oh recognizes where exactly. it was fun and i have learned a lot our culture history. all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit with this is the w news line from berlin. finland joins nato finished flag is raised. that's the lines. welcome sits, newest member of the ceremony in brussels expansion doubles nature's border with russia. moscow says the expansion is an assault on its security. also on the

program, donald trump expected to hand himself and to new york, prosecutors the world's media defend on manhattan for the former president's post court appearance is expected to be charged in connection with the alleged payment of cash money to an adult film. after you achieve ursula found the line heads to beijing. the talks after laying out plans to reset the block relationship with chuck. ah, i'm feel gail. welcome to the program. finland has officially joined nato assets, 31st member in the flag raising ceremony. finland blue and white flag worse raised between those of estonia and france in front of major headquarters in brussels. finished present us how the minister hail the start of what he called a new era and said he was a historic most of the country. finland has

a 1300 kilometer on board with russia and is one of the strongest that land base military in europe. u. s. is urging hungry and turkey to drop their objections and let sweden also join the allies. if nato secretary general dance dalton bell, i'm deeply proud to welcome finland as a full fledged member of our lines. and look forward to also welcoming sweden as soon as possible. at times like these friends and allies are more important than ever. and filled and now has the strongest friends and allies in the world. president fulton wanted to slam nato's door shut. to day, we show the role that he failed, that the aggression and intimidation do not work. in said,

though less ne thought he has to achieve the opposite more natal an hour door remains firmly open. finland's president saw the nitty sto said that securing neighboring sweden's membership of nature was a priority. that he stressed that joining nato would help ensure a regional security. instability looked good though. i'm. let's get more from. i corresponded terry short sousa ad said nato headquarters. hopefully we'll be able to hear her at welcome, terry today as a pretty significant today for later. that's right, it is a big day for nato. this is a day that the alliance has very much look forward to. as you mentioned earlier,

finland has one of the strongest best equipped military's in all of europe. and of course it had been waiting for decades, believing that non alignment made it safer. after russia invaded ukraine, finland decided that there was no way it could be certain that russia would not invade another neighbor itself and decided that it needed this article 5 guarantee of other allies coming it to its defense. should russia turn finland's way next? and so now finland is in the night, her family does anything change. i think the biggest thing that will change because finland has always taken care of its own defense is, is the sense of security of its citizens. you know, fins were it were very strongly against joining nato for it's since world war 2. and only after this invasion did, they start to change their mind. and once that started, the crescendo was unstoppable. they went from something like 20 percent being in favor of nato membership to now more than 80 percent. and i'm sure it's even higher

now. so once they realized that they may need this back up that they definitely wanted to join the alliance. they also wanted sweden to be in giving even more security to the nordic region, but that'll have to come another day. and he told them less than a year to join, which is something of a record. how difficult was it together? that's right, and that's again because finland already met most, if not all of the standards of becoming a nato member, some of those are having to do with, with a democratic system rule of law. but a lot of it is also interoperability of the military's and finland has been exercising with nato for decades. so that part wasn't hard. what was hard was having a tandem bid was sweden, and the opposition primarily of turkey to letting sweden join the alliance. so a few weeks ago of finland and decided that it would be willing to go alone without sweden and nato supported that decision. and that's why finland is joining today.

and sweden isn't russia? of course i'm no fan of this expansion answers warned about potential consequences of nature, troop deployment in finland. what might that look like? we can't be sure because russia threatens finland all the time and always has and in fact, does continuously carry out cyber attacks and disinformation attacks on finland. so that country is, is well used to russia trying to meddle in its affairs. at the moment, though, strategist tell me that russian would not have the ability to carry out any sort of military attack on finland. the assets that would have been stationed nearer to the finished border have all been moved to help in the war. in russia's war in ukraine . so right now finland doesn't feel that there is a military threat. could be be a different situation. should the war end in ukraine, which of course everyone hopes will happen. and russia may, you know, move assets back toward the finish border. but by that time, of course, now article 5 is in effect. so quit would been about to sweden,

which is still in the nato waiting room, or waiting on the turkey. i'm hungry. is that likely to happen? nobody knows, but president russia tie up air to want at this moment he is held out against sweden. he continuously says that he doesn't believe sweden deserves to be a member. meanwhile, nato secretary general young stilton, bergan. of course, the swedes themselves say that they have fulfilled all the pledges made to turkey after this deal was made, a trilateral deal was made at nato's last summit in madrid. so including today, secretary general stockton brook says look, sweden has done everything. turkey, let them in the big, the big deadline is really the vilnius summit in early july and nobody inside nato would like to see sweden still lingering outside the alliance. by that date, i thought harry, i traditional technical headquarters take a look at some more stories,

making that news around the world that will start in russia, where suicide, excuse me, it will start in ukraine, where brush and suicide drones have struck the cranium. city of odessa and an overnight attack, defense forces say they're shot down. 14 of the 17 iranian made shot had drones targeting the black sea port one here to local business, but there are no reports of casualties. authorities in russia have charter 26 year old woman with terrorism, in connection with the bombing of a cafe in st. petersburg blast, kill the influential pro, pro war blogger flood lena, to task the chrome. it says ukraine was behind the incident. he denies involved he's one person has been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash in the netherlands. authority say a high speed night train derailed after heating construction equipment left on the track rail services on the busy route we live and the hague of been canceled.

the australia has become the latest country to band chinese owned tick tock from government devices. intelligence services recommended the ban on the app because of fears at beijing could use, could be using, would be collecting user data. china has protested and call that australia to treat chinese businesses fairly. at the united states where a former president, donald trump, is preparing to surrender to prosecutors in new york before an unprecedented court appearance. is the 1st sitting or former u. s. president to face that criminal prosecution. and is accused of covering up payments to adult film actor stormy daniels. 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 chain. his support has rallied loudly nearby, while others demanded justice,

guiding him on off hooker's payment. 10 years ago or 7 years ago is a misdemeanor. and it should not be a felony case by alvin gregg, i don't think they have anything to lock them up for. i think this is just a political per excursion 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 tuesday. his expected to serene himself at the district attorney's office before being arraigned at the criminal court with the charges will be read to him. authorities are 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. while champ was the focus of attention in new york city, president joe biden was visiting a factory and minnesota. he has consistently refused to comment on the charges against trump. monday was no exception. or livermore, after mister gratitude of our country, just remember it's just important. remember who we are. we're the united states of america. there is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. trump 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 with our washington bureau chief in his pole gave me this update from outside the manhattan court building, where mr. trump's arraignment is to, to take place. i'll fill the closer we get to the moment when donald trump is expected to enter this building here right behind me the, the more a kind of the buzz is rising early this morning. there were hardly any protesters, but now we see maybe a 100150 or so. but there are at least 3 or 400 jolissa your threat to say on one process brought us of i is like do media people are covering him. the police presence is high and i had the chance to talk to some police offices. they are in high alert. they don't expect anything like january 6 or so to happen. but there are medal, or like friends is all over this place here,

and many streets are blogged around the court house here and manhattan. so everyone is ready for, for some tension on the streets or later today. as i said at the start of mr. trump is the 1st city or former president to face a criminal prosecution. talk us through the significance of this moment. i. so this is the 1st time in history. it has never ever happened that a, a sitting president or a former president has been a will be a rain. so these pictures we will see when he will be taking into the court. how is this is really like historic, they will take his fingerprints. he probably will not be handcuffed. and as for now, we don't know if the photographs are taken, which normally is happening. however, he will leave his car and walk into the court house and he will have offices

around him to protect him. the charges will be right to him, we expect $32.00 or so charges, and then we expect him to leave faddie a fast or fairly soon again after that. and he will be flying out or back to florida where it's expected to address the nation. so to speak and share his tag of this very day. he's not he doesn't need to pay any bail. that's also interesting because while he's not seen as a threat anyhow at this point, so he will be flying back to florida. and we will hear from him personally later today on our, or leave the legal problems expected to affect his chances in the 2024 presidential election. that's a good question. so some people say it might actually even help him. because when you talk to his support, they see this indictment as an american, they say,

are the other kind of complaints about him. it's not worth for him being indicted just because he was paying hash money and what might be even mad or more is all the attention he is getting here. phil, you know, the whole media scene is covering him again. he gets a lot of air time and his or his campaign already said that within the 1st 24 hours after these indictment was announced, he was able to raise $4000000.00. so he definitely, i will make the best out of this media attention. he's getting through or because of this indictment. thank you for that error in his poll in new york, a to bangladesh where a massive fire has engulfed a shopping center in the capitol back up. the place began in the early hours of tuesday in the bank bazaar, mark it famous for its clothes. it's cloth sellers and home to some 3000 shops.

oh, what was once a thriving market in the heart of duck her has been reduced to smouldering ashes. ah, shop owners watch in shock, as their livelihood goes up in flames. i love now like a beggar. i have no one in this world. i have only you a law. there have been several fires in this market already. in 1995 bunker bizarre 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 don't go and if i had died, but my shop survived, at least my children would have a source of income easily. but how can i provide for them now? i wouldn't, i won't even be able to buy them a new dress for either. i have nothing. i've 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 trying to get the blaze under control. the european commission president to us uniformed the line and travels to china this week before leaving. she laid out a framework for resetting the use relations with beijing. friend, president emmanuel, macro will also be joining talks focusing on trade and the war in ukraine. he went german chancellor, olaf sholtes, and he went, shall 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 of 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. beijing 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. clia goal is a systemic change of the international order with china at its center. we have seen it with china 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 paying me the 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 in advantages and bouncing

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 is 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. let's pick this up with a ride hard booty. cough who's a member of the european parliament under spoken critic of the chinese communist party. he was put on a sanctions list by china after he condemned human rights abuses that welcome to d. w. so we have the, you in the middle of a sort of superpower standoff with china and the u. s. on either side. despite that

we have you leaders and business leaders going there to try and science trade deals . should they be going well, look, china is a reality. we cannot ignore the role that the country plays. but in dealing with china, we would be well advised if europeans coordinated our efforts effectively. and this is why i welcome that present on the line and present mark who are traveling together. this is obviously an effort to share and not only an experience, but also to signal to the chinese that were willing and capable of talking with one common voice. except i thought, thought really happening is it? because we know we've already had represented se representation from germany. and

spain and others previously. so there is no one european voice on china is that well, i tend to contradict joke if you look at what we've been developing with regard to creating a trade defense instrument. so with the last 7 years in order to counter act, china saw on, well evil with breaking off w child rules to, to say at the frankly then you, you would certainly not deny that the european union is getting its act together. and also with the, the perspective that present funder lion has laid out, which says, we should the risk our relationship, which does not imply that we cut the relationship altogether, but that we all reduce over that tendency. that's also widely shatt

prospective, i would say, right? so does what's, what leverage does the e u ha van. it's one thing for us going off on the line to say that lecturing beijing don't do this or do do this. what's the, or else look up i, i don't think that done. anybody would be well advised to, to try lecturing, beijing, that's what, what they changed doing or to us own continuously, but we should not be on acting on the same level. we should just express clearly to beijing what our interest saw or how we see the situation. and what they can expect of us are, i don't think that we should talk about or else. but we should clearly signal to

beijing that when they say that they respect a national sovereignty and territorial integrity, then that must come with a consequence, or else it cannot be taken seriously. so what then are the consequences? well, we are already beginning and, and that's not only a political effort, but also in an effort by the business community. we're already beginning to reduce our dependencies are which of course freeze our hand. we're, we're creating our instruments that help us defend our common cause. for instance, when, when our china tried to coerce lead through ania over there, towel relations. the used to together went to the w t o r, but also created an anti torsion instrument. so i think china understands very

clearly that the you is not sitting on the sidelines when they try to substitute the us as the number one power internationally. that we defend multilateralism, that we oppose big power domination. and that we insist on um the a rule of law in international relations. and so you, you don't believe as there's any element of hypocrisy than when i was going to follow up on the line. i and other european leaders give his lecture to china usually before they go with business delegations, assigned a big deal, a lecture china about human rights, and then turn up and sign a multi 1000000000 dollar deal. you don't, you don't, you don't believe as an element of hypocrisy there and just going through the motions. look, i, i already told you that i don't agree with your charm lecturing. i don't think was the laugh on the line. all present my or are going to lecture the chinese,

they just lay out squarely unfairly where we stand and what we will do and how we will react and that what we expect of them. of course some the young business relationship is also a, an element of our overall relationship. but i'm, it's not the politicians that, that do with the contracts. it's the politicians that correct that create the framework for the business relationship. and certainly the a d risking strategy that we are beginning to follow. well, set a framework where multinational corporations cannot continue to act as if they could privatize all the gains from doing business in china and make the taxpayer put the built right. good. talking to him,

thank you so much for joining us. are right on critic off a green member of the european parliament is remind of our top story at this hour. fealand has especially joined nature, finished flag was raised as the alliance. welcome to spend the 1st time, but at the ceremony in brussels, expansion doubles nato's border with russia. moscow sets the expansion is an assault on the security. kickoff is next reporting on by and munich stuff. first match under the clubs, new coach thomas to cool. i'll be back at the top of the good with with

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