[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah ah, this is d w news coming to live from berlin, nate, it was just hours away from doubling its border with russia. the alliance is getting ready to welcome finland as its newest member and a ceremony at its brussels headquarters,

the kremlin lashes out at the nordic expansion as an assault on moscow security. also coming up america, braces for donald trump's 1st court appearance on criminal charges, sober hush, money allegations, the former president is due to hand himself in 2 authorities in new york later today. and you chief porcelain on july and head to beijing for talk center, laying out plans to reset the walks relationship with china. ah hello, i am terry martin. good to have you with us. nato is set to officially welcome finland as its 31st member later today, raising the finished flag at its brussels headquarters ahead of that formal ceremony. nato secretary general young stoughton bag called finland's admission, the fastest on record,

a direct result of russia's invasion of ukraine. finland shares a long border with russia and applied for nato membership last year, ending decades of military neutrality. today is an historic day. the call syn. if you hours we will while come. finan asked the 31st a member of our alliance. this'll make finland safer and natal stronger finan. i will get an iron clad security guntee. an article 5 are collected, defense schools won't for all, for one. i will now from to day apply for fin them. sure. while a short while ago i spoke with his rosy bertot at nato headquarters in brussels. i asked her what finland, joining nato means for the alliance and practical terms. military, as you can see behind me, nato am getting ready to welcome finland. the flags of the existing nato allies are fluttering in the wind,

but there is one flag full here which is currently empty. that is where a finland's flag will be hoisted. and once finland flag is waving in the wind here, finland will have officially waved good bye to its long held policy of military non alignment. for decades, finland was happy to be a partner of nato, but not a member. but everything changed last year with russia's full scale invasion of ukraine and fins were forced to really radically rethink their security policy and their security set up. now what changes most importantly for finland, tiers that becoming natal means it becomes party to nato's article 5. that is a collective promise, a collected defense plate, which nato allies take under which an attack on one ally is seen as an attack on all today as finland formerly exceeds the alliance. that means that nato borders with russia will more than double over night. so it's not mere, putin wanted less nato on his borders. well, that seems to have back far,

it will be getting the exact opposite. finland's nato exertion did not come easily . rosy, turkey and hungary delayed it, and those countries are still blocking sweden's bed. what does that say about unity within later? will you hear plenty of talk, terry? to day of a speedy accession, the fast is ne, to accession in history, but many had expected, it would be faster still. there have been some bumps along the road, finland's and sweden, initially apply to join nato together in may. 2022. know that those and accession procedures got tied up with a row with turkey because on cra, has in the past, accused sweden of offering safe haven to terrorist that something which sweden denies. and as you said, as finland fly will be raised here will sweden will still be basically standing on

the side blades are most say we might see some movement on sweden's membership after the turkish elections. but hungry as you also mentioned is still holding out . so we don't have clarity on exactly when sweden will be joining finland and sweden had hoped to join together and that certainly a message were likely to hear from other members of the lights the day that there is still a hope that when i go in this summer in the summer here in europe, there will be a major nato summit, and that by that time it is hoped by many, including nato secretary general, yet stilton berg that sweden to will be a member of this alliance. but as you mentioned, it points to some disunity as turkey and hungry are, as i mentioned, it's still holding out and still not giving any clarity on when stock, whom will be signing up, rosie. thank you very much. our correspondent rosie birch. out there in brussels for you as present. donald trump is preparing to surrender to prosecutors in new york later today as he faces an unprecedented court appearance. trump is the 1st sitting or former

u. s. president of priest criminal prosecution. tuesday we'll see his arraignment on charges linked to alleged hush money payments to adult film actor stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. the former reality tv stand president is the biggest story in town. again, arriving at trump tower, donald trump, heated quickly inside for more talks with his legal team. his support has rallied loudly nearby, while others demanded justice. guiding him on off hooker's came in 10 years ago or 7 years ago is a misdemeanor. and it should not be a felony case by alvin. brett, i don't think they have anything to walk them up for i think this is just a political persecution of somebody that they don't like. and on top of that,

i think it's election interference. countries very divided at this point. so it's important that we understand that this is not a justice a criminal case against trump would be unlike anything the u. s. has even experienced on choose day. his expected to serena himself at the district attorney's office before being arraigned at the criminal court with the charges will be read to him. authorities a bracing for protests. as always, we will not allow violence or vandalism of any kind. and if one is court participating in any act of violence, they would be arrested and held accountable, no matter who you are. but while tramp was the focus of attention in new york city, president joe biden was visiting

a factory in minnesota. he has consistently refused to comment on the charges against trump. monday was no exception. or never more optimistic about the future of our country. just remember, just in, remember who we are with the united states of america. there is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. champ is bound to continue with his 2024 presidential bid come what may, in this case is even seen a surge and his support among republicans, but opinion in the country remains deeply divided with more americans than not saying he should face charges over the stormy daniels case moralists, unprecedented case. let's bring in jessica geena het. she's a professor of american history based in berlin. thanks for joining us. jessica trump is the 1st sitting or former u. s. president to pace criminal prosecution. how significant is this moment?

well, you know, presidents have been facing criminal charges before, notably in the 900 century and then richard nixon came fairly close on. but what is known new today is really the political move we see in the country. and you have to remember that originally the president wasn't the most important person and government as it is kind of today. and what happened is, the more important, the president became in american history, the more important his ethics is personality and everything else have, have become. so what we see here is in essence, you know, criminal court and all that. that's not so new as the fact that the presidency today is something so very different than it was as little as 100 years ago. right . so richard nixon, for example. i was indicted simply because i was not indicted about what was facing criminal charges almost because he had been doing something that was wrong. but he resigned in time because he was hoping for

a presidential pardon which he got in the end that would never happen today. never, why is that? what does this say about the state of american politics at this point in time compared to some of the nixon europe? well, for one thing, trump has a lot of backing in his own party. nixon didn't have that nixon had to resign because it was bipartisan consensus at the man have to go on the a. and the other thing is that joe biden will not pardon donald trump if it even came to that. gerald ford did that simply because he believed that this was the best way to bring the nation back together and to continue a period of, you know, p seeking and mutual understanding and all of that. that's not at all the situation that the nation is in today. can you imagine a bipartisan agreement on how to treat a case like this,

or do you see us politics now in a fundamentally different place than it was say, 50 years ago? i think the latter is the case. i think you was pollack's, he takes, has really changed and in many ways changed for the worse in the last, really since the resignation of richard nixon, because the presidency itself has become so much more contentious and, and american voters have just much more suspicion and skepticism towards their government than they used to have 50 years ago. and really, donald trump's legacy is going to fundamentally influence the way we think about presidents. i think in the, in the future the, the procedure or what we're going to see today is not going to impact his bid for the presidency, but it will remember, it will change the way we think about the presidency and how we're going to remember. trump's standing as a former president,

we all have known about his scandalous personal life. everybody knows that he's been tampering with governmental affairs, but what is new here is that he is the 1st one to really have gone as far as, as he did. and really question the idea that ethics matter to the road. and so i think this is not going to affect, you know, the moment, but it's going to affect the future. do you see a risk that these legal cases against trump will further road trust in us democracy? absolutely. i do. i do, and i think this is what, what to day and all, all the other efforts to kind of nail trump in one way or the other have been all about this is not so much about the man and his politics, but it's really about the safeguarding of liberal democracy,

which has been under so much pressure not only in the united states, but particular. so in the framework often craddick thought and restore the trusted people once used to have in the system itself. this is much more about the system today than it is about the man, professor jessica geno. thank you very much for talking with us. thank you very much. sega look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world . a woman arrested over an explosion of st. petersburg, cafe and russia, had they killed, bloodless petoskey, and influential pro war blogger is due before a moscow. the kremlin is treating the blast as a terrorist act and has accused ukraine of orchestrating and the incident could now see the russian parliament moved to titan. it's terrorism laws. australia has become the latest western country to ban the chinese owned app,

tick tock from government devices. the government said intelligence services recommended the ban over fears that beijing could be collecting user data. china has protested against a decision and called on australia to treat chinese businesses fairly. a massive fire has engulfed a shopping complex and bangladesh is capital dhaka. the blaze began in the early hours of tuesday in the bank of bazaar market, famous for its clot sellers and home to some $3000.00 shops. oh, what was once a thriving market in the heart of deca has been reduced to smouldering ashes ah, shop owners watch in short, as their livelihood goes up in flames. i have become a beggar. i have no one in this world. i only have you along. there have been

several fires in this market already. in 1995 bunker bazaar completely burned down . bangladesh has a history with industrial fires that have killed hundreds in recent years. lax regulations and port enforcement have been blamed. what are the dope and if i died and my to shop survived, my children would then have some income. and how can i provide for my children while i'm still alive? yet everything is finished. the, the, that the nasa said. many shop owners had stocked up with clothes before adolf hitler, a festival marking the end of the holy month of ramadan. in just a few hours, thousands of shops have been destroyed. as hundreds of people watch on fire fighters, air force helicopters and soldiers try to get the blaze under control. ukraine says russian suicide drones obstruct the city of odessa in an overnight attack.

ukrainian defense forces say they shot down 14 of the 17. iranian made sha head drones unleashed on the strategically important port city on the black sea. according to local officials, one drone had an enterprise in the region, causing a fire, which has since been put out. there were no reports of human casualties. germany's vice president, vice chancellor rather has paid his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion robot, hobbit joined presidents to landscape on a visit to a ukrainian village where alleged russian war crimes took place. a year ago, they visited a school basement where nearly $400.00 villagers were held captive for almost a month by russian troops. 11 people died during the ordeal in the village, north of keys. in discussions with the cranium, government officials ha, back expressed regret that germany did not help arm ukraine before the russian

invasion to position it took too long to convert. i think not all of them could he's who would say the same, but i feel shame that this or to late and part of my job once in the last year to have you bring in this many of the quote. and this is an ongoing promise. european commission president ursula funder line is traveling to china this week just days after laying out a framework to rebalance the use relations with beijing. she'll be joining frances president. manuel macolon for talks expect to focus on trade and the war and ukraine. the joint visit meant to underscore european unity comes at a time when the use main partner, the u. s. has been seeking to isolate china. he went german, chancellor le sholtes, and he went shot michelle of the european council and he went spanish prime

minister pedro sanchez, all made the pilgrimage to beijing shuttle diplomacy with a major player on the world stage. but not just diplomacy. they all went to talk trade, that trading relationship is huge. you countries exported $240000000000.00 worth goods to china last year. much of that was in high margin items like heavy machinery, energy infrastructure and cars. european countries also don't want to be sidelined as china's international influence. grows facing, is asserting itself, not just in asia, but in africa and the middle east. setting the stage for a superpower rivalry with the us. chinese communist parties, clear goal, is a systemic change of the international order with china at its center. we

have seen it with china's positions in multilateral bodies which show its determination to promote an alternative vision of the world order closer to home. europeans want china to help rain in russian aggression against ukraine. china is russia's economic lifeline. and at the end of march chinese president, she's in ping made a high profile visit to moscow. spain has pressed she to meet with his ukranian counterpart as well, so far to no avail. others want to prod beijing harder. oh, china continues to interact with proteins. war will be a determining factor for you. china relations going follow it as a permanent member of the security council, china has a responsibility to safeguard the principles and values that lie at

the heart of the un charter. and china has a responsibility to play a constructive role. an advantage advancing a just peace. beijing has been tight lipped about russia's war, aside from releasing a 12 point piece plan that was dismissed by the west as overly vague and too easy on moscow. the 1st point called for nations to respect territorial integrity and sovereignty. but made no specific demands on russia in regards to its invasion of its neighbor. so far, europe doesn't have much to show for its attempts to influence beijing. european leaders might ask themselves how much more credibility to invest without alienating the u. s. a traditional ally that is doing all it can to isolate china more enjoy now by felix lea, a journalist who's been almost a decade working in beijing and who covers china for table medium. he likes the

ears in the middle of a superpower, stand off with china on the one side in the u. s. on the other. what to these visits to china by you leaders tell us about europe's position in that stand. oh. that the europeans are in the dilemma exchanges. china is definitely back on track . everyone wants to talk to beijing now. not even 100 line in them on my call. they hope both hope that china can really do something for ukraine. but the chances of this happening off limbo and they want to try, but it's hard on the same hint commission president funnelling extremely critical keynote speech last week. and on the same hand, mark hall is bringing up 50 high ranking business representatives with them. so this shows how complicated it is for the europeans,

what they want to try to achieve to accomplish in beijing. you mentioned the business delegation traveling with my con. european leaders often say these trips are mainly about trade. is not naive though, to think you can separate trade and geo politics when dealing with china at what went well in those last few decayed. so i don't know if you can call it not youth, and a lot of your european businesses, the mate, great profit, especially the german industry, the meat they profited from china. economy. economy rise probably as much as no other country. but of course, the things have changed. china has become more aggressive and china users economy dependencies too far for political goals. so yes, so it's definitely time that the europeans have to think over their

strategy or think about and strategy towards china, just doing trade with all these geopolitical attentions. this will not work anymore. it talks about profits. i mean, there's also the fact that european countries not just europe, became quite dependent on china. and during the pandemic we learned how important those supply chains are. i just want to ask you what we heard you commission president ursula on your line. talk about chinese goal as being systematic or rather, systemic change in the international order with china at its center. what is the easiest response to that realization in policy terms? well, it's up here. yeah. i mean, a funder line made it very clear that youth does not want to accept or what is china, what trump china trying to do. and so far, from her standpoint with her speech,

we need more confrontation towards china. but on the same hand, front line said, decoupling from china is not in the interests of europe. instead she laid out a course of economy, the risking, whatever this means in detail is not clear yet. just means that she doesn't want to decouple, totally. and on the other hand, the business delegation mark on definitely not sending, not even a signal for d, risking what from the line was talking about. so i think the europeans, i'm not quite clear yet what they're china strategies is supposed to be talk to us about trying to support for russia. the u. s. has said it would be a quote, serious problem of china decided to supply weapons to russia. you obviously isn't keen on that either, but does the west have any leverage, any sanction options to use with china? well, yes,

the dependency on this on both sides. so we're talking about dependency from china that the europeans have, but it's vice versa. trade is also always vice versa. so yes, there is different there, there are measurements. so if there are really proves so far, there aren't. but if there are proof that china is giving weapons to russia, this will definitely mean that the us will sanction china. and you kind and that also would mean that europeans have to follow and problems. i mean, there are different levels of the what the americans are already doing is sanction . i think china with, in the industry already very helpful for china. but of course, there are many more measurements, but as, as i said, it will be hard for, for both sides. felix, thank you very much for your insights. that was felix lee, to expert from table media here in berlin. thank you. nasa has named

a 4 strong crew for its artemus to moon flight. they include the 1st woman and the 1st person of color to take part in a lunar mission. the crew is due to fly around the moon as early as next year. artemus to be the 1st crude lunar voyage since the end of the apollo era. more than 50 years ago. you are watching dw news. just reminder of the top story we're following for you this. our native is preparing to welcome finland as it's new as member and what secretary generally in stoughton bag is calling a direct result of russia's war on you crate. the expansion will nearly double nato's border with russia. the kremlin says finland's membership is an assault on moscow's security. and donald trump is in new york awaiting his historic court appearance. the former president is staying in trump tower before he hands himself

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