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invasion of ukraine, sparks fear in many former soviet bloc countries that they could be next. what is nato due to protect it? eastern flak. plus no safe place to live. the earthquakes in turkey have been especially difficult for syrian refugees, with hardly any needs to rebuild their lives. ah, i'm pablo police. welcome to the program. china's top diplomat has met with russia's foreign minister in moscow. the talks between wang ye and said gay, la prov, come just days before the one year anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. one has been attending a series of meetings in moscow yesterday telling a top security that beijing relationship with russia is rock solid. a kremlin

spokesperson has now confirmed that wang, we'll also meet with president later today. all right, well joining us for more on wine geese visit to moscow is jernace fabian crouch, mom who joins us from beijing. fabi on great to see. so china's top diplomat, wang ye said in a meeting today with russian foreign minister, sergey laugher off that he expect at new agreements with russia. so what's being said in china about this meeting? yet we know that one. he also said that he wants to deepen and strengthen ties with russia that china stays committed to russia. and i'm also that he expects boy agreement. so what does that mean? i mean, 1st of all, the kid shows just by looking at the rhetoric that are both countries, one to celebrate their close ties and went to want to demonstrate that they have what one e called a rock solid and friendship. and then concerning the agreements,

and really this only speculation, we don't know exactly what's not specified, but of course it could refer to the upcoming position paper that china wants to present in which it's a basically, i will lay down a diplomatic push on how to solve the one ukraine, but of course is this also seen very skeptical by many state leaders in europe, but this could probably refer to the agreements, but i mean, who knows? maybe it also refers to trade agreements. it is really not clear yet my father and actually were just dead, getting images are of your seeing images there on your screen of that, china's top diplomat wang ye at meeting with the russian president vladimir putin in moscow. so viviana, what can we actually expect here from this meeting? what, what is beijing's objective? yeah, i think baiting has several objectives and we know that seating ping, the stating that here is expected to visit moscow this year,

maybe even soon. and we'll probably m over for sure. also me to put in. so one each visit is basically seen as a, are an attempt to pay for the way for their to. but of course, it also shows how close the taste between the 2 countries are. one e s meeting are putting on a very high level of the so yeah it's, it's basically also a very, a delicate balancing act that china is trying to pull off in the west. they want to be seen as a responsible state actor as a, quote unquote, peace loving nation that is engaging or neglect, helping, negotiating peace and on the other side they are clearly i'm, you know, supporting rush us rhetoric and really refrain from criticizing or putting directly . well, tell us a little bit more about that because the u. s. is actually accused china providing russia with weapons. so what, how likely is it that this topic is actually gonna come up in this meeting? he please do soon. yeah, i mean, just from a rational point of view,

it's not in china's interest to make itself a target for, for west and sanctions, and really cross that red line and deliver a weapons. however, that were already several reports in the last weeks that, you know, i did to, you know, chinese state on companies a might be delivering some, you know, small parts for fighter jets to russia, et cetera. so i think what the u. s. was basically sending out was a signal don't cross that red line. it was a warning. and so far, both the chinese side and the russian side, hefty night, any a weapon deliveries towards russia from china. and i don't think it's very likely. but i mean, who knows, it's also em though. i mean, we just don't know yet, but i think this will also be discussed. a father president vladimir putin announced a suspension. am in a major national address on the tuesday about diaz suspension of this ab arms treated the new care i'm treating you start. so, but he, ma'am, is, is that a stance that could prove problematic for china and it's global relationships

because you went to some degree? yes, it's definitely problematic. i'm china has called this arms treaty today. very important of great importance and m a basically indirectly criticized, put in for suspending it with the foreign ministry. he has said that it hopes that you know, the thinks will get resolved soon. but it was not really a direct criticism that was more of her. yeah. very subdued, indirect mentioning of it, but yeah, definitely. it's not in china's interested. putin suspended this abs. treaty of me yet. no. good. thanks. fabia, journalist javion crouch mar in west virginia. right. well, russia's parliament has begun. the process of suspending moscow's participation in the twenty's when a 2010 new start nuclear treaty president vladimir putin and answer the suspension in a major national address on tuesday, blaming the united states and the west for the breakdown in the pact. the new start treaty kept

a number of new care warheads that moscow and washington can deploy. russia state parliament to do not approve the suspension today with no to mr. ward, but as oscar warrior. all right, well let's speak now to d w's moscow bureau chief yuri rochelle, who is now based in the latvian capital riga after russian authorities closed am d to produce moscow office uri. great to see you. so we seen those images now i of her, of that meeting between viber, putin and china's top diplomat. what exactly does today's vote on the new start m, you care treaty in the russian parliament mean and, and of course, with this meeting taking place and the expect that to come up. what was the thought of heavenly be in favor of the president's decision in both chambers of the russian parliament? nothing else has ever happened in the last 20 years. the question is probably what exactly does suspending russia's participation in the treaty mean and what is the

difference between leaving the treated and just suspending it or the possibility of suspension isn't part of the contract. however, putins of warning about suspension, suspending may be a signal that the russia is not going to increase the number of warheads, at least not significantly. or this is also confirmed by the russian foreign ministry, which sat at moscow would comply with the restrictions of the number of nuclear. we'll have wyatt's provided for us for by the treaty until 2026. when this agreement expires, you re tell us why did vladimir putin decide to suspend russia's participation in the treaty? or what do you think? well, putting in a pep pointed out different arguments. firstly, she called, and the whole thing, a theatre of absurdity and meaning that under the current conditions, nato requires russia to comply with this treaty and letting western experts, experts into strategic facilities put into explanation,

is that the west is directly involved in ukraine's attempt to strike rush and strategic airbase is 2nd to put in sad, the russia is not allowed to conduct inspections with the russian experts in the nuclear facilities in the united states. finally, washington would be allegedly thinking about the testing of new would nuclear weapons in this regard to the russian president, by the way, in struck that as the russian ministry of defense, all ready to prepare for possible russia, do close test yury. tell us a little bit about the consequences of their today's vote in the do my, for at the war in ukraine. well, i think since russia has so far not used to nuclear weapons in the war against ukraine, but is fighting in the queen with conventional weapons, there is no direct connection to the one you crane. nevertheless, booting repeatedly threatens to fight back with all means russia has including, of course, indirectly nuclear weapons and according to the russian television and its daily propaganda shows and nuclear weapons or nuclear war could start to morrow. so it's

a suspension that makes the situation more threatening. thank you. re did abuse moscow bureau chief, uri rachelle enrica force? well, you as president joe biden will meet with several eastern european leaders today as he wraps up his trip to poland following russia's invasion of ukraine. many former soviet bloc countries fear they could again come under threat from russia, and in a bid to reassure those nations, nato has wrapped up security on its eastern flank. the alliance is deployed extra troops to the baltic, republics of a stone, yet latvia and with wine. yeah. along with poland, slovakia, romania and non nato member, moldova. they're also nervous about moscow's intentions. increasing defense spending ramping up ammunition production, putting hundreds of thousands of troops on high hello nato is not the warring part in ukraine, but the conflict has led to

a dramatic change in its strategy. the alliance is going back to its roots assess defense expert ian lisa is reinforced a shift in nato strategy away from thinking about expeditionary warfare, which has been in crisis management, which has been dominating for the last decades prior to thinking again about territorial defense in a very serious way nuclear strategy is discussed in a very serious way again. so all of these things that we hadn't really focused on for decades are now at the core of debates inside native since the start of russia's invasion, need to allies have continuously increased her support for ukraine, starting with simple anti tank weapons and missiles. and then gradually deploying more advanced weapons, but with ukraine burning through artillery shells and other ammunition much faster than the west can produce them. it is becoming difficult for nato countries to match the war time demand. these problems are not surprising, says richard sheriff,

a retired british army general and natal for my deputy supreme allied commander, you rob choices in the end of the day. if you want to fight, protect yourself, protect your country, protect ground and sees ground back. you need the heavy metal of armed forces including time, solid infantry on out after it on the light and has been lack of investment in that, as there has been a complete and frankly scandalous, lack of investment in the sinews of war, the ammunition logistic sustainability recall nato has already doubled its forces on the eastern flank, in addition to 4 already existing battle groups in the baltic states and in poland . the alliance has established for more in south eastern europe. the plan is to strengthen air and missile defense systems and to feather of beef up the number of troops there. i think we should be talking about divisions more or day.

insignificant rail is significant numbers. a band of steel along meadows eastern flank to demonstrate on that quickly to russia, that nature is ready and prepared to defend itself. so far, allies have reminded united in their commitment to support ukraine and with the form and neutral countries of sweden and finland now poised to join the alliance. nato has become even more relevant says under spoke rasmussen, former nato secretary general and now adviser to the government in keith, it's very clear that poaching has achieved the opposite of what he wanted. he wanted less nato. he has got more ne show, but the longer the war drinks on the gray to the risk of an uncontrollable escalation for all its new found strength and purpose. the conflict in ukraine remains a balancing act for nato. right,

well at spring and dw brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena who file that report. she is timing by 1st in the polish capital. warsaw alexandra, great to see you. so the conflict in new care grew in ukraine, remains a balancing act for nato. so can you explain to us why the a situation is so difficult? well, nature countries have vowed to support ukraine as long as it takes, but of course they don't want to get directly involved in the conflict. they want to stay out. and that is why many nato members are, again, providing ukraine with long range missiles, for instance, or with fighter jets, because they fear that ukraine could use those weapons to launch attacks deep into russian into the russian territory. and they fear that that could lead to an escalation of the war of the conflict. and that is also why many nato members or all of them are a,

were that while supporting ukraine and providing weapon system to the systems to key if they need to keep in mind and make sure that they own stockpiles are not depleted. that they still have enough ammunition and error and missile defy defense systems to protect their own territory if needed. alexandra b. u. s. president joe biden, he gave her a pretty dramatic speech that say yesterday in which he proclaimed the u. s. a. support for ukraine. can you tell us what sir, what we can expect from today? well, today, joe biden is meeting with the so called bucharest, 9 group that consists of 9 eastern european natal members, countries that to make up or nato its eastern flank. and they will gather together later to do it today, just behind me in their polish presidential palace. and of course,

they will speak about a weapons and defense systems for nato's eastern flank. those country were dominated by moscow during the cold war. and now they fear that the war could spill over. so many of them are requesting the you asked to strengthen their presence here to beef up the number of us troops in eastern europe. alexandra is president biden's visit further acknowledgement. bethesda, you mentioned that the so called bucharest, 9 countries are taking on a more dominant role in europe. well, i think it is an acknowledgement that poland and other eastern european nap natal members are becoming more and more important for the alliance for the u. s. as well, and some of them have been among staunchest supporters of a ukraine. however,

when it comes to decision to shaping decisions within nato, some western european countries still have a big say. and we also have to say that all those bucharest, 9 countries are not all the time on the same page hungry for instance, it's not providing any weapons systems to ukraine, so they are differences among those countries. act alexandra, d. w's bureau at brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena in warsaw. all right, well let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. germany says it's expanding to iranian diplomats after tay ron sentencing of an iranian german national to daddy, cham she'd sharma was convicted by an iranian court in connection with a 2008 mosque bombing supporters allege he was abducted abroad and forcibly taken to a ram germany's government has condemned the death sentence has thought. the tropical

cyclone, which formed in the indian ocean has struck madagascar killing at least 4 people. psych loan, freddy hit the island with winds of around a 130 kilometers per hour and heavy rain. the united nations weather agency has categorized a storm as dangerous. it's now approaching the coast of east africa. nigeria as presidential candidates are holding their final rallies in the run up to saturdays election. it's considered the 1st pole since military rule, in which a candidate who isn't from one of the 2 main parties, stands a chance bola met to new from the ruling old progressives congress a p. c party is favorite to with syrian refugees living in turkey. have again been forced to flee after the latest earthquake caused further damage to an already devastated region. the magnitude 6.4 tremor centered in turkey's hattie province stroke on monday. turkish authorities say it killed 6 people. it struck

less than 2 weeks after massive a massive earthquake hit the region, killing more than $47000.00 people, and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless displeased for the 2nd diamond 2 weeks. the nightmare continues will soon refugees and doki. there once again, forced to flee, guiding what will belongings they have been able to salvage from destroyed homes. not all of them we were bombarded and serial. lot houses collapsed on us, but we were not scared, not because we would hide behind something of the now we are afraid of the walls we aren't. we don't know if the roof or the floor would hit us to say that this is terrifying, especially for children who are the rock as the rumble of what you might have. we were horrified after the last earthquake. we wanted to flee and find shelter that we don't feel safe with a roof of her head. after each tremor we feel as if it may collapse. the house does

not stand any more. many have taken shelter, intense. despite freezing conditions. the latest old squeak has added to the misery of people in the region across the border, a un delegation visited northern syria to assess the damage we came to see what the needs were. this huge needs and shelter in health as the need for fresh water for sanitation and of course removal of debris. even before the quakes people here had been living in extreme misery, much needed humanitarian aid has been delayed due to the fractures of the ongoing civil war. since the disaster, more than 140 truck scouting you and id have entered from turkey. doorbell held

areas, but cross border aid has been slow to reach the was affected. or we asked our correspondent, julia herne, who's in the earthquake zone, had this disaster has affected people the most well, millions of people here in the region have been either directly or indirectly affected by this catastrophe. their homes, their lives, the memories have been destroyed. they can't go back to their house, they can't return to their jobs, their kids can go to school. hundreds of thousands of people here now have to live in 10th the united nations estimate that 2500000 children are in need of humanitarian assistance. and since you mentioned be off to shore, let me give you one more figure. more than 7000 off to shocks were recorded here in the area since the 1st powerful quake struck earlier in february. so this is

a nightmare still ongoing. the people we speak with him, particularly the children are scared. they are terrified and doctors say that many earthquake survivors will need serious help with their mental health. they are depressed, they are traumatized and they suffer from stress related to their overall situation . related to the fact that they have lost absolutely everything. that's d w d, i'm reporting there from the earthquake disaster zone in church, or it moving on to sports now. and in the champions league, a repeat of last year's final. so liverpool take on rail madrid. in the last 16, the english side took a to go lead, but round madrid for back to seal a 5 to win after braces from both tennessee, as junior and carrying benson elsewhere. frankfurt last to nail to napoli at home after losing star striker colon, wanting to a red card in the 2nd half liverpool coat your flop. was asked about

losing to rock madrid in the champions league. and whether or not the outcome means that liverpool champions league season is over. i think carlo thinks the case over, and i think it is well in the moment. but in 3 weeks saw this in these moments, the closer we get to the game. them they go, all chances become the less likely to study the ties over but to not tonight with the 5 to when you see the game and it's like, oh, they are pretty good in color packing. we have to go there 3 goals. so take some risk that could be a bit tricky. and women's international football haiti has qualified for the women's world cup for the 1st time in history. after defeating chile in the final qualifying players, haiti success was thanks to 19 year old now to to my score twice the center nation to this year's women's world cup. haiti will share a group with england, denmark and china. the tournament is set to kick off in zealand on the 20th of july

. what has been for decades and legendary director steven spielberg has been packing cinemas with action adventures like jaws and drastic park and dramas like schindler's list and saving private ryan nashville. burke has been an honor for his life's work with a golden bear at berlin's international film festival. d w. 's david levitz has this report on the man many called the world's most famous film director steven spielberg is known for epic tails. many are hollywood classics. but the directors, latest film is based on his own life. you can just of something you also have to take care of nominated for 7 oscars. the fable men's is about a young jewish boy who makes movies as a way to navigate his own dysfunctional family. all my films really are personal

and they are, many of them are about family. but nothing that is so specific to my own experiences. as the fable much spielberg made his own 1st amateur film at age 12. as a teenager, he toured universal studios and chatted up a studio executive. soon he was working there. spielberg's 1st major film for universal was the 1971 thriller dual, a high speed chase with a murderous trucker. a few years later, his film jaws would scare an entire generation out of the water. the 1980s saw the beginning of the indiana jones franchise, and of course e t that can you soul include. each school will all the movie about a stranded alien and a group of kids trying to save him held the record for highest grossing film of all

time. for 11 years until 1993. when spielberg broke his own record with jurassic park dubuque, that same year spielberg's holocaust drama schindler's list about a german factory owner's plan to save more than a 1000 jews. he's a film 17 oscars. right. we not, he more oscars may await spielberg next month for the fable men's a handsome jewish boy to psych you and what movie hell make next after his new lifetime achievement award here in berwin spielberg says he plans to spend this year figuring that out. ah, this is dw news from berlin, and here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. china's top diplomat has said beijing is ready to deepen strategic cooperation with russia. wine has been meeting

with president vladimir putin in moscow. the u. s. has warned beijing against providing material support for russia's invasion. that's your news for now. coming up next made in germany and the economic painful kicked off by russia's invasion of ukraine. don't forget that our website dw dot com on our social media charles half more. and you can find them with the handle communities i popped up on in the us back again in 30 minutes with

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ever. made in germany. next, on d, w. o. africa, the future coffee beans may take root here. sustainable resilient, productive. the coffee exposing country of uganda is helping to fight climate change with a project titled robust lauren mill farm. as of joining a huge ecological experiment with go africa and 60 minutes on d w. ah, in sh justin is i'm a good push to me to day bus. yes. bus you. this is the consequence was settled for trying to find out. because shackleton, you know,

i'd like to still willing emergency conflict in ukraine. the european war, intent, voices rushes, war in ukraine. one years since the invasion began. we take a little back and into the future. in the new money flowing in february on d, w. ah, ah, ah. ah, ah. 12 months ago, russian tanks rolled into ukraine starting europe's biggest military conflict since world war 2. since then.