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press center tends war against to clean the house shafted piece in europe. nato announced that it's bolstering it's false, as in europe to count to what he calls a direct threat from russia. ah, ha ha ha robin you're watching of. is there a life my headquarters here in that also coming up? the president says, an unsafe act of i'm the acting president, taking up the capitol. now donald trump denies trying to grab the steering wheel of his limousine, so he could join his supporters storming the capital. also tensions run high and northern india for him, the man is stabbed to death by 2 muslim man and warnings of an alarming rise and child marriages and the horn of africa,

the innocent says drought in the region is pushing families to the edge. ah, welcome to the program nater has declared russia the most significant and direct threat to its members and is bolstering its forces across europe. the alliance will also step up its military and financial support to ukraine. mars battles russian forces general reports. now from the summit in madrid, nato leaders arrived at a historic summit, projecting unity and strength in the face of a new friend. this conflict in ukraine is not a regional issue. it's a global struggle between democracy and they'll talk hassey. nato is rewriting its own playbook, boosting battle ready troop numbers across its eastern flank and with plans to vastly increased rapid reaction force numbers from 40002300000 troops by

2023. russia's deadly attack on a shopping mall, in se ukraine, on monday for shadowed the summit until recently considered a nato partner. russia will, for the 1st time since the cold war officially be re designated an enemy threat. we meet in the midst of the most serious security guards says, so we have faced the since the 2nd world war president lensky appealed, as he does relentlessly at international events. football help trying to do with him. i cannot, he was the leaders present that russia's next move may be against one of them. and nato is determined to do what he can offering a further package of non legal assistance. this defensive alliance, careful not to be seen to be joining the conflict. but we never wanted to have an

escalation with russia. all we want is to live in peace in europe. and therefore we are making crystal clear that we are ready to defend our self and preparing all this talk so. so for what we need, the summit began on a high note after an alms insecurity agreement was reached, allowing turkey to lift its objection to bids by sweden and finland to join the alliance. so sweden and finland attend the summit as official invitees. their membership bids approved by 30 leaders to be ratified by national parliaments in the coming months. turkey said it got what it wanted. will. so did nato able to project both the united and expanded front and gaining superiority over russia in the baltic region? president biden announcing and expanded us military presence in europe, said the airlines had never been so galvanized a major shift to a state of readiness for whatever turns russian aggression may yet take. jonah how

al jazeera madrid. let's go over to madrid. we're our diplomatic editor james base is standing by at the summit and very important day on wednesday for nato to you might say, the i's and cross the t's on some very important issues they needed to find the lives. james very important issues. renee, tow nato, as it is now, nato, as it will be throughout the war and ukraine and nato even looking into its future . what's known as the strategic concept, looking their plans, their strategic plan for the next 10 years or so. not just only looking at russia, although that's seen as the main threat, but also looking at the challenges that come from china. let's discuss this day with these important developments that has happened here in nato, with one of the nato foreign ministers undressed. such is the foreign minister of estonia. let me start with the fact that sweden and finland i was there in brussels on the day they put in their letter that was may. the 18th. finally,

$29.00 countries said yes, almost immediately one held out. finally, they've been invited. how important is this? i think it's enormously important for a simple reason. we have now very, very clear membership in europe. i think it's important for sense and planting security, but equally, it's important in europe. so i very happy readily get to his agreement and there was a discussion between that turkey but finland sweden, that of course he says that a general. so i think this is strategically really important. also confirming the open door policy of nato. and these are 2 countries that are not just new that nato members. there are countries with really quite sophisticated military that have trained with nato at the park in the past. and even, i think we're in afghanistan and in the balkans. what do they bring? do you think the lives of, i think like i say that they are certainly net contributors. they have very strong army, so very well trained very well,

a modern so and then integrating them into the entire native planning will enormously facilitate and strengthen the entire security situation. so that nato will really stand for every square centimeter of its territory from minutes it is needed. well, let me ask you about something that really shocked me when i read it. your prime minister told recently about the current nato class. she said, if russia were to invade one of the baltic nations, then basic plan would be to let that nation fall. and then nato would call in it's reinforcements 6 months later or so it would try and liberate that nation. does that change with what's happened here? today with the plan to bolster forces on the eastern flank do use feel safer. now. i think that this summit is really historic. this eases historic from a point of view of a strategic concept where russia is clearly defined as

a number one threats to where lions and obviously moving to to former defense means precisely but varies. command structure varies for a position, the equipment that is much higher presence of an allied troops wherever they are needing and particularly on the east and playing. so i think nater hasn't never been but well protected and bad secure after today's decisions. and that applies to every member country of nature, a building for a stone, but it's still is it not the u. s. that's doing the heavy lifting. it's the u. s. that made the most commitments again. and interestingly, the vast majority of the u. s. forces are focused in poland, they got many more forces in poland, protecting poland than you have. i think the u. k. is the lead nation in your country, protecting estonia. do you think the distribution of the forces is fair? i think the distribution of forces will be for sure, because that's precisely about the whole point. but with the job integrated

planning, we do the boxes and then of course it's for military defense for people to, to defy which country which skills, which kind of equipment fill certain books as. and as i said, i mean, we are going to, to work together with u. k on a divisional law structure to have a command structure in place. so that we will be capable in having that defense capability from minute one to defend every spent centimeter of the territory. so finally, if vladimir putin has been watching and i suspect he probably has what's been going on here in madrid, what do you think will be the reaction in the kremlin? i think that important thing is what we decided here and we made it crystal clear. but we stand by ukraine for as long as it is needed. we support for militarily, we support from financially humanitarian aid everything. what is needed? nato is very,

very united. at this i think the key message coming out from his address suit to the foreign minister of sonya. thank you very much for joining us here on alger 0, a day of important developments here in nato. i'm sure we will be analyzing some of this. so in the coming hours and coming days and this summer isn't over yet, although it's interesting to see whether we're gonna get any other news because we've had a lot of news out of the summit, but it is on for at least another half day here on thursday, we will continue to monitor developers and we'll come back to you when and think does develop change based on diplomatic editor in madrid. thanks james. now paul falcon has a russian defense analyst. he says nato's membership full sweden and finland will provoke a strong response from russia. ready concern about a friend when that very close neighbor rushing with a long border close to st. petersburg and of course rush and spend one. ready

to. ready wars in the thirties and forties and that would be seen as a very dangerous though official russian line is, as long as there are no foreign troops berman with deployed gun finish or the swedish territory. now american bases, that doesn't really change the. ready overall situation, so there's no need for russia to right now, immediately react, and most likely russia cannot much react very much with it. cause with the rush of military right now, very much engaged in the operation and ukraine. the possibility of. ready a deployment and strengthening forces on the side of. ready period they russia borders is a bit low right now limited because of because of other deployments,

but russia will react. that's sure. donald trump's denied he tried to grab the steering wheel of a limousine after being told he wasn't being taken to the capitol. on the day his supporters stole the building. now the former us president dismissed the allegations of fake sick, fraudulent and ridiculous. it's after a former white house aide gave testimony during a hearing until last year's riots. i. j. castro has more from washington d. c. and we're going to the capital on january 6th, 2021. president donald trump did not accompany his supporters to the capital to disrupt the certification of his election loss, but he wanted to thank you very much. according to cassidy hutchinson, the 1st former trump white house employee to testify publicly. trump finished his stop. this deal, speech boarded his limousine and was surprised to learn from his security chief bobby angle that their destination was the white house. the president said something to the effect of,

i'm the irving president. take me up to the capital now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the present reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby angle. and when mister and i had recounted the story to me, he motioned towards his clavicles. hutchinson did not see the episode herself, but said she heard it from tony or nato, the former white house chief of operations and with angle present. the president of the anecdote was the most startling of many shared by the former white house ada tuesdays hearing one that was urgently announced after the committee said it received new evidence for the white house of police. audio from january 6th revealed gun had been spotted among the crowd, gathered near trumps, rally hutchinson said backstage she heard trumps stay. the event should not have had metal detectors. i ever heard the president say something i don't i think that

they have weapons. they're not here to hurt me. the ensuing violence contributed to the death of at least 7 people and injured a $150.00 police officers. hutchinson said she watched the riot unfold from the white house, just doors down from trump. she recounted this conversation between her boss, chief of staff, mark meadows and the white house of top lawyer. i remember pat, say, mark, we need to do something more. there literally calling for the vice presidency. i think han and mark had responded something to the effect of you heard him had, he thinks like a girl that he doesn't think they're doing anything wrong. the he was trump. according to hutchinson testimony, she said, trump was reluctant when he called off the riders more than 3 hours into the violence. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. trump weighed in on tuesdays hearing,

saying he hardly knows hutchinson and denied many of the accusations. hutchinson also says meadows and trumps former personal attorney, rudy giuliani. both thought presidential pardons and she says many members of trump's inner circle were concerned that the cabinet would use the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. committee member say they've seen concerning signs of witness tampering. the plan at least 2 more of these hearings in july, heidi jo, castro al jazeera washington. oh, still had hill and i was, was there a community in molding tribute so held in texas for dozens of people who died at a human trafficking tragedy? on the final days of rodrigo to twenty's presidency, the philippines media regulates repose, the order to closed on one of his most vocal critics. those stories after the break ah,

judy house began the faithful wolf copies on its way to the castle route. your travel package today. hello there. let's look to south asia on the southwest monsoon is in full swing across northern areas of india, dumping large amounts of rain in some of the states and woodside pradesh, that rain expected to shoot me down further south to more sensual areas. you can see it really picking up on friday. now. the strong winds and rain continue across the west and gets pushing into southern areas as well. some shop of thunderstorms expected in colombo, but it's the north west of india. that's going to get wet asthma. that rain cross the korean peninsula as we move to east asia. we've already seen flooding here. we could see more as a $150.00 millimeters is expected to fall over the next 24 hours, some of that trickling down into south korea. it's going to get wet as well for southern areas of china as a developing tropical depression pulls towards he,

nan island and into hong kong. we are going to see a pretty wet weekend here. but for japan, the heat wave continues. it's hot and dry with high temperatures in tokyo, that to weather update. cancer airways, official airline of the journey. he got in contact with montgomery ideals, the french republic, his loan for a claim. but just what is modern. france in a 4 part series. but the picture takes an in depth look. the trouble with france episode won on alger sierra. ah

ah. oh, go back here watching. i'll just bear with me. so robin a reminder of all top new stories, nato has agreed to boost its military presence in eastern europe. as it faces the biggest security crisis as world war 2. so could we generally install to burg said russia's war with ukraine, a shattered piece on the continent and a full white house aides. as donald trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his limousine after agents refused to take him to the capital during the riots, the form you as president says, the allegations of fake fraudulent and ridiculous a criminal investigations been opened in the united states of to 51 migrants found dead in a truck in texas. they were discovered in the abandoned vehicle on the outskirts of san antonio on monday. official say is the greatest loss of life on record from

a human trafficking attempt in the us on rap alone has more a community still in shock in southern texas. on tuesday, residence of san antonio visited the site where dozens of migrants were found dead, crammed into the back of a tractor trailer, under extreme heat conditions. most of the deceased are believe to be from mexico. mexican diplomats and san antonio visited area hospitals were survivors are being treated oh, in general medical staff, the hospitals i insist in general have indicated those injured are in a critical condition, suffering from neurological renal and hepatic failure, as well as internal bleeding. thousands of migrants have been using san antonio as a transit point in recent months. according to immigration, advocates in the us. many hearsay. the tragedy that occurred on monday is a symptom of a broken immigration system. oh,

rediculous. mom as an elected official, i think that people need to get registered to vote in a vote. now, people who don't care about this community at a vigil convened local residence, arrive to pay their respect and show their solidarity with all my grades, seeking a better life in the united states, my winter dying every day. and if you start adding up one after another after another, we're on track to this year, be the deadliest years for migrants try to cross into united states. i really speaks, and it's important to have events like this to commemorate the lives that are laws . unless that up again is that the upper emotions are still high in san antonio. by the last time something like this happened was in 2017. when 10 people died after being packed in the back of a tractor trailer, carrying as many 200 migrants. the vigil was organized by community members from the city of san antonio, many of whom have expressed a desire for public action to be taken to prevent more tragedies involving migrants

and asylum seekers from ever happening again. agents from the u. s. department of homeland security continue to work to identify the bodies and are treating this is one of the deadliest pieces of human trafficking in the united states. in recent memory, manuel, rapids al jazeera san antonio 20 migraines and refugees of in van dead and the libyan desert. 2 weeks after contact with the group was lost. the bodies were found by a truck driver near the border with chant, libya has become a major transit point, the migrants and refugees, the hip to reach europe, often through dangerous journeys across the mediterranean sea. child marriage is on the rise in the horn of africa, and they worsening drought is to blame. a unicef report says the regions most severe drought in 40 years is putting families under pressure. girls as young as 12 are being forced into marriage and many face a higher risk of female genital mutilation. in one year, child marriage has more than doubled in ethiopia,

which is the worst affected by the drought. the number of children at risk of dropping out a school in kenya, somalia, and ethiopia, due to drought, has tripled in 3 months from 1100000 to an estimated 3300000 and close to 2000000 children are in desperate need of treatment due to severe acute malnutrition, andy brooks is the unicef regional child protection adviser for eastern and southern africa. he says, that's concerned that the latest developments are hindering the progress that's already been made. the real standout figure is a 267 percent increase in somali beach, which is on the board, which is on the border with somalia. and he's one of the regents which helped marriage was high, but through a lots of engagement on keeping girls in school on empowering goes through different kinds of support clubs, reproductive health, etc. progress was being made, progress was being made on f, g m as well in that the sites thing. and the big fear we have is that the progress

made is being unmade very, very quickly. school is a major safety that support predictable routine environ, with children can be tracked poverty. you know, the fact that, you know, we're being told that the price, the but salary, for example, to marry a girl. this is much less than it would sometimes 2 or 3 girls are getting married and, and it's 2 or 3 less mouse to feed in the house as well. so these are some of the drivers that had ease into the child marriage and some of those areas f, g m, is a precursor to child marriage. the girls that more girls are getting cut and they getting cut younger in order to get child married. married later married to attentions are running high in the indian state of raja, stung after a hindu man was stopped and killed by 2 muslim men on tuesday. the video of the incident was posted on line 2 people have been arrested. awfully. missile has the story from new delhi. hundreds of people take part in a funeral procession for con her yolanda, surrounded by security officials and t v cameras. they demand justice, his wife,

he assured us, says she wants those responsible held to account. we one justice and yes, we want them to be given the death penalty. authorities are arrested. 2 men accused of murdering law in his teetering shop. they are alleged to have posted a video online and made threats against prime minister noreen, from all the, according to media reports, they're accused of killing laws for supporting a no push sharma, a former spokeswoman of the b j. p party who are suspended for making islam of for become and i see the incident has sparked tension to roger han state in west in india. protest in the city of dep, auto and violent and shops were shut down. a coffee was imposed in several cities and internet access was suspended across the state. and those things to be bond, any internal law and order is being when the situation is peaceful, even after the murder. there'll be no major incident in which any one has to detect the situation is completely under control lower. well,

you say law received many threats for his social media posts and had sought police protection, his wife to a local media that he had skipped work for days before his killing investigator say that treating his killing as a case of terrorism, partly mitten odysseyware. you deli, well staying in the country. india's a solid state continues to face what may be the worst floods in its history. people bless, they haven't received enough relief. funds in neighboring bangladesh, more than a 150 people have died and millions have been displaced by catastrophic flooding. tens of thousands of hector's farmland have been damaged. the philippine media regulators upheld in order to close rattler the new website co founded by john this maria resar in 2018. it said rapid violated rules on foreign ownership, but the website appealed. the decision comes a day before president rodrigo to take leave office as his criticism of his so

called war on drugs lead to several legal battles and her winning the nobel peace prize last year. now she says the government is trying to intimidate the press. we will and all the law, and since we are fighting for this in court civil law, we will continue to demand accreditation. we have long stood by the constitutionality of this agreement. it's a philippine depository receipts others i've had it it, there's, i think that i've also, you've heard me state repeatedly over the last 6 years that we have been harassed. this is intimidation it. these are political tactics. we refuse to succumb to them as to milan and dag report president. eternity has always had a combative relationship with the press. as soon as he was sworn into office, even though he was a popular and favored candidate to cover by many journalists, he basically went on the verbal rhetoric offensive. he called the top local newspaper. enquirer shameless. he said in one of the interviews that some

journalists are corrupt, do this served to be killed in 2020, he ordered the shut down of a, b, a, c, b, n. considered a pillar of democracy, which is really unprecedented since the marcus era, at a time when the lockdown was happening, that contributed also to 1000 smore of unemployed filipinos in the country. cases continued to pile up and go on in courts against maria. of course, a nobel laureate and on the local news network, grappler. and just last week, his own national security advisor ordered the closure of to other local online news network. so he's had a very difficult relationship with the press. he has not slowed down when it comes to is offensive against the press. but there was also a pushback from members of the local and international media on journalist to have no longer focused on competition, but decided that it's night. it's time to actually push back and be united and to

uphold the higher standard of journalism. but do, but what is obvious over the last few years is that the challenge of the local press is not just coming from the administration. but this growing culture of this information hong's new liter john lee will be sworn in on friday at a ceremony expected to be attended by china's present regent ping event also marks the 25th anniversary of the territories returned from british to chinese rule. but many who have lived in the territory for a long time and i'm trying to leave for good. adrian brown has more from hong kong . the nice bed families, packing up like thousands of other expatriates, matt and his wife sama cant be persuaded to remain. mat was born in hong kong and met his wife. he is 16 years ago. they're typical of the white collar professionals now taking their skills elsewhere in their case australia. where summer's from. the honest truth is, i don't think there's anything that would keep me here right now with their 3

children. they live in the other hong kong lance. how island, hong kong, biggest and far from the congestion and clamor of the central business district. many factors of behind the decision to go, including changes to the school curriculum with a focus on patriarch education. i think it just made the decision to go easier and easier arm. we've had such a blessed time here in hong kong. as the children have thrived my husband and i've had successful careers and it's been a very comfortable place to leave for a long time. but there's a real sense that the future is going to be different to the past. and we've thought about that deeply. and i'd say yes, it's contributed. hong kong is always been a transitory place. 25 years ago, i reported on another exodus. retiring british civil servants and others who'd enjoyed a life of privilege here, headed home in style. unwilling to live under chinese rule after the hand over

now it's happening again. many of the hong kong chinese leaving a going to britain taking advantage of a new visa scheme. that opens a pathway to citizenship. a quarter of a century on punk hong's population, around 7 and a half 1000000 is decreasing more than 300000 people have left since the implementation of that national security law almost 2 years ago. and one reason opinion poll shows that around a quarter of this city's population have made plans to leave. one reason for that is hong kong. strict cobit 19 regulations that earlier this year, so mothers separated from children. another impetus is politics, especially the new national security loan that is that.