ah ah ah, this is the w news coming to live from berlin, russia bell roost talk tactical nuclear weapons, special russian leader, alexander lucas franco is in moscow for talks with russian president vladimir putin stationing tactical range nuclear weapons in bel. ruth is expected to be on the agenda kremlin, says bella vision troops have already arrived in russia for training. also coming

up french president manuel mccall visits china, which he says, has a major role to play in finding a peaceful resolution in ukraine. he's expected to discourage president, she g, paying from supporting russia and its invasion plus anti regime protests against iran and continue in ever more diverse forms i. we made a young iranian woman who fled the country after her love of dance. got her reported to around 5 or police by her own family. she's just one of many women who have turned their talent into a weapon against the islamic republic. ah . hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. nuclear weapons,

or at the top of the agenda in talks between the leaders of russia and barrows that russian leader, alexander lucas shanker, is in moscow for a 2nd day of meetings with russian president vladimir putin. the 2 are expected to focus discussion on plans to station short range tactical nuclear weapons on beller, russian soil. the plans have drawn international condemnation and the kremlin says beneficent forces are now in russia for training with the weapons. ah, this is russia's iskander and missile system able to hit targets up to 500 kilometers away. he could soon be stationed in bel roost near the polish border, carrying nuclear warheads. moscow says the iskander system has already been transferred to the bell. russian military and troops had reportedly arrived in russia to learn how to use it. russia claims the move as a response to nato, increasing its combat readiness and adding finland as a member,

made official earlier this week. ready to go slower. under these circumstances, we are taking retaliatory measures defending the security of the union state bell. ruth has been a close allied to russia since the invasion of ukraine, which was partly launched from bella russian territory. since then, the russian and battle russian militaries have carried out multiple joint exercises . russian nuclear warheads are scheduled to arrive in values in july. we'll shift over velo reese's authoritarian leader, alexander lucas jenko said the nuclear weapons weren't just for show hardly brain starched on. you put the ukrainians believe that they will win with this is nonsense, it is impossible to defeat a nuclear power if the russian leadership realizes that the situation threatens the collapse of russia than what the most awful weapons will be used to run out of my position. the united nations disarmament affairs chief has warned that the risk of nuclear war in europe is higher than at any points since the end of the cold war.

since the fall of the soviet union and the end of the cold war, the number of nuclear weapons in europe has been drastically reduced. but that trend could soon be reversed. my colleague amin s, if has been looking into where these warheads are located and where they might be moved to let's start with nato's nuclear arsenal here in europe. now, in addition to france and the u. k, which have their own nuclear weapons. there are 6 spaces where nuclear warheads a, from the u. s. r report of the station that's in the netherlands in belgium, in germany at 2 in turkey and one in southern, 2 in italy and one in southern turkey. now, some estimates put the total number at $100.00 nuclear bombs. these are not official locations, but they're an open secret. now, russia is the only former soviet country to maintain an arsenal of nuclear weapons . has a lot fewer than it did at the height of the cold war a, but it still has more than any other country in the world, even the united states. and these are kept at more than

a dozen military bases across its territory. and that includes in a goal of chino, which is just 20 kilometers from the cranium border if you can see it there. now, as you see, russia hasn't not openly stationed any nuclear weapons on the border of a nato member state, and nato has not openly stationed and the nuclear weapons on russia's border until now. that is, a russia said, well positioned nuclear weapons in the west of bela roost. sheer just kilometers from poland border. that's a nato member member state. and it would be the 1st time russia's nuclear bombs would be placed outside its own borders. since the end of the cold war, now raising the thread putin's inner circle has warned that further nato expansion with finland and sweden, for example, that would prompt russia to position nukes in its exclaim, of co linen grout. if you can see here that's up in the baltic states, lithuania has actually dismissed the threat as hollow thing that russia's nukes

have already been in clinic grad for years. now, the location of nuclear weapons has been more politically significant than militarily, since both russia and the us have missiles, an intercontinental ballistic missiles that can theoretically hit any target on the planet. but what's clear is that the buffer zone between the cold war foes is once again shrinking, and tensions are rising. that was the w's amy s. if for some context, now let's speak to nicholas. so cough he's a senior fellow at the be in a center for disarmament and non proliferation. welcome to the program. so it's estimated that there are $100.00 nuclear weapons in europe. but why is that only an estimate? why don't we know more? well, we don't have official figures because there's been no exchange with figures of no treaty under which exchange would be conducted. ok. oh so yes. where

you systems if only used to have an informal regime of tactical nuclear weapons, all that was concluded in 91. but there was you wasn't formal, did not include verification or data exchange. ok, so we have a rough estimate, but it's not really clear exactly how many nuclear weapons are even stationed in europe. if russia's president vladimir putin is to be believed, we will soon have russian tactical nuclear weapons on nato's border. should that concern us? he's not going to use them. is he well, that you'd be concerned because this clearly was an escalation, escalation is political of it does use nuclear weapons as a tool escalation. now the numbers will likely be small. e b like them 20. i don't think really or anymore, and we don't have any numbers of all for

a long time to talk was only about the gravity bombs was about the same. all that then it stays has in europe are all. but now they also talk about is going there. that's the $500.00 this on ground launched me style of or is it going to ballistic workers? me so i both. ok. so i would say that in this case on the message, the signal is very clearly directed to poland. poland is taken, or the most aggressive of most active. and it's huge toward the war he's in poland is talking about the regime change in russia and so on. so forth also, yes, the message is really to poland. all those at this point was also significant of that. it's really for the 1st time since the end of the cold war or the tactical

nuclear weapons of good the role. oh oh, it's old time before. well, 30 years off of them was, is, was on long range, actually weapons, all short range weapons, all old, like the ones that were going to have some bill or was possibly still possible it on never had their own, but now they do. now, all of the russian statements, they're actually quite big. he is, and that's important to keep in mind. well, it looks like at the moment they're looking to prepare the groundwork actually all to move nuclear weapons that should probably be the separate decisions in one more step escalation. in case it's needed ation,

that would have been in drug actually the war in ukraine has ramped up tensions. military tensions, nuclear weapons are playing a role in that. now. how concerned should we be about the possibility of another nuclear arms race? i think we should be very concerned both about the arms race. ah, the qualitative side of it was after all, oh oh it was already now actually russia does he have extremely fast hypersonic weapons? ah, that will not give you any warning time. so you see the me sal is flying on you don't, they will know whether it's nuclear, unconventional also use. you cannot verify the information or something. so yes, that's very dangerous. that's very unstable. bob. oh yes,

but we also need to be very aware about the increasing threats of nuclear use. i don't really think it will be all, you know, a surprise attack, but there's a situation goes worse o's, in case all the survival of russian regime, or the integrity of russian territory and become and stake. oh yes, i would actually see with a very significance of danger. oh, that the weapons might be used. i would say that since on $962.00, we now leave room in the 2nd most dangerous situation is and $62.00 is the cuban missile crisis force. so the most dangerous situation since $962.00 nicoleyechuck off with the van a center for this ara and non proliferation. thank you very much for your abuse. if

you french president to manuel nikon says he believes china has a major role to play in finding a peaceful resolution in the ukraine war icon made the comments during a 3 day visit to china, where the war in ukraine is talking. the agenda is set to meet with president she jan, paying for talks on maintaining trade and diplomatic ties. it was joined by you commission president worse lafond alliant. later today. the 2 are expected to try and discourage she from supporting russia and its invasion of ukraine. crossover to correspondent, probably uncredited huh. in beijing. fabulous start with the french presenter. and then when the con has traveled to china with a big business delegation in tow, is this trip mainly about diplomacy or trade? well, his trip is definitely a very delicate balancing act because on the political side he has clear demands

towards china. he wants to persuade seating ping to play a big role. and in this conflict, there will not be any real. a diplomatic breakthrough, for example, that a china with a rethink, it's strategic position towards russia that will not happen. and it's not really clear what leverage macro hess here in those talks. because at the same time, he's coming with a big economic delegation. more than a 50 c o. so he's also clearly expecting that business deal to be signed and a basically sending mixed signals here. and what about the chinese fabi on whit message will present? she gin ping be trying to get across to my call. yeah, i think cease message will be that am, europe should emancipate itself from a u. s. influence. and that it's not in europe's interest to yet align itself with washington. i think that's the biggest fear of the chinese that there will be a further solidarity between our washington and our brussels. and the 2nd big us,

a strategic goal is that it, china wants to basically continue business as usual with europe. and europe is still the biggest, straight, or partner for china. and that's why they have been launching. i'm, it's kind of a charm offensive. they've been rather torn down in their criticism and rather a well coming in their official communication. so trade and diplomacy on the agenda there in china butcher. what about even trickier issues far beyond human rights are often figure in these discussions in some way. can we expect anything to be said there? yeah, i mean there will be men mentioned i'm, i'm expecting that, but it is also very clear that am right now. the biggest political topic is the ukraine war and they're kind of overshadows any o negotiations on the human rights field. but yes, i am expecting that at least there will be mentioned and there will be yes, some slight criticism. and by my crime later, also by a funder line or in thank you very much or that was correspondent probably on

credit for their invasion. and as mentioned he, you commission president, are self on their lion is also in beijing today. before heading there, she delivered a fiery speech on china that ruffled beijing's feathers. d. w. jack parrot in brussels has more. yes she did. she gave this speech a few days ago just before she was heading into beijing in which she said that the priority for the european union is to d risk the relationship and not to decouple it. the priority for the europeans and what she's been told i know from speaking to you, diplomats here in brussels, is that the priority is to get beijing to make sure that beijing does not decide to send lethal aid to russia to help it in its war against ukraine of the number one, font fundamental priority, that e u countries feel her message should be to the chinese join those meetings. now we've seen him

a meeting already with between vonda lion and the chinese premier lee chang. and there's a bit of natural sound audio on the video where you can hear from the lion telling the chinese prime minister the her father as a, when he was the head of the state of north lois saxony and germany signed one of the 1st german, a chinese business deals between the 2 provinces in different countries. so you can tell she's there on a, on a sort of charm offensive as well. perhaps the messaging she's giving to the chinese when she's landed on chinese soil is not quite as strong as what she was saying when she was in europe. so fontinella wants china to use its leverage with russia to help and the war in ukraine. how much leverage though, does that you have when it comes to china, jack? well, the leverage comes from trade. frankly, the european union is china's biggest trading partner for the european union in

goods. china is its largest trading partner, but more specifically it's about what kind of things are being traded between the 2 sides, excuse me. and during that speech that she gave, she mentioned a seal of on the line that the e with 97 percent reliant at the moment on lithium from, from china. the lithium is a fundamental component of batteries which are super important for the european union in it's been a number one priority, which is the green transition domestically to try and green night, europe's economies. so there is a sort of a leverage. there is a way that the goods in the trading relationships can be used, but the e u is also fundamentally susceptible and vulnerable to chinese, a decisions on trade as well. i think there's so much complexity to this relationship also with the u. s. trying to take a hard line on china the priority as well as also to try and get china's uses him

through his to, to, to put an end to the war. some kind of piece agreement potentially that china's been muted as being able to be involved in that a lot for them to head through. jack, thank you very much. our correspondent jack paris. they're in brussels. so you look now and some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the foreign ministers of iran in saudi arabia met him beijing on thursday, marking a sign of diplomatic repro small between the 2 regional rivals. it's the 1st time the top and boys of the 2 countries have gathered in more than 7 year. tie one's present. sy, england has met u. s. how speaker kevin mccarthy. the 1st meeting of its kind in the united states for decades mccarthy's position is house speaker makes him number 3 in the u. s. political hierarchy and therefore the most senior american to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979 clashes

have erupted at the oxen mosque in jerusalem for the 2nd night in a row. is really please said young palestinians attempted to barricade themselves inside the holy site, but were removed. clashes at the sight also sparked a new barrage of rockets from palestinian militants in the gaza strip, fueling fears of a further escalation. there are reports that former italian prime minister, silvio berlusconi, has been diagnosed with leukemia. 86 year old millionaire media tycoon, is currently an intensive care having been in and out of hospital. after contracting her with 19 and 2020 columbia authorities are urging residence to a back to wait the area around the nevada o del ruiz volcano in the countries west. the government says a recent surgeon, seismic activity, as increase the likelihood of an eruption of 1985, a russian. they are killed over 20000 people and is considered the worst natural

disaster in the country's history. now to iran, and it's been almost 7 months since the death of a young woman in police custody sparks the biggest. and he regime protests in that country in decades. mass protests might have become less common since then, but resistance has taken different forms. the w met a young iranian woman whose refusal to stop dancing, led her into exile. oh with dancing she says he's the only thing that really makes her soul happy. hearing the stumble, softball ball very is free to dance. vera there she wants. and yet she would rather be home in new one. i

there she only danced in her own room when posted videos of it's on instagram. but even that wasn't safe, because in iran, women are not allowed to dance. and her own family didn't approve men of the quote police, a fatal gazette ish that a family member reported me to the cyber police that he went to the police department and asked them to stop me and not let me do these things any more than will they interrogated me for about 5 or 6 hours and then took me to a room to record a forced confessional man. you're more than that. they gave me a chair door attached a microphone and set the camera on my face so that i could express my regret for what i did and for dancing danya in colorado, canada. but saba did not regret dancing, and fled to turkey in 2020. from here she and her friends follow what's happening and at home country. very them and have turned dancing into

a weapon against islamic republic. deece video from to hong thank bought on neighborhood fence wire and then the vision in it were arrested. others followed soon, showing their disdain for the countries a strict islam of rules and to regime debt and forces demo. oh, sabah is proud of them. residencia, maybe people in the rest of the world say what kind of resistance was that she had . but when you were punished somewhere for dancing during that and is the kind of resistance on acquisition or what is it from stumble subley is not able to join in at the moment since she is already on the regimes ryder, returning to iran would be too dangerous and so instead, she walks in a factory 6 days evict to get by. but then news coming from her home country gives her hope, does not mean morbid as the m r. those anna, vanessa giovanni closet is resistance of men and women who don't want to live under

the burden of oppression. one corner shows the future of iran. yeah, yeah. i and there you don't know. i was other a dentist here. sure. maybe never my young people. there are very fond of art of dancing, ranada singing on as music and so on. sippy hyena has sent back that in and we iran and all of them can be happy at night and do what they like. i'm sure the household version and job that corrected to serrano when that happens. supple wants to return to her hometown mash had and see her love forms again. even the family member who betray tear to the police. she's willing to reconcile and forgive. as long as she and all other iranians are free to them. now it's one of the great untold stories of the 2nd world war, how a group of american journalists and socialites helped some of europe greatest artist and intellectuals, escaped nazi germany. the history of the american emergency rescue committee has

now been turned into a netflix tv series by art and trans atlantic. it's called, takes inspiration from the screwball comedies of the earth to tell a tale filled with drama romance and quite a few laughs. ah marcell, 1940 jewish and left wing artists and intellectuals on the run for the nazis are trying to escape to the u. s. a rag tag team of amateur americans. the emergency rescue committee is trying to help, even as their country remains determined to stay out of the war in iraq. i. how can these people been throwing up now when you're breaking in, you know, millions run, they go refugee, what does a difference unavailing or was inspired to tell the story? after experiencing the 2015 refugee crisis, my office used to be in the sample off airport. and downstairs and the hangers was the 1st point of entry for the refugees were coming from mostly from syria. and,

and so we were all volunteering down there and my daughter who at the time was like 12 or 13. she said, well, you know, these are just people like us except for people like us used to have to leave berlin and now these people are coming here seeking refuge, us journalist theory and fry. and the emergency rescue committee help more than 2000 refugees escaped nazi terr, including the philosopher on out. and the pater box asked. transatlantic tells this history not as doc you, trauma, but as fictionalized romantic adventure, it focuses on mary jane, gold and american socialite who help finance the operation and albert hirschman, german, jewish refugee who say them or say, help others escape stylistically trans atlantic is inspired by 19 forties, romantic dramas, and screwball comedies. i was great country, take them jewish problems very seriously. there's only one great concrete in

europe. and i think that's in a certain way the truth of difficult time. you know, there is a reason why why people in, in ukraine are keeping up their spirit so strong at the moment because they're not willing to say i give up. they're willing to say, i will continue and, and i will stay and you cannot take away my humor because it is stronger thing. do something like those old hollywood movies, trans atlantic is infused with a sense of optimism. however dark things get the possibility of a happy ending. seems just around the corner. peter. oh, you're watching dw news from berlin. just reminder of the top story we're following for you. the sour bella russian leader alexandre lucas jenko is in moscow for talks with russian president vladimir putin stationing short range tactical nuclear

weapons in belarus, is expected to be on the agenda. kremlin says that original troops have already arrived in russia for trading. up next focused on europe, looks at how breaks it may jeopardize reconciliation between catholics and protestants in northern fire. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. with

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