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oh, it will be a good day for finance, security for nordic security on for nate to us, a whole fin loan to set to join nato in a historic shift prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine. ah, you're watching on to 0, live from a headquarters in delphi, i'm debbie you navigate also a heads. history is due to be made in the us as the former president, donald trump, preparers to become the 1st american leader to face criminal charges. women's rights advocates urged a mexican government to strengthen laws against acid attacks after raise and violence leave some scarred for life. and hyster recalls. we take a look at how mobile phones have evolved. 50 years after the 1st handheld device

was released. ah hello, less than a year after replying for nato membership, finland is set to become the newest member of the military alliance. president sallied in easter will travel to brussels for the ceremony. later on tuesday, moscow has said it will strengthen its military positions on the border in response . we will welcome fin them as the 31st member of natal. making fin them say for an hour alliance, stronger. we all raised the finished flag for the 1st time here at the nato headquarters. it will be a good day for finance secured you for nordic security on for nato us a whole as the situation in europe has changed quite much over the last year.

i think it gives a lot a new opportunity for better safety in the future. so we have been for a long time will be relying on our independence and neutrality. and we just realized that that's not the path of the future. now we need to look for new options for the future. in some ways, i think it will make a safer place, but then again, we don't know what russia will do it. so the big question for me, i think so that there's nothing you know, if there are no, it's not it's no chance in situations now we are part of part of western european system. come in part of this not allow us to bring up the security. so we'll get more on

this with joe hall, joining us from keith. so jonah was the war and ukraine that led to this major change in nato's makeup. it did? yes. look at the simplest terms. the fact of russia invasion of ukraine last year prompted a very urgent rethink by countries bordering russia and close to usher about this security and the extent to which russia may pose a threat to them in the future. you may recall the. busy small a bowls, baltic states in particular were very nervous, but they of course, were already nature members benefiting from the guarantee of collective security body. do not go 5. the idea that an attack on one is an attack on all, not so finland, and it's $1300.00 plus get on the border with russia north suite and not far away. who had both kept this commitment of neutrality for years. but then with substantial public support, as you heard it there, decided to do otherwise, applying for native membership. it was very quickly approved at

a political level. it had to be approved unanimously by all the members parliaments that has happened. infinite, in case sweden only waiting for approval now by turkey. so what practical difference then if any, will this make to the war and ukraine? realistically, it's not going to affect materially the war in ukraine at all. it does have strategic consequences for russia and potentially affects president putin's thinking. there is already talk about repositioning nuclear assets in neighboring bella roost. that is likely to be a reaction in part to a whole, to this fast extension now of nato's border with russia. russia becomes more isolated, even more isolated in the west, particularly in the baltic sea and consequences as well. foot president putin overall war. busy goals in invading ukraine, one of which presumed to have been to undermine nato's collective determination.

it's eastwood's expansion to try and block that expansion. well, nature planners will tell you now that he's achieved exactly the opposite with this rapid expansion of nato to include finland and potentially soon sweden as well. all right, thank you so much. don't a whole reporting for us from keith. we're crossing over to moscow and speak to pat falcon, our he's a defense on military analyst joining us by skype. thanks for your time with us. so, with finland, membership now actually happening. nato's border with russia is more than doubling . this is, in fact not at all what president putin wanted, what could be going on right now behind the scenes at the kremlin bo, the matter of a. ready expansion, i mean the legal fact happening today. that's not really big news because it was clear that this will happen rather than inevitably. so all the decisions might have been already made. there have been announcements from the defense ministry that

fail, increase the size of the russian army rather substantial in the there. good boy, new units on the finished border are close to the finish border. they're talking about the new army corps, several divisions that we know that are likely to happen. well, that, of course will happen somewhere in the future. because right now the russian army is all kind down the go back already, you know, south. oh then of course, but anyway, it started down very much in the ukrainian conflict and publicly rep rather than rush him official them. and the russian state media are kind of bound playing some watt this event. because well, they say that they were at the present. there are no foreign troops on finished territory. that means nothing really changes. so this right now is not

a threat. well again, because russia so right now preoccupied with what's happening in the ukraine, a russian military are rather happy, they have more enemies. that means they'll get more money and have more units, but again, not the media. great, right. but one of the reasons of the war and ukraine, according to moscow, has been because of nato's expansionist ambitions. as the kremlin has put it. so far, nato has remained just as defiant and in fact, now we see this new a session to the alliance, but russians remain defiant as well when it comes to the war. and ukraine does. what's happening today. have any impact at all on the invasion? directly again, most likely not. and the expansion of may go to a good fit. potentially sweden could have been used at kind of beat the

drum and increase the public perception of the western men in a sense right now it's already seen as an enemy, russia and the west aggression. ready are on a collision course without the expansion. so again, it doesn't change that much and say they're trying to kind of a bit down for the time being american ships appear in our station. ready the fins on that may be the very serious threat line, but the say, well, yes, it's not good, but it's not the direct threat like that. thank you so much problem, felton how are for speaking to us from moscow. thank you. now ukraine says that russian drones have struck the port of odessa and keith says its forces destroyed 14 of 17 drones launched over night. one cause the fire, which has been extinguished on death, says on the black sea and is being used to transport grain from ukraine to the rest

of the world. russian investigators have detained a women in connection with the killing of a prominent military blogger in st. petersburg on sunday. so moscow accuses ukraine of orchestrating bomb attack, which kills blood lent har sky. it also says supporters of jailed, crumbling critic like st. vonny, were involved or said jabari reports. this is 26 year old daughter tra pulver being questioned by russian authorities in saint petersburg. i brought a statue there that blew up. she says, who gave you the statue? they ask? can i tell you later? she replies. the bug was handed to prominent military blogger, lad lind, or char sky. it exploded, killing him and injuring dozens of people on sunday evening. her pover has yet to provide a name and says she's been framed. the attack happened at a cafe in the heart of saint petersburg. the national anti terror committee,

which is part of the russian security service, says it was planned, but the ukranian special services. a charge authorities in kiev have denied. we expect that now, as also will know the response, but evident dusk. ah, how many people will be killed by keeping him here in moscow before russia will the response nobody knows exactly, but probably more time coming, more strong. we'll be response to just he was speaking an event organized by the cyber, from that movement, an association of people with patriarch view. he was a supporter of russia's invasion and the social media channel he launched to report on the so called special military operation of more than half a 1000000 subscribers charged. he was a well known figure among prevalent supporters, seen here with daria to keno,

who was killed in a car bomb attack in the moscow region in august. her father, alexander, duke, and a far right political philosopher, was believed to be the intended target. the crumbling says tarkey killing is an act of terror and that evidence implicates ukrainian special services without providing any further details. sources of ari al jazeera, moscow. ah, donald trump will make history later on tuesday when he becomes the 1st former or sitting u. s. president to be criminally charged. so exactly what these charges are and how many isn't clear, but we do know they're in connection with hust money paid to porn. star stormy daniels in 2016 trump. arrived in new york on monday afternoon and is spending the night at his manhattan residence. he's described the case as political persecution, and has urged supporters to protest. gabriel alexander reports from new york.

it was oh, eyes and cameras on donald trump as he arrived in his home town, new york city on monday afternoon. but for the rest of the day, the former president spent it away from the public eye in his former residents, trump tower in midtown manhattan. trump will surrender to authorities on tuesday after being indicted by a manhattan grand jury on charges stemming from an alleged hush money payment over a $130000.00 to a former adult film. star long foresman is on a heightened state of alert. ah, amid fears of a repeat of the january 6th scenes, when his supporters stormed congress in washington dc, while you in town b on your best behavior? as always, we will not allow violence or vandalism of any kind. and if one is court participating in any act of violence,

they would be arrested and held accountable. no matter who you all trump is expected to arrive at the manhattan district attorney's office. around 11 am local time under heavy security escort inside trump will have his fingerprints and photograph taken the process can take a couple hours. around 2 pm, he will be walked down a hallway to a courtroom and come face to face with this man, judge won merchant who will oversee the arraignment. at the arraignment is when the indictment will likely be unsealed. and trump and the rest of the world will hear the charges against the former president. for the 1st time, trump is expected to plead, not guilty after it's over, trump will immediately fly back to his morrow lago estate in florida, where he is expected to speak about the day's events. for the 1st time. over the years, trump has been the target of numerous law suits and criminal investigations, dating back

a decades well before he was ever president of the united states. always found a way to attack his adversaries and delay any potential criminal prosecution, cruel, it's wrong doing. but this time is different. what trump will, based on tuesday, is unlike anything he has ever experienced before. and it's something america has never seen before. gabriel gondo, just in new york, a large fire has broken out one of the biggest clothing markets in bangladesh, capital, no casualties have been reported, and firefighters are trying to bring that blaze under control. bangladesh has a poor fire safety record in 201-2100. 17 people died in a garment factory blaze as really police have arrested, a palestinian man accused of stopping to his release south of televi eve. the attack happen near an army base on tuesday morning. local media reports say the

victims are soldiers are being treated for a serious stab wounds. the search for a 2nd suspect is underway. rights activists in mexico are urging the government to strengthen laws against asset attacks on people. so they want attacks involving chemicals to be re classified as a crime equivalent to attempted murder, manuel, rapids reports from mexico city gunman, sanchez is an acid attack survivor. the assault she suffered 9 years ago at the hands of a former partner, left scores on 70 percent of her body. if they're gonna feel this attack left me in the hospital for 8 months, it affected half of my face. my name, my chest, my arms and legs were completely damaged. after some 64 reconstructive surgeries, garmin says the trauma never fully goes away. and part of that has to do with the factor attacker was never arrested. act of his say that in many cases,

attacks like these go unpunished, was held vent, blessed out. is that problematic as us? yet, as i meet i, the woman who is survive is of this type of violence. i realized the scale of this, so she'll probably in the face thing i did was change from being a victim to an activist. protest calling on the mexican government to do more to curb violence against women have intensified in recent years. while attacks on women using acid have also been documented in other parts of latin america. activist, see the problem here in mexico is especially bad 8, but i will, emma no solomon said the problem is not any which used to attacks with acid and corrosive substances. violence is becoming much more cruel and extreme, and this includes other types of toxic, flammable, reactive and caustic substances. women's rights advocates argue that this form of extreme violence is partly rooted in bad policy,

given that authorities in mexico treat acid attacks the same way as any other form of assault. one, the activists are pushing for is passage of a bill. currently, the mexican congress, which seeks to reclassify asset attacks as a distinct crime equivalent to attempted murder if passed, the new law would increase the punishment for attacks using acid or other corrosive chemicals with up to 12 years in prison. isn't layla's more does. this is one of many steps necessary towards creating an integrated policy that will restore some of the rights that have been taken away from survivors of this type of violence. oh, mexico's government does not keep an official count of acid attacks. women's rights activists have documented at least 34 over the last 20 years, but many leave the number of victims to be far higher. manuel did apollo al jazeera mexico city, still hands on al jazeera while the story of this little earthquake survivor, inter kia, who's been reunited with her mother after nearly 2 months. am i excited?

at so lately and on a mission to the moon asa unveils its crew for the launch of the artemus mission. ah hello, that we'll have a look at australia in a moment. the 1st to southeast asia. we've seen a lot of dry and wound weather across much of indo china for the likes of thailand as well as northern areas of vietnam, where heat wave has kept temperatures high. isn't me more in the way of wet weather for central and southern areas, we could see some flooding from that rain and as a flood risk as well for the southern areas of borneo where we have already seen flooding. thanks to the, to renshaw reins. the rain picks up for eastern areas of indonesia, you can see the yellow peaks there for some of the islands come thursday and that

joins up with wet weather across the top end of australia. but the worst of the widespread showers in storms are going to affect western areas. we have got a flood threat out for more sensual areas down in the south. the more in the way of windy and wet weather that's going to sweep across the bite. it'll knock temperatures down for the likes of adelaide if we have a look at the 3 day 21 degrees, a maximum high on friday with showers. now if you hop across the tasman to new zealand, we are going to see temperatures push up as a southerly flow starts to take over. that rain is going to ease. we have a look at the temperature for christ church. however on there's a 17 degrees celsius, but more in the way of sunshine, oakland at 21 degrees celsius maximum high ah, inspiring story from around the world. ah. ready human life foster

with rome breaking what is going on with honor just oh, a hello again. the top stories on al jazeera this hour for linda says to become the newest member of nato. helsinki apply to join the alliance officer. russia invaded ukraine. moscow says it will strengthen its military positions on the finish.

border security is tight in new york, the head of donald trump's appearance in a manhattan court on tuesday. he's being charged in connection with hush. money paid to porn star, stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign inches. opposition leader role gandhi has lodged an appeal against a defamation conviction, but led to his expulsion from parliament 2 weeks ago. he was sentenced to 2 years in prison. 4 remarks he made in 2019 mocking the surname of prime minister and arrange remotely sentence has been suspended, pending the appeal motives. government has been accused of using defamation laws to silence its critics. at least one person was killed and dozens injured when a train derailed in the netherlands about 50 people were on board when a fire broke out in one of the carriages right there. and that train hitt construction equipment on the track near a village between the hague and laden city. former cost of president ash and

taught she has pleaded not guilty to all $10.00 charges he faces at his war crimes trial at the hague, tachi and 3 other former commanders and the cost of liberation army are all charged with overseeing a campaign of torture, murder, and persecution of opponents. harry false reports be seated of the 2 years in detention hush and thought she was in court to face charges of war. crimes and crimes against humanity can tell you that i understand the indictment and i'm fully not guilty. thought he and his 3 code used to all senior figures in the course of liberation army, and later prominent politicians that charged with 10 counts of persecution, torture, murder and force disappearance of opponents and alleged pro serbian collaborators. the indictment charges. and we intend to prove hundreds of detentions across kosovo, usually under terrible conditions of abuse. and over a 100 murders,

most of the victims of the accused were fellow kosovar albanians because of the liberation army launched a guerrilla war against serbian rule in 1998 serbian attacks on cause of our albany and civilians. prompted to intervention by nato forces as an end to fighting in 190909. 5 senior serbian officials were convicted of war crimes in 2009. but the former president milan militant which was acquitted. his predecessor slobbered on milosevic, had already died in custody. that she went from military leader to the prime minister, who declared cause of an independence in 2008. joe biden called him his nation's george washington. but in 2020 now president thought she was indicted. he resigned and was expedited to the netherlands, vowing to clear his name. tachi. and his co accused argue they had nothing to do with crimes carried out by others. in

a decentralized gorilla force. what is he running from? what is he trying to hide? that she supporters rallied outside the court. many cousins watching back home accusative anti caly bias. would you caught your with them? it's not only the just war of the k l. a that's being judged. the state of kosovo is also on trial with the no, they all know tony condemning these people, but they are condemning the effort, the war that the whole world supported. what's not in dispute is that this trial will be lengthy. the prosecution says it needs 2 years just to set out its case. hurry for sit al jazeera believe has reaffirm diplomatic ties with taiwan president sighing. one has welcome to move after honduras ended relations last week to align with china. and that left taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. china has warned of reprisals if fi needs the us house speaker kevin mccarthy. later in the week

being considered self govern taiwan as part of its territory to be retaken by force if necessary. it's been half a century since the 1st public call was made from a handheld portable phone in new york. so the man credited with inventing the mobile phone says he had no way of knowing that moment was historic. barbara and go per reports to many martin cooper is the father of the melbourne fan. 50 years ago, he led a team that created a prototype maple fan and made the fast call from a handheld device. since then, cell phones have come a long way, but these were proved times. there was no internet electric, 73, believe her. there were no digital cameras that were lowered, large scale integrated circuits. and so the unit that we built was put together willow of bath of number of individual parts. it weighed over kilo almost 2 and a half pounds and

a very low. 045 minutes of talking. these days may about fence can stream films and capture professional quality photographs. cooper predicts the gadgets will play a role in transforming other sectors. the cellular industry is just learning how to do things like a revolutionary certification, revolutionized health care trades, the whole concept of collaboration. so this is just the beginning, but the evolution of the mobile phone industry is provide, can controversy, regulate as a concerned about how tech companies use clients data that's gathered by tracking the activity that somehow, or governments through have to decide. what is there about us that they have to protect as an example of your medical information? no one should have that, except people that you want to have that should be true with your financial

information. we haven't figured out how to do all those things yet. 50 yes. after the beth of the melbourne fan, governments now have to deal with the unforeseen challenges that it's created. but for many, it's a device they can't do without barbara and get her out to sarah. nasa has named a team of 4 astronauts for its voyage around the womb, the 1st crude mission there and more than 50 years. for the 1st time in a lunar mission. the crew will include an astronaut of color. victor glover, and the women. christina coach, the artemus to mission, won't land on the moon, but it will fly a capsule around it late next year. it will be a 4 day journey going a quarter of a 1000000 miles. continuing to test out every bit of a ryan going around the far side of the moon, heading home, going through the earth's atmosphere at over 25000 miles per hour and splashing

down in the pacific. so am i excited? absolutely. human spaceflight is like really raised in that baton has been passed generation to generation and from crew member to crew member from the gemini, mercury, gemini, apollo, apollo. so use sky lab mere the shuttle international space station, commercial crew and and now the arm is mrs. and we understand our role in that and when we have the privilege of having that baton, we're going to do our best to run a good race to make you proud. a baby rescued from under the rubble of earthquakes, inter kia has been reunited with her mother nearly 2 months after she was saved. alas, giving hope to many families who are still looking for missing relatives, were so sorry. our reports from istanbul. a moment of joy. 54 days after being rescued from under the rubble of the creeks,

the struck salt of duty. it bibby the tin is now united with her mother the and the house month old. the tin was trapped the debris for 128 hours. she was taken to hospital and uncut out for treatment. her father and brother died under the robin, but her mother was also rescued. authorities checked her daughter to her dna. she's now back her mother who has been treated in the city of atlanta. the minister of family and social services, the ministry will continue to support the baby lush mother. this baby is truly and miracle. the fact that she survived and has no health problems tugged at our heart strings. our ministry will always remember her. the earthquakes that he south and turkey in early february have claimed more than 50000 lives and injured many more, but nearly too much on some families or says searching for the.