[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, russia's president says, he'll respond to nato expansion. vladimir putin says he's not troubled by finland and sweden joining the military alliance, but vows to match their might. nato has named russia as its main threat, also coming up 3 foreigners captured while fighting with you, praying or awaiting a death sentence issued by russian backed separatists dw,

meets the friends and family trying to rally support for their course. and the son of a dictator takes office in the philippines. ferdinand marcus junior is sworn in as president after winning a landslide election at his inauguration. he praises his disgraced father for getting things done. plus the maximum possible sentence over the 2015 paris terror attacks the sold surviving perpetrator is jailed for life without parole. ah, i am pablo foliage. welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin has issued a warning to nato after finland and sweden were invited to join the western military alliance. speaking in turkmenistan, putin said nato expansion would create

a new tension and pledge to match any military build up on rush is borders. he lashed out against what he called nato's imperial ambitions. well, not real. but we do not have the same problems with sweden and finland that unfortunately we do with ukraine over whose portal we have no territorial issues or disputes. we have nothing to worry about in terms of finland and sweden joining nato from the news if that's what they want. that's up to them. but they need to understand that there was no threat to them before nibbling who girls? now, if military contingents and infrastructure are deployed there, russia will have no choice, but to respond in kind. well, nato leaders are meeting in madrid where they announced a new strategic plan which names russia as their most significant threat instead of a partner. and for the 1st time, the align said china was becoming a challenge. nato's add to nato's security. it's the dawn of in your ear of the

nato. it's chief un stoughton beg, unveiled the military alliance is new strategic concept for a rapidly changing world. you are very gracious, we face a radical change or to our security environments on so to dig competition is rising around the world. so today's leaders have endorsed naples, new strategic concepts. it makes clear about russia's, russia pulses the most significant and bite threat to our security. in the current, consult with faith about the russia. as strategic partner sped on by the invasion of ukraine, nato has agreed to welcome sweden and finland into the fold. after overcoming techies objections, russia has called the nave d stabilizing, but the new strategy also identifies china,

and it's increasingly aggressive behavior as a challenge. it was another departure from the previous. now, 12 year old strategy, where the emerging superpower didn't even get a mention. so i know it's so substantially building up its military forces including nuclear weapons, bullying, its neighbors threatening highball, investing heavily in critical infrastructure including in allied countries. monitoring, i'm controlling it some own citizens through advanced technology and spreading russian lawyers and this information shine was not our adversary, but we must be clear ard about the serious challenges it represents. while nature looks more unified than ever, the wrists in the world order faces seem to be getting wider. while detailed here is brussels,

bureau chief alexandra phenomena is in the dread forest covering that so much. and i asked her how russian president vladimir putin's response has been received. well, nato officials that we've been speaking with her, are not very concerned in the moment. there are saying that russia does not have her, the capabilities and the world to launch any military action against natal territory or for that matter against finland. and sweden, debt is at least for the moment, but of course they are watching very closely or what kind of threats are coming out of the kremlin and what they expect her to possibly happen with regard to finland and sweden is that they could be, or a space for violations, they could be cyber attacks, or dis, information campaigns launched by the kremlin,

but that is actually what is expected right now. as a reaction, no, alexander, the u. s. has promised to increase the number of its troops stationed in europe. how many would that be, and where would they be sent? you as president joe biden promised yesterday that you as so was going to boost its military presence in europe. he said that net noun, nato is more needed than ever. and he announced that the you, as will be sending a rotating for gauge to romania, for instance, including or consisting of $3000.00 fighters and 2000 and additional personnel. he also said that you as is going to deploy to naval destroyers tooth pain to fighting a jad seth quit runs to the u. k. additional unit for the baltic states and to germany and are going to establish and you had quarters off at the 5th army corps in poland,

which is also very significant. so you just need to remember that not the while ago for my president, donald trump was about to read, to significantly reduce the number of the you as a troops in europe to understand how the situation has changed. and the reason for that was of course, or is of course, rather the war in ukraine. alexandra brief, if you could know nato appears to be unified, but are there any cracks in the organization that russia could exploit? well, the goal is to appear unified here. and so far, nato has been successful, especially after turkey has lifted it's veto against her as sweden and finland membership. but no one can rule out that they could to make more trouble or during this process. but sir, as so far, we have to say a quite unified nato here, especially when it comes to the support for ukraine. thanks. alexandra did abuse

alexandra phenomena in madrid. ukraine and russia have carried out their biggest prisoner swap since the war began. in february, $144.00 ukrainian soldiers were freed, including $95.00 from the as of regiment at that defended matter. you pull steel factory, the head of the self proclaimed, done. you ask peoples republic, which is backed by russia, said it had secured the release of the same number, including soldiers from the russian army. let us bring a n d w correspondent to manual shaft, who is in the ukrainian port city of odessa manual. good to see you. how significant is this prisoner swap? well, pablo is freely or significant because you mentioned it. it is their biggest are prisoners exchanged to date a 144 prisoners of war. from both sides were exchanged, were returned to their respective our authorities and on the ukrainian side,

a very significant 95 percent of those were fighters are from the us of stars, tier plans and around half of those were fighters from the us of battalion that was or, you know, with a parent, i mean to eat a group which, which was attached to the ukraine an army a few years. 6 back and they are considered. a by russia to, to be a new and as a function of the ukraine, an army and d. c, as a pretext used by russia to, or we're want to try a dose of prisoners or for so the fact that they are brought back to ukraine, where, you know, they are, they have this stages of heroes are here among the population. this is very significant. unfortunately, a state of the prisoners are all 4 that are being returned a to ukraine. it has been confirmed by the ukraine and also it is, is pretty or barbed. most of them are injured 7,

the injured was burned with fractures or so, so they did not coming back in a good shape or hearing ukraine. emanuel, you talked with the friends and family of one prisoner from morocco who is being held by the russians for fighting with ukrainians in matter. you pull. tell us more about his case. while the case of brain far doing these are quite interesting because along with 2 britons, and he's one of the 1st or 4 in fighters to be tried by a don. it's called a prostate parent, is court, which is not recognized internationally. i could talk to his friends and family perhaps let's have a look to hear story. brain sour dune left for the front lines with his childhood teddy bears trapped to his military kid for he came to ukraine from morocco to study error, spatial sciences. but last november swapped his student visa for a military one and joined the army,

much to the surprise of his friends who i was against that. and one of the main arguments he gave me was the fact that he's kind of feeling useless. so he wants to do something useful and find himself, but he didn't serve long. he 40 more, you pull and surrender to russian forces, along with over a 1000 federal service. men meet april, but a separatist, so he didn't treat him like a ukrainian prisoner for that argued he was a 4 investigatory and put him on trial. along with to britain. the 1st 4 invited to be tried since the beginning of the war. at the beginning of june, all 3 was sentenced to death, ukrainian authorities and ends. you both rejected the support his court in dunbar is not recognized by keith or buddy international community. it's propaganda as show and in this case, 1st the full,

the issue on the institution so called court that pro provide the, this radical the death sentence is sir, not so applicable and available on ukrainian territory. we are on ukrainian territory. so we consider it like the action of terrorist organization and it's pure terrorist act that should be condemned and or a severally punished the on international international level. we are dealing with the big diaries group supported by terry state, federal hands, family to trial and death sentence came as a shock, and they say they haven't received any help from the american authorities so far. the moment when i seen the video of his capture today, i tried to contact the american embassy and where i am right now and they literally were like, what do you expect us to do?

i tried to reach many other authorities and sell it. origin was silent. i feel like there's like scared to talk about maybe like little into trying to keep it down like he doesn't exist at all. just like his family brains, friends feel very alone in trying to help him out of the situation. they have lost a social media campaign and can vast all around the city really so that these are very effective and re but if you are recording them because you were started texting, ross owned social media campaign that we started say for him. they're like we so those costs are on the city and what can we do to help frames, friend and family, put what hope they have in the support they get from the public while the separate is remaining charging dumbass. that's about the only thing they can do. worrying indeed they're for the family. well, emmanuel russian missiles continue to rein town on ukraine,

but does moscow's main focus remain in the eastern don thus region? while indeed pablo doesn't indoctrinate shedding over ukraine's. here in odessa we had to allots in the middle of the night, 6 me sized fell in to read you the was in 11 was intercepted sorry by your current an armed forces. but the main. a fighting occurs in don't boss on the eastern front is russians trying to see the city of laser chance trying to open for them open up the road towards bottom? would that would lead them was more control of don't boss in the meantime, you create an armed forces or so regrouping, they retreated from it from said or done. yes. and they did with day regrouping in the area where we see more intense fighting and it shows no sign, no sign of wandering down any time soon. t w's emmanuel shaw's in the ukrainian port city of odessa. thank you. now

to some other stories making headlines around the world. hong kong is preparing to welcome chinese president, choosing ping to celebrations, marking the 25th anniversary of the former british colonies hand over to china. it's. she's 1st trip outside at mainland china. since the start of the pandemic, security is tight to keep both cove with 19 and any signs of a difficult ascent in check. in doha katara talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with iran have ended with our progress. after only 2 days, the u. s. state department said ran, had failed to respond positively to the u mediated negotiations in 2018 u. s. president. donald trump, unilaterally scrap the deal which limited to ron's nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions. 4 people have been charged after $53.00 migrants were found dead in

a truck in the u. s. state of texas. earlier this week. it's believed that people from mexico, on doris and guatemala, were among those who died. investigators called it the deadliest human smuggling incident in u. s. history. singer r kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. the r and b star was convicted of racketeering. in september last year, jurors found him guilty of running a criminal ring that recruited and trafficked women and teenage girls for sex. the allegations against him go back decades. well, it's the remarkable return of a disgraced political dynasty. ferdinand marco's junior has been sworn in as president of the philippines more than 3 decades after his father was as did as dictator. marcos junior, who also known as bon bon, took the oath of office a month after winning elections by a landslide. he was joined on stage at his integration by his mother imelda. marcos

junior succeeds rodrigo territory whose term was marked by a bloody war on drugs and crack down on press freedom to take his daughter, sara is now the country's vice president. articles junior praised his father, who ruled by martial law for nearly a decade. as a leader who got things done, his pledge to unite the country, create more jobs and tame inflation. you pick me to be your servant, to enable changes to benefit all. i fully understand the gravity of the responsibility that you would on my shoulders. i do not take it lightly, but i am ready for the dust. jesse go tingle, a journalist to in manila joins is now. jesse, thanks for joining us here on d w. so the new president marks the return to power of the marcus family. this, this means that they've been essentially fully rehabilitated in the eyes of the

philippine people. well, for at least $31.00 millions filipinos. yes, he is the 1st president to be taking over with a majority vote. his read assessor is only became president by a, by a plurality a vote. so that seeing a lot for a large part of the population. yes. whether the knowledge that the family has had to trust these or whether a deep seated in disinformation campaign succeeded in basically changing the history. for many filipino that's me that may be up for debate. but certainly, if there is also a segment of the population, a minority, if you will, right now, who are not taken in by this new presentation of the marco says there is as he was taking his oath of office, there is in another corner of the city at memorial for the victims of the marquess regime atrocities, there were activists and other advocates who were vowing to be said they're going

to watch how and prevent hearing me from ever reaching the degree and had zurich the 1st regime in the, in the seventy's and eighty's so it's a, he's a very, the visit figure to say the least. jesse, we heard the president saying he wants to enable changes to benefit or what policies is the new president expected to implement. she is inheriting an economy that's really from the pandemic. so in 2020, the philippine economy went into recession. 2021 was not as bad, but the philippines is not where it was about 34 years ago when the economy was really growing, ada, and an unprecedented face, or an unprecedented pace rather than he will have to deal with as we have set in place and so during the campaign, he's promised, for example, to bring down the price of freight to less than $0.50 from the current dollar, the dollar and 50 cents. and after he won for president, he walked back on that statement saying it might not be feasible for the

foreseeable future. also, he's going to navigate increasingly tens geopolitical situation here in the asia pacific. the philippines is locked in a bitter dispute with china over the south china sea. so that's something that he will have to navigate. and other things include human rights issues, whether or not he is going to protect it. there are different international criminal court which has begun an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the war on drugs. j. c. go tenga in manila, thank you. a french court has 100 down the maximum possible sentence for the only surviving perpetrator of the 2015 pirates terror attacks. sala, of this lamb, will serve life without parole. for his part in a series of bombings and shootings which kill 230 people. 19 other men were also found guilty and imprisoned for planning or aiding the attacks. it brings to an end,

a long running trial with victims expressing their relief. sullen up to salaam, no face of the life in prison. the toughest sentence available. when the french law . he's these so surviving member of the islamic state terrace, so, but carried out the deadly attacks in paris. in november 2015, the series of gin and bomb attacks killed a 130 people in the french capital. the deadliest incident occurred at the batter. clump theatre 90 concert go was left dead after gunman opened fire for those who survived the conclusion of the 10 month trial in this specially built paris court house is just one step in the remedial process. so small i actually to night on

a fly reaction to the verdict. hillary is that i'm relieved punch, but i am not proud because no one has ever prod when people are condemned to heavy penalties. it's awful than i depend with sam bottle. bucklin chron michelin. i'm relieved because one part of the process is now behind us volcano, colon, but we're still fighting to be reimbursed for our suffering by the government. other jo, nostrils, chunky was said we will not give up this fight jello. whereupon until shortly supposedly certainly it was justice for sure. but just this can do everything just isn't just, you know, applying the rule of flow and it's not healing everything. we'll see that it will help us yell, but we still have work to do of you. under the 19 people we're also found guilty that crimes included planning and logistical support. just 14 appeared in court. the others presumed dead or missing. the biggest trial in the history of the modern

republic has come to a close. a welcome moment, no doubt, but far from the end for those afflicted by frances deadliest peacetime attack. tensions are high in india, after police arrested to muslim man accused of murdering a hindu man and posting a video of it on line. it comes after months of rising tensions between hindus and muslims. in response to the latest unrest, public gatherings have been banned and internet access suspended across parts of india. o fire and fury on the streets in india, the sectarian murder of hindu taylor by 2 muslim men in the northern state of rochester, none has sparked outrage across the country. tensions are running high amid several mass public protests in the capital daily. right wing, hindu nationalist groups,

plastic police, as they vented their anger over the killing me up i got, i don't want to get the command. we're protesting the killing among of can i allow one of us on what, who in spite of asking for police protection was not given any got way. this is a protest against the government out, but this is the protest to get justice for canada. and this is a protest against the ever increasing the hottie mindset in the country to get the help me to get by when i got the demonstrations continued, can i allows cremation on wednesday, his killers were arrested by police after that film themselves, carrying out the murder in his shop, in the city of uday, poor in a 2nd video that threatened the indian prime minister nor, and ramadi. their apart motive was that the murdered man had recently praised the controversial political figure, new per charmaine, a facebook post, a move for which he was arrested before being released on bail expense. his bereaved wife told journalists the facebook post was the sole reason for the

killing. it was nothing else. just facebook. they killed him for such a smooth thing. oh sharma, a well known political figure recently and sends to muslims in india and elsewhere by making derogatory remarks about the prophet mohammed resulting and protests from muslims. the ruling b. j. p. party suspended her as a result. officials and new diaper have rushed to quell the religious tensions before they get any worse. they have imposed a curfew amid clashes with protesters, and i've tried to stop the murder video from spreading further online. but the killing has exposed the sectarian fault lines, which run deep in a country run by a hindu nationalist party, but in which, around 170000000 citizens are muslims. some football news now and belgian striker

a mellow new cock who has returned to inter milan just one year after leaving the club for chelsea. the italian club sultan khaki for 113000000 euros an oldest of last year. but has now resigned him alone. kaka was a fine favorite during his 2 seasons in milan and had voiced his desire to one day returned to the club. just a few months after joining chelsea. well before we go, here's a quick look at our top story. this, our russian president vladimir putin says he'll respond in kind to nato after finland and sweden were invited to join the military alliance. who didn't says their membership, it will not be a problem of pledge to match any military buildup on russia's borders. nato members in madrid have named russia as their biggest threat. ferdinand demarco's junior has been sworn in as president of the philippines a month after winning a landslide election. he pledged to create more jobs,

untamed inflation. he also praised his father, who as i stood as big tighter, more than 30 years ago. focus on europe is of next with a look at the syrian teenagers facing for taishan from denmark. and don't forget to stay up to date on our website, dw, dot com and follow up on our social media accounts on pablo photo alias for me. and the team here, brit and thanks for watching against up the next on ah,

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