with animals to the great debate this week on d. w or ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, russia's president tales to the promise of closer strategic cooperation with china . china's top diplomat signals, beijing is ready for stronger ties with russia. well, meeting with thought americans in moscow, the u. s. has warned china against providing material support for russia's invention of ukraine. accountants war on ukraine,

sparks fear in many former soviet bloc countries that they could be next. what is nato doing to protect its eastern flat heat? the somber carnival is back again. brazil. cobra 19 worries are 18 of the past as part of years. once again pack rio streets and stadiums. ah, i'm pablo, folio yes, thanks for joining us. russian president vladimir putin has said he looks forward to deepening the partnership between russia and china in a meeting with beijing's talk. diplomat, wang ye attend to talks with the kremlin and told him that relations between beijing and moscow would not be influenced by other countries. the meeting took place just days out from the one year firstly of russia's invasion of ukraine. also

said he was looking forward to a visit to moscow by president changing thing somewhere in the which it was much. right, well let's get there a little bit more analysis on this with dw russia analyst konstantin agger to join us from the lithuanian capital vilnius constantine, great to see. so in the meeting today with president putin one, you indicated, china is ready to deepen strategic cooperation with russia. what does that actually mean for russia? hello, public good to see a to it means nothing are usually such kind of rhetoric between russia and china and especially from the chinese officials are means to signify that relations remain what the all of frankly speaking. i think that the discussion between putin and value here because protocol was long, e is below, still put the receive means that buggy is sent boy presents to

gene being the chinese leader to discuss things that i think of closer to the ukranian front. because we've heard that china wants to try to mediate between the russian. you great, you show itself is a force put pieces for piece as they say. and i think that the main topic was exactly that. now we've already heard wang ye say that the relations between moscow and beijing are quote, rock solid. so now wang has said that relations between china and russia will quote, not be directed at any 3rd country. konstantin, break that down for us if you can. well again, the rhetoric about strategic partnership with the solidity of relations. that's very kind of standard boilerplate thing. coming out of the chinese bullet bureau. ah, that's a russian chinese alliance is not aimed at any kind of 3rd country means that china

really wants to keep its distance from putting this war on you. great. and it wants to reassure the united states that were extremely irritated by the chinese help, especially comic hill to the kremlin that nothing out of the ordinary will happen. and what's more important than china will not supply russia with weapons against which president biden explicitly warned. the chinese, what's russia's objective from wines visit to show that russia is not allowed to show the chinese on its side to demonstrate, especially to countries of global cells such as india, indonesia, brazil, on which put in counts very much for diplomatic support and economic ties that russia is actually doing very well without the west. in this respect, of course, the chinese are ready to render this service to put and they put in and russia are increasing or increasingly seen as

a junior partner to be ging. so it's also in china's interest, and again, charlie wants to show the us that it's not going to abandon russia, although it's not going to be completely on board with everything that booted up. constantine, let's talk a little bit about something that you touched on before that china seeking a role in a possible t p settlement between russia and ukraine. so if that's the case, let's talk a little bit about the influence and how much influence does china actually have of a rush in this case? moving as a mentioned pablo, it has increasingly this growing influence of moscow because china is actually the main old lead for that. they say russian energy flowing out and earning put in some badly needed hard currency. but this is this impact, although, sorry, this influence is not infinite, prudence war is put in war. he's going to continue prosecuting and no matter what

a camera see tells him. and i think that the chinese know it. i suppose that what they do well, they want to shoulder, they are, as is fashionable to see a responsible stakeholder in global affairs. sure. to washington 1st and foremost little sure that they try to mediate. but i, i'm absolutely certain they should know that now the putin is ready for any kind of compromise. normally the middle, the lensky and the ukranian, people are ready to surrender. any foot. thanks. constantine dw, russia analyst, constantine anchored in vilnius force rushes parliament has begun the process of suspending moscow's participation in the 2010 new start nuclear treaty, a president vladimir putin and annually suspension and a major national address on tuesday, claiming the united states and the west for the breakdown in the pact, you start treating caps to number of nuclear warheads that moscow and washington can deploy. russia's state parliament,

the duma approved the suspension today. with well, earlier i asked t w's moscow bureau chief uri, we're shadow, who's in reagan now? what exactly today's vote means for the new start new care treaty. and let's take a listen. was the thought will certainly 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, pablo, what exactly does suspending russia's participation in the treaty mean and what is the difference between leaving the treaty and justice spending it as a 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 a,

for by the treaty until 2026. when this agreement expires, you re tell us why did vladimir putin decide to spend rushes participation in the treaty? or what do you think? well, put in an a pap pointed out the different arguments. firstly, he called, and the whole thing, a theater 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 russian strategic air base is 2nd to put in sad. 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, instructed the russian minister of defense all ready to prepare for possible russia nuclear test. yury. tell us

a little bit about the consequences of their today's vote in the duma for at the war in ukraine. well, i think since russia has so far not used to nuclear weapons in the one against the grain, but is fighting in the queen with conventional weapons, there is no direct connection to the one grade. nevertheless, booting repeatedly threatens to fight back with all means russia has including, of course, indirectly nuclear weapons and according to russian television. and it's daily propaganda shows a nuclear weapon, nuclear war could start tomorrow. so it's a suspension that makes the situation more threatening. thank you. re dw moscow bureau chief, your shadow enrica force and that was your shadow. who is deed of use moscow? you're a chief, is now based in the laughing capital riga. all right, well, moving on to 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 feared they could. again, come under threat from russia in a bit to reassure those nations. nato has wrapped up security on its eastern flank . the alliance has deployed extra troops to the baltic, republics of estonia, latvia and lithuania, along with poland, slovakia, romania and none nato member. moldova were also nervous about moscow's intentions. increasing defense spending ramping up ammunition production footing. hundreds of thousands of troops on high hello nato is not the warring party in ukraine, but the company has led to a dramatic change in its strategy. the alliance is going back to its roots as defense expert e, in lesser. it's 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 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 our 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, former deputy supreme allied commander, europe on georgia, levine of the day. if you want to fight, protect yourself, protect your country, protect ground and seize ground back. you need the heavy metal of armed forces including time, solid infantry on out after it on the light. and there's 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 require 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 ear and missile defense systems and to feather of beef up the number of troops there. i think we should be talking about divisions not brigade. insignificant rail is significant numbers. a band of steel along nato's eastern flank to demonstrate on their quickly to rush of nature, is ready and prepared to defend itself. so far, allies have reminded united in their commitment to support ukraine and with the former neutral countries of sweden and finland now poised to join the alliance.

nato has become even more relevant, says unders folk rasmussen, former nato secretary general and now adviser to the government in keith, it's pretty clear that pu chin 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. t w's brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena who fall. that report is in brussels at the moment. and earlier i asked her to explain how the conflict in ukraine remains a balancing act for nato. 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 say out. and

that is why many nato members are against 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, 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 booker as to 9 group, that consists of 9 eastern european natal members, countries that to make up or nato's 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 is thank sent their presence here to be thought the number of us troops in eastern europe. alexandra

is president biden, to visit further acknowledgement. the theme that you mentioned that the so called who caress 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 morsel. let's take a look now. it's some other stories making headlines around the world. palestinian officials in the occupied westbank say at least 6 palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in arrayed by the israeli army. clashes are ruptured after his ready troops surrendered a house in which 2 commanders of the militant islamic jihad group were thought to be hiding. he is ready, army has confirmed an operation, took place in nablus. germany says it's expanding to iranian diplomats after tehran sentencing of an iranian german national to death. jumps she'd sharma was convicted by an iranian court in connection with the 2008 mosque. bombing supported the ledge. he was abducted abroad and forcibly taken to a random, germany's government has condemned. the death sentence thought more tropical cyclone, which formed in the indian ocean, has struck madagascar killing at least 4 people. so i clung, freddy hit the island with winds of around 230 kilometers per hour and heavy rain.

the united nations weather agency has categorized the storm as dangerous. it's now approaching the coast of east africa while syrian refugees living and 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 hearty province stroke on monday, turkish authorities say killed 6 people. it struck less than 2 weeks after mass. a massive earthquake hit the region, killing more than 47000 people, and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, displeased for the 2nd time in 2 weeks. the nightmare continues receding refugees and doki. there once again, forced to flee, going 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 now that because we would hide behind something of the arm of the dead because now we are afraid of the walls. a farm. we don't know if the roof or the floor would hit us. this is to say that this is terrifying, especially for children. hey, other, as the ramos a father was getting my love, 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 alt, quick 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 and 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 $140.00 trucks guiding you and id, have entered from turkey to rebel held areas. but cross border it has been slow to reach the worst affected oh, we asked our correspondent julia, on who's in the earthquake zone had this said disaster has affected people were millions of people here in the region have been either directly or indirectly affected by this catastrophe. their homes, their lives, their 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 intense. the united nations estimate that 2500000 children are in need of humanitarian assistance. and since you mentioned be off the shelf, let me give you one more figure. more than 7000 aftershocks 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 scant. 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 to hello, this is julie han reporting from the earthquake disasters alan turkey. we're moving on to sport and an injury in women's international football. haiti has qualified

for the women's world cup for the 1st time in history after defeating chile and the final qualifying playoffs. haiti success was thanks to 19 road now to to monet who's for 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 at cagle's in zealand, on july 20th when it's been for decades since it's for decades of legendary director steven spielberg, that he's been packing cinemas with action adventures like jaws and drastic park and dramas like schindler's list and saving private ryan. nice people are. spielberg has been honored for his life's work with a golden bear at berlin's international film festival. need of news, david levitz has this report on the man any called the world's most famous film director. steven spielberg is known for epic tails, many or hollywood classics. but the directors,

latest film is based on his own life 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 families. all my films really are personal and they are, many of them are about family. ah, but nothing that is so specific to my own experiences. as the fable mintz 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 in 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 just like you and what movie, how make next after his new lifetime achievement award here in berwin spielberg

says he plans to spend this year figuring that out. ah, in brazil, music and dancing are filling the streets of rio de janeiro once again as carnival makes a comeback. the corona virus pandemic had muted celebrations over the past 2 years . now, officials have given the green light to hundreds of parties, both large and small. and you don't have to go far to find them with, with all the vest and crowds carnival is back. brazil to st. bodies called locals are the highlight for many revelers that they were muted during the pandemic. this is the 1st i'm in 2 years. the event in rio de janeiro has gone ahead in full swing and with the boy, it's great to be back in the streets. it's great to see people truly enjoying carnival on a carnival. had to come back. we're very happy to be enjoying it. was one of the party includes a bombastic parade and as

a dance off between the 6th biggest samba schools. some brazilians believed that carnival is more than just the party. it imbibed their spirit moist. and i say it's a party that shows our will, our values and our criticisms and musical form, in a very joyful way, without bringing any anger in liable to show the world that people just want to play and be happy when she woke up boys, ah millions of people gather each year to celebrate carnival. many of them are tourists. brazilian authorities hope that presents will give a leg up to the countries coven hit economy, and not just live in up the grant party. this is tito. here, news from berlin. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. president vladimir putin has hailed china's indication of deeper strategic cooperation with russia who has met with china's top diplomat wagon in moscow. the west has warned beijing against

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