ah, ah ah, business day that we news live from berlin, un secretary general drive working with moscow on ukraine. antonio, who cherish, meets russia as foreign minister ahead of talks with vladimir putin at a news conference straight talk from good terrorist about the war is med head on by their de la problem. also coming up with a shift and german defense policy. as the government authorizes shipments of anti aircraft systems to ukraine, the announcement comes as defense,

representatives from foreign countries meet in germany, and try to help ukraine ukraine's military fend off the russian invasion with ukraine's spirit of defense of its homeland fear arising. vladimir potent may take a gamble with tactical nukes, small scale nuclear weapons, could offer moscow wait small victories, but we're a global conflict and a hands off approach to social media content. that is what ellen musk is promising for twitter. a tesla ceo has close of $44000000000.00 deal to take the social media platform private. he says he wants to protect free speech by quote, unleashing twitters full potential, plus turkey hands down a life sentence to human rights campaigner osmond kabbalah. after he is found guilty of trying to overthrow the government charges he says fabricated.

ah, i'm nichol fairly sh! welcome to the show. united nations secretary general antonio good terrace, says the world body is ready to mobilize and save lives in ukraine, and called for a coordinated humanitarian action in the city of mario paul. he added that an independent investigation was needed to address possible war crime. in chief was speaking in moscow following talks with russian foreign minister survey lebrun who said moscow was open to appease to end a conflict, but accused ukraine of undermining negotiations. labrons also complained that the west was bypassing the un conflict resolution procedures being she'll still have to accept the truth as it is either we should agree on having

a solution served or waiting, taken only within our own group of followers taking decisions or how the world should, should level all we should talk to each other. nobody wants warm to 3 weeks, but we always just giving arguments and her mom of yours. it is also necessary to call these 2 responsibility. you are violated. the charter of the united nations roches inversion of ukraine is a violation of its very thought of integrity and against the charge of united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better for the people of you crime, for the people of the russian federation. and those far beyond united nations as repeatedly called so she's fired to protect civilians and to facilitate the political dialogue. to reach a solution so far that has not been possible. i sent this to our correspondent

union buyer who is following a terrorist trip to moscow from the latvian capital riga. killian, what are your main takeaways from the press conference? well, i think the most important thing that was said is that both sides want to ease the suffering for the civilian population. so basically, a lover off and garish agreed to create a committee yet another committee, one could say, to help them get aid to ukraine through the help of the u. n. and the red cross and am russia. and so this is a good sign in the right direction, a good step in the right direction. but for now it's still only talk, it will have to see if for the russian government actually decides to follow through. good terrorist said he was traveling in the capacity of messenger as

please, how likely do you think is it that he'll achieve anything on the schedule? right? well, i think it really depends on how far russia will go through with this piece deal. it really depends. now on the decision of one man of flooding recruiting if he really wants to lay down the foundations for a later piece deal. and this is exactly what the terrorists wanted to achieve with this visit. just, sir, some small steps by both sides basically approaching each other and of course a piece deal is not imminent. it's, i would say months maybe years down the line. but for now, and it's a, it's a good, positive sign is a, it all depends on one man, as many things do in russia. quoterush is meeting that man, president fulton, later today. how do you expect that meeting to go? i don't expect to see any significant, significant difference now to the meeting with lover of. well,

we should remember just before the war started german chancellor, all of shots and french present in by the way, micron both went to moscow. they sat down with prudent, they had talks and then in the end of the war actually kicked off. so it's really difficult to say it really depends if what, what proteins, goals are. we should also remember russia is starting a major offensive in ukraine. so the russian government is trying to gain a military strong hold, a strong foot there, which would of course improved their negotiating position later down the line. can buy and reagan, many thanks for that update. the german government has shifted its policy on ukraine and announced it will authorize the delivery of anti aircraft systems to the country that comes as the united states host a meeting of military leaders at its air base and ramstein, germany. today, us defense secretary lloyd austin,

called the gathering of ministers and military leaders from some 40 countries, many of them outside of nato. the goal is to increase the flow of weaponry to ukraine. beyond the weapon shipments for land has also authorized the training of ukrainian soldiers on german soil in conjunction with the american military. now let's hear some of what the us defense chief as said at the start meeting. i agree with a work order. as you know, i came here after traveling with my friends secretary, when we all attended and productive discussion with president zalinski about work from i believe that your brain and your brain changing requirements for the law is out.

i only work with ferguson and urgency going over the whole here from like the whole group today to leave a common and transparent understanding of your brain for me because we're working with me. earlier i spoke to our correspondent benjamin alvarez, who was outside the ramstein air base, and i asked him about germany's move to authorize further weapon deliveries to ukraine. and now finally, german, the german government is taking this concrete steps of actually saying will will supply this have a weapon. so this site, when did this new era that the german chancellor announced? it's finally all to showing. i mean, it's a huge parenting shift. of course, germany sending heavy weapons for ukraine for the u. s. and for the allies that are

here in ramstein today. and this abbeys in this meeting to talk about how they can continue supporting ukraine. it was long overdue that germany is finally sending these anti aircraft to, since that are no longer in use that the bonus there is no longer needed. but of course, it is a shift that we're seeing and that the defense a min 6, the siena. lambert also said earlier today where she said that ukrainian is soldiers will also be trained on a german sol. so you can say that the chancellor, all of charles, and also his party, the social democrats, are giving in to the pressure not only by the position by the conservatives parties, but also by the greens by foreign minister. and alina babcock, who said that you should also sent these heavy weapons and something that also what happened. the economy minister and vice chancellor house is supported. so now we have the german government saying that ill was sent this heavy weapons to fight this war. that according to the secretary of defense,

a war that ukraine will when he also said that. and so does everyone here. that is, this high level is this high level delegations of many countries, not only nato countries that are gathering today here at this military base in southwestern, germany, to talk about their assistance for ukraine now. but also for the long term assistance. what will happen? what are the challenges after this war? do you think, benjamin, that we can expect other major announcements like the one from germany to come out of this, this meeting today? what are, what are the, the defense minister is an expert gather they're hoping to achieve? well they want to have is a common strategy and a long term that's important. while they saying they say ukraine will win this war that we will have to see what will happen afterwards. and that's why it's so important to stress once again that this is not a meeting that is happening under this nato umbrella. even though,

as secretary general again shall come back, is here in germany here as well. so the can find this common approach when it comes to dealing with the war in ukraine to talk about the security with this huge paradigm shift. and that's also something that the secretary of defense said that putting was not expecting that the world would, russian would support a ukraine so quickly after the russian invasion. so with a might be are the major developments or will be a press conference later on. there will be a statement and also press conference by the nato secretary general is stalking berg. so then we'll see if there any other new announcement that m would make happy . the ukraine of fish that happened demanding and have been asking for more support for heavy weapons for several weeks now. to deli, a reporter benjamin over us and ramstein. thank you so much. well, in ukraine itself, volunteers are working to evacuate thousands of civilians in the east living with daily and nightly russian artillery shelling. they're hiding out in basements and

shelters. many without electricity, gas, or water. with this man as being evacuated from his home and ha keys, but were trapped in his fled. it is a miracle he survived no new in noise. they've been bombarding us all day and all night. now sheila blew up in the beginning. it was a quieter light, sparkling the bombing only happen during the day or will overthrow later they begun bombing at night to will not pull grove boulevard, missouri hit here in the yard. but if you look who would war har, keith has endured a barrier of russian attacks. cons than shelling has reduced much of the city to ashes. now, some 50 residents have been evacuated from brun frontline neighbourhood. they have been taken to shelters where they hoped to be safe

about 400 kilometer south safety is still a distant dream. russian forces continued to pummel the as of stell steel factory. the last pocket of resistance and mario pole. the port city has been under siege for weeks now. most of it has been wiped out by russian bombardment. the dire fate of mario pole has been a warning to other ukrainian cities to protect them, ukraine's president bloody moves. the lensky has asked allies for more support few, every one in the world, even those who openly did not support us here, now agrees that the fight in europe, the fate of global security and the fate of the democratic wisdom is being decided in ukraine. and it seems like his calls for greater diplomatic efforts are being heard with dozens of nations willing to support ukraine in

a war that it's simply cannot win on its own. and here's a look at a couple of other developments related to the situation and ukraine. while no vice president has called a national security council meeting after blasts choke down to radio towers in the break away trans mystery. our region. a communication facilities in the territory along the border with ukraine were being used to broadcast russian radio stations. moscow has troops stationed in the separatist region and ukrainians are marking the 36 anniversary of the turn noble nuclear disaster. and the northern town of sla routine or workers of the defunct plant lived residents have been paying tribute to the victims. dozens died and thousands more were poisoned on the 26th of april and $986.00 when an accident at the power plant caused radioactive fallout. now i mentioned earlier that military leaders are meeting in germany today

to focus on frustrating russia's invasion of ukraine. fluttering potent has put his strategic nuclear arsenault on high alert, warning to the west, not to interfere on monday russian foreign minister, sir gala. ralph said the danger of a nuclear confrontation is serious and should not be underestimated. analysts believe the risk as an all out nuclear war is low when there are concerns brewton might be tempted to use so called tactical nuclear weapons, and ukraine. ah, russia testifies a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a strategic weapon, capable of destroying a city on the other side of a planet. president putin flexing his nuclear muscles as his war in ukraine flounders, district. and when you go into this unique weapon, it will enhance the military potential of our armed forces that you will provide

security from external threats. and make those lose aggressive rhetoric to threaten our country who are go think twice ugly soon the breed. but they would have written us history to west sees this as the more realistic threat this launcher can fire, tactical nukes, short range missiles with smaller payloads, less destructive, designed to take out airfields ships and columns of tanks. the fairies about putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon, if it proves impossible for him to win. and ukraine with conventional means that a lot of mere putin decides to use such a weapon. and we hope that he does not know that there will be severe consequences and there is no doubt that it will change the world in significant ways. should that happen? back in the cold war?

the western response to a strategic nuclear strike in its cities was clear and simple. a globe confirm a nuclear exchange but what about a small scale tactical attack on the battlefield? ukraine? would the west responding kind and risk and all out to nuclear war with russia? it's the question western leaders are still grappling with us, but conventional war and ukraine continues a lot to unpack hair and i want to talk about it with elena saga. she is the executive director of the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation. welcome to d, w. that since the u. s. dropped to nuclear bombs on japan in 1945, no country has used nuclear weapons and a war, how close do you think is russia to breaking that tempo? i totally agree with some of the existing expense assessments that at the moment

the risk of nuclear views is, well, no, it's not. it's probably has been elevated about that since the beginning of that conflict in ukraine. we also need to keep in mind that even the threats that mailed and not that way or perhaps by the beginning of their or any crane has been about deterring the us and made them from being engaged in the conflict in the ukraine. here, engaging military and then direct engagement on the car. so when people speak about using nuclear, tactical nuclear weapons, 1st of all, i really don't like the way now capital in loosely discussing the use of a town, whether it's tactical or non tactical,

you need to remember that even the lessons that were used in hiroshima and nagasaki, they were really devastating. and when, when we say tactical nuclear weapons are non strategic, no ma'am, for the use in the battle thing and see if you're of military conflict and they can be pretty powerful, much more powerful than they what was used in my parking. but the consequences of this fuse would be devastating if what i see now really coordinated and support for ukraine. and again, the russians operations, the use of nuclear weapons made a state that they would lead russia to giving the

order to, to use nuclear weapons and effectively become a state even more so than they are at this point. well, if you look at the russian military, don't a new one, existing areas that many are worried about russia using tactical nuclear weapons potential in a conventional war scenario. but they don't turn it sa says that russia will resort to it. only russia is losing, in a conventional or, and when the threat to the russian state who that saw having said that, we are still are experts and others around the world, i'm guessing what, who's in will define regardless of what is in the official documents and doctors so

that's the danger we, we mostly see at the moment. the other thing that, for me is certainly in the situation to what is a townhome for direct, conventional kinetic kind of engagement between the u. s. navy and russia. and here anything could happen because of the miscalculation missed information, missed reading, all the other sites. intention will be up reading in the fall or, and that makes this situation dentures. how do you think the international community, what respond to russia, resorting to nuclear weapons? i think that could be very few countries that are currently supporting who are at least not actively speaking against russians. absence in ukraine will certainly reconsider and breaking it to that. what is holding from the end of

the 2nd world war from commercial matters? second would be unimaginable and would be complete isolation. and what keep that unprecedented. i don't think that i think that the clear has to prevail and national has, but they're not much rational about the start of this a brain to start with elena psycho by she's the executive director of the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation. thank you. so much for your time. you're welcome. ellen musk as promising a more lenient touch chim policing content on twitter after the social media company accepted his $44000000000.00 takeover bid. musk is best known as the ceo of tesla electric cars, but describes himself as a free speech fundamentalist. he has pledged a largely hands off approach to controlling content on twitter and

a time of growing concern about the role social media plays in spreading this information. last month, deal and most was clearly in a celebratory mood. as he opened a car factory near berlin, near the world's richest mind is no doubt celebrating again. after reaching a $44000000000.00 agreement to bite twitter and take it private. while it's far from the largest or most profitable social media platform, twitter is highly influential. company management initially tried to fend off mosques take over, but shareholders warmed to the deal after a secured funding. the tesla c, e o. scene here and file footage says he wants to use the platform to uphold free speech and reached out to opponents with a tweet, saying, i hope that even my worst critics remain on twitter. because this is what free speech means. mosque stance on freedom of expression has led some to speculate that

he might offer a way back to the service for former president donald trump, who was kicked off the platform and 2021. following the riots at the u. s. capital with the house. republicans official twitter account going as far as urging mosque to quote free trump. on monday the white house declined to comment on trump's potential return, but press secretary jen sock. he told reporters, president biden was concerned about social media's power. that this new agreement might, well, i'm not going to comment on a specific transaction. i what i can tell you as a general matter, no matter who owns or runs at twitter, the president has long been concerned about the power of large social media platforms. what they have that power they have over our everyday lives has long argued that tech platforms must be held accountable for the harms they caused. but for those worried about trump, re emerging on twitter, there was also some good news on monday. trump himself told fox news that he would not return to twitter, saying he would be sticking with his own new platform instead. and in turkey,

a court has sentence human rights campaigner osman comalla to life in prison. he was found guilty of attempting to overthrow the governments. kabbalah had been in detention since 2017 and he says the charges against him had been fabricated. the ruling by the istanbul caught true loud protests from supporters of horsemen corolla. ah, they vowed that the resistance against the turkish government would continue cavellas long imprisonment without trial had earlier prompted the council of europe to launch infringement proceedings against turkey. many had hoped that would help his case opposition. lawmakers slammed the ruling that the government is without shame, there just thugs, like the mafia. how can we take them seriously as judges and prosecutors without cabala was convicted of organizing protests in 2013, against the building of

a shopping center in eastern bulls, gacy park. the prosecution claimed he was aiming to talk will add ons, government charges. he denies the european court of human rights call the case politically motivated. activists expressed shock at the ruling is far worse than anything any one expected. i think. and i mean, it feels like a kind of a huge act of defiance. coming from the palace. the court also convicted 18 other people on trial with cabala. they were each sentence to 18 years in prison. all of the defendants have pledged to appeal the verdict. are wanting to know when is coming up next and did away a news asia phasing residents fear a shanghai style lockdown as covert 19 case as rise in the chinese capital. and we look at why china is officially pushing traditional chinese medicine as

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