have to live in so far, we will talk tonight about the us to the decision tonight about the us to the decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine and the latest request from president zelensky for long range weapons. the war in ukraine and the resulting energy crisis is weighing heavy on the german economy. figures out today such germany is heading into its longest sustained recession since 2008. data from the first two months of this quarter the alliance meets in vilnius next week, a summit at which ukraine s so lets start with ukraine. a lot of news in the past couple of hours. president zelensky has just landed in istanbul where he has been meeting president erdogan. the turkish leader touts a special relationship with president putin, and has in the past served as a go between. but he also, stands in the way of sweden s, full membership of nato. an issue that which will be a major part of the discussions when nato meets next week in vilnius. earlier in the day, on his