the the, this is the, the, we news long from berlin, russia and north korea sign, a strategic partnership on security. bottom here, appointment came down and also agreed to expand their trade and cultural ties. this as put and makes his 1st official visit to north korea and 24 years, also coming firefighters in california and new mexico battle massive lasers as the temperature store across the united states. authorities issue in extreme heat warning for some 70000000 americans. and the 1st tape waive up to see the

welcome to the show on nicole fairly. russia is lottery and prudent and north korean leader kim jones own have signed a new agreement that details mutual aid if either country were to be attacked. and they also includes partnerships on trade investment and cultural and humanitarian ties. as comes as food and makes his 1st visit to fuel in young in 24 years. and his both countries face escalating stand offs with a west a welcome 7, a filled with sun fab pomp and circumstance. north korea pulled up all the stump sweets most high profile visit to in years. the. it's the 1st trip paying for the russian president vladimir putin since the year 2000 and much has changed since then. the visit to a select smells. career is growing strategic importance for russia. since its full scad invasion of ukraine,

russia has been heavily sections by the west. this increased international isolation is that puting district, some ties was of the provide states. many believe pre own yang will provide more weapons and munitions for russia's trade. this is banned under un sanctions, and something both sides denied. moscow could reciprocate his food and energy assistance, as well as help for the middle school. he is miss in spite surveillance programs. it's a situation that's making many in the west anxious. russia try in desperation to develop and to strengthen relations with countries that can provide it with what it needs to continue the war of aggression that it started against to craig. so we are pretty much concerned about this because this is what's keeping the we're going after the 7, many the to need is set down for tullocks fusion, st to came for his country support. he said the new agreement they signed would form the basis of long term relations going forward. and i was like, what's

a good way to be very much appreciate north korea is consistent and permanent support to russian policy probably including in ukraine and i for my boss. also, our struggle against the imperialist policy is read you some photos for decades by the united states and it satellites. it is in relation to the russian federation, the machine that actually is configured. it's kim jones who responded to by pledging his countries full backings of russia and ukraine. the situation in the world is becoming more complicated and changing rapidly. north korea will continue to strengthen and close the engage in strategic communication with russia and will continue to support order for us as policies unconditionally. west infections support these 2 full. i'm a coldwell allies closer together not makes many in the westfield extremely on easy

or east asia, corresponding james changer has more on this pact between russia and north korea. hi that nicole well with russian officials say that this new strategic partnership will replace the last one sign between these 2 countries. moving it to a decades ago, russian official save that was in response to a deep evolution. all of that jerry political situation in the world. there were any critical point that has come out of this new strategic partnership is the rush or north korea say, there is a mutual bankers, often mutual supports to one another. if one of the countries is a tax map or the truth and said that this partnership is also a defensive nature, he did also say that military support may full within 3 minutes of this new strategic partnership. and a final points to make is they rush renewal. great also said they stand against will they cool politically motivated functional sanctions? and this last points is important because when we look at what's really been putting a ceiling over russian engagement with north korea in recent years,

it has been those un sanctions which russia has previously endorsed. and so if we seeing a lot of my parents in criticizing these types of functions, it could be a sign that he will look to act in defiance. so what is your instructions on potentially offer supports to north korea is weapons programs. mm hm. the west is concerned, especially about north korea supporting la scales invasion of ukraine. how do you see this impacting the way both countries behave going forward? absolutely. one of the lead on to this, somebody to us in south korean officials are really sounding the alarm bells about will they basically, as north korea, essentially providing millions of munitions to moscow over the past year to, to continue it's worth aggression against ukraine. the big question really was ways, what is north career essentially guessing in return? and i think the really important points that says 0 in on here is that the

defensive in nature of the big, the big green language they say. and they have signed just now because when we look at the more belligerent behavior as russia in north korea, as a recent news, they often characterize its or explain it as defending themselves against the west . whether that's russia saying they says expansion in europe is behind the war in ukraine, whether appealing yang, saying that the us deepening ties with allies like japan and south korea is, is the cause of intercontinental ballistic missile tests. and so what we're seeing here really is potentially an avenue through which rusher and north korea are trying to legitimize what could be more concrete military supports for each other. we don't know what that necessarily will look like in concrete terms. with assessing the lang the diplomatic groundwork to do so. can you briefly tell us how china feels about all of this? when, of course, china is expressed concern about north cris. move all of the hall behavior in the past. um, but the fax remains that of course the,

the 1st visit told pierson's new presidential time to see it was that red compet. welcome in beijing. and the facts remains that these are the countries that are welcoming person and not in a sense of taking a stand on the rushes invasion of ukraine. these old countries, which whole style add to what they view is a global or the dominated by the us. and they view, then deepening partnerships and alliances between each other as efforts to combat thoughts as dw east asia corresponding james taylor. thank you so much. i so we can take a look now, some other stories making headlines around the world today. south africa, serial one. my post has been sworn in for a 2nd term. was presidents last month's election so around imposes party. the amc news it's apps unique majority in parliament for the 1st time. but it has now struck a deal to form what it calls a government of national unity of fire and the military and munitions depot and jazz capital in germane has triggered

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would i be paying taxes? and then you do that you. i think they're not doing much each one they buy. so how can you trust them with more? how can we, the government says it is heard their demands. and as amending the bill dropping some of the tax levy the revised tax due to be passed before june 30th after a debate, authorities have issued heat warnings for some $70000000.00 americans as temperature sore across the united states. the national weather service says it's the 1st significant heat wave of the season. the heat has been brought on by what's called a heat don't phenomenon. that's when a high pressure system hovers over the same area for a long time and traps and warm air underneath. meanwhile, firefighters battle blazes in california that have already force thousands of people to leave their homes. this is just one of

several wildfires currently blazing across california. a combination of hot dry weather and powerful wins have greeted the perfect conditions for fires to spread. forcing sizes of people to evacuate to reach it. more than 1600 did, firefighters were deployed on tuesday to respond to this particular fire, north of los angeles. some traveled by boat before traversing steep clicks in order to suppress the flames. it's a pain, this is the most extreme fire season. i record it, i think it's, it's going to be um, on, on average, looking at our, our outlooks that we're looking at for fuel moisture content across the united states. so not just in southern california, but across the united states, it's gonna be different pockets within the united states that we're going to be diverted to our resources nationally. shared resources are going to be there were 2 new mexico is also facing similar scenes. this massive fire is one of the worst to

hit the state in recent years. around it doesn't do that. q ration center is opened on tuesday for residents, for us to flee their homes. i experience fear because i could see flames. before all i saw was small, but this time i saw that to me. yes, i really got scared because i saw the flags. they look so bad. heat waves are spreading from boston to chicago and several states between driven by sweet dooms in the atmosphere. the blistering temperatures have arrived earlier than usual this year, leaving people wary of even halter days to come. turkey fans in germany have celebrated a winning star for their soccer team of the year 24 tournaments. turkey being

georgia, $31.00 in one of the most thrilling matches so far, that victory set of jubilant themes and the city of dark months, where the match was played. germany has a large turkish community making this. i'm thinking of a home that's for the turnkey fans. here's what they have to say. i think it was great. it was very entertaining. i never got bored. i thought it was great. and yeah, i'm very happy. we would have it. we can assess tough when we turn things round in the 2nd, then this is the 31. when when the full section is say number associated with this, i have to wait, go on a, go. uh, we could do it, we can do anything. and before we go, a quick reminder of our top story today. russian president vladimir foot and north korean leader kim jong own, have signed a strategic partnership agreement and found young. both leaders are thinking to expand cooperation with bruton looking to boost defense ties, as he continues as war and you've been with us now after the break. we meet

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