ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live 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 it's main threat. also coming up 3 foreigners captured while fighting with ukraine or awaiting a death sentence issued by russian back separatists dw,

meets the friends and family trying to rally support for their cause. and the son of a dictator takes office in the philippines, ferdinand marco's junior. it's warning as president after winning a landslide election at his inauguration, he praises his disgraced father for getting things done. plus public gatherings are banned and internet access is blocked, to quell unrest in india. that's after muslim man boast of killing a hindu man. 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 prudence said nato expansion would create

a new tension and pledge to match any military build up on russia's borders. he lashed out against what he called nato's imperial ambitions will not rip, 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 and then 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. 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 line said china was becoming

a challenge to nato security. it's the dawn of a new era, the nato. it's chief, he and stoughton bag 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 strategic 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 android threats to our security. in the current consult with faith about the rush ice as strategic partner sped on by the invasion of ukraine. nato has agreed to welcome sweden and finland into the fault. after overcoming techies objections, russia has called the nave de 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, and threatening python investing heavily in critical infrastructure, including in allied countries. monitoring, i'm controlling it, sir. 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. tito views brussels

bureau chief alexander phenomena is in the trade forest covering that summit. 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. and a moment there are saying that russia does not have her, the capabilities and the world to launch any military action against nato, a 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 sat at 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 you need to the baltic states and to germany and are going to establish and you had quarters off at the fifth's 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. now, 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 near to has been successful, especially after turkey has to lifted its veto against her as sweden's 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 dw is alexander phenomena imager it ukraine and russia have carried out their biggest prisoner swath that since the war began in february, $144.00 ukrainian soldiers were freed, including $95.00 from the as of regiment that defended mighty you pull, steal factory the head of the self proclaimed, don't you ask people's republic, which is backed by russia, said it had secured the release of the same number, including soldiers from the russian army right when a spring and dw correspondent emanuel shes who is in the ukrainian port city of odessa manual. good to see you. can you tell us more about this prisoner swap? yes, pablo indeed is, is the biggest prisoners for both since the beginning of the war on february 24th. this is not the 1st time we seen her every now and then

a 1000 prisoners exchange. you know, those numbers, those figures, but never a 144 according to our information. this is an equal number on both sides. so a $144.00, ukrainian, or personnel not only sold is that us a police officers borders of he, sir. and on the right, on the russian side as well. a russian cell dues and. a prostate are artists as soldiers from eastern ukraine, also in the number of 444 under ukrainian sides. it is significant because 95 of those prisoners which have been returned to ukraine fort in the matter, you pulse 2 plans and among them 43 were fighting from the other battalion regiment. pardon? it was a regiment that was there, used to be a pirate image paramilitary regiment which joined to the ukraine and armed forces. a few years ago, it has the statues here of a heroic or regiment,

but the russian army said that it is neo nazis sold is. and because of that, they say they want to try, they wanted to try those. so do so it's big news here in your current us though, so these are coming back. unfortunately, most of them are similarly severely injured after the fighting. they have bullet, williams burns are also fractures. so they are in quite a dire state. now, emmanuel, you talked with the friends and family of one prisoner from morocco whose being held by the russians for fighting with the ukrainians in matter. you put, can you give us some more details about his case? ah, yes, the case of rain far doing that along with that of 2 of britons was home he had surrendered in april farm. mario ball is quite interesting because they are the 1st 3 foreign fighters to be tried by a court lead by prosperity a so called that is not internationally recognized. perhaps let's have a look up. his 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 merged to the surprise of his friend 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, but he didn't serve long. he 40 more, you pull and surrender to rush on forces along with over a 1000 fellow service men, mid april. but a separatist authorities didn't treat him like a ukrainian prisoner form. they argued he was a foreign mercenary and put him on trial, along with to britain's da da da 1st foreign fighters to be tried since the beginning of the war. at the beginning of june. all 3 was sentenced to death,

ukrainian authorities and, and yours. those who checked is read it as a separate is caught in, dumbass is not recognized by keith or by the international community. it sir, propaganda, sir, shawl and jam, in this case. first of all, the ah, ah issue, i'm the institution. so gold court, ah, that pro provide the, the swear addict. the desk sentence is, sir, not so applicable and available on ukrainian territory. we are an ukranian territory . so we consider it like the action of terrorist organization and it's pure terrorist act that should be condemned and or a sever only banished the on international and national level. we are dealing with the big diaries group supported by terry state for growing family. the 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've seen the video of his capture originally, 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 said everything 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 calling them because steve has started texting, ross owned social media campaign that we started say for him like we so those costs are on the city and what can we do to help for him, 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. and the european court of human rights actually seized the case, and the $3022.00 took step towards russia to ensure that the death sentence wouldn't be carried out for bringing sod to an end at your britons who were sentenced to death along with him. well emmanuel russian miss isles continue to rain down on ukraine, but does moscow's main focus remain in the don bus at region? it definitely does. a fighting is very intense in dom boss, especially around the city of lazy chomsky the russian troops are trying to come to take possession of the highway leading to the nearby city of baltimore. but indeed, as indiscriminate selling all over ukraine even last night here, you know,

they thought they were to alerts and ukrainian defense forces reported seeks me sized dots, fell on the region while being intercepted just here above the city of odessa. d w's emmanuel shows in the ukrainian portion of odessa many facts. now to some other stories making headlines around the world. chinese president choosing ping has arrived in hong kong for celebrations, marking the 25th anniversary of the former british colonies, hand over to china. it's. she's 1st trip outside mainland china. since the start of the pandemic, security is tight to keep both cope with 19 and any signs of political descent in check is ready. lawmakers are voted to dissolve parliament. the move triggers the 5th national election in less than 4 years and makes a foreign minister at yahoo la pete interim prime minister. he's taking over for

enough tale bennett. he says he will not run for reelection in the vote set for november 1st. the island. what a state remarkable return of a disgraced political dynasty. ferdinand marcos junior has been sworn in as president of the philippines more than 3 decades after his father was as did as dictator. marcos junior, 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 to tampa, whose term was marked by a bloody war on drugs and cracked and on press freedom to tell his daughter, sarah is now the country's vice president. let us now, while mark was junior praised his father, who ruled by martial law for nearly a decade. as a leader who got things done, he's pledge to unite the country, create more jobs, untamed inflation. you pick me to be your servant,

to enable changes to benefit. oh, 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. ah, earlier i spoke to j. c. go tinker a journalist in manila, and i asked if the mark was family had been 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, assessors only became president by a, by a pull out of the vote. so that seeing a lot for a large part of the population. yes. whether the knowledge that the family has had to trusted these or whether a deep seated in disinformation campaign succeeded in basically changing the history for many filipinos. that's me, that may be up for debate,

but certainly 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, they said they're going to watch how to prevent hearing me from ever reaching the degree. it had zurich. the 1st was regime in the, in the seventy's and eighty's. so it's, he's a very de 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 recess and 2021 was not as bad. but the

philippines is not where it was. 34 years ago when the economy was really growing at a, at an unprecedented phase are an unprecedented pace. rather, he will have to deal with that to have said in police son. so during the campaign, he's promised, for example, to bring down the price of price to less than $0.50 from the current dollar. the dollar and 50 cents. and after he was president, he walked back on that statement saying it might not be feasible for the foreseeable future. also, he's going to navigate and increasingly 100 political situation here in the asia pacific. the philippines is locked in the 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 their, their, from the international criminal court, which has begun an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the war on drug j. c. getting in manila,

thank you. tensions are high in india after police, arrested to muslim man, accused of murdering a hindu man and posting a video of it online. it comes after months of rising tensions between hindus and muslims. in response to the latest unrest to public gatherings have been banned and internet access suspended across parts of india. oh, fire and fury on the streets in india, the sectarian murder of hindu taylor by 2 muslim men in the northern state of rochester, has sparked outrage across the country. tensions are running high amid several mass public protests in the capital daily. right wing hindu nationalist groups, plaque for police as they vented their anger over the killing me up. i got an i don't want to get the command. we're protesting the killing among of can i allow one go? someone who in spite of asking for police protection,

was not given any way. this is a protest against the government, 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. i got 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 the 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 remoting, 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. there was nothing else. just facebook. they killed him for such a smooth thing. oh sharma,

a well known political figure recently and sensed 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 of tried to stop the murder video from spreading further on line. 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. a french court has handed down the maximum possible sentence for the only surviving perpetrator of the 2015 pirates terror attacks. salah, up, this anime will serve life without parole, for his part in a series of bombings and shootings which killed

a 130 people. 19 other men were also found guilty for planning or aiding the attacks. it brings to an end, a long running trial with victims expressing their relief sala up to salaam, now faces life in prison. the toughest sentence available under french law. he's these so surviving member of the islamic state terrace l, 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 open fire for those who survived the conclusion of the 10 month trial him especially build paris court house, is just one step in the remedial process. so shall i actually

to night on a fly reaction to the verdict law is that i'm relieved, but i am not proud because no one has ever prod when people are condemned. a heavy penalties is more than i depend with some bottle. bucklin chron michelin, i'm relieved because one part of the process is now behind us auction colon, but we're still fighting to be reimbursed for our suffering by the government overture. natural shockey was said, we will not give up this fight july when upon until shortly, supposedly certainly it was justice for sure. the justice thunder, everything just this is just, you know, applying the rule of law and is not healing everything. we'll see that it will help us here, but we still have work to do of under the 19 people were 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. it's huck tito, you correspond at least louis was at the sentencing in paris and told us more about the main suspect cellar up to slam tele does. lamb was indeed the only one of those accused that was in paris on the 13th of november 2015 and in front of the court. he, himself, and the others have been depict him a somehow contradictory picture of sarah abt is lamb at the beginning of the trial . he was saying he was saying, you know, calling himself a fight of so called islamic state, the terror organization that has claimed responsibility for the attacks here in

paris in 2015. and then during the trial, you seem to try to explain his acts and said, you know, i really want to apologize and say, sorry to the victims. and yet he did never really condemn the attacks in the end though, the bottom line for the court seems to have been that they consider us all up, does love a terrace indeed. and he did get the highest pendency at all in france, in french law, life in jail. and this time and jail cannot be reduced. this is very tough indeed. did over here at least lose reporting in paris there. 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. putin says their membership will not be a problem, but pledge to much, any military build up on russia's borders. nato members in the dream have name to

russia as their biggest threat. our current affairs talk show conflict own is up. next with tim sebastian asking former russian lawmaker area pano my ref i far the brain. how are you brain war, mike? up and i'll be back again at the top of the next hour for me in the team here. brilliant. thanks for watching that. ah ah, with

who entered the conflict zone with tim sebastian in ukraine, the strategic eastern, the city of said, you're a gun crow. last week. russian forces mocking what some western x was called a critical point in the conflict. my guess this week has an unusual role in this war. india, paula maria once sat in the lower house of russia, parliament then became the only member to load against the seizure crimea,

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deborah in saying the truth has women in asia. apathy is infeasible. nothing can stop me. that is out until women into starts july 6th in ukraine, the strategic eastern, the city of savior. a daniel fell last week to russian forces mocking what some western experts called a critical point in the conflict. so where does it go from here? and the weekend g, 7 leaders restated support for key f, but we'll have a heavy weapons they promised arrived in time to boost ukraine's fortunes on the battlefield. my guest this week has an unusual role in this war. eli.