ah ah ah ah, this is data we news, lying from berlin, nato promises more military assistance for ukraine. the alliance says member states are stepping up production of artillery shells, but there is no agreement on increasing overall defense spending. also on the program, 9 days in to syria and turkeys. earthquake disaster, damascus,

aggrieved. a deal with the you went to allow aid into some of syria's worst affected areas. and berlin gets ready to roll out the red carpet for its annual international film festival. on top of the usual glitz and glamour, there are movies and events supporting ukraine and the protests in iran. ah, i'm the cough really. it's good to have you with us. nato secretary generally installed in burg, says member states has made new pledges to provide ukraine with heavy weapons and military training. nato defense ministers have been meeting for a 2nd day and brussels. there's been no new agreement on increasing overall defense spending, but still to merge says allies have agreed to increase production of ammunition and artillery shells. united states,

france have signed the contracts with those older allies of germany in norway on there are also olders who have all these sign contracts with the defense in the st . meaning that the production is not not ramping up on the, on that this makes a huge difference to production. for instance, some artillery shells to one phone, 155 is now increasing. and that enables to grab both abbreviated goodness, our own stocks, which we have depleted, but also to continue to prod, supporter to, to ukraine and our correspond. and terry shall to, is in brussels and has been falling the summer to day. terry, what exactly is nato promising in order to speed up military aid for ukraine? there are a lot of different things that nato needs to do, to speed up the delivery of what it's already promised to ukraine. and that's what secretary general stilson berg was talking about, although they have known for many months now that that ukraine was firing many more rounds of artillery bullets than,

than could be produced. they have yet to really ramp up production on the ground here in europe, or even in the united states to meet that demand. so now they're getting really serious about it. it's, it's, you know, a shortfall that people worry. could see ukraine actually running out of ammunition . and so each country is looking at what it can do to both generate more, more production in their own companies and also joined together. they're talking about jointly procuring ammunition now to make the orders big enough to, to entice industry to, to change production power practices and make them more rapid. now, one of the big challenges for nato countries seems to be supplying ukraine with military equipment while maintaining their own ability to defend themselves. how is the alliance handling this issue? this is an issue because of course nobody was prepared for a shooting war in europe again. so once this started, they had to send a lot of these weapons that they hadn't really been stalking up on in,

over past years. in fact, with ammunition, which we talk so much about now, they've been down scaling production thinking it wouldn't be necessary again. so when it came to supplying ukraine secretary general stilton berg said, don't think about this as a dilemma. if you've got, if you've got an issue, send the supplies to ukraine and let's back fill our own stocks later. so he's allowed countries to, to sort of reduce the standards and what they should keep on hand for some kind of domestic emergency. and they, they're planning on replenishing those as we talk about it, scaling up the ammunition supplies. and the allies are also discussing potential changes to national defense budgets among all of this. right? that's true. i mean, all these things, we're talking about cost, a lot of money. more than nato was. it was prepared for when it made this 2 percent pledge 7 years ago. that's of course one. this become famous in germany because germany was very slow to scale up its defense spending and has come under

a lot of criticism for it. but it's certainly not the only country. so now what nato is talking about is not making 2 percent the lower thresh at the upper threshold, but rather the lower threshold. some countries are already spending 3 percent of their g, d, p on their defense. and they'd like to see other countries ramp up as well. so by 2024, nato is going to need to come up with a new formula to replace the so called whales pledge. and that's something that they plan to decide at this summer's summit in vilnius. what about ukraine's playing for fighter jets, any progress on that issue? if you're ukraine, you certainly don't see any progress. this is not something nato has any appetite to do. none of the allies who possess these fighter jets have made any offer whatsoever to ukraine and they don't see this is really a practical solution for ukraine. they believe that that fighter jets is flying over a russian held territory, and ukraine would immediately be shot down. and so that's

a very expensive failure. what's it, nato has said to day and, and yesterday to ukraine, is that let us bolster your air defense so that you can shoot down these missiles without having fighter jets in the air. this is something they're talking about, possibly providing ukraine in the future when ukraine has pushed russia off its territory to pursue rebuild and air defense, including fighter jets for ukraine. but everyone says it's too early. now this is really not something that isn't in the cards at the moment, but remember that was set about tanks as well, and now they should be on their way to ukraine. so you never know the w correspondent, terry schultz and brussels. thank you so much. nate achieve against oldenburg admits that turkey has so far blocked sweden and finland from joining the alliance . he planning a trip to ankara for talks on the issue. the swedish defense minister poly johnson told dw brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena that sweden and finland are

coordinating their nato membership. it's sweden and finland started this process together and we've been going together the whole process. our preferred option will be that sweden and finland would join that the same time. at the same time, i have respect for the fact that these are 2 national sovereign parliaments, both in budapest em ankara, refers to decide how they deal in the direct. we're with the, our application so i can pick no to the fact that the 28th auto sort. alice has already rectified the application in the mail record speed. while we're waiting for o course for from a on could i am from budapest and or you can spend stats, ankara, and budapest to will drop her dare resistance to unit to application as far as budapest go. so we have not to her than is certain criticism mean, so for, for our application, this been more process that has been been been a hindrance for, for the parliament, the in budapest, in regards to tier care,

we have been and more you between sweden, fin, london, and turkey and we are very much focusing on implementing that, that the agreement and when that is will feel weird of course, hope that we will have a rapid rectification left may. but look, may also say right now, i think when it comes to tier care, all focus right now is so corso, libby, 18 juma, suffering, and the tragedy is going on there. nato allies here and brussels half plans to increase their military assistance for ukraine. sweden is not a member of the alliance yet, but still you are ready also to increase you military help for ukraine as i understand. so what will be your contribution? well, when the new swedish government to enter power in october, we were crystal clear that we're gonna escalate support for ukraine. that's absolutely crucial because put in escalated the war and the only way to respond is by increasing support. therefore, we have some winter equipment to various forms of air defense systems. the latest

batch on the 10th a support package that was on the combat real good vehicle, 5090, which we provided over 50 as c, b ninety's. and that which we can actually build a battalion in conjunction with the ukrainians, and that's going to provide ukrainians with more combat power supporting ukraine is about helping ukraine. but it's also about investing into our own security and the it's absolutely critical for our security. interested the ukraine, regain city tauriel integrity at freedom and independence. and we are, are with them all the way to assure that germany has from it's a promised ann leopard, 2 tanks to ukraine, but they are scrambling to get enough partners on board to deliver a dose tanks. sweden has, are those tanks? are you willing to deploy them to ukraine? yeah, we're, they're very constructive meeting with, with the boys per but doris her earlier today. and that we called something called the pantry lunch. and there was also with the polish defense minister. i think it

was very, very helpful. and what we're focusing right now is on delivering the combat vehicle 90 han and training that battalion. but i am said we're also open to, to participate in the lead leopard group and we could progress training, transportation, logistics, bear parks or, or even tags. so this is being done in deliberations now with the other members of their, of the tank family. what i think is very important is to remember, supporting ukraine now is not about san platforms is about building capabilities. and you can do that with, with artillery systems. so sweden is so us, we're working on something that they're archer system, which is a very advanced hold sir with m. we're also sending this see the 9th this and we're possibly also could something tax. but the, we have to think about the economy scales and the efficiency. what's the best way to build these kind of capabilities to do ukrainians needs much. that was sweetest defense minister pol yonce. and speaking to alex and a phenomenon earlier today,

and moving on, moscow is intensifying his efforts to take back more to in eastern ukraine. russian troops have been shelly more than 20 towns and villages in the area, making it the longest running battle of the war. analysts say the city is not strategically important, but victory would be symbolic, and ukraine and russia are both determined to prevail. she has completed some different muslim love to draw us up again. this is the glimpse according to russian state td into what's become known as the meat grinder over the city of blackmore, which has been nicknamed to such because neither the russians nor the ukrainians have been able to make much progress here. resulting in a brutal stalemate. that's produced the longest battle of the war and one of the bloodiest for all sides involved to both of them. if everyone can see that we're having a hard time on this section of the front of the enemy are constantly attacking and small and big groups of one day. it's their artillery. on the next day they're

infantry attacks. so it's a difficult time at the moment. but our boys keep standing there ground with the battle full back, which is now in its 7th month, russian officials recently claimed that its full sis have almost encircled the city . not so says the head of the walk in a mercenary group which has spearheaded the russian offensive boy, oh boy, pushing forward house by house me a square meter by square meter. it's hard work. it's not clear at all where the stories about some kind of encirclement are coming from early issue. i have johnathan raj back. moot will not be taken to morrow, but because there is heavy resistance. it's grinding. the meat grinder is working with a new bottle. ah, despite the ferocity of fighting buck mode isn't considered

a game changer in the small military. analysts say the city holds more symbolic than strategic importance, but it's important. none the less, it's capture would give the kremlin and much needed victory. after months of setbacks ant, give its troops and youth, the told in the don bass region, which the russians partially occupy, but one full control off for keith and its trips back moot, hold emotional value, a stomach, the bottle mifflin. nobody will give us battle to mobile. ski will fight for as long as we can. i more baffled. we consider back loot or fortran i for the day. we consider people who died their heroes at all. vicki, them follow missouri. good. of course the city is more than just a prize in battle for back most people. it was home. yet you husband,

the hooded. dear god, our town used to be so beautiful. there were roses everywhere, flowers it. oh, but it was clean. everything was kept in order. it's a memory that stands in stark contrast to scenes like this. and the bloody battles that have earned back mode. it's gruesome name. oh, we've been speaking a lot about the russian spring offensive. we asked mike martin a senior fellow at king's college in london, whether the push has already begun. it has um, i think it actually began about 5 days or a week ago. not just him by moods, which we've just been talking about. also in the northeast, in crimean or on the south in invalid are as well at the moment it's only in back to the russians making any kind of progress has been a bit of a disaster in the south in philadelphia. them on coming in had made no progress,

but in all 3 sectors. in the east, the russians have started to push forward. and it seems to me to be linked to the announcements of increased nato alms deliveries. turning out to the earthquakes and hurricane theory, and now we're the number of people known to have died in both countries has risen above 40000 humanitarian aid has been slow to reach parts of syria, which has been finding a civil war for more than a decade. but a new deal between the united nations and the syrian government means assistance is now getting through help is finally on its way within hours of the you and negotiating a deal with the government and damascus to open to border crossings between turkey and northwest and syria. this international age convoy is heading straight on through the earthquake devastated parts of the opposition held legion in syria, and also damaged the road to the only border crossing that had been approved for un,

a deliveries 8 workers can now deliver more shell to materials, blankets, and medical supplies i am now your jani article here in cedar border. just log in to fax. we that reproductive magazine as lies at digital transaction parking. now we're not where she is. yes. and they, we did, however, the sliced 170 for shooting little d u. n. is also launching a 397000000 dollar appeal to help nearly 5000000 people affected by the earthquake and syria. as the hope of finding people trapped alive under rubble in turkey and syria is dimming, rescue efforts are shifting their focus on to helping survivors. this war ship docked on the south coast of turkey has been turned into a floating hospital. there is no available hospital in my neighborhood. the

closest one is the hot. i thought you all hospital, but it's full of people injured by the quite a bit. that's why they can't provide help to people like me with slight injuries. instead of that hospital, we prefer this makes shift one tens of thousands of people have been injured by the earthquake in turkey. many requiring medical treatment with only 300 beds. the war ship hospital can only relieve a small part of the current huge strain on the turkish health care system. earlier, our corresponding hulahan told us about the situation and a camp in the turkish city of a dana. let's take a look. rescue efforts are coming to an end here in the quaker region in turkey. and now of course, the focus is on the massive humanitarian crisis. hundreds of thousands of people, if not, millions are now homeless. and although there have been huge evacuation efforts to other churches, cities,

most of the people have had to say intense for the past week for the past days. here in this 10 camp in the city of atlanta, people tell me they are receiving the help they need right now. aid workers have just been distributing baby diapers next for the children wet wipes, but there are areas, there are provinces that have been so much was affected. the city of i'm talking, for example, in the province of pa tie has been almost entirely flattened by the quakes. people there still have to stay outside in the open. they urgently need heating, shelter, electricity, but also sanitation hygienists, products. many people here in the area also need psychological help because they are traumatized here in atlanta and surrounding cities. zeal, forties, now encouraging people to return to their homes, to the buildings that are still standing and they has started inspecting these

buildings. but many people here tell me they are too scared to afraid of returning to their homes. jeremy knocked. josh is an engineer at university college london who specializes on the effect of earthquakes on buildings. good to see. welcome to the show. the authorities have been encouraging people to return home in some of the effective areas. how can they be sure it's safe? well, normally we use a set of engineering assessment tools to be able to judge the residual bearing capacity of the, of the structures offering, offering earthquake. and this is often done by judging and assessing the cracks, petra and other damages on the structure. i personally know that the ministry of environment to have a nice ation and climate change is going through a very portal training prepared. some of the, you know, most procedures and good universities on earth wake engineering in searcy. i would

like to think that they are, their methods are robust old, or i must say that there have been some food the just that we're going around in, on social media that's being ridiculed quite, quite widely because, you know, the assessors were doing certain things that you know, didn't quite convey that sort of robustness and solve the assessment. but we actually don't know. i mean, we don't know how many people they deploy. i would like to think that they have a good level of knowledge to do this in the right way. yeah, some areas like and high for example, were completely flattened while in other places like, i don't know, many buildings withstood the quakes. what made the difference here? am again, we need to go to the ground to study the damage of the buildings. but we have also seen other examples, for example, the, the town of areas. it's a small town near kaufman marsh, survived the earthquake with no damage or fool equals. we are hearing that the

mayor of this is sounded very persistent in enforcing the law and the codes and everything else. so i think the difference is that the ring is going to come down to the of the ability to enforce and the low hundreds of thousands of people currently don't have a home to return to how long would you expect reconstruction to take. unfortunately for an event like this, we actually expect the recovery process to be to be able to take a very, very long time. and so he has doesn't have a very great track record on this. i'm afraid we know that still do weekends off the north korea from the 2011. 1 earthquake are still living in the on the, on the, in the property housing and the work day has still have you on the proper shelter. again, for example, the victims of the easement earthquake from 2020 is still our needs, etc. so i am hoping that this time the recovery,

any construction processes are completed more promptly. but even the areas as high as the extent of the damage, i'm afraid it's gonna take a while. a lot of work ahead. yes, i mean october, many thanks for your time. here's a look at some other stories. make a headlines around the world today around president abraham racy has criticized sanctions as weapons of mass destruction during the 2nd day of a rare state visit to china. parents seeking closer ties with beijing, which is already one of the biggest buyers of a raining oil around economy has been struggling for years due to crippling us sanctions imposed over its nuclear program. dozens of migrants are missing and presumed dead after they're both sank off the coast of libya. rescuers have retrieved 11 bodies, while 7 survivors are in hospital. it's just the latest ship break in the

mediterranean, one of the world's most dangerous migration routes. scotlands 1st minister nicholas sturgeon is stepping down. the scottish national party leader took office in november 2014, soon after an independent referendum in which scotland voted to remain part of the u. k. the surgeon is a scotland, longest serving leader my admittedly by now here in berlin, the red carpet is being rolled out ahead of the opening of one of the world's biggest public film festivals. the 73rd burly now kicks off thursday with 19 movies buying for the golden and silver bare awards. this year's event will focus on a reef and anti government protest in iran and the war in ukraine. among the headliners sean penn's documentary about reigning president, voluntary zalinski filmed as russia invaded ukraine almost a year ago. and one of the people who will be bringing us daily news from the

festival is her leader, a barrow. good to see you. so the berlin allah is back service is back to normal. after 3 pandemic years, i think it was. and this time with an extra helping of politics to reflect the current crises. right? that's right, absolutely. this is the 1st kind of full edition since march or 2020, no more testing i'm or social distance seeing cinema's should be full and the organizers are really hoping the public will return in droves. now, partly because of the timing, because of course, last year's festival ended just before russia's invasion of ukraine. the festival is shown solidarity with ukraine by having a strong program of films, as well as a short pens documentary. we've also got 8 other films showing in various different sections. the festival badger this year is also in the colors of the ukranian flag . and the festival is also helping to facilitate the attendance of ukrainian filmmakers with financial support. now they're also shown solidarity with the human

rights protests in iran, there are about 8 reigning films, films for more about iran in the festival, including a very strong, a german made documentary about a new radio human. he was executed for killing a man who was trying to rape her, apparently in iran, if you're a woman, self defense is no defense. and that's a premiere in here. and that was made in collaboration with her family who now live here in berlin. and the brilliant alleys known to be very political are right. talking about the glitz and glamour. are we expecting any big stars to be in and, and we are definitely there really returning here in both. of course, you've got the champagne coming to premiere his documentary was what is that? we've got some christine stewart's, she's the head of the international jury. and we've also got steven spielberg making a flying visit to the capital to pick up his honorary golden bear, which is his lifetime achievement award. the festival is showing a whole, a cross section of film from throughout his career. and as well as that we got him

hate blanche. he also be here to premier her film. tar is german premier. his work was already been shown around the world to greater claim. we've got john malkovich will be here to our premier seneca and on the 1st night tomorrow night we are hoping to get a glimpse of anne hathaway on the red carpet and also peter dinklage of a game of thrones of fame for the opening film, the opening film from rebecca millette, she came to me now, and that's just for starters, the heart of the berlin allah is of course the competition. what are we looking at this year? while they're 19 films in competition for the bears this year? a very strong showing from germany there, 5 at german made films also are women directors features strongly there. i think there are 6 female filmmakers, and that is more than ever before. and awards will be handed out on a saturday. the 25th. and like every year there's no telling who could win, you just can't predict it. and like every year,

a leader is going to be there. thank you so much for walking through it. and that's all from us for now. coming up next is conflict down in sebastian, we'll be talking to dmitri trenton of the russian international affairs council for thank you so much food booth with with

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in cross path. my guess is we must go to meet with former army officer and former director of the carnegie moscow, which was shut down last april. why did moscow go to war? just as the west had begun the dialogue who tended been demanding with, with i discovered stories that could change your mind just to click away, find out best documentary on you to see the world with already

subscribed now t d, w, documentary, lafayette. but here, this is the consequence for the folks i'm to find out because clinical motion. so i'd like to stumble any more just conflict in ukraine. but european war in 10 voices rushes, warrior crane one year since the invasion began. we take a look back and into the future in the human flow in february on d, w. it's almost a year since russia invaded ukraine with no peace talks or cease fire of any kind in prospect. and yet, president putin insist the war is showing a positive trend. my guest this week for moscow is dimitri treaded for my army officer and former director of the carnegie moscow center, which was shut down last april.