for holding the powerful to account as we examined the u. s. his role in the world on al jazeera. ready too often of canister is portrayed through the prism of war. but there were many of gonna stop thanks to the brave individuals who risk their lives to protect it from destruction. an extraordinary film, archives spawning for decades, reviews the forgotten truths of the country's modern history. the forbidden real part to the communist revolution on a just ego. ah, russia says it's withdrawn from ukraine's snake island in the black sea to help the un organized grain exports. ah,

hello, why money inside this is al jazeera life and i also coming up natalie does gather in madrid for a final day of talks. is ministry lines proposed to boost its presence in eastern europe. thousands of protesters marched through the streets of saddam's capital, demanding an end to military rolls on israeli politicians vote to dissolve parliament, setting the stage from the countries 5th election in less than 4 years. ah, russia says its forces have withdrawn from a strategic ukrainian outpost in the black sea snake islands. the kremlin says it pulled out as a good will gesture to help the you on a stablish a corridor or 2 export grains from ukraine. the announcement comes off the ukraine

loan several raids, the russian forces on the island keepers. the keys moscow of stealing is graying contributing to global food shortage by blocking exports, waiting in its ports. meanwhile, nato leaders on meeting in the spanish captain, madrid for a 3rd and final day, holding more high level talk. soft approving a new strategy in the face of the war and ukraine that promised on wavering support for the country and designated russia as the most significant and direct threat. let's go straight to madrid now we're a diplomatic editor. james base is founding by sir james. it's, it's been a very productive couple of days at nato. what can we expect today? often when you come to these summits, you hear lots of strong words, but nothing really is done. this is the exception. there's been quite a lot of important developments. it's one of them expanding the nato alliance,

including 2 new members, which looks pretty certain now is historic. the sessions with the leaders i've just finished moments ago, the nato secretary general about 50 minutes from now. we'll be briefing reporters, but one of the leaders has been in those meetings the president i go limits, joins me now. thank you, mr. president. first sum up, what do you think has been achieved here in madrid? it was a very successful meeting. and i would say this is a historic meeting because not nato has adapted, does the new reality which being set that is a major threat on natal security for the europe and be dealing with that in supporting and strengthening nato. the flank countries through deployment of mod troops and also to increase awareness

of nato troops in, in the place. so that the be can be sure that that dependence level and defense level of nato as of alliance is now added. correct. cuz if that president zelinski addressed you, we later the ukrainians released is video of what he said. he said, who was going to be next. and then he said, your neighboring country lithuania, russia wants to slavish. how worried you the baltic countries? and do you feel any better after what's been announced here? of course, we all, all our lives, including of course, my country. it feels now better because nato is ready to defend all our lives, including golf course, vondik states and,

and to latvia. because her intention of her at asha declared, the intention is to dominate already order of it the whole of europe. and of course her, this is her action. i was a free europe of democratic countries in europe that to be don't want such a domination of russia in our continent. so is that 3 should be ready to defend ourselves. and i think all of our measures we have decided now are addict correct, or to the threats. so that's her level of defense is now adequate. and that means this is that correct? they build the parents of masha because if russia knows that that is not sense to attack someone or on the contrary on of several or nato countries, then are gonna do it in terms of nato. it's always been the case in history that

the u. s. has done much of the heavy lifting when you look at where the troops are now. the battle groups, you've got one in your country. i believe there's 4000 allied troops serving along with the latvian soldiers in your country. you look at poland where the u. s. a based 11600. so many more. do you think it's all fairly distributed to protect everyone and do you think some of the european nato nation, some of your e. u partners, the big ones need to do a little bit more via looking as nato countries to the whole alliance. because as i said, a tech to one or nato country means automatically attack to all danco countries. and of course, a distribution of fir, since her eastern the flank of nato, is her soul. is that to be, can there be a ready to defend ourselves in each part of her or of her

eastern flank countries. and that means in the next time or to loops will be increased. i'll say latvia also in the baltics in poland to yesterday i signed the agreement to his canada, of his or prime minister through dull or canada vill a main, or a leading donation in their battle groups and the battle ropes over to be transformed till brigades size it is so our goal to do it as soon as possible. with regard to nato's future, you've signed something called the strategic concept that looks at the way forward with nato. obviously, the focus is on russia, but it's interesting, there's mention of china to how, where is it you're right next to russia, but how worried i should nato be about china? yes, because of course, her via her beer have segues that there is an ashes. the war against

ukraine is, of course, a war against her europe, against european values, against european democracy and who has had globally show. and china is very careful looking how a conflict, how asha will end her this war. and if and i shall, will gain the will when the board of courts as active to be an incentive fod china or it is possible to go forward in such a way in the breach of international law. and as envy will go, a dual over fame is therefore a gushes of the war vill have a global consequences. and to that me, so we said west as europe, as the transatlantic alliance should be responsible

also for the international law. and so for global security, because we should do all possible that you can gain could be defendant. if not, that would have global consequences. and that meant the consequence, if you add up to north america, the west of effects to all countries which are committed to international law and international peace goes limits. president of the a thank you very much for joining us here on out 0. clearly don't be people watching way be on nato, and those last comments from the president. i'm sure that watching very closely what's happening here in taiwan, for example. thank you for that. james bay's well, nato chief, you in stockton bag has been speaking out the summit in madrid. let's have a lesson in good afternoon. we have just concluded formative summit with

nickels head so that the government, with the far reaching decisions to adapt our lines for the future, we agreed on the fundamental shift and i would attend on the fence. we agreed to invite thin and sweden to join our lines and we agreed on long term support for ukraine. we agreed naples news to t. jake concept. we agreed that the step of the fight against climate change on to establish and you won't be young innovation fund. we agreed to and that's more in a so on to increase nato's so common from the budgets. and we agreed to deepen our relationships with some of the schools as partners, not least in the in the pacific. our final session

estimate it's omit focused on threats and challenges from the middle east. north africa, i had insecurity in these regions, a hasa thought it impact on the security of all allies and, and use a teacher concept identifies terrorism as one of the main texts. busy over at security today, we reviewed our progress in the fight against terrorism in all its forms on manifestations. and we confirmed our commitment to continue the fight with that nation. so that it including through intelligence, sharing support for our partners natal strain. the mission in iraq is helping to prevent the return of isis. for the 1st time, we have just agreed that the fence get past the building package for more retainer

. helping to address border security, irregular migration and terrorism. we are also agreed additional capacity bidding support for tunisia and to continue supporting jordan. we also address the global food crisis, which is a direct result originals, innovation of ukraine. the impact is of air, including on some of the world's most vulnerable people. fed prices are hitting record hearts and many countries depend on ukraine for substantial weeds over food imports. so i was discuss the efforts to meet to get the crisis and get grain out of your crane by law me. see, we also addressed how russia i'm trying to continue to seek political are going to

make our military again, across all southern neighborhoods. both moscow and bridging are using economic leverage, coercion, hybrid approaches to advance their interest in the region. so today we discussed how to address this growing challenge, including with even more support for natal partners in the region. we've faced the most serious security situation in decades. but we are, i seem to the challenge with unity, our solve the decisions you have taken in madrid will ensure that our lines continue to preserve, preserve peace, prevent conflict after take the people on our values, unit by north america, standing together in april. let me close by thinking problem is there's answers, the spanish government and the people in madrid for hosting this historic some,

it's an excellent way to mark 40 years of spain's membership in april. we will need to get in for an april submit willis the 20th next year. and without them ready to take your questions. we'll start with the cnbc secretary general, have you ever would see in the cities? can i ask you to respond directly to the comments we heard overnight from russian president vladimir putin? he essentially suggested that sweden and finland joining the alliance would require some kind of response from the russian government. he said that if there were nato weapons placed in those 2 countries, that would precipitate a direct response from his government. and could i also ask you to respond directly to him. and when he says that, at this point, ukraine should surrender completely,

and all he wants is the don best region as we decide today to support ukraine to make sure that ukraine prevails as an independent southern states in europe. the president, putin, suburban war against ukraine is absolutely unacceptable. it's causing a lot of that's damage for, you know, people about the holes. i was on the cases. busy so low the cause of the increase in food prices, so it's a person to do that should withdraw its forces. and this war immediately by stopping attacking a democrat, the sovereign nation, and causing so much suffering in ukraine when it goes to finance financing. our sovereign nations and they have the right to choose on false, to joining that we are. welcome them into our lions. we of course, prepared for any eventuality. but at the same time,

i think what we see now in ukraine demonstrates that russia is now fully focused on not a war. and therefore, also we also take note of the messages from school. actually it doesn't change much much. that's sweet and i'll join you that i as well, that communicated different messages from school on that issue. the most important thing for us is that finance reason will become members of the alliance. we are there to protect us. of course, also in sweden, we have a paid for all, angelica this radio. your numbers on now will, will apparently have been out to members days between them 2. and what kind of chances will you have in terms of unity. you have a lot of differences in a way of this and groups of the member states,

they're talking about going to makes politics, military power. and the 2nd question, if i may, when you signed the session protocol like the political decision, the real decision to invite him to join a that was taken at the summit yesterday. that decision has been taken on the and then we will do to form the signing of the session protocol on tuesday with the presence of the swedish, unfinished foreign ministers. but the reality, the decision has been decided to all day with their political decision by all the leaders yesterday at this summit. then i think the question of unity, i think sometimes is these are through the way confused through very different things that nato has never been or will never

become. and normally think, organization where 30 answered 32 allies agree on every issue. we are 32 different countries with different political parties and in goldman on different culture. different is that different geography from wolf sounds. olympic, so you will always find differences are be docile to weakness, not just an expression of on the strength or nato that we are democratic nations with the but i, it will different opinions on issues. so if you define unity as a mom on the organization, we will never be that. but if you to define unity, something completely different that well we are different, but we are able to good nights and stand together on the hor, issues to protect and defend the children. then we are actually demonstrated unity . i'm just sold at this moment as have done from one on, so there's no providing the security preserving peace preventing war.

i'm sending him claim message to any potential that says that we ought to protect on the federal laws. and as one has that is credible, which isn't a thought, then no, i will be attacked. naples, main purpose is to prevent or by having her, the bolt, the turns. dpa ga, the german press agency dpa secretary general. you said that lead us agree to invest more in nato and to increase come funding. can you please tell us by what percentage later will increase its common funding budget? and the 2nd question, if i may, do you support the idea of bring western main battle tanks through grain? thank you. we support the bringing a lot of advanced equipment including those are western mil done equipment, many different types of equipment. i've seen announcements and when there was

a new announcement out this summit, so actually natal now house tall to help ukraine transition from old solver era to melbourne, naples time. that equipment. and of course, we are not list of equipments. we move out or excuse from, from, from that ukraine reads wide range of heavy need to standard equipment on the missiles from this this summit then. busy on common funding we are, we are following up on the decision made in principle last year that we need to invest more together. because in a more dangerous role need to strengthen what to do together in a 2. and we have decided, 34 common funding up to 2030. the specific figures will be

decided in the year or projects. what i can say is that the agreement we have reached today, we represent a considerable significant increase in naples, common funded budgets. and that will enable us to invest more together in preposition equipment in harden shelters infrastructure, and to ensure that so we can plug and play a cap, put this together in a ppo also with more comalla control and also to more provide more support to our partners and also to have more exercises. so it is a significant considerable increase in naples comment from the budget and the a greater directory towards. busy 20 or 30 other say think it is a generalized can be anywhere from his pennies. newspaper alizae. a 1st of all,

you would you give us a more impressions about the spanish organization of the summit across the nation. and secondly, would you clarify, if need to suppose she shone regarding st. tamaya, the 2 autonomous cities of spain has changed anything after they knew that any concept above all regarding to their article 5. thank you very much. the whole thing by the spanish government of this summit has been perfect impeccable excellence and all allies, expressed a gratitude to spain for hosting us in madrid. beautiful city after all the palace of the problem resume. and then at this conference area where all the facilities of the place, i'm actually probably the best possible framework for historic and some it's somebody that has taken transformative decisions for our lives. we have the new

madrid and future concept. and we have all the older decisions so, so we are extremely grateful due to the spanish government to petterson so. so the problem is other people. busy did in a way host of those. and also i think it demonstrates it's been really highly valued, not important. they draw a lot as a very good way for spain to celebrate to market 40th anniversary of your membership on which territories nato a protect south. well, need to say to protect law against and you said i didn't know the drawers, be a political decision to invoke article 5, but just to show it to protect the federal. fanatical thanks very much. david hurst on with political europe, a screen general throughout the summit and in the strategic concept,

we hear echoes of the cold war. but of course, the nuclear nonproliferation architecture has fallen away with unprecedented numbers of troops on the eastern flank of hot or not cold war in ukraine. has the world entered an error that is even more dangerous than the cold war. and based on your discussions with leaders, give a sense that there's consensus and unity around what are the red lines the russian must not cross to avoid a direct conflict. but we live in the more dangerous lot. ah, even the more unpredictable world i'm will you in the world where we have actually hoped war going on in europe? ah, with the large scale of military operations we haven't seen in europe since the 2nd world war. and of course, this is an imposing suffering on the ukrainian people, and we see every day and we pay tribute to the courage to their bravery. i'm

also conveyed of mazda strip preston's events go, and he addressed the summit. oh, of the saint on. we also know that this can get worse. busy because if this becomes a full scale war between russia and nato, then we'll see suffering, damage, death, destruction at the scale, which is much, much worse than what you see in ukraine today. and therefore, natal, vermont has 2 tasks. one is to provide support for ukraine. nate on a dollars broad, unprecedented support. your great we are stepping hope are we agree the package at this summit but you're also. busy her the chorus, most of it, of course, to prevent escalation, the old ukraine. and that's the reason why nate was not a part older conflict on the wrong. we support our highly valued a partner, ukraine, but in a portal there called clicked on also why we have so significantly increased our

presence in east on port to launch. what are 40000 through the darkness, along to remove any room for miscalculation misunderstanding in moscow about all written this to protect every inch natal territory. and that's, that's needless court responsibility to do, to make sure that there is no vis understanding in the minds of any adversary that if they do anything like, well 1st i've done do a to, to, to georgia and 2008 or ukraine. now that will trigger to full responsible the whole add ons, and that's the main message, and that is credible. and that's the reason why we are preventing attack and preserving piece for nato allies schools to all be in people. the last question i'll get to dr. benya, i thank you kerry shelf that was developed. and mister, secure, general you said that allies had spoken about how to help mitigate fully and security and, and they, they're spreading of hunger. but what did they decide is,

is this nato's role and what can you and could you also address these reports that the russians have left? for whatever reasons, snake island will this help re up? i shipping it. thank you. nato allies as well. i think it's important i need to meet on and coordinate and discuss an exchange of use and compare notes on the different efforts that nate was, are involved in to try to get more grain out of ukraine as we get food out of grain . second use, those are foreigners to convey the message that contrary to all person truth in an actual sign off an hour tele, the roll through this information campaign that this good cause is not close. why natal sanctions is caused by president booth is war?

and the best way to end the food process is to end the war and president pick up and the war to morrow by rejoining his forces. and then the from dallas are involved in different weights. ringback are tricky here basically. busy and trying to facilitate some con agreements earn also grease announced that they are ready to make available ships to get a grain out of ukraine. and all that ours are involved in different diplomatic efforts to get some kind of agreement to allow ships to sail with food, a wheat, or over the back at sea. then lithuania, older countries are also updated, are also on their efforts to remain out and other countries update those on their efforts to expand their own land capacity or by a railway to transport war, food, or land. it's very hard to compensate for level to become transported by ships,

but online is also away and similar to allies are engaged in that. and of course, the most of the naples role is to protect on the van allies and to ensure and to create the space, where am i to operate? and that's what we do. thank you very much. okay, that was the nato chief. he stole some bug speaking at the end of a 3 day summit in madrid in the last couple of days, nights has announced major plans to carry out the biggest overhaul since the cold war. let's go to james bay's diplomatic editor. so what stood out for you and what to say in the last couple of minutes. what? well, i think 2 things. number one is the specific thing of that grain deal, which i'm told by you and officials, is a very advanced stage, but pretty close to be able to do this deal, which could be a big breakthrough for the global food crisis. you heard him say that,

talk about it at the end. now this is a deal mainly involving turkey in the turkish navy. talk he's been involved in lots of the negotiations along with senior us officials. will i think learn a little bit more of that in the coming hours because president tuan is giving a news conference here and it's likely he'll be asked about it. clearly ukraine is on board. the question is whether russia and took your on board and what final communications have to happen between the 2 presidents before this deal, which looks quite likely now can finally be done. and the course is not done until everyone agrees. the other comments, i think that were interesting on time when nato clearly is strengthened itself, it's got to new allies joining what he's comments about what the world is like now comparing it with the time of the cold war and the native sex general painting a very very grim picture, he said we live in a more dangerous, a more unpredictable world, and then he added it could get worse. you could have a full fledged conflict between russia.