ah ah ah finland and sweden formerly applied to join nato, spurred by security concerns over russia's invasion of ukraine. ah, hello, i'm emily. ang, when he's his elgin's here, live from dough house. so coming up, how was security packed between china and the solomon islands is turned into an election issue in australia, wildfires, droughts, and less food for millions, whether experts issue another blake warning on the long lasting effects of climate

change. plus, i'm going to be a newman in havana standing in one of the countless lines, what cuban say they are spending too much of their lives. coming up, i'll tell you why. hello and welcome to the program. in historic move, finland and sweden have it submitted their formal applications to join nato. both countries have long stayed neutral. the rashes invasion of ukraine has rapidly shifted public opinion in favor of joining the alliance. currently, 5 nature members share land borders with russia. let's take a look. they include a stony is and let the is entire eastern frontiers. no way just touches russia in the arctic circle, while lithuania and poland flank at the baltic, ex clave of kellen in grad finland. membership of nature would add 1300 kilometers to the alliances land border with russia,

more than doubling its length. our diplomatic edison james base has the details from brussels. nato secretary general yen stilton burg, welcoming the ambassadors of the 2 countries that want to become the newest members to join an alliance, which currently has 30 members. the ambassadors had with them the formal letters of application. this moment marking a radical change of opinion in the 2 nordic nations with long cherished that nor the line status. a change that's taken place in the period of less than 3 months since russian invaded ukraine. every nation has the right to choose his own. paul. you are both made your choice of the follow democratic processes. and i warmly welcome through chris boy finance with me to join natal. you are our closest partners and your membership in nato would

increase our shared security of the current nato members. $29.00 out of 30 strongly support sweden and finland membership. they both have sophisticated armies, substantial fleets of aircraft, and both have served alongside nato forces in the balkans and african star. the leader of one nato member though has objections turkey's president. oh, tuan accuses both countries of harboring terrorists in particular kurdish nationalists groups. the u. s. is confident the turkey can be persuaded, and that's why the us secretary of state will be meeting his turkish counterpart soon at the un in new york. if turkey does change its position, the 2 countries could be sitting around the nato table as invitees nations at a summit. at the end of june. for more ratification, though it will take several months more. in a significant move the u. s. aircraft carrier, the u. s. s harry truman and it strike group moved in recent town to the baltic sea,

finland, and sweden and not yet members covered by nato's security guarantees. but its presence is a clear sign to russia if it was considering any response to the latest developments . james bay's al jazeera, at nato headquarters in brussels and villains, prime minister says she hope the lions will ratify the applications as soon as possible. i think at this stage we have to keep our eyes on the ball and that is very smooth and fast ratification of our membership in every native member country . so this is what we are focusing now. and i think our most important job in nato is to defend our own country, our own region, also making sure that the whole nordic notice region is secure. while turkey's president has again expressed his reservations about finland and sweden speeds the

matter. membership rage up time to want to que, suede, and of harboring what he called kurdish paris, natalie and jenny stim, as if his image should of nato's enlargement would be meaningful for us as long as our sensitivities are respected. giving all kinds of support to the p k, k into the y p g terrorist organization, and asking us for support for nato membership amounts to say the least to inconsistency and nato. be the grand lake oldish and we'll do. big nato is the security entity. therefore, we cannot say yes to depriving this security organisation of security ration says only 700 ukrainian find is that the as of styles steel plant have surrendered in the past 24 hours. it's unclear what will happen to the next. and early group was taken to a form of penal colony in russian controlled territory, while the wounded were taken to hospital for treatment. ukraine once a prison in swamp and rushes parliament is considering banning the exchange of as

of members, the russian prisoners of war. ukraine president meanwhile says some fight is still inside that steel plant. assa bag has more from an apron. he said that the evacuation is been overseen by the ukrainian military and intelligence. and he said the most influential international mediator, so that we understand that there are still some fighters there, but the ones that have been evacuated earth, most of them have been taken all of them. in fact, having taken to russian control the russian held territory. but russia says that there will be treated by international standards, but also the russians are saying that they would like to investigate. some of these nation is for crimes against a, against a civilian population. now that's obviously propaganda coming from russia. they've held on to this line that they have invaded ukraine to de nazi fi. but what's interesting about specifically about mario paul and the as of battalion is that this kind of fees, the russian narrative as of battalion it is

a far right. a battalion. it was incorporated into ukraine's military infrastructure, and many of its members have been linked to far right groups. now that serves the russian propaganda machine. however, ukraine says that this battalion was incorporated into the military infrastructure and the has now changed. but the, as a battalion is seen as to def, are seen as the defenders of mary pull this strategic port city. and this is very important for russia. this is the biggest victory to dates in terms of this war and many other parts of the country's, their face set back. so president vladimir putin want to make the most act of the situation and marable dosage. barry has the reaction from moscow, according to the speaker of do my, he said that these are not see criminals and that they should not be exchanged with any russian soldiers that are in ukrainian custody. and that there should be a trial for them to really show the international community what they have done

allegedly, to russian soldiers. and we've also been hearing from a very prominent figure within the duma. and that is, you know, i was lucky who also part of the russian negotiating with ukrainians ongoing talks that have since he's had some very severe views about how the as of how your member should be treated while they're rushing custody. he said they showed you the death penalty and that's they should really put forth a tribunal at court international court where they have to answer for their legit war crimes that they've committed. according to this lawmaker, a russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing and on the ukrainian civilian he made the play on wednesday. as a cave court began hearing ukraine's 1st war crimes trial of the conflict. the 21 year old sergeant fed him moraine is charged with shooting the 62 year old civilian

to an open car window is now facing life in prison. and roger is continuing, it's offensive in southern new crime. hot abdel, how me is in mich alive, that was bombed earlier on wednesday. this is actually a strike that happened at around 520 this morning. now this is what you see behind me is a cluster of one story, residential houses that this is really the epi center of that strike. and everything you can see around me is completely destroyed. they are injured, but no one died in this tribe, which is actually difficult to believe. if you just look at the a, the magnitude of the destruction here, you can see everything is completely charged and burned and leave here. if i was good can show you inside. there is really absolutely nothing left. we spoke to the

owner of this house. she is not injured, but certainly this is really a lifetime of memories gone in ashes. now the issue here, and nikolai, is that this happens on a daily basis. there are, those strikes that miss any kind of target. there is an air defense system in place, but more and more this city is being targeted. we spoke to military officials in and a for over the past 2 days and they say that they're being shelled either from the south. the have southern region which is now occupied by the roches all firm, or what they believed to be miss out said from the black sea. and also people are now a bit more worried. certainly with the changes under ground in more you put, there is a believe that now that russia is more or less in control of mar, you pull, it has this land puri door from russia all the way to the crimea. it allows people,

it allows the russia to reinforce as president into his own region and may be pushed stewards here. because if you recall in the 1st stages of this war, the russians had actually arrived very close to this. a town of 400000 people is on the black sea is what is known for its shipyards at the soviet time. and they wanted to push and russia stated, and wanted to take all this land, all the way to the blackboard. see the seaboard of odessa and maybe also link all the way to moldova. so there is a certain worry that at some point there could be a push even though we've been yesterday to the outskirts to the towns and villages around nikolai. do ukrainians have managed to push the russians back? now the issue is, is the other wash is going to have a counter offensive? now that the situation in where you both seems to be more or less under their control. the european union's pushing forward with plans to abandon the use of

russian energy. it's proposing a $315000000000.00 package that includes more efficient use of fuels and a faster roll out of renewable power. you're paying commissions, president is sort of underlying, says, the initiative is to help e countries when themselves off a russian gas try the news now in israeli forces have rated several neighborhoods in the janina refugee camp in the occupied west bank. more than 40 military patrol stormed a number of palestinian homes. 17 palestinians were detained. meanwhile, the veteran al jazeera journalist showing ab or acco was killed in that same area of to name last week. french president, manuel mccomb is pushing for a rapid investigation into her death. she was shot in the head by israeli forces while on assignment abu o'clock was with al jazeera for 25 years, covering the story of the israeli occupation. she was known as the voice of

palestine. and one of the palestinians who carried shirlen's coffin has been arrested by his rally forces, ammo. abu cadet was attacked by israeli police and occupied east jerusalem last week. his account of what happened has been widely shared on social media. his lawyer says, all of the questions during his interrogation were related to the funeral. will be held in custody until at least sunday. israel's prime minister has been challenged in parliament to reveal the truth about the officer who shot and killed sharing a member of the can i sent to confront an if tally bennett on monday. i'll come shot. you spot short. yeah, hot party got dashing, syrian i knew sure. in on both the personal and family level i'm challenging the prime minister bennett, and i'm telling him in front of everyone that he knows the identity of the officer who shot sharina ross. i'm sure you know from which a cheap the officer shot her from, you know, the rifle and telescopic lens,

he used to kill to ring european. oh, yeah. i hear you are lying. you or a lawyer. im anesha. because if i lied, the entire world would know, it's not me who's called the swindler by every one. and once again, i challenge you that you know, from which a jeep the officer shot her from march, and you know, the rifle and the telescopic lens, he used to kill sharing stella don algae, xerox hewing for hours to get petrol in sher lanka, after the government warms it's running out of supplies. ah that's are at the philippines, eastern side of borneo st. away see west popular i think we'll see

a concentration of pretty big thunderstorms. in the few days. the orange shows out where the heaviest are, but there's a very obvious orange patch coming in to me and mar, which is i think the start of the eastern arm of the monsoon rains. now the seasonal rains for japan and china, they have gone all shore temporaries. you are a couple days of sunshine. it's in the middle to high twenty's in a good part of home shoe above that in a good but a child with an occasional shower stuff going through beijing, catching north. korea and rain is trying to rebuild south of the anc see in china, but i'm afraid unless you're in taiwan with big thunderstorms, you'll probably get a relative dry time of it until later on friday. now is that significant rain, this hitting me in my and that part of india, the sin part of the extent down the eastern side. the bay bengal is a little bit dryer. now sound than it was last because the concentration ranges for the west through algebra dash, and connecticut down towards corolla, the heat is still there in the north, but not as extreme as it was. i have to say tempted to come down little bit though

they might rise, accompanied by dust, storms and thunderstorms. every now again, but only if you're lucky. so hot, dusty and gusty. ah, lou ah, wherever you go in the world, one airline goes to make it for you. exceptional cat. all right, ways going places to go for

oh, hello. are you watching out a 0? i'm emory anglin, he is a reminder of our top stories this our finland and sweden have handed their formal applications to join nato. they've long been neutral by russia's invasion of ukraine, rapidly shifted public opinion in favor of major membership. while russia says, almost 700 ukrainian fighters of the as of style steel plant have surrendered in the past 24 hours. it's unclear what will happen to them. ukraine is suggesting a prisoner swap, the russia one, some to be labeled terrorists. and the your opinions pushing forward with plans to abandon the use of wash and energy is proposing a $315000000000.00 package that includes more efficient use of fuels and a faster rollout of renewable power to australia. now, which will go to the polls this weekend with the liberal party seeking

a 4th term in office. as sarah clark reports from sydney, security in the pacific is a major campaign issue. thank you very much. very soon as the security pact between china, solomon islands came as a surprise to australia, prime minister, where very concerned the solomon islands were very concerned for the broader security in the south west pacific. the agreement will say, basing increased ties with the pacific islanders, and helped a safe guard. national security is driving. government warns the pac threatens regional stability and allows china to expand militarily in the pacific. the islands, prime minister, declared peace on the right side of history. forging close ties with, by the way of being treated as kindergarten. students walking around with cold, $45.00 hands, and therefore we need to be supervised. we insult the on going full out over the packed has dominated the election campaign with recriminations on both sides.

the coalition government has vowed to increased funding for aid and economic development to reassure our nations of australian support. the opposition says it will establish a stronger diplomatic network to resist china's expansion. the region is changing very quickly around us. and what we're saying is perhaps that australian policy is a bit slow to catch up to it. it's not to say that the concerns haven't been there, but there's a certain, there's an incrementalism to china, a strategic push astronomy and the united states via the pac could feed china, establish a naval base, less than 2000 kilometers from the strolling coast. senior colonel, china people's liberation. army said that's alarmist. i think it is a you. okay. and the response will be edible nation to cry. they alleged

to savage phase as read law is what in titled to say, that negation from china, including the foreign minister, is expected to visit honey r as early as next week. if the 2 goes ahead will coincide with high level court talk between the strategy of japan, india, and united states in tokyo. i must say that's a deliberate attempt by, by jing to try and overshadow their dialogue. it's also another sign. china was intent on cementing stronger security and economic ties across the inductive civic, sarah clark al jazeera, 50 australia, whether experts have issued another warning on how the world is hating up with harmful long lasting effects. a human report says, ocean temperatures and sci, if a cation are record highs, threatening marine life on land, increasing levels of carbon dioxide causing extreme weather events. the past 7 years with a hardest ever, that's cause drought. and i've got to canada rom,

pakistan, turkey checked, my son, and the us. it seemed to dry conditions have triggered major wildfires, costing hundreds of billions of dollars and extreme weather events, according food and water shortages in many countries. the tearing tell us is secretary general of the world meteorological organization, the you in an agency that relates to state of the global climate report. he says it would be cheaper to prevent climate change rather than deal with a warming planet. we have again, broken, less comfortable records in maine, greenhouse gas concentrations, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide. we have seen a major both in sea level rise. it used to be 2 meters per year in the past. and recently we have seen 4.5 meters per year last year, some melting with the higher speed and, and we have stored more and more heat to the oceans. and we have broken all time

record in ocean heat or so last the last year. and it also sounds so saving a sink of carbon dioxide that means that via chasing the chemical composition of the water and it's becoming more i saved and be so the also broke is actually the record. the science has been very clear for the case and we have started seeing growing them out of impacts of night climate change and they got the be back of climate change. and it's clear that it's much cheaper to mitigate climate change than to live with the consequences. and these consequences are becoming more and more expensive. and they also more dramatic. for human beings, we have seen and lots of casualties and, and this is expected to grow if we, if we failed to reply with some u. s. is in some sanctions on venezuela to encourage told between a president nicholas madeau and the opposition. the u. s. recognizes opposition

lead a one quite o as venezuela's, legitimate president and imposed sanctions to try to asked me to and i want has corresponding kimberly how kit has more on the reaction from washington. this is coming just one day after the by the administration also relaxed. some restrictions on cuba is that basically these are back to back. moves are done in coordination and the timing is no accident. now in terms of the easing of the sanctions that are coming on oil rich, venezuela. what this is, is really a re focusing of some of the biden administration's policy on the western hemisphere. some of these moves are controversial, even with members of the president's own democratic party on capital hill. for example, bob menendez, a member of the foreign relations committee, not having particularly with some of the changes to cuba policy. also, the president getting some criticism about his decision to ease some of the

policies with regard to venezuela. given the fact that this does seem to be an appearance of working with governments with controversial policies, particularly when it comes to human rights, i in favor of easing some of the domestic challenges here. namely the very high oil prices. stever is facing its worst economic crisis in 30 years. the last time life was this hard was when subsidies from the former soviet union ended tens of thousands of cubans of flame the island in search of a better life. a latin american editor, luciana, and reports from havana. 55 year old, loud alina so late, that is returning home, empty handed, after spending hours in the queue to buy butter. life is a struggle. she says, especially since her daughter migrated to spain, leaving her to care for her grandchildren on her monthly minimum wage was $20.00 at the black market rate. our. she shows us her refrigerator full mostly of water.

while on the new adult child, i have 4 children to feed. i have no choice but to go on the street to solve this and that in the line, she explained the chicken by 10 packs of cigarettes for 200 pesos on her ration card and sell each one for a 150 on the flourishing informal market a long lines for everything from food to fuel revealed in economy in distress. o people's tempers are short from chewing most of the day. in this case, for 2 bottles of oil, scarce items are sold with a ration card, but most things are no longer subsidized. what are you when they're under, let synchronized, i'm a beach years since 5 a. m. and i've got numbers 1170. it's now 10 am. and there at least 800 people in line hoping to buy chicken cubes. cash starved

economy is collapsing under the weight of harsh economic sanctions imposed by washington and a pandemic that's paralyzed tourism covers economic engine. ready? all this aggravated by 3 digit inflation sparked by a long overdue monetary reform. but often i saw our united duncan was a boy of aidan, we were obliged to devote right there were currency by 2300 percent. one of the biggest evaluations ever seen in the regional havana state. one tourist hotels are empty. even his new ones are being built. the few russian tourists who came this year left as soon as war broke out in ukraine for fear of being unable to get back home. thousands of ordinary cubans who invested in bread and breakfasts before the pandemic, are now desperate. here's another sign where they rent rooms in central van. i'm going to check to see how they're doing because there's a sign here that says, god bless my business and those who visit,

but we'll see just how many visitors they've had. i went on saturdays with iris. he rang our big library one bank, a mulatto. they lost a gay, letting me know that was mighty lulu middle shoals as her guest registered or she hasn't had any since last year cuz i began very wrong with that income. i could buy things for my grandchild without it were hard pressed on a so a, so this should teach at planning chief says q was trying to diversify economy, to increase biotechnology, industry exports and food production ambiance, and been ill implement randomly a part of what we have been taking measures to strengthen and give more autonomy to our state socialist enterprises, which in our view with the fundamental actors of our economy in coming up for them and then men to her. it's clear that maintaining centralized control is still the priority, despite please for greater freedom for the fledgling private sector. those who

hoped that the way out of this crisis would be to follow the example of vietnam or china would just have to keep waiting in line. to see a newman al jazeera havana sherlock is government is telling people not to q at fuel sanctions because they've run dry. the government is struggling to pay for new supplies and other essential goods. as manella fernandez, reports from columba seems like this outside this patrol station in columbus are quite common. we've got lot of people waiting for information outside officers of federal sessions to find out how long they're going to have to wait. now the prime minister run over grimacing her told the country that there was just enough stocks for one day. and from what we're hearing and looking at scenes in pedro stations like this, it seems that those talks have been exhausted. people desperate you have hundreds of taxes, just down the road from here. waiting for supplies. mortar is basically a frozen,

unable to do any of their day to day activities. the worst part about all of this is despite queuing a some, as long as 24 hours, they have no hope of obtaining any fuel. now obviously, in terms of the political frond, the crisis front, we've got a new prime minister who has been sworn in promising to address the situation. but he is not a miracle worker by any means. and despite the fact that he says he's appealing to the international community, drawing on a lot of those good contacts that run over grimacing or has it's going to take a long while before the situation stabilizers or eases in any form or manner. for the moment. all we seem to be doing is going from one shipment to the next, unsure of where the future is going. japan's nuclear reactor has approved plans to

release more than a 1000000 tons of radioactive waste water into the pacific ocean. treated wat has been stored at the fukushima nuclear plants since the react to mount down. earthquake and san ami 11 years ago. china and south korea object to the plant released next year. ah, they're watching al jazeera, these are the top stories, finland, and sweden have handed in their formal applications to join nato. they've long been neutral, but russia's invasion of ukraine rapidly shifted public opinion in favor of later mate membership at diplomatic editor, james phase has more. you got to remember if you go back before the invasion of ukraine before february, then public opinion in both sweden and finland was not in favor. overwhelmingly of joining nato. and yet in both countries, opinion has changed the.