ah, ah ah, this is date of the news live from berlin. russian bombs continued to fall on the ukrainian city of matter. you, paul, president, below them is lansky says there is nothing left of one of his country's largest cities and calls for direct talks with vladimir. also coming up, finn and florida with russia is 1300 kilometers long. the invasion of ukraine has many fins wandering. what are the lines moscow is willing to cross phantasm officially re opens its 1st european factory in on mosque says the new giga factory

located outside berlin will employ 12000 people. ah, i'm rebecca richard's. welcome to the program. after nearly a month of war in ukraine, russian forces are still struggling to take case cities, ukrainian forces say they've pushed back russian troops from a key suburb of cave. further slowing rushes assault on the capital. meanwhile, authorities in the strategic port city of mary, you, paul say, fighting is raging on the straits and made russian bombardment. he plans president says nothing is left of the city where tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped. mm. yet more bombs fall under besieged, city of morrow, you pull civilians. lucky enough to escaped, say conditions and the city spirit with them you did you hear those evil of mario

paul aren't being held spring. it was that a lead of help. can you believe that people don't have water to drink water? that's not even fit for industrial purposes, but yet there's no one you can ask for help. yoga, but a keith and other major cities have also been hit with russia ramping up its bombardment as it struggles to advance on the ground open. she's in a televised address to the nation president followed him, his lensky said negotiations with moscow. where on going softer? what are those remembrance you ought to not? we continued to encourage russia to move towards peace or to end this brutal war hill. ukrainian representatives are participating and talks that are taking place virtually every day. but it was very difficult or sometimes confrontational should to step by step. we are moving forward just some scandal and i'll let corrosion

broken. he them off, but it russia seeking to gain leverage with its relentless pounding of civilian targets. the landscape says keith is prepared to discuss the status of crimea and the separate has done less region after cease fire. adding that in the agreement would have to be approved by the ukrainian people. but any concessions to russia will be a hot sell to number to public. it know be was done with this. what was old when it will have relatives who live over there, but there it stops. so the russians will never be our brothers again, continue with it. brought in on the war is causing security concerns in finland. the country shares a 1300 kilometer border with russia. and while relations with moscow has been amicable in race decades, the invasion of ukraine is causing many fins to reconsider their neutrality and support. joining knighthood. date every correspond. terry schultz centers this report. the kremlin has crossed many lines in past weeks. fins are increasingly

concerned about this one there. 1300 kilometer border with russia at the volley. my checkpoint. vigilance is the norm. the captain, you see beckle us as a part from a small number of people seeking refuge in finland. there's been no other impact from the war yet. of course, we are prepared and we are preparing also for many kind of situation. shins have always lived with some degree of uncertainty, sharing this long border with russia. but president vladimir putin's unprovoked attack on his sovereign neighbor has forced them to reassess. how far do the kremlin territorial ambitions go? where do they stop finland's delicate geo strategic balance? a civil relationship with moscow plus a well equipped, highly trained military has been shaken suddenly and for the 1st time, a majority of thins, believe they need nato. the turn about is

a reaction to russia's aggression, says, defense minister aunty guy couldn't be able, have thought that we would live in a peacetime into into twenties. but now we have directed i wore in the middle of europe. mitchell far from finland. russia's assault has re ignited painful memories of the soviet invasion of finland in world war 2, just like its attack on ukraine. back then, moscow said it was responding to provocation. finns maintained their independence at huge cost. fighting alone, the experience led the country to become self reliant for its national security. with each adult trained to play a specific role in any emergency from natural disasters to weather events to war. themes are not as scared as such, but they are aware, reservist training and public self defense courses have seen a huge jumping enrollment bus 2 weeks. 250 new member has we haven't seen

anything like that before. people want to survive an always stunted time to learn. things are moving fast. next month, the finish government will update its national security assessment and is widely expected to take a stance on nato membership. the kremlin has warned helsinki that joining the alliance would bring serious consequences. hybrid threat expert, hannah smith says there are already signs of russian attempts to stir up conflict with. we have seen, for example, that there is now both in sweden and finland. a twitter from a embassy has come to ask any russian citizens to report to the embassies any wrong doing against them. given this environment, henry vaughan in a parliamentary advisor says nieto is a necessity. if we don't join in, we have to find the reasoning. why sort of what is the back for, for our security in the future as well? are, are close international defense. cobra should be enough, do you be enough?

we don't low. but knowing their own history and seeing ukraine's bleak future, most fins are now no longer willing to risk their own. outside nato. their report from our brussels correspondent terry schultz. earlier we spoke to terry and asked where the rushes threat of consequences if finland were to join nato is having any impact on decision making in helsinki. that threat has even been repeated just in the past few days. and especially now that both finland and sweden are in boy invited to nato to all ukraine meetings. that's certainly something that isn't sitting well in the kremlin. and this used to be the main reason that finland wasn't joining. it used to say that, you know, it could be provocative to join the alliance, and that may not be the best thing for its security. now that, that russia invaded ukraine, a peaceful neighbor, everything's changed. and i think finland has seen that staying out of nato is no guarantee that you won't be attacked. so that is really why we've seen this very,

very dramatic change in finished public opinion and out her look at some other developments in the conflict. russian investigators have launched a criminal case against journalist alexander navarro of after he accused the army of deliberately shelling a maternity hospital in the ukrainian city of matthew paul navarro. of is the 1st prominent journalist who fall foul of new legislation banning criticism of russia's war in ukraine. it would be the russian winner of the 2021 nobel peace prize says he'll auction off the prestigious medal and donate the proceeds to help you. cranium refugees. dmitri marie towel was the co winner of the prize for his work as editor of nevada gazette, m. one of russia's last independent newspapers to yachts owned by the russian oligarchy, roman abram of it. have docked in turkey. an attempt to avoid european sanctions on russia's super rich, a group of ukrainian demonstrate as tried to prevent one of the vessels from

morning in the turkish port of budrum. turkey has criticized russia's invasion of ukraine, thought reject, reject sanctions. jailed russian opposition leader. alexa, in a valley has been sentenced to 9 more years in prison after a court found him guilty on charges of large scale fraud. the valley was already serving a 2 and a half years sentence for alleged parole. violations is being a vocal critic of president vladimir putin for a man facing 9 years under maximum security navarro. and he seemed unfazed by the loading, and he tweeted soon after about the russian president in 2015 after hearing my 1st verdict, i wrote this, and now i will repeat it. don't be idle dis stoled, sitting on an oil pipe will not overthrow itself. i hug and love every one. navarro was already solving a 2 and a half years sentence in a prison on the outskirts of moscow. his steam worries that his transfer to

a tight or facility will put his life in danger. robberies will be for almost co and the lawyers would have difficulties on entering school and he is a we will own have an access to lexi, i and i in general. you didn't only wish oh, she's freedom. there were some of his life novelties. life was already under threat in 2020, the kremlin critic felt severely ill on a flight in siberia. he was transferred to a hospital in germany where doctors found traces of a soviet era, nov agent. novi chalk the kremlin, denied any involvement in the poisoning, but russian authorities arrested in a volley as soon as you return to moscow. under the charge of while eating federal volley has long been critical of putin. in 2016, he announced that he would run as a presidential candidate against him in the next election. more recently,

he has criticized putin's war on ukraine. there while there was a powerful voice of people, he spoke about corruption and showed trash and said, the alternative is the same as to be my husband who was sentenced to 18 years in jail from when you are russians. and for bill recess, of course, he's a true a, he is a true freedom fighter m. i has a look at some of the stories. we're following. this. our a man wielding a knife has killed for people and seriously wounded to others in the southern israeli town of basheba decided was shot and killed by unidentified bystanders is reading media identified the attacker as a 34 year old arab man from the nearby veteran town of huda, whole people have died in a boating accident off the coast of new zealand. 5 other passengers were rescued from the wreckage. the chanted fishing vessels sunk in stormy weather on sunday

night. survivors clung to the wreckage for hours before they were found. dive is searching for one missing person. kessler that c e o. ellen mosque has overseen the hands over the 1st electric cars built at the company's new factory near berlin. a millionaire businessman traveled to officially opened the huge production facility just outside the german capital, costing of a 5000000000 euros to build. the plant is the biggest investment in germany's car industry in recent history. and tesla's 1st european hub, a car every 50 seconds. us electric car maker tesla wants to supply europe with its vehicles at record speed, proud owners at the wheel and they got their cars straight from company founder, elan mosque, who was having a good time of the factory launch party chatting with customers and showing pesky drawn cameras away, re tesla will make sure that this is a,

a, a gem, i, you know, it gemstone for the area for germany, for europe, and for the world. this is teslas, 3rd largest factory. 20 football fields could fit in the production area. it was built in just 2 years despite bureaucracy and protests by environmentalists concerned about the high water consumption. german chancellor olive sholtes attended the opening for him. this bodes well for germany as a place for doing business. these anti don. i naga lawyer, the decision to build a brand new factory in this country is the right decision and a sign of progress and the industries future. so gone for the industry. the new factory means tesla can save on shipping costs for vehicles. and e, you import tariffs. the german state of brandenburg gets one of its biggest employers. $12000.00 workers will produce half a 1000000 vehicles a year. other companies have come to brandenburg since tesla announced its factory

site. canadian firm rock tech is building, europe's largest lithium plant. nearby is scheduled for completion in 2 years. chemical giant b a. s f is building a catalog factory for electric cars. now this talk here of a new high tech car making hub dubbed auto valley and muddled on california silicon valley. and i was small and of sports just before we leave a strain is ash aussie, the world's top ranked female tennis player has unexpectedly retired from the game . at the age of 2540 announced her decision just weeks after becoming the 1st australian to win the estrogen open in 44 years. she's also won the french open, open, and wimbledon, and has been the world number one women's tennis player for the past 2 years. ah, a gun that she needs update is our state you. now

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