The people support him. I think the call whats going on in russia today and election is an insult to the word election. But the reality is, is not really what matters about the criminal administration is trying very hard to frame the Election Campaign to the truth and things. 80 percent of russians are within the whole thing as far as the top to bottom on an election is a total fig also coming up, europe says that it cannot replace American Military aid for ukraine. Today the leaders of germany, france, and poland made the clear europe can do more. These in, as you can say, all 3 of those are serious amounts of support for ukraine is in all. You can also see that solidarity enjoined tax and are essential in order to defend peace and freedom in europe for tied to the into our viewers watching on tv as in the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin today with an election that has much to do with board and fees. Some say very little to do with being fair in free looters in russia have until sunday to cast their ballad in the countrys president ial election. Whether we approach it and is asking for another term of 6 years. Now, those who may have asked for something different. Well, theyre not around and theyre not on the ballot. The weekend that some wanted to be an exercise in democracy has been carefully choreographed the means to an end, just not the end of pollutants power. The problem must go select putting stations in the countries 5 Eastern Region have come chapter, open the doors full names appear on the bottom paper. 3 of them, a barely known inside russia, not to learn anywhere else. This, maam us 3 die election is really all about Vladimir Putin is need for more legitimacy on his long grip on power. Some of the russians political late have a very cost efforts such as foreign minister said guy love love. And defense minister said, guy show you a while the results may be a full going conclusion selection. Does sean some lights on to the hopes of often overlooked ordinary russians from false long regions like come chapter which it is very important to participate now, especially when the country is in this situation, you definitely need to vote to the capital must go. What do i expect . That everything will be fine . The demand i voted for will make our country better, and that we will only move forwards, not backwards to places on the russian occupation, such as doughnuts of the science to pretends a pain of pensions for tranquility that we now havent done that every thing as well. To everywhere in between, such an inside barrier at one pulling station. Yeah. Cook shellman performed the ritual, calling on the spirits to help people make that choice. And well, that choice appears to have already been made these elections act as a reminder, so that is far more to russia than just. Its not that many putin on join male by my colleague jury. We should of hes in riga where he has been based ever since the russian authorities shut down dw, use Moscow Bureau some 2 years ago you read, its good to see you. Why is voter turnout important for Vladimir Putin . I mean, it doesnt seem like you can lose the election, but if voter turnout were to be weak, could put in, looks like a loser. A while of brands turn out is very important support to not to the election itself. You are right. Because putting of course know its very valid that you will win. So the selection wins this election in order to achieve this high to an all does the election, will be how it over 3 days for the federal stein, by the way, in addition to the or for it is underlying on electronic voting as the figure is a basic off 80 percent is what puts you into a political advisor, a senior circle and to the president ial administration has come up with at put in a suppose to get a 2 percent of the volts in order to increase his power to the maximum one hand. Yeah, hes circle, they can say, hey, weve done our job well and this is this, the guy is reached. And on the other hand, coaching can then more easily realize these policies. And this is not just about the election gifts to promise to the nation. And hes the reason speech such as the pension increase and so on there, all that its about unpopular measures such as the tax increase, some suspect to this highest texas out to support pollutants, expensive war policy i bought. Is it also for yourself and the human race often, but as ation extremely unpopular in russia. Hi, voter turnout coat. Legitimize this. Its a long election. We can begin with reports of possible malta cocktail. Its accurate of pulling station in st. Petersburg. What more do we know about that . Yes, you are right on the 1st day already of the selections that are already blendy offered points. Is that something is not the driveway for the selection and several are awesome. See it is inside. Theres book your model, difficult to was thrown into the pulling station by a young woman. Apparently in protest is ends at all. Other cases where green pinch back pigment was thrown into the ballad box, for example, to make the ballots paperless and legal electronic voting system. Didnt work properly at times, allegedly because too many people wanted to vote at the same time. And certain ukrainian traces are repeatedly suspected of being behind to this. It the fact of it to the young ones you mentioned who are through the bullets of cocktail that was paid for by ukraine. We dont know whether this is really true. Youre up in about 30 seconds, but dont just want to ask you, youve covered many elections in russia. What does this election symbolized for the way i think for me is this election certainly like as the previous ones. Neither a free nor democratic and from many conversations with people in russia for many reports from colleagues, friends, and experts. I have 2 impressions, brent and one is that nothing has changed in russia for years and to most people say, hey, why should they go and vote at the ultimate of putting a move in. And the 2nd thing is that this country has, has never been so divided never before has to move to being so uncertain about the future. About the next 6 years. Wed love to be put in w. Your instead of your is always we appreciate your reporting. Thank you for the leaders of france, germany and poland met today here in berlin and promised to do more for ukraine. German transfer all of schultz french president , emmanuel mac, ron and polish Prime Minister donald tusk. Agreed to provide ukraine with Long Distance artillery as grains military grapples with a shortage of weapons and resources. But the 3 leaders also emphasized that they do not want to escalate this war with moscow to seekers more now from the german chancellor. Oh, ill show them that among other things, we will now print a few, a even more weapons, the ukraine on the until a global market. This is a good improvement. Secondly, the production of military equipment will be expanded, including through cooperation with partners in ukraines on my bike and 3rd and within the ramstein format. We are establishing a new Capability Coalition for long range roll kids out taylor tyson to kate, and not joined by the shell or the north sky. Hes a managing director at the think tank, the German Marshall Fund east, and he is in the fullest capital tonight. Hes always good to have you with this. The, the german, french and polish leaders are making a very making a strong effort to stress unity. When he comes to you crate. Are you convinced that these theres more here than just optics . Absolutely, this is a beginning of a key European Corporation of a t p and format really to facilitate a greater aid of you for ukraine and frank t to jumpstart utah. P a Security Team defense corporation. This, this, this meeting comes at the end of a visit by a Prime Minister to, to United States where to saw firsthand that at the moment the military age to ukraine from the United States is blocked. And europe needs to step up. We just have no other choice. And is that what were seeing these 3 leaders, these 3 countries convey filled the void that is being created by american inaction of this countrys will spar the whole of you to action. Its already happening. You has already agreed to finance the shells, 150 feet, 5 millimeters cells found by to check government. It will be soon transferred to ukraine and forces to push back on the russian forces. But its only a beginning look, the fact is that we are in a critical moment off of the water. Um, if your brain doesnt get the right weapons, well see a breakdown in the front in the worst case scenario. And this is, todays meeting is a beginning of a robust response from the you with the volume are trying to, with paul in germany, france leading the way. So thats, thats the political message. Thats the complete message coming out of this summer. Im wondering what this looks like from where you are there in poland. You. Youve got a french president who has even entertain the possibility of sending western european troops to ukraine. And youve got a german chancellor who wont even talk about that. And hes against sending cruise missiles to you. Great, i mean these 2 leaders going, you know, where they go to poland, one day, theyre not bringing or then theyre not reading from the same sheet or that and so done. So as a Prime Minister, a fall and invited the to the leaders to visit worth saw because in poland in, in the summer. So this meeting will impact take place histories moving fast and your bride that we are not on the same page all of us. It just yet, but the commonalities are becoming greater. The language dead, for example, president my chrome is using right now describing russia as, as an exit special for us to europe is describing the words in ukraine as work that affects all of us. Know thats the language that does not a long time ago, would be inconceivable coming from a french feeder something you would expect from Central European leader. But now as using cost, saving just that. So we are moving in the right direction in a common direction, and we frankly have to move pretty fast because 3 speaking up and it, and it seems to be playing out in the, in ukraine with rushes water in the us. You know, he recently won the election, im wondering in your opinion, if he had not won the election, if we had a conservative government still in power, would we be having this conversation today . And i think that would be much harder. Weimar triangle is exploring, experiencing an entirely new chapter. If the previous government continue, we would have a large, deep tension between worst. So in berlin, pensions that are now very quickly uh, being replaced by productive relationships. So of course thats, thats changed is very, very much poland place in europe has also changed with the election of october 15th last year. Menu would say that with the changing the election with a you look in democratic government, the center of gravity using tact shifting to the east central view of the you. And i think today if im on find, go meeting and showing just that, its a very interesting points on it. I think a lot of people in Eastern Europe would agree with you this or you show or not sky, with the German Marshal Fund east. We appreciate your time and your analysis tonight. Thank you. Its great to be with you. All the best news this weekend for the people in gone to some food, hands or rock. A ship, caring humanitarian aid for palestinians were threatened with famine. Dr. Off the coast of gauze and friday, a special jeddy or peer was constructed for the ships that are bringing a to gauze of the ship to drop the anchor today was towing a bars, leading with 200. 00 tons of food. Or you want to get more now from the Norwegian Refugee Council spokesperson shayna low. She joins me from jerusalem. Its good to have you with this. I mean, what are you hearing from your colleagues on the ground regarding the humanitarian situation in josh, its the situation continues to be desperate and growing more and more desperate the by day, as, as not enough eat, is getting in and not enough aid is. And in the end that is getting in isnt reaching all the people who are in desperate need that situation is particularly dire in northern gaza, which has been effectively cut off from Southern Gaza since october. Now 5 months in to this war were, were already hearing reports of a people dying of malnutrition, starvation. We only anticipate that as, as a, a continues to be the lead. Getting in and not enough need is reaching people in need. That the numbers of, of people dying from starvation, dehydration, and preventable diseases that they are unable to find off because their bodies are too weak, will continue to grow. And those figures could even surpassed the 31000 palestinians killed as a result of direct hostilities. And this, this for ship thats bringing in food. Can you tell us tonight we will get that food . Whos going to get the 1st meals . Well, theres not a lot of clarity in terms of who, how the distribution will actually work. Its still, i think its unclear whether this, this jenny that was created to um, to, to offload the aid will work. And its, and its unclear to us who the world central kitchen is coordinating with in terms of, of distributions and also how would trucks, another essential material needed to have distributions will be able to access that part of gaza and, and conduct the distributions. And what do you say when we, weve got an attempt to deliver aid . Now by water weve, weve had an air drops drawer in the United States, for example of our these and an acceptable alternative to deliveries by land. As there is no alternatives to delivery by land. Of course, any aid and during garza, by whatever means is essential at this point as we have people quite literally starving to death. But we know that the most efficient Cost Effective and i feel proof way of distributing ease through is to bring that even in through the crossings by land into gaza and then, and that, and then having those distributed by trucks that there are hundreds and hundreds of trucks waiting outside of the gaza and, and on the junction side of the border just waiting to enter. And this is life saving aid that is, that is being essentially blocked from entry. We know that there that its there and that its officiant. And while we see these creative alternatives being proposed and executed, its frustrating to see that the easiest way to get it in is not being pursued by a bias roll top allies. And instead theyre resorting to measures drastic measures like air drops where weve seen people even be killed by at, by drugs that failed and, and, and other complications. Yeah. You know, you speak of why saving. And im wondering how life threatening is for people, palestinians in gaza to go towards these, these loads of food. I mean, there are, these people are hungry, theyre desperate. And yet weve seen this past week and theyve been reports that people have been shot and killed by is really forces trying to do just that this has been the trends that weve seen over the last few weeks where desperate people seeking a life saving assistants are being shot and killed, its not always clear who in fact the perpetrators are though in many of these incident that it has been a firm is that it was israel, but it, but its, i mean, it just shows how desperate the situation is that people are risking their lives and losing their lives, trying to get that legs needing assistance, food that is desperately needed and that needs to reach some of god was most vulnerable people, children, the elderly women, people with disabilities who are, are desperate for, for assistance. She lo, within a wage in refugee camps and joining us tonight from jerusalem, we appreciate your time and all that youre doing. Thank. Thank you. It has been a week of more violence in haiti. The countrys political crisis is going from bad to worse. Prime minister or your audrey has agreed to step down. As soon as a transitional counsel is formed, haitians are facing a severe humanitarian crisis and famine in the wake of all of this, an arrest that you when is morning that there could be problems getting 8 supplies through in the coming days of the struggle to get food and water thousands of people recently displaced by the Gang Violence in haiti, and now living in makeshift shelters like these under relying on age supplies to get to the daily meal. The go days without 18. The age been be fine to me is that it is miserable. How can we find food or money . It has no value a while ago. 5 good could be exchange for one us, donna and all 5 good means nothing. The country is facing a hunger crisis, or you have the wsp m unicef for warning that nearly a good, a good part of the population of the metropolitan area of puerto pits are facing famine light conditions. In addition to about half of the population of 80 being in a dire situation in terms of, of hunger and risk continues across large parts of the country as guidance, invade and append entire communities. International organizations of scrambling to install the Transitional Council that could gain control in haiti and called the violence, the number of the entities that will, that come, that will comprise the transitional counsel have submitted their names. And so we will continue to work with care. Com and work with our International Partners and work. First and foremost with uh, haitians themselves on uh, trying to pursue a path to develop the return of the democracy and free and fair elections. And the council would help to organize general elections which havent being held in haiti for nearly a decade. The 13th african games are underway and gone up estimates from across the continent or competing and hoping some to qualify for this years summer olympics in paris. So unlikely africa a couple of nations that took place in neighboring ivory coast. The african games have been playing white organizational problems are corresponded. Isaac collects the reports tonight from gunners, capital ok. Gun is likely team has home advantage of this. He is africa games in a cra. So the money brought here is 1. 00 of them is leaving a child who to dream of competes and that the highest level of the supports that the 2 is african games gives him a shot at the winning meadows for gunner crowd. But theres a big goal of reaching the olympics games in july. He says it will be good to have life and gotten in to be on the podium. That is the fast boys mean on to put you on here. Then this tools that were lympics. So we are looking for it and like i said to collectively get in the middle for the country. I actually saw 54 nations of fighting for glory, a 3 to 9 different disciplines or the games. Each of them i only qualifies its ready sight and goal for the at least competing to fulfill the sporting dreams. But it hasnt all been going smoothly for the organizes the least with the completion of manuals. And this piece between stakeholders for the games to be held this year instead of last august. These issues hop largely or by shadow the interest around the games locally. Probably 60 ahead of the games have you know, not many districts in the house have billboards for more than the veins thats mix following the games. Struggle for some i do know rides and there was nothing ive probably seen. So we didnt get to actually get what, whats going on. People are not here. Number 3, i see the billboards and see the post isnt all but what is actually going on . What are we doing when, when we talk about games, how many games that we play . And i think if im using to was a bit know for me organize is bloomed to low influence yazzy on cool beach and financial difficulties. They fully realized not as expected for so many readings at a time that was suppose to peach in terms of branding, in terms of obesity, coverage sets in and brought a lot of financial challenges. And so admittedly, the for the husband reach the present to that, we all expect the goodness bank, 195000000. 00 on infrastructure for the games and the fees are funded. Kilometer crises and questions i know being asked about the impacts of hosting the games on ordinary schemes. The other day continues online. Youll find this one x also known as twitter and on youtube dw nearest you can follow me at brent golf tv. And remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day, have a good weekend everyone. We will see you here. Next week the the pizza majesty is breathtaking. The mika lifeline for Southeast Asia on its banks. Fertile rice passes, feeding millions and splendid buddhist temples, mesmerizing tourists. 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