ah ah ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin brush as president tales the promise of deeper cooperation with china. china's top diplomatic signals, beijing is ready for stronger ties with russia while meeting with vladimir putin in moscow. the u. s. has warned china against providing material support for russia's invasion on you. craig and putin's war on ukraine,

sparks fear in many former soviet bloc countries that they could be next. what is nato doing to protect its eastern flag? plus the heat, the samba carnival is back in brazil, covered 90 worries or a thing of the past as part hears once again pack rio streets and stay ah i'm pablo phone in the us. thanks for joining us. russian president vladimir putin that said he looks forward to deepening the partnership between russia and china in a meeting with beijing's top diplomat. one g attended talks with couldn't at 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 anniversary of rushes. invasion of ukraine also said he was looking forward to

a visit to moscow by president of teaching some we know we should learn. well, what does that actually mean when china's top diplomat suggested that china is ready to deep at strategic cooperation with russia? i post this question to are russia analyst constantine, egret. and here's what he had to say. it means nothing, but usually such, gather 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 fulton and vaughan here because protocol wise, long e is below, still put receive means that buggy is sent boy prison to jean ping, the chinese leader to discuss things that i think closer to the ukranian front. because we've heard that china wants to try to mediate between with the russian.

you great. you show itself is a force but pieces for peace as they say. and i think that the main topic was exactly that. now we've already heard wine, 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 bullied 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 gripe. and it wants to reassure the united states that were extremely irritated by the chinese help, especially konami help 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 wangs visit to show that russia is not allowed to show the chinese on its side to demonstrate, especially to countries of global south 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 in the, in bruton and russia are increasing or increasing the scene is a junior partner to beijing. so it's also in china's interest, and again, charlie wants to show the u. s. that it's not going to abandon russia, although it's not going to be completely on board with everything that booted up.

that was deed of use russia analyst konstantin eggers. russia's parliament has begun the process of suspending moscow's participation in the 2010 new start nuclear treaty president vladimir putin. a, suspension in a major national address on tuesday. naming the united states and the west for the breakdown in the pact. the new star treaty caps the number of nuclear warheads that moscow and washington can deploy. russia state parliament to duma approved this expansion today. to work note earlier i asked d to views moscow bureau chief yuri rochette or what exactly today's vote means for the new start new care treaty. yury is now based in the lafayette capital rica after russian authorities closed down our moscow office. what was it all to proficiently be in favor of the president's decision in both timbers of the russian parliament. nothing else has ever happened in the last 20 years. the question is probably what exactly does suspending russia participation in the treaty mean and

what is the difference between leaving the treat it and to just suspending it as a possibility of suspension isn't part of the contract. however, putins of warding 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 will heads provided for, 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 to different arguments. firstly, she called a whole thing, a theatre of absurdity. meaning that under the current conditions, nato rick of iris, russia to comply with this treaty and letting western experts, experts into strategic facilities put in the explanation if the west is directly

involved in ukraine's attempt to strike rush and strategic airbus is 2nd to put in said the russia is not allowed to conduct inspections with the russian experts in nuclear facilities in the united states. finally, washington would be allegedly thinking about the testing of new wood nuclear weapons. in this regard, the russian president, by the way, instructed the russian ministry of defense all ready to prepare for possible rush, do club tests. yury. tell us a little bit about the consequences of that 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 war against ukraine, but is fighting in the quinn with conventional weapons, there is no direct connection to the one ukraine. 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 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 yuri were shadow enrica force u. s. 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. now in a bid to reassure those nations, nato has ramped up security on its eastern flank. the lines has deployed extra troops to the baltic, republics of stone, yet latvia and lithuania, along with poland, slovakia, romania and non nato member. moldova, their 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, europe choices in the end 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 father of beth, up the number of troops there. i think we should be talking about divisions,

not brigade, insignificant, really significant numbers. a band of steel along nachos use them flank to demonstrate on their critically to russia 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 poise 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 pretty clear that pu chin has achieved the opposite of what he wanted. he wanted less nato. he has court 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. while data abuse brussels bureau chief,

alexandra fun, nyman, who fall that report is at them is in warsaw 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 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, 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 oper, nato's eastern flank and stay. we'll gather together later to do it today just behind me in the 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 to strengthen their presence here to be thought the number of us troops in eastern europe. alexandra is president biden's visit further acknowledgement, the theme that 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 said poland and other eastern european nap natal members are becoming more and more important for the alliance for us 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. alexandra detail views bureau at brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena in warsaw palestinian officials in the occupied westbank say at least 9 palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in arrayed by the israeli army. islamic to hard militant faction says clashes erupted in the city of nablus after israeli troops ran to the house in which 2 of its commanders were holdup. israel has not commented on the operation but as confirmed it took place. it was one of the bloodiest battles in nearly a year of fighting journalist sammy circle is covering the story for us and he joins us from jerusalem. sammy,

great to see you. so what more can you tell us about this rate? yeah, well maybe i'll just start with the figure all that 10 if palestinians killed that today. so the figure has gone up and there we're talking about also a 72 year old, a 16 year old. on top of that, of course, we have the, the minute tense that the israeli forces were after. and this operation began at around that 10 o'clock in the morning. which is a kind of a time that they know that there are people out in the streets and there, therefore, it's kind of expected. there was a kind of an expectation for such a clash. and when the forces arrived, they headed towards the cusp of the old part of the city of nobliss, where you have a homes that have be there for hundreds of years. and they were targeting a house where you had to mid it didn't, and they called them to leave the house. and they said that they're not going to live. they were arm, and then there was a some firing. and immediately afterwards,

there were a rockets that were launched at this building and causing it to just destroy. and we seemed debris all over the place. and then there were own more clashes in people came to the street, young people and, and, and, and slowly, slowly more into the hospital. some of them were militants and also others route were caught in this, they're very am disturbing. a shooting. sammy tell us, has there been i am any reactions? yeah, well i can tell you that a both are expecting the israelis and palestinians are expecting to have a reaction maybe even from the gaza strip. but hamas has said that it is seeing what's happening and it's losing its patience. and the israeli officials already warning that the might be a retaliation or from the gaza strip. that might be retaliation from other factions

in the west bank in east jerusalem. the situation is very volatile. it has been almost a 100 wounded in a hospital. the number of those 4 did could even go up. and there's concern of a further explanation. sammy circle in jerusalem. thank you. all right, let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. germany is expelling to arraignment. diplomats after to round sentence, and iranian german national death jam. she'd sharma was convicted by an iranian court over mosque, over mosque bombing in 2080 supporters and she was abducted abroad and forcibly taken to around you had him out of his him as a tropical sites on his for plan. ask her killing at least 4 people. sikes on friday hit the island with winds of around 230 kilometers per hour and heavy rain. the united nations has categorized

a storm as dangerous. it's approaching east africa. nigerian presidential candidates are holding their final election rallies boa i meant to boot from the ruling old progressives congress party is the favorite to win inside of things. vote. authorities and turkey have started to conduct building inspections after a series of devastating earthquakes left many homes in ruins. buildings which are still standing may have structural damage. many people have no choice but sleeping in cars or tents until it's safe to move back in. the w's jack pirate reports from gassy and tip. the vent waits eagerly as his flat here and gassy untapped is inspected to the alleged raj alpha. i'm one of the lucky ones altogether. i've been living in a hotel since the earthquake happened. hon, nevada and the goose's further up on the 3rd floor, this woman told us they moved back in before the building was checked,

so got the house, run the street sleeping in a car for 2 days after that. at a friend's shop. we came home after gaston, the city was put back on civil engineers like abdul caddie, olivia, or glue a checking buildings to see whether they need repairing, demolishing or okay. first stop is always the basement to check the load bearing foundations. if witnesses get demolished, it takes about $54.00 tubman's because one c, herb or damage means that her demolish, we are just finishing her test, the procedure and the telling that these are heavily damaged a building, so it needs to get damaged. but this ones, okay, you think this building or stand is more than okay? lucky for the people here. although the 3rd earthquake, which hit the region 15 days after the 1st 2 is causing concerns. after the initial quakes, nearly a 1000000 buildings in this region of turkey were checked,

and over 118000 had fallen down, or were being marked for demolition over a 100 building contracts. as a being investigated in turkey for allegedly side stepping, earthquake building regulations. no government officials though tens of thousands of this cities inhabitants of waiting to hear if their homes are safe. people like norway and her family who fled syria and had made a new home in gassy and tap that no, ma'am. ever the, our home is cracked. we can go back. we took this backpack and flats inside. i had just few clothes, my children. i also gave birth in the car after the earthquake left him a chef. it letters in rebuilding in southern turkey. isn't just a construction project. it's now a humanitarian necessity. yeah. well, it's been for decades 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 berg has been there honored for his life's work with a golden there uplands. international film fest, he to least 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. the case of some of the also have to take care of nominated for 7 oscars. the fable mens 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. ah, but nothing that is so specific to my own experiences. as the fable mince, spielberg met 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 cool? cool. walk 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. oh, the film 17 oscars. we not eat more oscars. may await spielberg next month for the fable men's a handsome jewish boy to psych you and what movie home make next after his new lifetime achievement award. here in berlin. spielberg says he plans to spend this year, figuring that out ah, in brazil, music and dancing filled the streets of rio de janeiro once again as carnival makes a comeback. the crone of ours pandemic had muted celebrations over the past 2 years . but now officials have given the green light to hundreds of parties off large and small on you don't have to go far to find this with all the

zest and crowds carnival is back brazil's the st. thought he's called locals are the highlight for many levels. but they were muted during the pandemic. this is the 1st time 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. carnival had to come back. we're very happy to be enjoying it to this kind of alden. the party includes a bombastic parade and as a dance off between the 6th biggest sambal schools. some brazilians believed that carnival is more than just the party. it imbibed their spirit in morristown. i say it's a party that shows our will, our values and our criticisms and musical form in a very joyful way negative without bringing any anger in my blog to show the world that people just want to play and be happy as if it had been this poker boys,

millions of people gather each year to celebrate carnival. many of them, a tourists, brazilian authorities hope that presence will give a leg up to the countries. colbert had economy and not just liven up the grant party. this is tito view, news from berlin. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. president thought a mere putin has hailed china's indication of deeper strategic cooperation with russia. kootenai has met with china's top diplomat wacky in moscow. the u. s. has warned beijing against providing material support for russia's invasion. all right, and that's here were news for now. coming up next is news, asia and dad. don't forget that our website, d, w dot com and dw social channels have plenty more. and you can find them with the handle t w's on pablo. yes, in berlin. clare richardson will be taking over from the top of the next hour.

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