the the, you're watching the, the, the name is coming to live from berlin, needle marks a 75 years with a call for more assistance for ukraine. the supporter training, so child support to, to greatness and investment of our own security. that's as the kremlin warrants that russia and nato are now in direct confrontation. also coming up on our show, dw, meets the women and ukraine voluntary to clear minds. summit 30 percent of the country is contaminated by concealed explosives and brazil, and columbia make major progress in the fight against tropical forest destruction. but researchers save at this point, bare gains elsewhere, things are not looking so positive.

the . i'm quite richardson, welcome nato is marking. it's 75th anniversary with the alliance as representatives vowing to keep supporting ukraine's fight against russia's invasion. nato is weighing a plan to provide long term support for you create a task currently shouldered by individual member states. meanwhile, the kremlin says it's relations with nato are now on the level of open confrontation, a mate, so it's 75, but things ounce getting any easier with age. despite the finds that the alliance is facing huge challenges from the threat posed by rush or a new crane and beyond to a potential of 2nd, donald trump presidency in the united states from the nato critic. but the alliance is head stress. the need for united stand europe

needs america for its security. at the same time, north america also needs europe to head off the trump threat. stokes and bags to dress may turn members could set up a 150 and you re funds to provide a big slice of minute create to ukraine over the next 5 years. he also says nato should have a more direct role in delivering that side. a change from the current setup where the us and loan is logically responsible, h u n u s. foreign minister told dw, that should happen whoever the next us president is because people are saying, you know, that we need to take this, this step part of this measure because of the election. i don't think that it's, it's good strive. because if i'd read in a position, so i think it's best to have a different concept in mind. you know, we do what's right. we do what is needed for natal security. we do what's needed for your credit security, and you can speak to of russia has intensified its mississauga tax on ukraine in

recent weeks with the war now into it's 3rd year. ukraine's foreign minister says what the country really needs is more air defense systems from the west. i don't want to spoil the party, but of course my message is a birthday party for my main. my main message today will be competitive because saving you currently live savings for an economy saving pregnancy just depends on the availability of categories and other air defense system seems ukraine and we're talking about petra's, because it's built in the system that can intercept ballistic missiles. thank you. question allies have been hesitance on this point, but the ukraine that would be cause for the biggest celebration of all. so, earlier i asked a political consultant for his party a if russia is once again, the biggest threat to nato. i mean is clearly the number one credit, the other ones, uh, terrorism being another one and kind of growing. and we say uh,

be younger region ambitious. uh china. russia is keeley uh, close to an existence of trade to nato. and, and there i think the launch, these are 2 phase one is obviously spend more money in acquiring and requiring defense capabilities that that'd be lost. so this invested us to the end of the cold war and still going to allow ukraine to really we dislike. because if you crank fails to detect a successful russia and ukraine would be extremely cost intensive and resources and see for the allies. so our interest is also to make you quite successful and, and what has been announced over the last few days, as is ryan encouraging. but these, i don't think, you know, as a game changer to allow ukraine to really start to finish this for, for various criteria. their athletic will, consultant and ceo as restless and global. ukrainian authorities say about 30

percent of the country is contaminated by russian land. wines, unexplored ordinance and other explosives up to 174000 square kilometers of land are thought to be contaminated, posing a threat to civilian life and making it off limits for farming and other uses. according to a survey by you and published last year, minds have been detected in 11 of ukraine's 27 old last among the most contaminated regions are nicholas her son, jeanette's, and her case. human rights watch points out that ukrainian forces have also deployed landlines against russian forces of the area in need of checking and clearing is larger than the size of greece. dw, a at uber. him traveled to booty in northern ukraine to meet some of those taking on this dangerous job a year ago. victoria was training to be a pastry shop. now the 20 year old is helping clear ukrainian soil from unexploded

russian mines is doing so in the northern ukrainian village previously occupied by russia. this work is crucial for life to come back here. and that was a to but my brother is currently serving in the army for 2 and a half years already. my father was also called to the army, but because of course, he passed the commission but was not draft annually. i also wanted to do my part, so i came to work here, of course, with you a little bit to have a younger brother. and then i would like him to walk on clean land and the course to move. and so would my future children do presumed my with needs due to the course. victoria says when she 1st swapped her piece tree apron for a metal detector, her mother panic insisting the job was too dangerous, not appropriate for women. but women are taking on new rules all through ukraine

replacement, who are at the front line, the halo trust and n g o that works to clear land mines and explosive devices is seeing more women wanting to do the job. doing my work, i need a lot of our women and to actually they inspire me because many of them like um, went out of billing or from fort because they used it previously. absolutely different end to work. so like, for example, the phone was working, making money to sell was, was built for, and this is all it to someone was working as a teacher bands. and now they decided that at the moment maybe we need to fleeing for the last was not far from ki, of you yet who used to work in an office trains new d miners. when you put the to, i'm just delighted when they come the next day and just and can tell them what i told them yesterday, including the record. that's why i like being an instructor. but we have many women

whose husbands are at war and these women are not standing by and crying and not waiting for them or rather, they also take the position that the more we work on this, the sooner we will finish it all with you, with the civic income, some estimates suggest it could take hundreds of years to clear all of ukraine of landlines. these women are making start. for more, i'd like to welcome alexandra lope off a mine action specialist with united nations development program and ukraine joins us now from q. mr. lowball, if you you have worked as a mind action experts around the world, including in afghanistan and somalia. how does ukraine compare to what you have experienced elsewhere? so definitely as your grades as a different context, especially during systems should be used already. a modem. when you use them as such as ballistics, miss laos, and pro bono land mines,

dish this and depends on devices. very sensitive to any physical influence that's going to cause any class special knowledge and experience which is through his arms and also for your career. and also one of the challenges is just just to understand the scope and scale of this problem definitely to do any right, a lot of resources and definitely plays these kind of area in 60 and expensive am. and at the moment we got a lot of phones and investment suggest to do is to look at that this kind of data. just okay, just a picture, if you can. can you tell us how these land mines are changing daily life for ukrainians every day? just most people just a swiss, so people under serious of this month and what did they just because of c as in box arms, they just basic needs when, when you buy them, you know, they don't have access to just simple things like hospitals, schools,

they cannot come to our house called up to you because on a daily basis limited max, i have to infer through shape, infrastructure, etc, etc. there i approximately 60 medium people's deal of it this ripped in this way, jones and what kind of long term effects do you expect to see from mining in ukraine? for example, how long after the war is over? do you think this will continue to be a problem hunting the country? i'm just thinking of skipping considerations, this large scale of problem i want to say definitely takes years and definitely integrated by kind of new technology innovation applications for this long previous experience have been brought to ukraine from international uh, from international society. definitely. and not enough, as the most viewed fully ally overage on new technologies. are certain groups of people. i'm sorry for interrupting. there are certain groups of people in ukraine, for example, children particularly vulnerable to the impact of lines. yes,

you will be able to just go to them just to me there. you might admissions like and be sure that's what you on the rise. the serial good casual does more than 101000 when somebody and schedule just m on children more than 100. 20 show that the children just since 2022. and those are staggering numbers. yeah, in addition to those, that's horrible numbers. there's also in an economic impact in ukraine as well as, and their agriculture understands the importance of the ukrainian economy. how much has that been impacted now that you see feels littered with minds is definitely just the ukrainians that'd be this productive production of the gall charles and, and definitely discuss a significant impact on economical inbox to see a little difference. the issue just to get access to that area. the board is deal. imagine slice and give and definitely please there is no access to conduct

emergency response. do you mind them task? so it's cuz it's a significant thing box. definitely jump on a free order to just to restore or economic, especially for albany, cultural sector. well, thank you so much for your time today. and date of your name is that is my action specialist on the central drop off with the un development program and ukraine. so we can take a look now at some other world news headlines. heavy rain has hit parts of china, particularly in the east of the country where extensive water logging is affecting the growth of early rice siblings. hunan province in southern china has also experienced heavy rainfall. rescue work is ongoing. over a 100 people have leaped into the water to escape a burning boat. in the gulf of thailand, the overnight ferry was headed to the popular tourist destination co tau. off the tie coast, local officials say all $108.00 people on board were rescued and the cause of the blaze is under investigation. armed resistance groups in man, mar,

say they have caused casualties in a drone attack on the capital of nephew. all the capital is the seat of power for the military. when to that, over through the democratic government in 2021. the main office issue group, which calls itself the national unity government says allied revel groups of struck the airport and the military headquarters with drones. but the who just says it's shot down to drones and claims, no damage or casualties or sustains. so let's get some insight into this of which i cannot draw a few as a research or an analyst focused on me and more currently based in and joining us from bangkok, thank you so much for taking the time. we have the who want to hear denying reports of casualties in this attack. what are you hearing from your sources? yeah, it's still a little bit unclear. all the details are still coming through today. and the thing find out more is that the coming days of the resistance unit itself, right under the energy and the power toby,

it's hard to say that based on $28.00 kamikaze drones, the 3 locations, the military headquarters, the main database, which is just south east of the city from where they regulate, deploy, i crossed to a phone, civilian supplements, outside tons of control, and finally the personal residence of the dictates. i mean on the blank as well. it's through hard to know for sure because of lack of access, unreliable information. the energies ministry of defense claimed that there were casualties, but didn't get the details of a number of offered services being interviewed by local media. some of which was the concerns that there were casualties and sounds like a media voice has spoken to people who used to work in the sites and spoken to them and not mislead you or others in the city. and so they were all tricked. was information coming back suggesting there's been some damage during the district and casualties, but the exact details are still on 9 now the home to of course, has used airstrikes the devastating effect against pro democratic forces. do you

think that the use of drones now is leveling the playing field for the off position? it's yes, it's been a huge shift story for the last couple of years and that type, technical advancements have just kept going and going. so this is kind of another step in demonstrating what they can do. and yeah it's, it's brought out a whole near strategic set of problems for the hunter. in terms of the way that they fall into for that base is the way that they can move trains the way that they can. all right, so rates definitely taking the initiative away from the jump. so i was one of the number of innovations the resistance of used. um so yeah, i think that that's kind of being the main impact so far. we still don't know exactly what the physical impact is, but it definitely gives the regime yet. so now the problem to solve was open about keeping you regarding the kind of reactive mode so that they can undertake the right initiative. so this is, yeah, another step back for those. and so just something else that they have to focus on the height. it was a, comes in the context of increasing attacks around that the dog is being

increasingly is unsafe for troops and especially for like military families and other civilians to move in and out of the city on the ground. they've forgotten building trenches in k, most of the city towards the east, towards where these resistance attacks came from mass or how the goal is to stay with very high security measures in the evening. so that definitely feeling the pressure in the door and this is kind of, you know, the move in math or action. well, thank you so much for joining us with those insights on t w that is kim joseph or turn into some other news and pressure continues to grow on israel over its deadly attack on an aide convoy in gaza. the leaders of poland and australia, criticized as well as conduct after citizens of their countries were among those killed in the attack. made you looked at the bodies ever. let's look, we expect a full explanation, an immediate and clarification of all the circumstances of this tragedy. that's

kind of a compensation for the relatives of the victims of this attack. would also be very important to me at the bottom of these others. i will uh, we need to have a can ability for how it's okay. and what isn't good enough? is the stipends to the they might a including that they ceased just a product of all of the founder of world central kitchen has accused israel of systematically targeting his workers. when it carried out those strikes is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the workers were killed unintentionally, as israel continues operations following the october 7th a terrorist attacks by him. us. the latest incident has prompted world central kitchen and some other 8 organizations to suspend their operations. and gaza, or palestinians are desperate for food and other supplies. the u. n has suspended it's night time. humanitarian aid convoys for 48 hours. and this comes as rights groups say,

gaza is headed towards famine. the aid workers bodies have since been transported to egypt for being repacked, traded, transporting the bodies of aid workers. they were killed and then is really air strikes well overseeing the delivery food aid in gaza. the us base and g o released the names and photos of palestinian australian, british polish, and us canadian staff killed in the attack. the remains of 6 were taken out of gaza to egypt to beaver patriot or to their home countries. the founder of the charity world central kitchen set, the convoy was targeted systematically, one car after the other the the word target the hands you know, the confidence on it. eric months old idea. then knowing that was our team's moving on that route. $77.00 people that they are 7 on top of our

lease. so what i know there 192 money dining workers that they've been to over the last 6 months. israel's government said it regrets the incident and promised to insure it would not happen again. but its conduct and the war has come under mounting criticism, not just abroad, but also at home. tens of thousands have taken to the streets in antique government protest, any guns, a member of israel's 3 man, more cabinet and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose main rival is now calling for new elections to be held later this year. i believe that the, these really society needs to renew its contract because it's leadership and i think the only way to do it and still maintaining the national, the f. 14 fighting come us. and there was group and other secure with the challenges is by having an agreed election date that we have to discuss when and if

the early election proposed would have to be backed by the majority of israel's parliament. where families of hostages held in gaza. continued to protest, experts say brazil and columbia experienced a remarkable decrease in primary forest loss in 2022 in 2023 deforestation, and brazil dropped by a 3rd and by almost half in columbia. as according to a new report from the non profit world resources institutes, but tropical forests are still being destroyed with the equivalent of around 10 football fields lost every minute and 2023. tree loss is still a huge problem in the amazon rain forest or region considered a key asset in the fight against climate change. in brazil, home to most of the forest people in the city of poland are feeling the effects of weather extremes, driven by a heating climax. as for the people as billing in northern brazil,

life revolves around the river tide. water levels often rise as heavy rain becomes more and more common over the years publicity, lima has watched the waves a road, the coast and change day to day routines. a view of this besides that most people's lives followed the timing of the river. yes. and if i take the children to school earlier, go grocery shopping before the tide rises, small changes to weather patterns like these are becoming more prevalent as the world birds. fossil fuels and heats up the atmosphere, regions in and around the amazon are especially affected as so no means of availability is the risk of drought. slugging and food insecurity is increasing. k, they look at me is because things like, what are you that you mean that it but right next to building is one of the world's greatest weapons and the fight against climate change. the amazon rain forest. not only does it absorb massive amounts of carbon dioxide, but it also plays a vital role in regulating the water cycle. because it's trees recycle the ring that falls there and return it into the air. under former far right president show

you both, sonata deforestation, sword. but now brazil is losing as many trees as it was according to university of maryland data tree loss was found by 36 percent in 2023 compared with the year before. since taking office current president leasing. now to let us, uva has cracked on deforestation, especially in the amazon has government bolstered law enforcement monitoring the for us and it recognizes more indigenous territory is that safe guard nature. but there is still a potential to do much more, for example, to scale up sustainable economies for native plants like the same as i say, he buries the experts. some studies shows that ending deforestation, mancini, they scans far as not. we not only avoid tied to climate issues, but also create new jobs, improves localized springs of food security. next year,

the u. n. a will hold its climate change conference in building president, subject to lima, says the meeting is a call to action. so maybe i key additional thing about i feel my children will never get to know this place every single guy to be a russian, but worse than of us on the we have to participate in this person. so then this process, the hope is the world leader is phone only focus on the amazon rain forest, but they will also pay attention to the plate of the communities around it. let's get more from data view environments of beatrice crystal pharaoh. and here with me now in the studio, thanks so much for taking the time. we've seen there, brazil has made some real strides toward protecting is for us last year. but what is the situation in the rest of the world? the way that experts are describing it is that it's almost like 2 steps forward and 2 steps backward. so almost like a standstill. and that's because we saw a huge success stories like brazil and columbia, which really reduce the amount of trees a loss from 2023 to 20,

from 2022 to 2023. you know, we heard the numbers of reduction of 36 percent for brazil, 49 percent for colombia. this is huge, and it was because there was a change in political leadership. but these wins were almost wiped up by the fact that then a lot more for us was lost in nicaragua, in laws in bolivia. and that's because more people were clearing went for agriculture, where people were setting fires and the conditions were prone for those fires to spread because it was especially pot and especially dry last year. and there will still be people watching from home who, who aren't sure why it is so important to protect for us could you paint a picture for us so of why it is necessary to conserve or for us? it can serving tropical for us as one of the most cost effective ways that we can combat climate change when it comes to our land use. and that's because to our full truth absorb massive amounts of carbon dioxide if they're standing. because if we clear them, they actually turn into a carbon source. and beyond that for us house, the most biodiversity of any ecosystem on earth. so protecting the plants,

patients and their the animal species in there is absolutely vital to keep all of these, you know, organisms that our inventory connects to, to keep them in balance and to keep the planet habitable. now world leaders are aware of those, which is why hundreds of them have a pledge to hold for us last by, by 2030. the problem is we have very little time and we still have such a long ways to go. as numbers you mentioned from brazil and colombia are, are really striking and quite impressive. what do you think that as the world can learn from brazil in columbia and how to reduce deforestation? what these example show is the political will, is absolutely necessary to have huge successes like presented in columbia. so in both cases we see, oh, there was a change in government and the government put environment on the agenda or put for us conservation on the agenda. and of course this is like specific to every context and brazil. one of the measures we saw was that more indigenous territories are but being recognized in that kind of double as conservation areas in columbia. on the

other hand, it's actually arms groups that live in the forest, the control those areas and therefore also protect the trees. and so what the new government is doing is that now that it's kind of having peace negotiations with some of these are groups that might actually be leaving the forest as they negotiate these terms, they're really putting for us conservation at the very top. so what the shows is that, okay, we of course gotta always adapt to what's going on in each country, but the government needs to be leading the way needs to be showing us where to go. because otherwise civil society and also the private sector won't really have a chance of you know, to do it without the government's health. the address. thank you so much for that. that is beatrice crystal from dw environment us and that is your news updates. thank you so much for watching. if you do want more news and analysis, you can always find it on our website at dw dot com or it. we're also on social media apps, data view, news, focus on europe is coming up next. and i'll be back with more headlines at the top

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that much illegal as a starts may said on d, w, the hello and welcome to focus on your of the thank you for joining us today. my name is liz, sho, russia is intensifying. it's a tax on ukraine, which is the cause of tension in neighboring finland. the country shares a long border with russia and joined nato last year, and security among the finish population has been growing even in the capital city, helsinki. finland is prepared.