ah ah ah, this is d, w is coming to you live from berlin, russia, and bella. ruth talk tactical nuclear weapons of a russian leader, alexander lucas shanker, is in moscow for a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. stationing tactical range nuclear weapons in bella roost is expected to be on the agenda. kremlin, says bell russian troops have arrived in russia or missile training. also coming up

french president manuel that called visits china. he says beijing has a major role to play and finding a peaceful resolution in ukraine. paul is expected to discourage president. she jan, paying from supporting russia and its invasion of ukraine and anti government protests continue in iran in ever more diverse forms. we me the young arabian will to play the country after her love of dance god, her report is to rent siber pleased by her own family. she's just one of many women who have turned their talent against the regime. ah hello, i'm terry martin. welcome to the program. new weapons are at the top of the agenda

in talks between the leaders of russia and better routes, better. roche brow worse and leader alexander lucas sankoh is in moscow for a 2nd day of meetings with russian president vladimir putin. the 2 are expected to focus discussions on plans to station short range tactical nuclear weapons on battle, russian soil. the plans have drawn international condemnation and the kremlin says battle russian 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 escandone system has already been transferred to the ballard. 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 were to go slower. under these circumstances, we are taking retaliatory measures defending the security of the union state. bella ruth has been close allied to russia since the invasion of ukraine, which was partly launched from bella, russian territory. since then, the russian and by russian militaries have carried out multiple joint exercises. russian nuclear warheads are scheduled to arrive in bella. luce in july, shift over belarus is authoritarian leader, alexander lucas. jenko said the nuclear weapons weren't just for show, hardly, plain slashed on you, put the ukrainians, believe that they will win. well, 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 point 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 amy s of 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. these are the 6 spaces where nuclear warheads from the united states, are positioned in europe. that's the netherlands, belgium, germany, italy, and in turkey. some estimates put the total number at $100.00 nuclear bombs. now russia is the only former soviet country to maintain an arsenal of nuclear weapons . and wat has far fewer than it did at the height of the cold war. 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. that also includes that goal of chino, which is just 20 kilometers from the ukranian border. as you can see,

russia and nato have not openly station nuclear weapons on each other's borders. until now that is, russia said it will position nuclear weapons in the west of bella roofs, near the border of nato member state poland. it would be the 1st time russia's nuclear weapons would be positioned outside his own boris. since the cold war and putin's inner circle has also warned that further nato expansion would prompt russia to position nukes in its exclusive of kalynne and grad that's between lithuania and poland. here in the baltic states, location of nuclear weapons has more political significance than military significance since both russia and the united states have missiles that can few radically 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 d w's. amy in s, if now for some more context, what speak to alina sock of a. she is executive director of the b n. a center for disarmament and non

proliferation in vienna. thanks for joining us, elena. since rushes full scale invasion of ukraine last year, we've heard nuclear saber rattling from the kremlin. it looks like russian tactical nuclear weapons will soon be stationed on nato's borders. if they aren't already there, how serious is this moment in time? you can a thing. thank you for having it. you can look at from 2 different angles on the one that was already noted in the, by the previous commentary. that ross in principle, already has left on stan could reach any territory and later states and the yes of course. but moving tactical nuclear weapons to bellows and may serve as several purposes. one is as signaling out to the west

and near the edge. russia is prepared to do what it takes to, for further assistance to crane and supporting it. and 2nd, it does increase risks off of potential escalation. having said that, we still do not no weather. the actual tactical nuclear weapons will be deployed and where they will be point because at the moment as the know the information we have is about their training of the personnel and constructing and storage space. ok, i colleen i was, was mentioned or a place where russia cleaning and before that it would move for work cells. but it had, they haven't done it yet. can you see any scenario in which vladimir putin might

actually use nuclear weapons? would that really be in russia's interests if the escalations come to the point he may as well use than and he has been threatening bad. and because one of the key issues is this survival of pollutant himself, the regime and the state. but we're not there yet. with the over estimating ear or hyper inflating the current threat. or if you think about a use of nuclear weapons, tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield, they have been discussing the use of ukraine and not very russian itself, but more invest about this scenario. but they have very little military obligation in that sense,

on the board. what should be done to avoid the confrontation over ukraine, going nuclear many things. first of all, the strain is really restraint is really needed and is, and i would say they weighed a bite in administration, have been handling the war and the russian facts. and the overall discussions about potential involvement of the u. s. and they are in the conflict and have been very positive in my view, the restraint is there and the messages messaging is very clear. one also needs to be done is to away other potential scenarios where not necessarily the involvement, but even the conflict and route russian territory including the occupying territory

. and could lead to these gleason. recently we saw the drowning of the downing of the us and drum which the tasks lea, something like that could lead to the escalation. so we need to be very careful about both nasa thing and also potential accidents and are on the russian borders. alina soccer, the executive director at the vienna center for disarmament and non proliferation. thank you very much. thank you for having me. french president emmanuel, nicole says he believes china has a major role to play in finding a peaceful resolution in ukraine. the french president told whose chinese counterpart she didn't think that he is counting on him to quote, bring russia to its senses. harris is also seeking to deepen economic ties with

beijing. the chinese president, in turn, held his country's positive connection, france as the world undergoes what he called profound historical changes. later, the 2 leaders will be joined by ursula ponder lion president of the european commission to discuss russia and ukraine. well, as mentioned, ear commission, president ursula underline is also in beijing today. before heading there, she delivered a fiery speech on china that ruffled beijing's feathers dw jack perch in brussels as 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's in its war against ukraine as the number one fall, fundamental priority, that e u countries feel her message should be to the chinese join those meetings. now we've seen him 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 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 formula wants china to use its leverage with

russia to help and the war in ukraine. how much leverage though, does the e, 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, 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 to us to live on the line that the was 97 percent reliant at the moment on lithium from, from china. the lithium is a fundamental component of back trees, which are super important for the european union in its you know, number one priority, which is the green transition domestically to try and green knight 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 is also to try and get china uses him through his to, to, to put an end to the war. some kind of piece agreement potentially that china has been muted as being able to be involved in. there's a lot for them to head through. jack, thank you very much. our correspond jack parish. they're in brussels. china has launched an inspection of ships in the taiwan strait that includes moves to board vessels by one has denounced the one sided inspections and says it will not cooperate. the move comes from it, heightened tensions between china and taiwan. i was president held talks with the u . s. house speaker this week the 1st to take place in the united states and decades . a brief visit tame despite warnings from china, which rejects ty,

one's self governance, and views the island as part of its own territory. thigh in wind was on her way back from central america when she made this strategic stop over in california. she was welcomed by us half the can kevin mccarthy, despite china's explicit warning that the meeting should not take place. but the p a use the talks to present a united front against asians increasingly aggressive military posturing. the friendship between the people of taiwan and america as a matter of profound importance to the free world. and it is critical to maintain egan, amik, freedom piece, and regional stability. they also discussed speeding up arms deliveries from the us to taiwan and highlighted the threats the island faces. the person and unwavering support.