i'm now joined by dw political correspondent, thomas barrow in our studio here in berlin. thomas, i can't ever recall seeing so many people take the streets against the far right extremism and racism. here in germany, can you explain to us why people feel the urge to do so now because they feel the urge to protest to go to the streets. and to make sure that the political reaction to these revelations that not only come from the courts or from political 5, the, and the german parliament. but there is also a response by different groups in society. and that's why all across germany is but only humbug, but in many different stages in the country. people that actually go into the streets to protest because they do not feel represented by what was discussed in the meeting. it's important distress michael, that the if the may be putting around 20 to 23 percent and nationally, even higher numbers in the eastern part of the country. but that leaves a majority of people who feel that they do not feel represented by those policies or by those ideas that the a, f d has presented in di

that was the w, a political correspondent, thomas barrow for us in berlin. this is really prime minister benjamin is anya who hasn't rejected conditions for the release of hostages, put forward by him. us. his statement follows a weekend of protests calling for the return of hostages held and gaza. thousands of people demonstrated against atanya, whose handling of the prizes calling for early elections. antonia who said that her mazda and demands including the end of the war, the withdrawal of israeli forces, and leaving him off in control of goes up to mazda, is classified as a terrorist organization by most western countries. journalist savvy, so call in jerusalem, told me more about what these really prime minister said so so this statement is a very clear. he's saying that the case is, rand, would there release the, the prison is the how mosse is demanding, would stop the war, would withdrawal and take out the forces from the gaza strip. and then that would mean that all the soldiers that have died on pins now and back to their death would have been in f

big leader reach the mainland safety. facebook more on this from our political correspondent, thomas barrow at thomas. what does it say about the political climate of germany as well? many did criticize the action by the fall most not only the government but also members of germany, the position not including the farm as union. they distance themselves from those actions. but experts have also been saying that this is probably a sign of something big a year in germany. a sign of a very tense and controversial time here in the country, which is seen by protest in different parts of germany, which is seen by economic and political tension, which is seen also by on such as the among germany's population, which is seen also by pessimism many according to polls and i know will speak about that in a 2nd. so there are those who are saying that this is just one element of a big picture. and that big picture is one that might have a very significant political impact in germany in 2024 at thomas. stay with us because i do want to look at the bigger picture here. this comes as driven opinion polls ind

thomas barrow, joining us with a view from berlin. we very much appreciate it. here are some other stories making headlines. a danish worship is selling to the red sea to join the us led mission against lucy militants. the around back rebels have been attacking commercial vessels along the route because of the cause of war. the who sees claim to be targeting ships linked israel, pakistan and iran have agreed to improve cooperation following cross border strikes between the neighbors. less than 2 weeks ago a ron struck what had called the militant targets in pakistan. is lum about launched an attack in retaliation? it's always prime minister, georgia maloney has hosted an african summit aimed at boosting economic ties and curbing migration. to does an african leaders have gathered in rome. italy has pledged 5500000000 euros for health energy and education projects in africa. even the navy supplements this are just hands space agency has re established communication with its lender. as the craft is powered up, the rover will resume its mission to explore the lunar

a political correspondent, thomas barrow for us in berlin. turning now to ukraine, where a 25 people have reportedly been killed in the east of the country and the russian occupied city of 10. that's russia's for a ministry blamed ukrainian forces for showing a busy area with many shops and a market. there's been no immediate comment from the government in keys. the w correspondents and they connelly in keys gave us this update a short time ago or well, 1st of all, we have, as you mentioned, is not had any official comment from the ukrainian government that have been that ukrainian new travelers. people who occasionally will can translate couple messages who have accused the russians. this being kind of failed rush and strike on ukrainian positions. not that far away. this is the western fringe of doing it successfully. the front lines on not very far away, and the version with, which is one of many for now, is it could have been a russian project on me. so, or shell that didn't mean to reach its target that felt early that it was meant to . but for now, there's no way of verifying t

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