ah ah this is the w news line from berlin show of support for ukraine from nato in germany. johnson last show since germany is working to improve its defense capability. as nato pushes for more military age for keith, both mac say more needs to be done to defend key infrastructure like under the gas

pipelines. also on the program, china figured also relaxation of it strict coverage 19 measures. several major cities east testing requirements and restrictions on movement. officials try to diffuse public anger, widespread protest, crane into told to head to air raid shelter, official sworn rushes, gearing up for a massive aerial attack. satellite images from russia suggest preparations for honest a i'm so gale. welcome to the program. german chancellor laughed showed so smack with nato secretary general against a stolen book on the fringes of a security conference. here in chancellor shawls wants nato to oversee your efforts to protect critical under c infrastructure. protecting underwater infrastructure

has become a priority for european leaders as the lord stream of one and north stream to gas pipelines, connecting russia and germany was sabotaged in september or mr. stall to burger, welcome the initiative in a joint press conference and urged nato members to keep supporting ukraine as the war continues into winter. simon young are political, corresponded to watch that press conference and joins me now. i welcome time. am so talk us through some of the main points. yeah, well, as you mentioned, these 2 men working just to reaffirm their commitment and focus on supporting ukraine, following the russian invasion. and they also made the point that nato miss don't be drawn into the war to become a party of in the war that miss do everything it can at to back ukraine. now,

in addition to that, some of the sort of nato topics were mentioned. it was interesting phrases, chancellor shalt said he expects finland and sweden at which have already been signed off as new nato members since so as a result, in fact, directly of the russian war in ukraine, he expects them formally to be welcomed into nato at the next nato summit. the other issue that's been bubbling around here is a, an initiative from germany and norway, the norwegian prime minister, was in berlin just yesterday. and they want to get nato behind plans to coordinate efforts to protect pipelines, particularly the, the energy pipelines, but also data cables and other things like that. particularly the undersea ones. because there's a lot of concern about that. particularly following explosions that we saw in the

baltic sea just back in september attacks apparently on gas pipelines there. so you know that that's a new initiative and as you mentioned a lot short said, he would welcome nato being sort of taking the lead on that, having a coordination office to coordinate new to efforts to protect those, those assets and stilton, beg, the secretary general of nato said, you know, that, that is a good idea and he's going to take it forward, it would say, right, so that, that's, that's a new venture as it were for, for native, brought up by this, this war in ukraine. and did we learn anything more about what either nato or germany is doing in terms of providing support to ukraine? well, i think what, what you have is, this is the same picture that we've known about. there are questions about,

for instance, where the systems that have gone in, ah, in every case or the a plan to go into ukraine are in every case, backed up by, for instance, the necessary munitions is no use having, for instance, an air defense system. that doesn't have the ammunition for it also needs maintenance. and so there have been questions around whether the, the spending that that to germany, francis is committed at where he's committing billions to back the ukranian war effort. whether all that money is available and whether indeed it's being spent quickly enough on that, for instance, on munitions, you know that sean said that, you know, they, they were in talks to, with the, with the weapons manufacturers, to make sure that they could provide everything that's needed because clearly at nato leaders understand that this war isn't ended anytime soon. it's going to drag

on for months. it would seem, at least through the coming winter. and as the battle goes on, of course, ukraine's need for, for munitions and other types of support will not abate. indeed it could even, it could even grow. i think simon dw, plenty will correspond in simon, young or satellites. a, mr. issa suggested russia may well be gearing up for another massive aerial assault on ukraine. these pictures show almost 2 dozen long range bombers and cruise missiles being prepared for combat at the angles to airfield. the salad, tough, a blast in russia, ukrainian military officials to local media, the bombers. it will be used to increase strikes of crime targets in ukraine, especially energy infrastructure. la corresponded young for it, but schultz is in keith and told us how prepared ukraine is for these expected strikes. well,

the image is certainly come as no surprise to ukrainians on sunday. already information emerged that new mess waves of attack might be imminent. actually, the era alerts were active here and all over the country this afternoon, but to my knowledge, some airplanes were spotted, but no strikes were registered. in the past weeks, the ukrainian air defense has been quite successful, was able to intercept more than 2 thirds of all incoming missiles. but of course, the destructive power is still enormous. and we have to keep in mind that ukraine is still suffering from the effects of the past. waves of attacks, there are still millions of people without power. still, the government asked people not to panic, not to live in this constant anticipation of a new mess of text, because this is also part of the psychological warfare. right. and so how well

equipped to ukraine new forces at the, at the moment to withstand such an assault. looking at the massive strikes up the past weeks, of course, the ukraine is in need of more air defense systems. so they have repeatedly set this also at a nato meetings in the past days and weeks. it is very important for them to, to receive for new air defense. it's part of for the russian strategy to exhaust the ukrainian air defense systems. but on the other hand, front line battles are also continuing. so they have also been repeated repeated calls for more tanks for more offensive weapon systems. but at the moment, i think the biggest challenge for the ukrainians is to be prepared for those massive weights of missile attack. sent it to get more air defense and we see snow

on the roost behind you. winter is obviously here. how are you, craney, insect coping with that with winter conditions, when though with less, less heat and power, they are still millions of people with all its power and no power. also in very many cases means no heating because in a lot of apartment buildings, the electricity is needed for the heating system to pump or hot water up. and also a lot of people rely on additional electric heaters. the government has set up are so called emergency centers all over the country where 24 hour power is available. and so where people can also get a warm drink and, and to, to, to, to feel more comfortable. but it's, it's obvious that keeping the people warm is the biggest challenge here in the country at the moment. and he, and for a thank you for that yon, phillip shelton, keith,

russia's foreign minister as coincides the organization for security. i'm cooperation in europe as it opens its annual meeting in poland without him. so they love rav accuse e o s e f, b, and she russia, after host country poland banned him from attending meeting in watch, opened with denunciations of russia's war against ukraine, which has been one of the groups biggest challenges since it was created nearly 50 years. ago, as a forum to discuss, secured matters with in your lack of responding, tony schultz is at those that talks in poland. she told me how russia is being discussed in mr. la ross options. that's right. either russia is represented by its ambassador to the o. s. c, e, and certainly the issue of russia's war on ukraine absolutely dominated this meeting of 57 countries here in poland. country after country denounced moscow's actions, it's aggression against ukraine and pledged more support for keep that foreign

minister lever off may have been out of sight, but he was not out of mind as he gave a long rambling press conference at exactly the same time. the meeting was getting underway, he trashy organization, criticize the polish chairmanship of it and said that the u. s. e is basically under the control of the united states. but once again, the majority of the countries here, the vast majority, are firmly against russia. there's even discussion of, of whether russia should be kicked out of the organization despite their not being a mechanism to do that. so certainly here, sentiment was firmly against moscow. whatever lever may have been saying there, i'm that the use for foreign policy chief. i chose that barrel has been saying there yet. the plan is to make russia pay for the reconstruction of ukraine and how are they planning to do that? that's right, foreign policy. she's burrell brought up those issues here at the o. s. c, e and said he would be discussing them with partners here. and there are some creative ways that you is looking at making russia pay for what is done in ukraine

as it, as it reiterates all the time. for example, there are some 20000000000 euros in assets that have been frozen assets of oligarchs have been put on rushes blacklist. there's also some 300000000000 euros of assets that the russian bank has. they can't use right now. and so one of the ways that the u is, is thinking it could get money from russia to keep at the moment without any, any other legal mechanisms to do it is by investing the russian money and using the interest to give it to keep. there are other ways that had plans to work on long term to do that. and one of them is, of course, paying war reparations after the war is over. but at the moment, they're very much looking for practical ways to get money to keep from moscow quickly. and what else is on the agenda that what should, surprisingly, it's not all about russia and ukraine. it's not all about russia and ukraine, but as i mentioned, that's absolutely dominating the meeting. you know, speaker after speaker the foreign ministers are having to,

to basically address the questions of whether the o s e is a viable and effective organization because it operates by consensus. that means that in this case, russia or one of its allies, bela bruce, or, or any other country on another issue, can block the organization for moving forward. for example, at the moment, moscow is blocking the 2024 budget and blocking the next chairmanship which would be held by estonia. so there's a lot of talk about about how the organization can be effective if it's running on consensus. but in general, the sentiment is that despite the difficulties it's undergoing now, there is still value in having $57.00 countries including russia. sit around the table so so for now there's a lot of support for the o. s. c e in general. okay, thank you, terry. terry, sure. i see your meeting in poland on china's top coven. 19 response official has signal to shift in the strict policies that provoked

a protest on a scale not seen for decades. was premier soon to learn, told health officials the countries corona virus approaches and seeing what she called a new stage fix. it is like a grand jo junction already easing restrictions as a fish, as officials try to quell public anger, o frustration boiling over in wine, joe, and scuffles with covey workers in shanghai. rare public displays of anger with china's strict cobra policies. in recent days. in many cities, they moved into something even bigger with protests as calling for the communist party. and gigi and ping to go there day beg themes that reminded many of the piano men protest. yeah. the 1st

feeling that came to my man, when i read to me is a very incredible port passed across china. was the spirit of 1900. i have come in, beijing responded by unleashing a fears, crackdown, deploying huge numbers of police to stamp out the demonstrations. but it has also signaled changes to the strict coban policies that have angered so many of the lead on wednesday advice premier soon john learn told health officials china was entering a new stage in its pandemic approach due to increased vaccination rates and experience with the corona virus function, inquiring joe authorities of already announced an end to mass p. c. r testing and lifted locked downs across the city. all part of a drive to implement cobra rules with more local flexibility. according to

officials. beijing said is also planning to step up, vaccinations of the elderly, lagging vaccination rates among the old have been used to justify the current 0 covey policy with protest, seemingly stamped out for now and a shift away from the approach that provoked them in the work beijing may well be hoping the biggest challenge to its authority in decades is already behind it. or sophie richardson is china director for human rights watch. i asked what she thought this relaxation of corona virus restrictions tells us. i think it reflects some level of official awareness of popular unhappiness about the restrictions. what do you think it remains to be seen? whether those relaxations actually will happen, whether people believe that they are happening and whether the authorities change

their mind real pose. the stricter constraints, if in the case number search during these protests, what we have seen is people identified a via facial recognition systems of people being arrested for their protests. do we know what happens to many demonstrators who are that identified and detained? it's early days and so the, the information that we have is really anecdotal, that people, some people have been detained and are likely to be charged. you know, and some of the authorities favorite charges like picking corals and stirring up troubles. but i think there's a lot that we don't yet know about whether the authorities will impose longer time constraints on people. we know we do know for example, that become human rights. defenders who have been critical of the authorities

response both to cove it and to these protests have been confined to their homes and prevented from communicating for example, with journalists and with their own colleagues domestically. but, you know, in other circumstances, we've seen the authorities use more heavy handed tactics like the use of tear gas. for example, the censorship machinery is certainly working hard both. i think, to prevent discussions about development, to keep people from organizing. but i think it will be in the, in the coming days and weeks when we're able to discern whether there is a pattern with respect, particularly to detention and charges. approaches to one side do have a problem where the way that china has handled it's that with a chinese approach to this pandemic. because where i was, we were hearing from a chinese spectacle a little earlier who, who just compared the number of deaths in a massive country like china,

with those in europe and the united states and justified it on the basis that we have. fewer people have died as a result of these measures. i think from human rights perspective, particularly as more effective health strategies have become available, for example, vaccines to continue pursuing such draconian measures as a way of limiting infections. you know, and let's be clear, these are policies that have people lacking access to food. have people locked down and unable to access medical care for other conditions. have people locked in buildings that are on fire and can't leave. you know, these are, these have been very strictly imposed policies that have caused other human rights violations. and so the concern is not just about dealing with cove doing so in a way that creates other violations, especially at

a time when there are other strategies available to the authorities to do thank you for joining us. sophie richardson from human rights watch which are going to look now at more stories making news around the world. spite has increased security, public buildings and embassies after a space of latter bombs, devices was sent to targets including the spanish prime minister, padre sanchez. i'm the crating embassy, calling to the interior ministry. similar packages were sent to a spanish arms firm, and an air force base of court in bozeman peak has begun handing down verdicts in the countries biggest corruption scandal. defendants include the son of a former president, he and 18 others. are you state owned companies to realistically borrow $2000000000.00 from international banks, triggered at default and currency collapse. i've $100000000.00 remains on, accounted for. hundreds of people have taken to the streets of 2 great capital mikaela in support of

a recent seas. far with the ethiopian government on 200 children before as part of the piece for all carnival schools in te gray, have been closed for almost 2 years. and many hope the sci fi will mean they can reopen you as president joe biden has welcomed his friend count barton, manual, a macro to the white house, and the 1st formal state visit of mister bible's presidency. the french president was greeted by military on a got ahead of the lavish white house dinner. the talks will focus on the war in ukraine. president macro also wants to discuss trade. be used a press conference to attack the white house that to attack white house policies. in the u. s. a policy of tax breaks to encourage investment c. u. s. companies green initiative is threatening the economy of the european union. when get more from a correspondence, mckayla cooper in washington. welcome mckayla. and what can we expect from today?

well, with just a short while ago, saw the 2 leader sit in the oval office in front of the fireplace, and we have see not just a lot of grandeur and a huge reception. the 1st is state visit an official state visit in the biden administration, but also a lot of historic re bonding both describing each other as vital partners. also throughout history, dating back to american independence, backed by france. of course, this is a clear sign to was russia and ukraine, that once again, these allies will stand together on european soil. and just as they spoke there in the oval office, it to the press to with the press conference still coming up. it's quite interesting that ado biden described emmanuel, my call is not just the french president, but a leader of europe squeeze than a leader of europe. but it does raise the question. who does he call when he speaks to the european union at that?

increasingly looks like it could be emmanuel in my car. and among my call, being very polite for a lot of praise on their friendship. but speaking of a re synchronization that he wants to see, and that is in french polite code for an acute economic grievance, which is brought on by the huge investments joe biden has put through in the infrastructure bill here in the united states, which effectively shuts out french and european companies. ok, so still a little bit of friction between these, these allies, especially government relations between washington and parish, have been so strange over recent months. it sounds like they were doing their best to gloss over that all the trying to move past or what actually at one point. so fonts, a pool back, it's ambassador. this was essentially an australian submarine order that was

snatched away by the americans and costing of france daily the industry there, but also costing the front president and who is always just a short step from seeing protests in the streets. particularly after the pandemic, particularly as the energy prices are now soaring, amount of my cause under pressure to deliver lower prices and more jobs and more economic prospects to the french people. but also always in the, in the european context. and that is why it will be so vital for him to get some kind of assurance on what's in my my car has criticized no longer there being a level playing field for french and you companies here in the united states. then again, jo, by there's just seeing an easing in economic figures, an easing in fuel prices here in the us, and that's what he needs domestically. so yes, the to our allies, france, the,

you and the u. s. a very close together. when it comes to tackling the ukraine conflict, pushing back against russia, and at the same time they are drifting ever further apart when it comes to their economies. everybody is, seems to be looking out for themselves as already rumors of a brewing trade war. i think that's exaggerating it, but this, the, the friction there, a washington and the 2 presidents are, you told georgia press conference in the next 20 minutes or so. when that happens, we will bring it to you by now the walk up a guitar. every team group say had a chance of advancing to the knockout stages ahead of the last group game. argentina beat to poland, but both teams still qualified at the expense of saudi arabia and mexico. alexis mcallister opened the scoring shortly after half time making up for me

a penalty miss by leonor messy in the 1st half june alvaros made 2 mill later in the 2nd half. and that was how it ended argentina when the grow from poland, qualify as well, despite their defeat after saudi arabia, beat mexico, smiles all round for robert, never dorski. and his reminder of our top story at base our thanks our secretary general. you installed him back on to german, chancellor laughed sholtes half reiterated their support for you cried, saying that russia cannot be allowed to win the war. the news conference following talks in by chancellor show that germany was looking at how to boost supplies of ammunition to be sent to you, create a new crane and ukraine into being told to head to air raid shelter system, which is one of a massive russian assaults satellite images from russia, their field show bombs and missiles, would you credit and officials?

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