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ah, i've rankoff is good to have you with us tonight. a leader is rallying his people on the eve of the 1st anniversary of a war, which is definitely not going his way. russian president vladimir putin to date urged russians to get behind the war in ukraine. a war that he's not calling such huge and addressed crowds at a sports stadium in central moscow as the one year mark approaches. this coming friday, he called on russian sky are called russian troops, defenders of the fatherland. he said that moscow is fighting for what he describes as its historical lands in ukraine. say. earlier we spoke to d. w. moscow bureau chief, uri rachada, uri is now based in the latvian capital rieger after russian authorities shut down

d w's moscow office. your he told us more about the significance of putin speech to the crowds to day. while brands put his book for 3 and a half minutes only, he emphasized in his short, pathetic speech is the importance of the russian army. that is, in his opinion, defending you mentioned that defending russia and is supported by the whole country . so each of the russians is in some way, the defender of the fatherland, his and many of those waving russia flags during this opulent propaganda event was the so called to be j. nikki. so teachers, officials, employees of state companies who was brought by buses from moscow suburbs and instructed to join his concert. among them. there was supposedly some paid spectators on social media as well as information circulating about the money people paid for the participation and,

and more mile anti craft defense system was reportedly protecting the crowds installed close to the stadium. that was a sign of a new reality mask. and perhaps the biggest story is what happened before this rally today. and that is when vladimir putin met at china's top diplomat, wong ye, at the kremlin. do we know what these 2 gentlemen are? what they talked about and what are the objectives of these 2 powers? well, put in is a keen to show that he isn't isolated brands. so i think for him, the importance of this meeting was much greater than for a. he's a chinese gast, china's importance to russia has been constantly growing since the 2014 annexation of crimea by russia and the introduction of western sanctions against russia. the russian government has been turning or shifting the whole russian economy from west to east to china. and as for china's interest in moscow,

we see that as senior chinese diplomat has been traveling to russia to talk with like the putin about the arguably most important political issue, the warning ukraine that china caused by the way ukraine crisis though. however, china wants to mediate and show, especially to the united states, to president biden, that it remains a reliable international partner and to reject the accusations back. beijing would support russia with weapons. and i want to ask you to another major story happening today in moscow, and that is the suspension of the new start nuclear treaty between russia and the united states that suspension today approved by both chambers of parliament in russia. what happens next? well, what is clear, brent is that the russians and the americans have lost one of the last opportunities for dialogue. as for the anticipated arms race, experts believe that after the suspension suspending over the treaty,

the policies will no longer control each other. but these won't immediately start and view their arms race. they say, what is likely to happen is that over time, the threat will become increasingly elusive. and the idea of how many own nuclear weapons will be needed to more exaggerate. at the same time, i other experts assure that there will definitely not be a situation when one of the party suddenly decides that it needs twice as many be south. both countries already have so many nuclear warheads that their father build up, has only symbolic meaning. they say, however, the threat of an atomic war would, is supposedly increase the w moscow bureau chief, you should are joining us tonight from reagan. that's always your thank you as president joe biden has wrapped up a diplomatic mission to ukraine and poland by meeting with leaders from the so called bucharest, 9. those are the countries along natives eastern flank. they came together in

response to russia's invasion of ukraine, one year ago. the countries worry that moscow could threaten their sovereignty if its war in ukraine succeeds. widened, reaffirmed washington's commitment to defend every inch of nato territory. we have more nell from our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena. she was with the u. s. president in warsaw. poland. well brand, i think that the feeling here is that he has to deliver to what they wanted him to deliver. the polish president duda described to biden's visits to war so and to keith as a very powerful signal as a powerful message. i also had a chance to speak with the estonian president, and he told me that he was happy to hear biden reaffirm america's

ironclad commitment to nato's mutual defense tact. because of course, we have to understand why it is so important for the leaders of central and eastern european countries that are met a here with biden, all offered their country were dominated by moscow during the cold war. some of them, sure, a border with russia. they fear that the conflict could spill over, so they were very happy to hear what biden had to say. however, you also have to say that they would have liked to see more concrete commitments, concrete announcements, they want to, you asked to strengthen their position, to beef up their numbers of their troops in the region. and they probably talked about that behind closed doors. but there were no public announcements on that.

yeah, eligible. let me ask you a little bit more about the book arrest 9 countries. these, these members of nato that are on nato's eastern flank. me. they are on the front line, if you will, against possible russian aggression. how has their role the nato changed since the invasion of ukraine began? i think that they role has become more relevant and the fact that bite and visited poland for the 2nd time within one year and effect that he met with those leaders a demonstrate that fact. and of course, we also have to say that there is a discussion under way that that could be therefore a shift in a center of gravity. however, when it comes to shaping decisions within nato, some, a western european countries still have a big se. and we also have to had to add to that. those are bucharest,

9 states. they are not always on the same page. let's take hungry fines. since hunger has not delivered any weapons to ukraine, they are at times trying to block sanctions against russia. so at bucharest to 9, they are not always on the same page. and we know the country where you are right now. poland. poland has been very, very clear, and it's positioned, it's defiance against russian aggression. and has there been any reaction there in warsaw to this nuclear saber rattling that we've been seeing this week from one of your boot? well, no, i'll see so reactions here from the polish government. however, joe biden was asked about putting decision to says pants. then you start treaty and he describes decision as a bit big mistake. and of course and leaders are concern what that could mean for the future. because of course, this was the last

a very important nuclear arms control treaty. and however many experts he also say that, you know, a saber rattling is, was as putting das and they think that say he would not go so far as using an nuclear weapons, alexander phenomena with the least knife morsel, holden, a vendor. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a british woman who joined, so called islamic state in syrian has lost an appeal against her citizenship being stripped. shima begum, who left the u. k as a school girl in 2015 is being held in a syrian detention cale, the british government revoked her nationality, saw the national security concerns. health. any official say the israeli military has killed at least 11 people and wounded more than a 100. in a rated the occupied to westbank city of nobliss. israel says it soldiers were

fired on well attempting to arrest alleged helen steady in bulletins. it says, these suspect militants are now dead. germany is expelling to iranian diplomats after t. ron sentenced and iranian german national to death. young feed. sure maud was convicted over the bombing of a mosque back in 2008 supporters alleged that he was abducted while abroad and forcibly taken to iraq. this is jumps she'd sharmen during his 1st court hearing at the terran revolutionary court, which on tuesday sentenced him to death. iran claims the dual iranian german citizen is the leader of an outlaw pro monarch. his group accused of carrying out the deadly bombing of a mosque in 2008, his family and human rights groups reject the accusations. germany is government has strongly criticized the verdict. in a tweet,

chancellor or left shot said the iran regime is battling its own people in every imaginable way. and is this regarding human rights, the death sentence against jumps sheets. sharman is unacceptable. we condemn it in the strongest terms and call on the iran regime to overturn the ruling. political foreign minister on elena burbock also expressed her dismay. nakeesha ausa. the news from iran is shocking to sentence somebody to death in a trial that doesn't comply with the rule of law goes against international law. it violates human rights dimensionally the german foreign ministry says it's working to provide counselor support to share mod. iran has so far denied access to him as it doesn't recognize dual nationality for iranians. german opposition leader from lake meds who is sponsoring him as part of a german parliament program called 1st stronger measures. before the bonus would

you call on the german government to tele ron clearly and unambiguously that this ruling must have consequences, consequence. and if it's carried out diplomatic relations with iran must be broken off even downgraded to a mission with a charge aid affair. and the iranian ambassador must be expelled from germany. osland oscar these and did most. the verdict can be appealed. shimaya's family and the german government still hope that his death sentence can be overturned. today the balloon him festival, the world premier of 20000 species of bees. the movie tells the transgender story of an 8 year old child who explores her identity during summer vacation in her mother's home town in the basque country. out of the girl doesn't like it. when people address her by her birth name and so she goes in search of the right one and a new identity. g w reporter on a trip,

told me more about the film. film is one of 2 competition films this here that stars a child as the main protagonist. and let me tell you about this girl. her name is sophia with terror, and she is incredible. her performance is so genuine, so raw and so touching. so she completely blew me away in that film. and as you mentioned before, and she placed at a 8 year old child that kind of feels not right in this world. she, she feels she doesn't belong and, and you're over the course of the film we find out why that is. so the child is spending some time in the countryside with family over summertime. and there the child really spent a lot of time with her aunt, who is a beekeeper, and also with friends and in dialogues more and more. she opens up about her transgender identity. so she was born in the body of a boy, but she identifies as a girl, and eventually she even em chooses a new name. she calls herself lucille and, and the film follows her journey,

but also the journey of the family who has different levels of acceptance with that topic. and that was also what am the director. she told us that at the press conference was particularly interested in. she wanted to bring together different points, a few that are very far apart. and she thinks that film in general, it's a really great bridge to talk about topics like that. robots that makes with your business do so. i will see you tomorrow with someone else to the tv highlights is selected for you every week in you a box. subscribe. now will you become a criminal? mm franklin, i already know who's come to top.