, there's, there's an event that has been going on in berlin since 2008 and the so from 15 years and a is usually a festival when the jews community in germany celebrates its existence and stresses the fact that the jews live is a positive dom society's life, but this year the organizers said that the message coming out of this event this year is move that to slice needs to be protected also in gemini. so in beads, this event here at the moment here at the bretton but gates is one where there's a loss of high ranking politicians and actually more am hancock capitalistic hold as so those mental rugs that we see in the background as well are in the city and then ever before they see if there's some 50 that are setup across the town. now we'll have sides took to the states today. he was also the one who lit the pres kendall. now that is, of course highly significant, as well as

dw chief political correspondent, nina honda in brooklyn, that the way the tonight's meeting as always, thank you. so here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . germany's foreign minister on the bulkheads and said the berlin will do which i most do support vaccine production in africa, fer boxes in rwanda for the, you know, your ration ceremony of an m r n. a vaccine plant being built by the german from biotech. it aimed to supply the continent with vaccines during potential future. and democrats, by frances, has given formal approval for priest to bless, same sex couples in a document released by the vatican. frances suggested such blessings could be offered as long as they did not confuse the ritual. with the sacrament of heterosexual marriage, it said priest should decide on a case by case basis. egyptian president, i'll be able to cc, have secure the 3rd term in office after receiving almost 90 percent of the vote in last week's election. the boat was overshadowed by the war in gauze and the severe economic crisis. critics of say a 1

honda who is covering this story for us in route cloud. the military base where these nights with soldiers are based on it taishan or bases. nina, well, can you tell us about this deal? well, both defense ministers call today a historic day. and you kind of underestimate the fact that germany has indeed now signed this commitment to permanently station troops here in lithuania, in the next couple of years. so german soldiers and the families they will be living in this way. no. the kids will be going to school here for several years at the time. and this is something where germany says it is vital because it wants to essentially help protect the eastern flag of the west and the lines of nato. and this is you have to compare it a bit to what happened during the cold war when british american and french soldiers lived in western germany to help protect what was then the eastern flank of nato. now since the collapse of the soviet union, of course, the eastern flag has moved eastwards the baltic. countries for example, became suffering on the of the use of the soviet occupation. they want to remain suffering. and there is a very tangible fear