over $3000.00 and on more ah ah, this is either be news live from berlin, defying putin's warning, finland developed as it will apply to join nato. philip, president says his country is entering a new era a day after russia's president called the idea. a mistake of coming up ukraine says its 2nd largest city is secure once again. ukrainian soldiers clear villages on the outskirts of car give off the russian troops withdrawal.

ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program, phil and has officially declare that it will apply for nato membership finished present solely in esto and prime minister at southern mara may be announcement in a joint press conference in finland, filane shares on long border with russia. the finish parliament is expected to endorse the decision in the coming days. sweden's, governing social democratic also expressed support for joining. well, nato secretary general, yes. so from bug welcome to philippines, statements during a meeting of nato foreign ministers in that berlin. he also expressed hope that ukraine could win the war against russia. if they decided to fly. this would be a historic moment. their membership,

nato would increase our shared security. demonstrate love naples door is open up aggression does not pay. the deputies bureau, chief, alexandra von nomine, spoke to nato, deputy secretary general merchant joanna and began by asking about the turkeys concerns of a finland and sweden joining nato. one member of nato. namely, turkey has signaled that they have misgivings about sweden and finland joining the alliance. could sir turkish veto, put the accession in jeopardy. we were yesterday meeting with a for mr. turkey. any the presence of the to foreign ministers of, of finland in sweden. and he was a very frank and i was a constructive discussion. tricky is unimportant ally and any ally when they have concerns, they have to put it on the table. it was the case yesterday and then constructively

tried to find a way forward. so as i mentioned, i think this 1st, the former meeting of foreign ministers of nato, here in berlin was a success. i want to thank minister, their book and german allies for, for such a success. and i also thing that the discussion yesterday helped in this dialogue, which we hope will be constructive. and i'm confident that this will lead to consensus and to an expedited membership of both countries. if they decide to apply russia has already vowed to retaliate or they have suspended deliveries of electricity to finland. what else do we have to expect from the russians? ethically general has, as mentioned, the press conference. here, it is clear that the period between the moment of eventual application by the 2 countries of the moment of ratification by 30 national parliaments is really a period that we have to make sure that as short of article 5 until full membership

will find a very credible and practical way to, to make sure that these 2 countries applicant countries eventually will la, la, la transit this period in very good conditions. we have no indication could be more specific about they have no indications of russia's military intentions. i also believe that the call between the presidency and then present russia announcing this i think that also with swedish friends and partners will do the same. of course, can we can we are prepared for contingencies? no, there are many things that we do together. some of them explicit, some others less explicit, but i'm again confident that we'll have a time table that will bring these 2 countries into our ranks in good conditions and then together to work for the future of our lives. and of course,

nothing of that would be happening without russia's war on ukraine. and you said earlier that this war lost momentum. so what is your assessment of the situation on the ground is clear that the original plan, politically me 3 by russia, is lagging behind. they lost the battle, forgive, and now they struggle in the don't boss and in southern southern ukraine. and we see also in some portions counter offensive by ukraine. we continue to the support as nato allies and partners. the ramstein process will continue. and the bravery of the you can an army that we have been training for years since 2014, since the legal annexation of crimea. and the support from, from many allies for their capabilities will ensure that ukraine can win.

of course this, this work and reagan, her and the indian. we have to make sure that in the end there will be a political solution. or ukraine says, the front lines, the east of the country are shifting. russia has made some gains in the don bass region that ukraine says it's waging a counter offensive on the russian health that you have is you. give says russian forces retreated from ukraine. second city car cave to show up if the fences of easier ukrainian forces have been clearing the liberated villages. here car cave and residence there have started focusing on rebuilding their life. did of these material bullying is in kids and i asked him if clark, if is now considered a complete victory for ukrainian forces, what we're hearing is that the russians have almost driven the ukrainians have almost driven the russian troops out of the area just there's just a very small trip along the border where the russians,

the troops to law. and we also hearing from observers, although this needs to be confirmed that to the russians have started to orderly retreat from the area. that would be the same scenario as we have seen. and key if, once the ukrainian army gets the upper hand, the russians quickly get out of the area and maybe the troops will be sent elsewhere. the main battle to come is now in the area on bus. and on the side of all of this rushes blockade of ukrainian ports. and the black sea is affecting millions of people inside and outside of the country. what are the here authorities planning to do about this? just to give you an idea, an estimate is that ukraine feeds for 100000000 people worldwide. so this is very significant for, for many countries, there are uh, plans to ship the grain out by or by road, by rail, et cetera. but there are many problems because there are no road network. no, a rail network can ship out the same quantity as the ports can. moreover,

some of the tracks that lead to wanted to ports that would be available for this. they lead through bellows and bellows is, of course, on the russian side. so many questions here. it will not be able to compensate what they're shipping now. or german chancellor, olaf schultz faces a major test in north line vis failure polls which have just close after regional elections. and the selection in germany is the most populous state it seen as a challenge for the government, amid its handling of the war in ukraine, said premier hendrick routes. christian democrats are leading the poles with 35 percent of the vote against $27.00 and a half percent of the social democrats. the greens are at 18 percent and the free liberals of the f t. p fair. i 5 percent the far right f d fairs. at 6 percent. well let's get more on this with my colleague benjamin over

his group or who is following the story for us. so ben, what do you make of these current estimates that we've just seen? it clearly shows that there is criticism with the social democrats party with the way that all of shoulds is dealing with the current situation. and that's how many see the selection. this is a very significant election. you just said it at the most popular stage here in germany. this is the biggest german election this year, many compared to the general election, and with more than 13000000 eligible voters in this state. of course, it has, per se f effects on other political, a, decisions in a clear sign it towards berlin. and in this case that the majority of voters want to have at the state premier of the conservative party still here in the state parliament. and do we have any idea of the possible governing coalition looking forward? now the dialogue of course will

a star. the ball is within this see to you within the conservative party, they could go either it have a coalition with the greens a you just gave the numbers there, the could be the conservative party and the greens. it could also be the conservative party with the pro business f d p party. and the 3rd option could be the see to you the pro business f d p party. and also it with the greens were standing right next to the place. we're that far right a if the party is meeting the was a lot of cheering because they made it again into their site parliament. something that the left party cannot say this time because according to the pull to the numbers that were half the half 2 percent, and therefore under meeting the 5 per cent threshold to make it into the state parliament this time and japan elfaire screw passed. he tossed that thank you so much. and the blender sega wrapped up at season on saturday by and were already confirmed champions, which meant most of the action on the last day came near the bottom of the table,

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scoring, and the hat to funds looked tense despite their team being in the driving seat. but they soon got good news. a terrible arab i. stuttgart keeper, fully a miller alone. antony my desk to equalize for cologne, yet back endorsement. trouble was brewing for her to coach felix. my god. he didn't like this v. r penalty award. which manchester city bone killing helen, julie dispatched then 17 year old substitute you see from mccorkle latched onto a beautiful through bowl from jude bellingham, and made it to one for the hosts with his 1st touch agony for the travelling berliners. yet with the score in stuttgart, still level, their team was safe as the clock ticked past 90 minutes. and then the news from stuttgart filtered through there the hosts when

a late corner and even keeper flew in miller was up looking to rectify his mistake . he didn't reach the ball, but what to do and or did and the stadium went bananas. ah, it was a goal made in japan as endo met completely to rookie to his flicker, to send to god to safety over endorsement. there was dismay in the stands and on the pitch before the recriminations began but the day belonged to sure got his funds went to be restrained as they ran to hill their heroes. we have secured them, brenda's league football for another year, and ukraine's collision orchestra have won the eurovision song contest. ah, the group was a favorite going into the final with this song, stephanie

a which then traditional folk music with hip hop. the band was in 4th place after the jury voted by fled to victory, thanks to support from fans across europe. well, here's a reminder of our top story. finland has it else that it will apply for may tote membership. the finish president says his country is now entering a new era. the announcement comes a day after russian president vladimir putin. course the idea, a mistake. don't forget, you can always get d w news on the go. just download our app from google play all the out store, and that will give you access to all the latest news analysis and video from around the world, as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and if you're part of a nice story, you can always use a d w app to send us photos and videos from what's of what's going on about you.

that's it for this is our coming up. next is reporter, looking into the divisions between the russian speakers in germany triggered by the war in ukraine. armina mohammed, thanks very much for watching. i'll see you soon. take care about what do you, what you get for 50 such are fixes them? oh no. we with thinking of bills more than one person did, you know it cost $0.50 to feed one hungry child for one full day it

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