ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. nato's expansion plans in jeopardy as turkey blocked talks on finland and sweden joining the western military alliance. and nato ambassadors failed to reach agreement. also on the program, moscow says nearly a 1000 ukrainian fighters have surrendered to russian forces in many of their fate is now unclear. and the united nations issues its latest stark warning over climate change. scientists say key indicators of global warming, new records,

and that time is running out. ah, i'm so gayle welcome to the program. turkey has blocked talks on finland and sweden joining nato. both nordic nations have now formerly submitted their membership beds . new members require unanimous agreement from all 30 current members, but turkey has said no turkish president reggie type early on, accuses fealand and sweden of harboring kurdish terrorists. another dispute is over sophisticated weaponry for turkey. the issue could actually be about us fighter jets. turkey was dropped from the f 35 advanced fighter jet development program in 2019 this was part of the us sanctions packet imposed on the country after it bought

a russian air defense system. many believe anchor is now hoping to pressure the us into selling it new f. 16 fighter jets instead. an extremely controversial topic and washington, another issue in 2019 sweden halted weapons deliveries to turkey. after it attacked kurdish people's defense units in northern syria and launched and offensive there. anamosa turkish president reject type odor. one could considered this grounds enough to block the start of nato. accession talked for sweden and finland, possibly destabilizing the alliance. and the process would, it would play into president putin's hands. it would send a signal that there is no unity within nato. the wrong signal at precisely the wrong moment. ignite of 5. since i put in new york, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin. and his turkish counterpart may have looked shop of shallow met in an attempt to find the compromise there shall

charlemagne turkeys position clear your gear as being supporting the open door policy on nato or even before this war. but with regard to this possible candidate already candidate countries, you know, we have also legitimate security concerns that they have been supporting a terrorist organizations and they're also an expert restrictions on earth defense products. every concession turkey winds from the situation will likely isolated further in nato circles, but will win president owed one political points at harm. something he will welcome as turkey heads towards presidential elections next year. the other will in his poll is in washington covering the story for us. i asked her about the meeting between the 2. ah, the turkish representative and they are, you are secretary of state other men sin lennon,

sweden signal they were thinking of making this dark decision. joining nato, the alliance expected a tough response from moscow not from one of its own. so ever since turkey raised conditions for accepting the membership, the rest of nato was actually really irritated and pretty outspoken about it. however, we hear from today's meeting between the foreign minister of turkey and biden's national security adviser blinking that both sides are on a path to find an agreement. but at this point, they don't mention this sir, this specifics, right? so what, what's in it and what's, what does turkey want out of this meeting them? right, so anchors main demands are for the nordic countries to hall support for kurdish millison or groups present on their, on the nordic, a territory. and they also, i want them to live their bands and some a sales of arms to turkey, add ons, as obviously using the current war in ukraine to raise his case as he knows or how

important it is for nato to stay united against vladimir putin plus adon is also facing an election with in his own country and his paws are really down. so he definitely wants to show strength to his own people yet. and this is not his 1st, her argument with nato allies. so clearly he's not bothered about his country being isolated within the alliance. oh, well, i wouldn't go so far, but i think it is fair to say that he is often playing kind of both sides. what do i mean with that? for example, he fights with russia and syria are on the one hand, but supports ukraine against prudence. army. so why does he do that? because he wants to be seen as kind of an indispensable mediator which allows him after all, to keep doing business with everyone. he wants to,

so do we think that is the thinking that to turkey will really stop sweden and finland from joining nato, or will it deal be done? well this find the u. s. is very confident are that they will reach a settlement. and her, there seems actually, i mean, from my understanding being here in washington and reporting about the white house, there seems no way that nato really would give out on this power. and i think it is pretty possible that we know more after biden met with the president of sweden and finland to morrow, here in washington at the white house. thank about it, as it is pole in washington, and russia says nearly a 1000 ukrainian fighters of the as of styles still worked in mario paul half now surrendered. ukrainian, or thought his hope they can be traded for russian prisoners of war. but some door makers in moscow, according for them to be put on trial and even executed. ukraine,

says talks about evacuating. the remaining fighters from the plant are continuing. there are fears that ukrainian fighter is defended the as of style plant in marty you. paul could face rough justice from moscow. russian tv show defeated troops being led away from the sprawling steel plant. russia says they'll be treated according to international norms, but there have been calls to designate the feared as of regiment, a terrorist organization, or a russian law maker. taking part in peace talks with keith said russia should consider the death penalty for the as of regiment. in a vastly missouri post that they do not deserve to live after the monstrous crimes against humanity that they have committed and are committed continuously against our prisoners. upwards of mustard bloom, ukraine officials remain hopeful their soldiers can be exchanged for russian prisoners of war. as national will come from our side, we can say that the negotiation process is ongoing and that the rescue operation

itself is also ongoing term cor, let us through where there is also been some unprecedented criticism of the war from unexpected quarters. sam aguilar and a nationalist that the main problem with our military and political position is that we are in full geo political isolation. and that however much we hate to admit that virtually the entire world is against us. let me see. and that's the situation we need to get out of threats in lab that we've got the mary, you, paul victory marx, a rare win for russia's military in his 3 month invasion of ukraine. but it could be short lived, finland and sweden have made a joint application to join nato, a further set back to moscow's ambitions to contain the expansion of the block. a quick look at some other news related to to the war and ukraine. russian soldier being tried for war crimes, as pleaded guilty. its 1st such case since the invasion prosecutor says it sends a clear message to those who commit war crimes that, that those who commit war crimes will not escape responsibility. the soldiers

lawyer says he'll challenge the indictment. international criminal court is sending forensic experts and investigators to ukraine to probe possible crimes against humanity. western allies accused russia of committing war crimes, including the murder of civilians. united states is open its amity in cave usaa state departments. as a small number of staff will return several countries including germany, france and britain reopened their embassy. over the last month after russian troops withdrew from the region. the urns launched a 5 point plan aimed at averting a global climate catastrophe. secretary general antonio terrace is warned that time is running out of temperatures rise. scientists are also sounding the alarm for key climate indicators, including greenhouse gas concentrations and rising sea levels. it new records last year, much of the world is already failing the effect it's

a heat wave that one in 6 people on earth, a currently struggling through blistering heat has scorched india and pakistan for weeks on the weekend temperature hit a record high of 49 degrees celsius in the indian capital delhi where i'm 74 years old and i've never seen new delhi go through this much heat ever in my life. we used to hear about the heat and mattress done that we used to think of it as an unfortunate event when rochester used to go through 48 degrees celsius. this year, all the records have been broken record yet. climate change has already made extremes like this hotter and more likely the heat has killed crops and hurt harvests. the farmers themselves can't catch a break either. that we my sister steer where else

exposed to more heat, to have to work with cloth wrapped over a head. and if we don't look at a headache, we cannot afford to stop working on, but they're like what i am. heat makes people less productive but staying outside for too long as many workers and even children are forced to do, can cause fatal damage to organs. temperatures will keep rising as long as people continue to burn fossil fuels. in a bid to keep whether extremes like this from wrecking communities, world leader than 2015 promised to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius the century. the average increased might not sound like a lot, but the effect it has on extreme is a matter of life and death. the reports are released today by the roy the by the world meteorological organization confirms at the past 7 years have been the

warmest on record. we talked to the organization, secretary general professor baterri atalla and asked him if the parish climate agreement had failed or was inadequate. so we have seen progress. we also saw progress at glasgow climate conference last november. and the g 7 countries, 3 countries and european union, they've been making glitzy, is to keep us on this 1.5 degrees track. but the rest of the 20 countries and see if like china, india, russia, brazil, south africa, they were not ready to make sub split, sees. and that's why we are not the heading towards $1.00 degrees. rather heading towards $2.00 at 3 degrees warming. the european commissioners lost a 300000000000 euro plan to end of the continents dependence on russian fossil fuels. main focus is on renewable energy, germany, belgium, and the netherlands as well as denmark roll pledged to produce more wind power in

the north sea. other measures include cutting electricity consumption. this is among the ways europe plans to create more home grown energy through enormous offshore wind projects in the north sea. in denmark, representatives met from the european commission and the north sea countries to discuss forging a new path forward. the big question is that we have to expend the offshore wind industry all over the north sea that we have to connect each other that we can make a common business out of it. and we understand that this is now the time for industrialization. the declaration of intent will soon be followed by concrete projects. concern for the environment is one incentive, but europe also wants to rid itself of dependence on russian oil and gas as quickly as possible. the european commissioners explained how it will work. the re power e u plans are

a mix of ideas and concrete regulatory proposals. one of the most important points, speeding up the approval process. the narrow re doke about topic deployment. a few of us that he's an elephant in that room, getting a permit might take as long as 9 years for wind, and up to 4 years for us while our projects. so this is time that they do not have in the future. the approval of such projects should be possible within a year. alongside wind power, solar energy will also be prioritized. we're proposing a solar rooftop obligation for commercial and public buildings as of 2025. and for new residential buildings as of 2029. i know this is ambitious, but it is realistic. we can do it. to finance this t e will have to spend a lot of money. more than 300000000000 euros have already been allocated to the plant to sound reminder of our top story,

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