were exterminated 6000000 jews, like microbes to be annihilated. even 77 years after the holocaust hatred towards jews is still pervasive. history. but he semitism starts july, 2nd on d. w. ah, the state of news lying for lend german chancellor or left. charles says, democratic nations have joined forces as never before to come back russian imperialism in a speech to parliament. the german chancellor said germany would not share, could security responsibilities also coming up german heavy weapons arrive in

ukraine. but is it enough to silence critics who say germany has done too little to help ukraine defend itself. plus a powerful earthquake strikes, eastern afghanistan, state media, say a 1000 are dead, and many more injures making at the countries deadliest quake and decades. and saudi arabia as crown friends mohammed bin salman visits turkey for the 1st time since the killing of saudi journalists. jamal shock. she plunged relations between the 2 countries into crisis. ah, unequal foolish welcome to the program. germany will do justice to its responsibilities. that is the message from german, chancellor or left shots, who used in a to the countries parliament to re stay germany's commitment to supporting ukraine

and other international allies in a wide ranging speech shawl said the e u and nato had joined forces like never before. to fight against russian imperialism. he said, germany knew from its history, that alliances were important. and that germany was a reliable partner. is the biggest security challenge. in europe, for decades, germany untold as the most densely populated country and the largest country, the european union was doing justice to its responsibility, taking responsibility, not for its own security alone, but also that of its allies. 2 weeks ago when i was in the baltic states and i made it clear that an attack on the baltic states would be an attack on all of us and words, little bit about i'm not. and now how did i asked d. w as chief political editor, mckayla kiff. now it was remarkable. the chancellor so heavily emphasized not as germany security, but also its responsibility towards its allies. yes,

absolutely. and germany has the stepped out. it's support so picky for those vaulted countries. in lithuania, there's a whole gay that's rotating in and out to support the eastern flank. so goldie some flank of nato. so that means hardware. that means heavy weapons. now that we've learned that indeed 7, how it says have arrived in ukraine with germany had trained ukrainian soldiers in total. it was 12, in addition, 5 from the netherlands. but the commitment he made on to the responsibility he says, spawns beyond ukraine and one's own security, but also towards the southern hemisphere. those countries who are feeling the brunt of what is fast amounting to a food crisis. and those countries in the global south, he said, if they don't see that commitment from ost, meaning the europeans meeting the why to west right now,

that would mean that they would be under the sphere of influence of russia and china. and that, that must be avoided. so this is the big kind of spawning speech we saw. of course, we all those key some it's coming off of the new summit, the g 7 summit on the nato summit of the coming days. he certainly used the stage he had to day to try and quash the idea that he's moving too slowly on helping ukraine. do you think he achieved that goal? why said he didn't convince the opposition and there's more positive signals coming out of ukraine. what helped a great deal was, of course, that there's been a change in information policy now that is a freely available list published of weapons committed equipment committed and equipment that has already arrived. and that is tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition that is surface to air missiles and there's more heavy weapons including

more houses, but also those tanks that will be sent to the check public. and the tech republic, sending soviet built ones on that is all still in the pipeline the possession seps and still lingers that germany was a bit slow to move off the mock, but then germany points at the bad situation its own on forces i and right now we hello, you've never been to some thank you so much. in his speech to the german parliament, chancellor sholtes also said ukraine had every right to defend itself, adding it is our duty to support ukraine as best we can. germany has faith international criticism for its initial reluctance to supply ukraine with weapons. and then for the time it took to deliver them that german pensa $165001.00 of the most sophisticated artillery systems in the world. almost 5 months after russia's invasion of ukraine, 7 of the self held howard says,

has finally arrived on the battlefield. germany has long been accused of dragging its heels over the delivery of legal aid to ukraine. to counter such criticism, berlin has released a lengthy list of weapons and equipment. it is handed over to keith. it includes pansy faust, infantry anti tank rocket launchers, man, portable air defense systems, or man pads that enable soldiers to down enemy aircraft. 60000000 rounds of ammunition. these deliveries proved useful in the early stages of the war when ukrainian forces ambushed russian columns often at close range. but against the math artillery deployed by russia in his dorm bus offensive, ukraine needs more heavy guns of its own. germany has been slow to react and like some of its nato allies, o. u. s. has delivered over

a 100 of these modern and hilary pieces and will soon send long range missile systems. poland has donated at least 18 self pelt. how it's us and hundreds of soviet era tanks. germany to has pledged more heavy equipment on the to do list. the gear pot self propelled antiaircraft gun effective against low flying aircraft . the mos multiple launch rockets system, able to targets up to 80 kilometers away. and the state of the art iris t anti aircraft system, able to clear the sky of enemy aircraft and missiles. but the 1st batch of gay pots and the mos launches, are only slated for delivery in july. the iris t might only arrive in ukraine in october, a long wait for a country under constant attack from the air. and about this i spoke to d, w. rebecca, readers and keith and asked her how heavy weapons finally arriving from germany

could be only a 1st step for ukraine. or finally is really the word, the key word in that sentence. i mean, that's the word that was used by the ukrainian defense ministry when the defense minister, rather when he tweeted about their delivery, he said that we're happy to finally have them as part of our arsenal. that's not to to mean or to sound like they're ungrateful, they're really, really grateful for any help. they've been calling that heavy weaponry for such time for such a long time. they desperately needed, as you would just sang in that report, to try and hold the gradual progress of russian forces to push them back. but they are increasingly frustrated at the pace at which they're coming. we know that, as you mentioned, that these is just a small portion of what germany has actually offered to ukraine. but, but the, the bigger the even heavier artillery that they've offered won't come until the end of this summer, or potentially even in the autumn. which of course, is frustrating for the ukrainian army when they're seeing as many or even more as $200.00 soldiers per day dying on the battle field. and they are seeing, however,

slowly rushing, pushing russia, pushing forward in the don bass region. and they are increasingly frustrated at their lack of ability. the fact that they just completely are gone by russia still . and they, they just want these things to come faster so that they can try and protect their land. but of course, very happy, very good news. and, and a good 1st step, at least, that covers reporting from key if there. well, a diplomatic dispute between russia and lithuania continues to escalate. the baltic state has blocked the rail transit of sanction goods through its territory to the russian exclaimed of kalynne and grad lithuania. says it's just following you guidelines, but moscow is threatening what it calls, serious consequences. mm. bound from russia to russia. this strain is bringing goods from russia's heartland to x, x clave. of colin and gret. collision grid is separated from the rest of russia by

2 countries, lithuania and belarus. quit while bela bruce is letting all russian trains transit its territory. lithuania has started blocking all trains carrying sanctioned goods . luckily, 3 new doing anything. it's our european sanctions that are started working from the 17th of june, coal metal, cement, wood building, materials, and high tech goods are among the items on the sanctions list. they account for up to 50 percent of all goods bound for colleen and grad. moscow has called the parcel transit band, a hostile blockade, and is threatening nato member lithuania. yes, english, i showed him a freight traffic between the kalynne and grad region, and the rest of russia's territory is not fully restored in the next few days. russia retains its right to take measures to defend its national interests, to slay, not only continues of russia insists that international freight transportation

agreements must be respected and is accusing lithuania of violating the human rights of its citizens and colon and grad that you has rejected moscow's criticism and isn't turn accusing the russian government of exploiting the partial trends had been for its own ets stop or god. what did they could've expected this? the russian side knew full well that sanctions will limit the transport of goods and are now using this as a weapon and in information war understood. passenger trains from russia continued to pass through lithuania without any problems. however, travellers are not allowed to get off the train, like here at the station and ven, yes, in order to get around the blockade, russia now wants to, you see roots as an alternative. in the meantime, fiercer growing that moscow could try to further escalate to stand off. in our riga bureau chief uri or a shadow filed this report and joins us now from the latvian capital yury. what is

the importance of kalynne and grad for russia? while killing right is, is the most to western outpost of russia and to therefore, very import to moscow. and he called for the russian army, it says strategic piece of land. even though moscow official doesn't, confirms the presence of nuclear weapons there. but the so any right on the other side of the border is quite sure about this. lithuanian defense minister insist that atomic bombs have always been stationed in callaghan god. however, at the beginning of may, moscow sat it had stimulated attacks with the ballistic escandone missiles equipped with nuclear warheads on its military basis near calling in grat, 100 soldiers, assets to have practice to the so called electronic start as part of an exercise, according to different defense minister, moscow. so colleen graphs, importance count, be under estimated as a high limit to light middle rise area. now russia threatened to take measures to

defend its national interests. so we just heard it in the report. what could those look like? i think most likely russia could completely block a z. e. a is irell traffic to renew sent. that could also hit the u member. say it state little any economically as for any kind of further intervention or russia has been threatening for months to punish lithuania for it's very strong anti war and entourage position. ah, just a few days ago rushes parliament the duma submitted a proposal. our proposal, which would even revoke the recognition of athenians in dependency. ah, this proposal erased as a territorial questions. for instance, if the baltic sea port of clyde paddock can really be considered a part of lithuania, of course, from the western point of view. these are the most abstruse threats, but they are on the agenda at the moment. okay. and it could russia attack lithuania, a militarily?

well, never say never is, is it motto here in the baltic countries towards russia. people here remember very well what it means to be occupied by the big neighbour, lot, viola, swain, and estonia. what parts of the soviet union for more than 4 decades and trash can always surprise you like we saw in ukraine. but i think the kremlin understands is at that the price for any military, let's say surprise, would be extremely high. and unlike ukraine, lasana is a member of the you and to part of nato. so when the russian politicians are blustering about nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles flying to belinda, warsaw in just minutes. or we should us to understand that this threat is clearly aimed at the domestic audience in russia. but once again, especially people here in both countries, are wary and control out after ukraine and next, a so called russian military special operation against the baltic countries. interesting stuff here, a shadow. thank you so much. a sound. take

a quick look at some other stories making headlines today is rarely lawmakers have voted in favor of dissolving parliament moving the country closer to its 5th parliamentary election in 3 years. the motion is the 1st step and a series of votes to disband. the government after prime minister natalie bennett, announced his aid. hardy coalition was no longer tenable. the u. s. senate has taken a step towards passing the country's 1st major gun control legislation in decades. senators voted to speed up the passage of a bipartisan bill to toughen federal gun laws. the senate is expected to vote on the measures this week. the proposals follow a number of recent mass shootings including the one in u. val de texas a commercial plane called buyer after landing at miami international airport on tuesday. authorities save the front landing gear malfunctioned upon touchdown, $126.00. people were on board the jet liner,

which was traveling from the dominican republic dear. kraft was safely evacuated, no serious injuries were reported. the death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern afghanistan continues to rise. at least 1000 people have died with hundreds more injured. rescue efforts are especially difficult in the remote mountainous region. adding to the challenge is the fact that many international agencies left afghanistan after the taliban took over. rescuers and survivors rush, the injured to waiting helicopters, getting around, and the remote mountainous regions of eastern afghanistan is challenging under normal circumstances. but after wednesday's earthquake, it is even more difficult. the powerful tremor took residents by surprise. many were at home in their beds when it hit the sea, the spin you, i spoke it up. i think it was midnight when the quake struck the mongolia, the kids and i screamed, one of our rooms was destroyed. oh,

our neighbors screamed and we saw everyone's rooms collapsed mine when both. eventually the houses in this rural region are mostly made of mud or stone, and dozens were destroyed. authorities fear, many people could be trapped beneath the rubble of the land. the disaster opposes a major test for the taliban lead government, which seized power last year. since then, many international agencies have left the country and billions of euros and development aid were cut as a result of dentist and was already facing a severe economic crisis. in light of these difficult circumstances, the taliban lead government is asking for international help. the afghan red crescent society has dispatched humanitarian aid from cobbled to the affected areas . and the united nations says it's also sending it's teams. and let's bring in some years i at rahman, she is the advocacy and communications director for the international rescue committee of ghana. stan, she joins us from cobble. welcome,

good to see you. what more do you know at this stage? well, it is an absolutely devastating situation. that we are seeing unraveling and practical host. as was mentioned in the report earlier, these are some of the most underserved an impoverished communities in the country. they're extremely remote with poor infrastructure as people do not have the economic needs to build proper housing. most in these areas live in mud homes that could not handle the massive job that they received last night. and i've mentioned the death toll is ex, has already exceeded a 1000 with scores more injured. and initial estimates are that 1800 homes have been destroyed or damaged are due to, you know, the remote nature of the areas in which the largest impact is we are expecting that this figure will rise. has your organization been given access to the region?

yes, we all have deployed mobile health teams to districts affected in a whole host province to provide emergency medical relief. we're also sending an emergency teams to provide cash support to victims affected. i'm currently the humanitarian community here international and jose are coordinating through u. n. o tra, to have a better understanding and i'm through an assessment to have a better understanding of the scale of the impact of this disaster. so that we can best utilize the resources and capacities of all the organizations that are currently present. i'm so that we can reach as many affected people in as many affected communities as possible in trying to reach those communities. what are the irises priorities in these kinds of catastrophic scenarios? well, our priority has always been women and children are 1st and foremost,

given that oftentimes women and children face the brunt of humanitarian disasters. on food, tense, medicine, cash support, whatever we can provide. we're going to look into that and expand our presence in the region. how do you think this will impact themed already very diary humanitarian situation in the country in that area specifically. ah, like you mentioned in this disaster, this roofing event comes at a time where afghanistan is in the midst of a massive economic crisis. a worsening humanitarian crisis. poverty on the rise, and a health system that is on the brink due to brain drain and a lack of funding. this is just going to exacerbate the existing problems that are on the ground in afghanistan. right now. a grim picture, your painting there somewhere aside from one of the international rescue committee . thank you so much for your time. thank you. saudi arabia's crown friends

mohammed been some on is visiting turkey for the 1st time since the killing of a saudi journalist plunged relations between the 2 countries into crisis. the crown prince has been meeting turkish president ridge of type ardon in ankara, following a trip by ardon to re on in april. both sides say they are keen to mend ties that have been strained since journal is jamal. cal shoji was killed in the saudi consulate in is symbol in 2018. i am comma is head of the middle east research team at your age, a group of political risk consultancy, and joins me now. welcome good to see you. after the group killing of kush oak g turkish president, or was one of the fiercest critics of the saudi crown prince. today, they're both sitting in ur dawn's palace over dinner. why they're rap rushman that i think they have done here is let bygones be bygones. and the strategic interests mean that there has to be some form of normalization between turkey and

saudi arabia. the part of this, the saudis wanted to get over the, the dispute normalized, they wanted a better relationship with 30, they see horizon on the defense front corporation. their turkey can be useful on the iranian front as well, in terms of containing iran and a regional activity. but also cherokee, under economic pressure when hear from saudi arabia perhaps also the u. e. in terms of just more relations tourism. the call something that could have come. what could air to one realistically expect to get from mohammed bin selman? so i think that there is really a conviction at the senior level by the crime trans that there should be a real effort here and then invitation of the conference center to president or the gone to visit saudi arabia just that that trip was successful in my view very well prepared and here i think the. busy when principal hominids visiting cherokee,

the expectation here is that they're willing to do more their mother to do more on the economics side and the trade side. however, i think the senior leadership in saudi is going to attract carefully a want confessions from turkey on issues that matter of saudi arabia. so i think it's going to be a step by step development, the search and they move towards more normalization and a better relationship. i want to bring up a reaction from jamal her. she's turkish fiance, her teacher changes. let's see if we can bring it up. she tweeted today, the political legitimacy, prince dom and earns through the visits he makes to a different country every day. doesn't change the fact that he is a murderer. mister calmer turkey isn't the only country courting and b as him on my call. and boris johnson both visited him and joe biden is planning a visit in july, and he promise to make the nation a pariah has necessity caused

a major in the west and away. so i think, you know, for, for the west, in general, i think there's a brand new to, to do in terms of dealing with saudi arabia. and really the most important here is a strategic compound. of course, there are issues that many countries have in different domains to saudi pulse. but the strategic idea is that it's very difficult to bypass rate. and saudi arabia is a very important regional our efforts to just isolate the conference. we're never going to really succeed, not by the us or anyone else. so as much as there might be a reservation across different issues. what everyone i think will do is approach the relationship with saudi arabia in a much more pragmatic way. and then understanding that they just cannot break that relationship with saudi to important no way around m b. i says i am common middle east researcher at your age group. thank you so much. thank you.

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