the, the is dw news life from the lane hungry approved sweden sped to join nights, or after 2 years to life. little make his vote overwhelmingly to support the decision after overcoming opposition from the prime minister. also on the program, germany rules out sending taurus crews messiahs to ukraine, chancellor shops as delivering the weapons that key requested would risk pulling job. they enter the role. and your experience um has been positive brussels to a standstill that agree about high costs, competition and red tape you agriculture administers look for ways to ease the tensions the

i'm feel gaol. welcome to the program we to get into the past. but hunger is parliaments is approved to sweden's bed to join nato. that removes the last obstacle to sweden's membership thump, the west and ministry alliance. lawmakers approve development abling sweetie succession by 188 votes to 6. hungry is the last of nature, especially one member states to ratify the sweetest membership bid on nature. secretary general again, stilton beg, welcome. the news to this is an historic day. it makes nate to the stronger it and sweetens safer. and all those more, sir. um sweden, uh, brings in the uh, very capable uh, forces of 1st clause the defense industry on the

street and spends a 2 percent of g d, p on defense. and also demonstrate start to naples store is open uh that the person to 10 did not succeed in his attempt to close dental store themselves. in fact, i asked correspondent teddy shields in brussels about reactions to the boat. while the nordic countries have definitely been signaling help please, they are with this that the final country. sweden will be entering nato within just a few days. a swedish prime minister of christ or son came out and said, it's an historic day for sweden. they said the country is ready to shoulder its responsibility in euro, atlantic security, nato secretary general, un stilton burke or norwegian also put out a message on x, saying that this is going to make all nato countries safer. and i thought the most

touching message actually came from finland, of course, finland and sweden put in their bids to join nato together. but finland got in much sooner than sweden and finished president selling me. mister said that this accession of sweden finally completes finland's own membership and said that they were looking forward to bringing their neighbor into the alliance. so certainly a lot of, of happiness from around nato numbered states. okay, so what a sweet and have to do now or is that is as well, this is the last big obstacle. now there's just some bureaucracy to take care of the speaker of hungary, parliament will sign the accession agreement being that the president had to step down in recent weeks over a scandal there in budapest. then the swedish government officially has to, has to take another another vote on this, then documents will be flown to washington dc. and finally, then we expect it. by the end of the week, the swedish flag will be raised there at nato headquarters. so hungry had been

holding ours against sweden's accession. what changed to make the old bonds mind 19 months and in fact, sweet and hungry had said it would not be the last country to ratify. sweden and turkey was expected to hold out longer than hungry, but turkey went ahead and approved it last month. now and neither side, neither sweden nor hungry would like to this to be seen as, as a transactional agreement in the end. but a prime minister or bond said christmas and was going to have to fly to budapest and, and iron out any final details with him. a prime minister christmas and said he was not going to do that. but in the end, that is what happened last friday. the prime minister went there and had a meeting with victor or bon ad coming out of that, a deal that for more just group and jet fighters would be sent to hungry. and some other arrangements like a new uh center, that sob would create their own hungry. so whatever it is in the end,

it took 19 months, but finally it's a done deal. okay, thank you for that tiny, tiny shows in brussels. well here in germany, john, so the show says these country will not supply you crime with long range taurus, cruise missiles, the chancellor cited themselves, extreme range and the fact that it wouldn't be possible for geometry to remotely money to target control. you said the missiles deployment could increase the risk of germany becoming involved in the will. so let's go on this real now political correspondent to do this out, daddy welcome julia. so tell us more than about the chance this reasons for refusing to supply these tours myself. systems to ukraine. yeah. so this has been a lot in the, in the making. we hadn't really heard from the chancellor directly. what his reasons for this denial were and he finally spoke out about it and he said that made me, he's concerned that if germany were to deliver these taurus missiles, germany would be considered by russia an active party in the war. and this is

because these missiles have a range of up to 500 kilometers and from the ukranian border, they could hit the targets in rush, and they could even reach moscow. and this is his main concern. now we've seen countries that have delivered similar missiles, like france, france, and the u. k. has come up with the system to avoid these missiles being used by ukraine to target russian directly. and that is by a programming the missiles through their own soldiers, so french and british soldiers, we'll know whether this happens in their countries or on ukrainian territory. and this is something that shows himself has a knowledge would have to happen where the tourist has to be delivered to ukraine. it would be german soldiers would have to program these missiles, but this is something he absolutely doesn't want. he says he doesn't want any connection between german soldiers and the targets of these missiles that are hit. and he says that just this is just not possible. it can't be done in germany. he's been a bit vague as to why exactly, but this is his explanation as to why it can't happen. okay,

and so how has this announcement been received? what we've seen a lot of controversy within the german political landscape coming from the conservative opposition? a leading defense politicians have said that a showing says estimations that a delivery of torres is would mean an involvement of germany and the conflict are politically wrong and also legally wrong. and just that they are not there. and the actually dismissals wouldn't be used by ukraine to targets of russian positions in the occupied territories in ukraine, in order for them not to bring soldiers directly to the front and have a higher risk of casualties. but we've also heard from partners in choices governing coalition, who have spoken out criticizing shows as statements today saying that they are actually in support of delivering taurus is we know that the to coalition, the parties in the coalition, the greens and the liberals are mostly in favor of delivering this taurus and so

shows and his party, the social democrats seem to be the only ones within the german political landscape actually holding back on this livery. okay, thank you for that to julia julia. so delegate dw political correspondent, the allies of alex in the fall, and they say the russian opposition later was due to be freed in a prison as well. when he died, his political foundation released the video claiming a deal was in place to free him on to and named americans in exchange for the convicted russian hill named joe here in germany. those claims haven't been independently verified. listed in the valley died this month in a siberian penal colony leased from the political team, a blamed vladimir putin for his death, a good russian hip man, body impressive coff has been t and saving alexei and of all his life. the late dissidence allies, claimant, prisoners swap, was close at hand. the end of all the was supposed to be freed in the coming days because we achieved a decision on his exchange. in early february, putin was offered to james the killer f. as the officer about the impressive calls

that i'd be serving a sentence for murder and berlin for 2 american citizens and deluxe involved me trust. the car was arrested for the killing of a chechen dissident in berlin in 2019. he was found guilty by a german court of quote, state ordered murder and sentenced to life in prison. earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin suggested cross a cough could be swapped for us journalist evan goose cabbage. now, and of all these associates, say an exchange deal was reached for and of all these freedom. the day before he died and a siberian prison schedule with the doors so that you have an answer to that question. one of all and it was killed now short because it was made clear to pretending to split the only way to get across the call for this to exchange them for an of on the oh, well to 10 for 12. i won't tolerate nevada only being free, but if they're ready to exchange cross a cough, then we just need to get rid of the bargaining chip a to replace them with someone else when the chance arises. subjects theory about

how the volley died was undermined by statements from the head of ukraine's military intelligence. you know, more than i will probably disappoint you. but what we know is that he indeed died from a blood clot, and that's more or less confirmed information did with. so you mean unnatural data? that's why we know yes. no volume is not a popular figure in ukraine, given his support for russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 a. well speculation about the causes of all these depths squirrels, the supporters are hoping to find a venue to hold the public funeral. it may be difficult to organize. russian authorities have previously cracked down on the fall and these mourners on several occasions. but take a look at some old stores making headlines around the world. almost starting denmark, which has jumped its investigations into the 2022 explosions on the north stream pipelines counting russian ghast 2 jeremy denmark's us that's not enough evidence to pursue a criminal case. russia on the west of each denied the involved between the

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this protest is brought that demands and that attracts us to the sidelines of an e. u. agriculture administers meeting the governments across the block. i've been trying to ease tensions within the agriculture industry following weeks of demonstrations, but farms remain unconvinced. brussels blaze farmers added fuel to the fire of europe wide protests on monday, calling for less red tape and more support still with unpredictable prices on these issues. so we want to have a future. farming is our passion and ultimately we want to be able to make a living difficult from the know that are so many specific e rules and then the end we can no longer produce low prices. about people grew up a couple when you look at the last 40 years since i started, things have been getting worse. and what else is office security forces lined up to

keep demonstrators out of you headquarters as ministers met? police have been using was, are trying to try and extinguish fires burning. here it's been less than a month since protesters descended on brussel lines the streets last time and farmers tell me they'll keep coming back. so it seems like this might not be the last european farmers have a broad range of demands from halting normally. you in ports describing environmental legislation, us in a big to call tensions. the book has already moved to relax some green farming rules and polls plant pesticide blows. we are here today to taking boards, the feedback that farmers right across year of, of given in relation to the need to ensure that the regulations are made more simple to making sure to make sure as well that they work that they carry out on a day to day basis as respect as and i think, you know, that has not had the prominence and pre eminence and the conversations we have it as a culture. and so it did, it deserves officials are normally new ways to ease the burden on farmers. but as

they race to respond, some critics fear the use big claimant's probity is could go up in smoke after roll agriculture codes for some 10 percent, the you emissions, small scale farmers, blaine corporate interests, the e u as decided to listen only to the very big farmers and to our growing business in my from i know what is climate change. so i am in favor of policies to stubbs, this climate, the crisis, but i cannot do it with price is that the fall below microsoft solutions for not with these protesters say they'll keep pushing their message with brussels, attempt to satisfy farmers so far falling flat. this is your mind about top story this our hunger as parliament has approve sweden's bed to join nature, moving less significant obstacle to sweden's membership fee. west administrator alliance. hungry is the last of may. so says you want the member states to ratify

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