it definitely will be you create mikaela for like mouse, germany's conservative opposition leader and chancellor candidate has suggested that this security conference will be hugely consequential. do we know what he's talking about there? exactly. this is because this is not just about ukraine. ukraine is central to european security, but this is about the very concept of american engagement in europe. what kind of an ally it uses to be in the future? there's an awareness in we're getting back from the background thoughts as well. this is a, we'll see of what that means and concrete, tons and tons of us withdrawal from europe and what impact that could have on relations, particularly with russia. does nato still pose the credible threat to ross? so that's still, that's now an open question as well. so rather telling that students math is the one german leader who is going to the polls. the likely next onset because his concept is cdc is who is in the lead state. yvonne's is meeting him, he's not meeting the soul. he says the democrats are currently pulling at this round about 15 perce

either way into political editor mikaela case. now joining us from munich, thank you so much for your time. and a quick look now and some other stories making headlines around the world today. highlands army has read 260 people from 20 countries who were forced into working an online scam centers in myanmar. the rescue operation is part of cracked down on scam centers. and southeast asia, which often use traffic, labor, and trick victims around the world out of billions of dollars a year. a palestinian milton group of mine says it will release 3 is rarely hostages this saturday, as planned. a mouse has threatened to delay the release and had accused israel of failing to live up to its promises under the deal. claim is real denied. although that has some small scales in baset or over to russian drones. it said violated it's aerospace and exploded on its territory. officials said the incursion took place during an attack on a danube river poured in neighboring ukraine. romania said it's airspace was also breached german luxury and c

c. political editor, mikella cooper, joins me now from munich. mikaela, what do we know about the suspect about a pre to earlier before she was actually in daphne legally. that's what's the value of the state of, of area where i'm here in unit of the interior minister said earlier, this seems to have been some confusion. he was known to the police, but because he was a witness of because of shoplifting. that took place. he worked as a detective in a stool, and that's why he was on file. so he is somebody who came from afghanistan is that much fits into a past and we see previously what he did hold the legal title to be here in germany . never the less this has re ignited, if it ever actually stop the debate about migration here in germany. and since the, the question of whether the risk of such violent attacks, we saw a similar attack on a christmas market before christmas. in mac, the bug is something that now needs to be tackled with more than was particular with alexis has 10 days away. yeah, that's exactly right. to me, we're just over a week away from these election security migratio

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finally, mikaela refers to the phrase deals can be done on the zalinski also said that nato membership should still very much be on the table. is that a viable option at this point? and what might that mean for any potential deals? negotiations with proven for uh for putting on my site and that type membership of your training is an absolute no god is an absolute red flag. that's exactly what he's been complaining about for years. that even countries such as poland, all the baltic states became members of nato. former state said william, the influence of the former soviet union, that's important still regards as his or russia's naturalization of influence. so this kind of from putting supposed they pushed perceptive perspective a creeping up of nato membership to was russia's mode something. one of the reasons he says he started as well, the attack ukraine. so ukraine, membership of nato for putting it would be an extreme provocation. i think um, so it possibly that as why um zalinski is now talking about your opinion on me, which would not be nato. it would of course, include several

munich, but particularly between those european capitals and forcing tenants on the term precedent mikaela as always, many, many tax as a mouse is set to release 3 more. is really hostages held in the gaza strip the militant groups as it will free 3 men who were abducted from the books close to southern guns or during the tobar 72023 terrorist attacks. israel is scheduled to freedom within 300 palestinian prisoners in extreme earlier this week and most threatened not to release more hostages. st. israel was not allowing promise feed into gaza. earlier we heard from journalists by leaks leading intel aviv on what is really, officials are saying regarding this and next exchange, a name is really a official uh, just uh, issued the statement. and this is a code name for premiere to send it to me on hold or his. the circle of the statement said that we have working in full coordination with united state to rescue as many hostages alive as possible as quickly as possible. and we attempt to take full advantage of this opportunity after that options are open. why is this message coming good right

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it's mostly, i mean, you know, once you've got 5, that's bringing our chief political editor mikaela cruz now who is in your integrated security conference. now huge expectations there by jeremy's opposition made or physics math. is he right about us, vice president? them well, we are expecting a speed, some daddy vans that will not just map out towards the united states is planning on ukraine, but potentially also criticized the political spectrum here in germany and europe. we already so you know, in mosque who doesn't really have an official outside role for the united states, essentially in to see here in germany as the call on german votes as a to vote for the fall. right? a if the policy in elections that are happening and just over a week's time here in germany. and if the message from debbie vance is what, according to the indications we're getting from an interview he already gave to the wall street journal, he will be calling on an end to the political so called firewalls of woods the fall rights. and that, that's the parties of the center ruling out that they would coopera

we don't know what he's going to say, but i will turn now to a mikaela cliff near. she's still with us. this is mikayla there. right? yes, i'm here. the types of little music lensky just entered, the building behind me. so he should be arriving in that main stage room, any minutes you should just be entering through the door that it's also interesting that he arrives so closely to his scheduled time and didn't sit in the list and 2 germans, hans, that will not sold a volume is it less you cause how to find last will meeting with j d von cus present yesterday, which clearly would have been the most important meeting he had? and it's also a reminder that this is what the security conference is about in the end. at those 11 meetings taking place in the court who was here in the hotel and the surrounding buildings are very high level meetings and lots of the things that we never actually learn about. what is the tone if they can, you expect that the lot of minutes of landscape will try to strike at that podium of the one hand? there must be some, i don't want to use the