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you is on historic day, because soon if you hours we will while comb. finland asked the 31st member or our alliance headland to start to join nato in a historic shift prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine. ah, watching al jazeera ly from a headquarters into ohio daddy navigator also coming up. donald trump's day in court. the former u. s. president becomes the 1st american leader to face criminal charges. what royal dutch shell deed in all galley did, queued up people, nasty, killing up people, 13000 villagers and the niger delta. bring

a case against the oil giant shall all the way to london's high court. walking off the job health care workers on temporary contracts in malaysia launch a 3 day strike, overpay and job security. ah, hello, we begin with finland's nato beds in about 2 hours. the country is set to formerly joined the world's biggest security alliance. it's a major policy shift for helsinki that's maintained neutrality for years. but the conflict and ukraine changed that and prompted finland to apply for membership 10 months ago. charles stratford begins, are coverage. finland asked the 31st member or our alliance. this'll make fillum safer, and nathan stronger. finland is becoming a member of a western alliance, long viewed as a rival force by russia. helsinki had previously avoided joining nato to avoid any

perception of provoking moscow. oh, oh, but russia's invasion of ukraine in february last year changed that finland borders . russia wasn't alone, was fully sweden also applied and for the same reason, ality, initially, nato members, turkey and hungry, refused to support their applications. and anchor is still blocking sweden's membership. it says it's not doing enough to rein in what it describes is kurdish terrorists living in sweden, who it says undermined turkey security. i'm russia says it will bolster its defenses. in response to finland's move, nato was established during the cold war long before the collapse of the soviet union in 1990. 1 said that a president vladimir putin has repeatedly accused it of trying to limit russia's sphere of influence. he said nato's gradual expansion in the last 3 decades.

despite promises he wouldn't. is one of the main reasons why russia invaded ukraine . firstly, with the crimean peninsula in 2014 a ques before its full scale invasion. that has shocked the world. in july, putin said he had no territorial disputes with been loose written and tried to play down their nato bids. but his warning was clear 1st because it's a she a c, e m thing and they should clearly understand that they didn't face any threats before. this is now if nato troops and infrastructure are deployed, we will be compelled to respond. you in kind of and create the same threats for the 30 tories from reach. threats towards us are created. sure enough, which finland's flag will now fly among those of its nato allies in brussels. a historic day indeed, and one finland hopes will offer greater security against perceived threats from

its powerful neighbour russia. which until now said it never saw finland as a threat at all. charles stratford al jazeera, their russian defense minister, a survey showing who says moscow's decision to supply nuclear ready hardware to buy the risk as part of the response to nato's expansion. mother borrower that complex newbury nato is holding a set of measures to increase the combat readiness of its combined armed forces which include active combat trainings and reconnaissance close to the borders of russia and belarus. hers in the near future. finland will also become a member of the alliance firm and all this evidently creates risks of seriously escalating the conflict, but it will not affect the results of the special military operation assassinated doris inter barry who is joining us from moscow. so, darcy, russia has always been very vocal about his opposition to nato's expansion. what is the response in moscow to the finished development?

well, as we just heard from the russian defense minister surgery, chicago, one of the steps that the russian military is taking that is to strengthen the defenses of their neighbor, bella roofs. according to the defense minister, the russian military has delivered the it's gander and missiles system, which they, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads. that is one of the things that has already happened as of monday. the defense minister didn't specify how many of the scanner missiles, systems have been delivered to bella ruth. but he also went on to say that they have begun training bell or russian forces in russia on how to use these systems. we understand also that the a bell, russian president, alexander the christian call, will be in moscow on wednesday to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. we also have been hearing from the criminal spokesperson, dimitri pest called,

who said that this news just basically increases tensions and forces russia to strengthen its military capabilities along its roughly 1300 kilometer board that it shares with finland. we also have had a statement from the russian foreign ministry that has reiterated that position, that this act by finland to join nato forces russia hand to strengthen its defences . but also it will not basically strengthen any further the tides between finland and russia. we also have seen the russian president flatter be putting at an event at a factory just outside of moscow. he did not mention this news at all. it didn't seem to face him for the time being. the feeling here is that this was something they knew was coming, and the defense mystery had already stated as of december of last year, that as a result of this decision by finland, nato,

the russian military will increase its personnel from a 1000000 roughly 1000000 soldiers to a 1000000 and a half for the time being. that is the position here is to strengthen their defenses as a result of this. thank you. so my source of jabari without update from moscow. let's get the view from keith. now, jonah haul has more in the simplest of terms, the fact of russia's invasion of ukraine last year prompted an urgent rethink by countries close to russia and on its borders about their security. and about the extent to which russia might pose a threat to them. in the future, you may recall in particular, towards the western end of things, the small baltic nations were particularly nervous about that, but they of course, were already native members. they benefited from the guarantee of collective security provided by article 5. this notion that an attack against one is an attack against all, not so been and also on the baltic, but it's 1300 plus kilometer border with russia, nor sweden,

both of which deciding last year to give up their long held neutrality and apply for membership. brendan's membership bid has been unanimously approved by all the other 30 members of nato. sweden's is only currently being held by turkey. and it's worth remembering in all of this that among president putin's presumed war aims in invading ukraine. one of them is thought to be specifically to frustrate nate, which nato's ongoing easterwood expansion. well, nature plan is today, i think will tell you that he's achieved exactly the opposite of that. with this very rapid expansion of nato taking in finland and possibly in the near future, sweden as well. ok, i brought the vine in as a professor of world politics at the university of helsinki. he says the conflict in ukraine in the posture has made many friends reconsider the value of nato membership. their spin their policy off,

not binding. finland militarily, and many have expected that when russia has been receiving your job previous in ukraine been, i would think it's time to join nato and it never happened until last year. now the great majority of the population of all additions are in favor of nato membership in finland. it was a watershed moment last year. change of opinion and today the accession itself. i think most people in finland, thing that's been really safer under the protection of the 5th article of nato in most imaginable circumstances. of course, in they're less likely circumstance of a major conflict between nato and russia, nuclear war or something like that spin and would be a front blind on tree. and therefore, it might be more easily destroyed or something by russia in that situation. but in most circumstances,

it's considered to increase security or finland. things may feel a bit bad that sweden was left behind. most people understand that 1st from finland, it's more of a security concern being aboard a country with russia to join nato and for sweden all so it's better to have finland in nato as a buffer zone. l major buffer zone between sweden and russia rather than finland also being all so or more latisha. i think it's unfortunate but not something we should worry too much. ok, donald trump will make history later on tuesday when he becomes the 1st former or sitting us president to be criminally, charged. exactly what these charges are and how many isn't clear. but we do know there and connection with hush. money paid to the point star door, stormy daniels in 2016 trump. arrived in new york on monday afternoon and spending

the night at his manhattan residence. he's described the case as political persecution and has urged supporters to protest gibber elizondo reports from new york. it was oh, eyes and cameras on donald trump as he arrived in his hometown 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 residence, 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 court room 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 truly 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's gondo, al jazeera new york, we'll cross live to outside the courthouse in new york. that's where krista salumi is joining us from. so kristen just talk us through what we're expecting to to happen in court in a few hours time. well, today is the day that we expect to hear the details at last of the charges that are

being leveled against president trump and how they relate to that hush money payment made to an adult film star back in 2016 when president trump was 1st running for election, the president isn't expected here at the court house behind me for a few hours yet, but when he does come here, we know that the judge has decided that cameras will not be allowed. video cameras will not be allowed in the court room for that process. we may get a glimpse of him president trump walking through the hall to the court house and some stills in the court room. but we won't have a live broadcast of that because of state laws here. what we will see though is we will have people in the court house, monitoring the events. it is a public court room and reporters have been lining up since last night to try to get a spot in that courtroom and any see it and here at all 1st hand. so we will be getting reports today from the court room. and the whole process is only expected to take

a couple hours time after that. we will also here for the 1st time on this case from the chief prosecutor, the district attorney year, who's overseeing the prosecutor, team alvin brag up until now. the entire process has been taking place in secret, with the grand jury weighing these potential charges. now, we brag, will be able to finally come out and speak to the media about the charges, and about the case that he's expecting to wage a horse, has been under attack from republicans and president trump, who have called this a political persecution. so we'll hear from him and from the president later today . so chris, and i mean, as expected there's obviously a lot of media interest in the story. reporters camped outside as you were saying, but what about other people? some of those who are, are expected to come and protest. what's the scene like outside the court house right now? well right now, i'm seeing

a lot of police officers and a lot of reporters and news crews, not seeing any demonstrators yet. but we began seeing people arriving at trump tower yesterday. and throughout the last week as interest in the story has ramped up. certainly people have been coming by the court house carrying signs in support of tromp and some against tromp as well. but we do expect a more major presence of demonstrators at the park outside the court house later today. and that is why there's so many police officers on the scene just to make sure everything stays calm outside the courthouse. ok, thank you, christine. we'll cross back to you later. christmas. salumi reporting from new york still ahead on al jazeera. am i excited? have so lately on a mission to the moon,

nasa unveils the crew forwards or to miss long ah frank assessments. this treaty provides us with this hopeful moment where countries could come together and stop putting in place the rules allow us to treat with global comments. with the attention of deserves inside story on al jazeera, this is one of the most recent bodies found and searching the city of blanton as men carry it by foot to mortuary, nearly 10 kilometers away, they shouted frustration. angry. they are no rescue services. a port in their government with nothing really or ordinary people with is now several meters of mud and fallen rocks was once a village, dozens of homes was swept away, few on higher ground by the strong winds and flooding. hundreds of people on this

thing. and it's evidence in a place like this, where people say just a few bodies have been recovered compared to the number of people missing and the search has been made all the more difficult at the right continues. people use make sure bridges to escape the widespread flooding and as the search continues with whatever is available, men's bodies found within the muddy hills and around him what remains a bits and pieces of other life at once was oh, the a fellow again, the top stories analysis, there are other sour finland is set 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 tied in new york ahead of donald trump's appearance in a manhattan court on tuesday. he's being charged in connection with hash money paid to the porn star stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. check talk has been fined nearly $16000000.00 by the u. k. data watchdog for breaching data protection laws, information commissioners office as the social media company use the personal data of children without their parent's consent. and it says, tick tock fail to remove children aged under 13 from the platform. at least one person has been killed and doesn't injure it. after a train derailed in the netherlands, it collided with a crane near a village between the hague and laden city. the maintenance work was planned for rail authority, say they don't know how the crane ended up on the track, and about 50 people were on board. the roots is one of the busiest in the

netherlands and services have been suspended for the coming days. oil giant shell is due in the high court in london next week to face charges over claims it polluted water and soil in the niger delta. more than 13000 villagers are bringing the landmark case. ash my, the dream reports from oh, golly. the oceans just buried, the family metric. rosalyn was 87 years old when she died, but the claim, her death was hessen. by high exposure to all pollution emit. got the floor thick on you. there got the clinic, you do these before so they will be as many moly oh, else because of the water? i thought of mercy is covered in skin rushes. she says it's from ingesting and breathing in contaminated water. royal dutch shell has been producing all in a gaudy line since 1958. the organic community is now suing it for environmental

damages. i'm gonna go to, you know barbie is a man leading the charge against the all giant. he says his community feels betrayed by show. i am devastated that that opt you now. shell who we are does shell is trying to see how they can hide away from this. what royal dutch shell deed, in all galley? dick queued up people. dashti killing our people. so those who are making profit or those who have made profit out of these need to know that it is blog money. they say the devastation caused by almost 70 years of all exploration in nigeria, niger delta is massive. thousands of actors of mangroves, land and water sources have been damaged. it's estimated it could take between 30

to 50 years to restore the polluted sites to what they were before. more than 50 all schools have been recorded in organic and build communities, polluting palms and rivers contaminating for stocks and drinking water. the communities want shell to pay compensation, unclean of the area. the company says that keith has no legal standing environmental. he said the situation in the 2 communities is dire or by in every boy. if you go by that time they said that a gun with a impact there is no horned red players are wolf, w hitcho's time, that police killer not. or you have a spiteful bains in, we know hardly that how killer bends in its lawyers from the community claim shall wants to delay cheese dis, hearing for another 2 years to wear down the villages and the printer and how the case thrown out. and that could have why the implications their case is seen as a test, as to where the multi nationals can be held accountable for the actions of the

oversee subsidiaries. how many degrees al jazeera, or golly, state doctors on temporary contract and malaysia are on strike for 3 days. they've threatened mass resignation unless they're given permanent positions and better pay florence louis reports from column for contract. doctors working in the government health system are walking off the job. they're taking unplanned, leaf between monday and wednesday this week. as part of a strike, part of an anonymous group calling itself morgan dr. malaysia, which means strike say they expect at least $8000.00 doctors to take part. their demands include better pay more reasonable working eyes and to join the civil service as permanent staff. that would give them better career prospects and job security. what is happening today is thought defiance by doctors. it is a call for help for the entire health care service, not just for doctors,

for the entire house get service militia is facing multiple crisis. so we need to recognize organizers say the strike has been successful. the government says health care services have not experienced any disruption so far. outside the hospital, patients had mixed abuse, awaited a long time to get treatment. and i have travel a long way to be here, and i understand why some doctors are going on strike. and i wish them the best because it is their fight. contract. doctors have declined to be interviewed on camera. but some have told us, while they want better working conditions and pay they on taking part in the strike because they want to put that patient 1st. and they don't want to overburden their colleagues in 2021, hundreds of junior dr. staged a brief walk out in a similar dispute over pay and working conditions. the malaysian medical association says they don't condone strike action,

but understand the difficulties. contract doctor's faith has been brought up to many hope ministers too many ones about know what the contract doctors are going through. so you want to know that this guy, when he's new and they're inhabited this problem, but still they are a gun one of the day. and so they must take the responsibility. on tuesday, the prime minister at the health ministry will offer permanent positions to more than 12000 contract doctors over the next 3 years. but analysts say this is a short term solution, and malaysia's public health system may need an overhaul. florence louis algebra, quite looper. u. s. space agency nasa has named its crew for the 1st mission to fly past the moon in more than 50 years. there are 3 americans and one canadian, and as rob ronald's reports, the eventual aim is to return to the surface of the moon. ladies and gentlemen,

your are the most to clue, ah, with a pep rally style event at nancy's johnson space center in houston. before astronauts took a bow on stage mission commander. read wiseman is a former test, violet with 14 years at nasa. awesome to be here with you guys. mission specialist, christina coke will be the engineer on board. am i excited? as so lately? physicist jeremy hanson is a canadian space agency. astronaut, or a canadian is going to the moon with our international partnership. and it is glorious and former u. s. navy air man, victor glover, will be the spacecraft pilot, because optimist. who is more than a mission to the moon and back? it's more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the artemus program

named after the ancient greek goddess of the moon, sent its 1st and crude spacecraft into lunar orbit last year, a top the powerful or ryan rocket. that successful flight paved the way for next year's human crude mission. if all goes well, artemus 2 will put humans near earth's cosmic companion for the 1st time since apollo, 17. in 1972. on the 4 day mission, the crew will travel more than 40000000 kilometers orbiting the moon and testing systems and equipment. it's all in preparation for the next mission, which is plan to touch down on the lunar surface. sometime in 2025, rob reynolds, l g 0. that's it for me. thanks for watching al jazeera, we'll have more news coming up after inside story. in the meantime, you can always had online for all the latest headlines. it's al jazeera dot com.

ah hello, that is more wet weather to come for plots of east asia. thanks to a slow moving weather system. pushing its way east out of china and out brought flooding, rains, and very strong winds to more central and eastern areas. you can see it curling round, keeping those thunderstorms in places like hong kong. through the mid week. we are going to see things get very wet across the korean peninsula, with a wintery edge across the north, pushing into the north, east of china. and north korea isn't very heavy rain to come. the temperature drops down in solemn, we will start see it spread its way farther east into japan, where we've had an exceptional warmth of the past few days. some of that rain expected to touch into tokyo. by the time we get into the end of the week and was

moved to south asia, very settled picture for much of india and pakistan. we seen some flash flooding in the north, west rainfalls heavier here again on wednesday. that is an improving picture into thursday. was the more in the way of dry a skies certainly across the north west of india, places like new delhi remains logic here along the west coast and cloud coming in with a few showers here and there some heavier showers, affecting southern parts of india, like carola and some thunderstorms for sri lanka, but the weather moves away from bangladesh on thursday. ah, it's a $1000000000.00 money. no drink operation for coal. marsha is bigger than the company with financial institutions, regulators and governments complicit. always also. what is this? is it right? i've described that in a 4 part series. alger 0 is investigative unit because i'm.