ah ah ah ah, this is the w news life from finland joins nato finished flag is raised as the alliance welcomes its newest member at a ceremony. brussels expansion doubles nato's border with russia. moscow describes the move as an assault on its security. also on the program, donald trump, profess to hand himself into manhattan, prosecutors, the whole, the president,

supporters gather ahead of his 1st court appearance in new york is expected to plead not guilty to charges linked to the alleged payment of money to an adult film . after you commission chief ursula fun to live heads to beijing for talks after laying out the plans to reset the block relationship with china. ah, i'm feel gail. welcome to the program. philip has joined nato. as it's 31st member . the ceremony in brussels saw the finish blue and white flag raised between those of france and estonia in front of the alliance. is headquarters, finished? president saudi nearly still held what he called the start of a new era. describing it as a historic move for the country and has a 1300 kilometer border with russia and one of europe strongest,

land based ministries on nato secretary general against dalton berg talked up finland status as an ally and a friend. i'm deeply proud to welcome finland as a full fledged member of our lines. and i 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 nathan door shot to day. we show the role that he failed, that the aggression and intimidation do not work. instead though less, ne thought he has achieved the opposite more nato and our door remains firmly

open or finland presents a saline stir. a fed, but securing neighbouring sweden's membership of nato was still a priority for his country. and that joining nature would help ensure regional security and stability. the era of military non alignment in our history has gone to an end. a new era begets each country maximize. he has its own security. so does finland, nato membership. it strengthens our international position and room for maneuver. as a partner, we have already long, actively participated in the nato activities as an ally feline will contribute to nato's collective deterrence and difference. well,

correspondence to italian shoals that was ad that nato headquarters and talk to me through the sat good day for the organization. certainly a big moment for finland. and as you say, a big moment for nato nato had wanted finland. and of course sweden as well to join the alliance. now that might not make sense to some people because of course, you're gaining a 1300 kilometer border with russia. but everyone inside nato feels that it's much better to have nato securing that border than to leave finland alone. should there ever be a risk on that border with russia? and so what changes is freeman's expected to see now. there won't be many changes i finland as has been integrated with nato very, very closely as a partner, as has sweden for many years. for decades. finish soldiers have had exercised with nato soldiers, a lot of interoperability, which is why finland was able to access to accede to the organization so quickly.

so i think what will change is the feeling of fins that they will never again be left alone as they felt they were after world war 2 in the winter war. they know that if russia were to step until across the finish border, that 30 other countries are bound to come to their defense. and russia has warned about a potential consequences of a nato true deployment in finland. what is thought likely to look like if it happens? russia has threatened finland on so many occasions over. it's a history that i think the fins take this with a grain of salt. of course they're not going to leave themselves unguarded as a result of this. but russia is constantly threatening finland, and in fact is constantly assaulting finland through cyber attacks through disinformation campaigns. that's why finland is one of the most resilient countries in europe because it's lived with this kind of threat all of its existence. so in finish strata, just say that at the moment, russian does not have the capacity to launch a military assault on finland because it's completely taken up with the war and

ukraine should the war and ukraine. and as everybody would like to see happen then, finland will be watching very closely to see if russia does station assets again along the finish border in order to make that threat at least possible. so left for a year for finland to join. how difficult was that process for the time to do for friends? it was much more difficult when it was a finished swedish tandem bed, because turkey is at this moment, still refusing to let sweet and joined the alliance. it says that sweden has too lax an attitude toward kurdish groups. kurdish militants that live there in sweden, primarily the a foreign terrorist organization. the p k. k, which frequently holds demonstrations in sweden. a far right activist also unrelated to the p. k. k. burned the qur'an there, of course in january it's not illegal to do so in sweden and it is in finland. so once the 2 nordic countries detached their bids,

it allowed finland to move into the alliance more quickly. so what to sweden now have to do to get the green lights from turkey give everyone else in they took a said yes, everyone in nato also says that sweden should get the green light from turkey. it's only the turks and the hungarians. we should also point out which have not agreed to let sweet and join it was this deal made at the madrid summit last july, that it had some pointers that that turkey wanted to see sweden do in terms of changing its laws, allowing weapons exports. and those things have been done. secretary general stilton berg repeat frequently, that sweden has done everything it should do to get into the alliance. so this is really dependent on turkish president wretched pie of air to one and a probably on his re election campaign, which is currently under way to see when he will drop his opposition to letting sweden in. but there's a lot of pressure for him to do that before the vilnius summit in july. in fact, lithuanian foreign minister today are arriving here at nato headquarters told

turkey don't ruin our summits. ok, thank you very much for that to territory shows. nato headquarters is look at some more stories making years around the world. starting you kramer, russian suicide. drones have struck the city of a desa and an open ice attack defense forced to serve a shot down 14. if the 17 uranium mate shot had drones. a targeting the block c port while he had a local business, but there are no reports of casualties. rational sources of georgia 26 year old woman with terrorism in connection with the bombing of a cafe in st. petersburg blast, kill the influential pro war blogger flood lent a task crammed, and says, ukraine was behind. the incident, keith denies involvement. at least one person has been killed and dozens more injured. in a train crash in the netherlands. authorities say a high speed night train derailed. after having construction equipment left on the

track rail services on the busy route between light and and the hague, have been cancer. australia has it on the latest country to band chinese owned tick tock from government devices. intelligence services our recommended the ban on the app because of fears at beijing could use, could be collecting user data. china has protested and caused on australia to treat a chinese businesses fairly. former us president donald trump is preparing to surrender to prosecutors in new york before an unprecedented court appearance is the 1st sitting or former us president to face criminal prosecution. 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 team. his support is 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 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 surrender 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, but never more optimistic about the future of our country. just remember that it's just important member 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 siege in 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 feel so the closer we get to the moment when donald trump is expecting to enter this building here right behind me, 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 journalists. i think it's fair to say on one process protesters. i is like do media people are covering him or her 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 they're all metal. i like friends is all over this place here, and many streets are blogged around the court. how is here and manhattan, so everyone is ready for, for some tension on the streets or later today. well, as i said at the start of mr. trump is the 1st city or former president to face a criminal prosecution. took 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 courthouse. 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. a 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 or so charges and then we expect him to leave fatty a fast or fairly soon again. after that, and he will be flying out or back to florida where it's expected to address or 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. and our all these than legal problems expected to affect his chances in the 2024 presidential election. that's a good question, phil. some people say it might actually even help him. because when you talk to his

support or they see this indictment as an american, they say, are the kinds of complaints about him. it's not worth them 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. in his poll in new york at bangladesh, the mass, a fire, has engulfed a shopping complex in the capitol backer. the blaze began in the early hours of tuesday in the bank of bizarre market, famous for its cloth sellers,

and hope 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'm now like a bagger. i have no one in this world. i have only you a law. there have been several fires in this market all ready in 1995 bunker bazaar completely burned down. bangladesh has a history with industrial fires that have killed hundreds in recent years. lacks regulations and poor enforcement have been blamed. what are the dope and if i had died, but my shop survived, at least my children would have a source of income. these will be done, but how can i provide for them now? i wouldn't, i won't even be able to buy them a new dress for easy. i have nothing 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 firefighters air force helicopters and soldiers tried to get the blaze. under control. germany's vice chancellor has paid his 1st visit to ukraine since the invasion. busy by hardback, a joint present the landscape on a visit to a village where russian war crimes are alleged to have taken place. a visit, a school basement when any $400.00 villages were held captive for almost a month. for 11 people were killed. the havoc expressed regret that germany did not help to arm ukraine before the invasion. we changed the position, but it took too long and was too late. i know that i think not all of the german petite, who would say the same. but i hear you're saying that it was too

late, and part of my job was in the last year to help you bring weapons as often as many as we could. and this is an ongoing promise. well, the german vice chancellor brought more than just apologies on not to visit our political correspondent julius, our daddy told us yeah, well he is germany's vice chancellor, but also the economy minister. and what he brought with them was a delegation of german industry business leaders. and that is because his plan with this visit was to try to help ukraine rebuild after it has been consistently attacked by russia and help spur ukraine's economy. he said that he wants to focus on the infrastructure, the energy infrastructure, but also on rebuilding houses and roads. and that is something that he says,

germany's government is committed to also because a german government says it will guarantee these investment by german companies. german companies will negotiate the deals themselves, but germany will provide a guarantee and that is something that germany doesn't normally do in war zones because the risk is so high. and it shows that in this case, the german government really is committed and trying to, to help you crane. rebuild julie, sammy european commission, president answered a fund alarm is troughing to china. this week before leaving, she's laid out a framework for resetting the use relations with beijing. french president emmanuel macro also joint talks focusing on trade of war in ukraine. he went german chancellor le sholtes, and he went shan 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 doc 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, economic lifeline. and at the end of march chinese president, she's paying 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 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. thank you. well, andrew, small as from the german marshall fund, think tank. i asked him if china's actions over ukraine really would determine the use attitude to its largest trading partner, i think will be

a large commercial relationship with china, regardless of m, how it handles its relationship with, with russia and its policies towards ukraine. but i think that is going to be one of the strongest messages that's delivered when it comes to significant slaves of the relationship, the political relationship. how hard to go on, the risking and on alignment with, with other powers, particularly with the united states, but with other partners in asia as well. and i think this will have a conditioning effect across the entire relationship. and that message is particularly focused, i think, on concerns right now as well. and particularly after his visit to russia that they are seriously contemplating providing lethal aid to put in an artillery ammunition and some, some other weaponry. and so i think that's a real concern on the european side to signal to, to china, that they shouldn't cross that red line. and if they do, it will lead to

a bigger deterioration in europe's relationship with china. and, but i think there aren't very particularly high expectations that china's actually going to do anything constructive or that this is going to be a means of improving the bilateral relationship. i think it's robert and i just on that, that point been very vague. these lectures seemed to be sort of the standard form before people go to china and lots of our european leaders have go gone to china, you deliver electra, then you go and do your business deal. so it's, it's almost, it's almost hypocritical. we know you're not gonna change, but we have to say this. now, where's the contract? well, i mean, i think the speech from a seal on the line was, was quite unusual for commission preston or even for a european later, it was exceptionally stock. it's not something we've heard from, from, from, from, from either a commission, pressed them in busts or french preston or a german chancellor. before i think it was particularly focused on being very clear

about where china is now headed on this teaching ping and how europe's relationship it would have to change to the result. i think exactly as he suggest the, the fact that my home is, is taking such a substantial business delegation on this visit does point in another direction. but the strategy that from the lion laid out was one in which m as is true for the u. s. as it's true for japan, the will continue to be this very large trade relationship between the 2 sides. but they're going to be more and more areas in which this di risking particularly in areas of high technology and but other forms of dependency on critical materials. and other areas needs to change on, on europe, spot and that's something that will just have to be decided on a european basis is not going to be decided. and by exchanges in beijing. and are we clear what 15 you risking means or will look like? well the minimalist version is basically to say, look when it comes to the green energy transition, the level of dependence on china, full, rarest critic, rural materials is extreme as is m 90 plus percent in various areas. so

the needs to be a diversification of sources of supply and in, in all of these, in all of these areas. but that's, and i think that's already something that the e is, is moving forward on an individual member states moving forward on, in a hot piece. if this is when it comes to, for instance, an investments in china market dependency on china. and whether that's really going to be something that's in the european side and starts to revisit. we've seen an over the course of the last year, an expansion of investments from certain key german firms for instance. and we're going to see various contracts signed. and with the french companies during this visit, i think that's going to be the harder thing for the to, for the european side to rest itself away from her. and i think where there's a lot more tension in europe about what that would amount to. thank you so much for that that andrew small my german marshall fund. thank you. this time to remind

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