ah ah ah ah, this is the w news alive from berlin, france and china called for talks to end the war in ukraine. french president manuel not call visits, beijing, where he at president. she's in pain call for negotiations between keith and moscow . as soon as possible, a crime was joined on his visit by european commission chief ursula funder line, who says that she is determined to reset chinese relations. also coming up

as bell of ro, cnn brush and leaders meat in moscow. the kremlin says that it is stationing tactical nuclear weapons in belive, roost as a response to nato expansion. the same justification, russia used for invading ukraine last year, plus anti government protest continues in iran in ever more diverse forms. i. we made an iranian woman who fled the country after her love of dance, got her reported to the wrong type of police by her own family. she's just one of many women who have turned their talent against the regime. ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program,

french president and manual law on and dra pin commission president are still a funder line, are in beijing today. 4 talks with chinese liter. she's in pain after the 3 leaders meeting, underlined praise. she's stance on nuclear weapons, a warranty that arming russia, as is feared, asia might do, would violate international law earlier micron and she had called together for russia, ukraine peace talks to take place. as soon as possible, france sees china as a key player in finding a peaceful solution to the war. and your commission president are so fond ursula funder line. we're speaking just short few moments ago. let's bring and d, w. brussels correspondent jack paris for more on that. so just just phyllis and i'm on. but she said, well, she outlined some pretty strong statements, specifically over the imbalance of trade, which she blamed russia and china for she said the chinese practices trade

practices were unfair. there's been a threefold increase in the trade imbalance between the european union and china. recently, she also significantly mentioned the human rights record in shame for the week of minority, the muslim minority there, which is a sort of very difficult subject for european leaders to bring up with the chinese . the chinese leadership does not like that being talked about at all, especially not on chinese soil. so she made quite a big i think she's made quite a big statement by bringing that up, which is slightly different to what a manual microns been doing. he's taken 50 plus business leaders with him and they've been signing up a number of business deals on energy and an aerospace industry, etc. interesting me. she also mentioned that she pressed the china not to send lethal aid lethal weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. saying that they shouldn't be sending a weapons to the aggressor of vladimir putin and his, his,

his fight, you know, his invasion into ukraine. we heard emmanuel micron, saying that the china should use its influence over russia to try and bring about peace tools and potentially bring about an end to the wars they look on the same page of that. it's important to say that underlines speech, the press conference that she just gave was her alone. she wasn't alongside, she's been paying the chinese president. having said that, the 3 of them micron. she's in ping and randall. i did have a trilateral meeting earlier today. it was very interesting when she was speaking, also our jack about ukraine and we heard her mention that she stood by volota. mister lansky is peace plan, but that she actually welcomed some aspects of what of what china has also put forward in terms of what it might also like to see. tell us a little bit more about that. yes. right. it's clear that the europeans want to get china actually involved in this, at least from what they're saying. china put out a 12 point piece plan that was widely criticized by western powers because it

didn't accuse russia of any wrongdoing, essentially, of being the aggressor. also, we've heard some statements from senior chinese official saying that that does sort of see the war in ukraine as a war of defensive war for russia, where they're trying to fight off the nato military alliance. that's completely not accepted by, by western powers. and certainly not by the nato alliance have he said that what she said is that she's in favor of china's position, specifically on making sure that know that there isn't just a nuclear war like that. there isn't a threat. but the actually that threats that, that sort of threat of even potentially discussing nuclear eminence that, that isn't involved at all in that, in, in the war in ukraine. it's clear that they would like actually maybe the chinese to be involved in this china as a permanent member of the un security council. and clearly has a lot of power, a lot of leverage over moscow. so the europeans have been,

have been sort of playing on that during this trip to, to beijing, bring us into the big picture jack on because, i mean, she said ultimately when a car came to relation to the china, she talked about di, risking not deep decoupling that's diplomatic jargon. of course. what does it mean in practical application? you thank yeah, well what, what was you saying there is that they want to continue the trading relationship. they want to make sure that they are continuing to be able to access the raw materials, the goods that they trade with china, extensively 97 percent of the european union's import, lithium, crucial in battery technology, which is important for green in europe's economy, which is her sort of flagship policy, as european commission president, that all comes from china and, but what she says is that they want to make sure that, for instance, for specific european technologies that could be used for military purposes, going to china that they can put a hold and change the system of that, so that would de risk the trade relationship,

but not decoupled. that's what she saying. there is, it's hard to see exactly what they will get out of this. because as i say, there's been a raft of trade agreements signed between french business people and chart their chinese counterparts join this. so that looks like a step up in trade. whether that will still be risky or coupled, or that's yet to be seen. i suppose check to have the sent him in you, you report extensively there from brussels and i'm, you know, the, the question of course comes up on one looks at china when i looked at authoritarian government such as these, if any lessons have been learned by the e, you with regard to how they approached russia over the past years and where it is had led, has led to day. yes, this is the allegation i spoke to her a saying to a lot of you diplomats in the last few days of being sort especially in the run up to this trip. who was saying that broadly i should have on the lion is putting forward their position. but as you say, there's a sense that in the last decade or so, even perhaps before, there was a sense of appeasement for russia that they needed russian gas that they needed.

russian supplies of, of energy and fossil fuels. and therefore, they kind of the european side sort of allowed this to progress, to the point at which the appeasement had gone so far, that russia fo, it could do what it wanted. and you know, annex crimea. and then eventually, i started this invasion china's of further away geographically and not so interlinked in the trade relationship. although it is a big trading partner, there is some tentative nerves and certainly there's pressure from the united states to change this relationship and not to create that same at that same sort of system. that same situation with china. i think what we seen with wonderland during the speech is actually a hardened position. it's uncommon to see european leaders make the kinds of statements that she's made during this trip to beijing. jack para can brussels. thank you. now china mean time has launched an inspection of ships in the taiwan strait that includes moves to board

vassals. taiwan has denounced the one sided inspections and says that it will not cooperate. the move comes amid heightened tension between china and taiwan. i once president held talks with the u. s. housekeeper this week, the 1st to take place in the united states. in decades. the brief visit came despite warnings from china, which project taiwan self governance, and views the island as part of its own territory. saying when was on her way back from central america when she made this strategic stop over in california, she was welcomed by us half because kevin mccarthy, despite china's explicit warning that the meeting should not take place. but the peer 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. that it is critical to maintain

good ami, freedom, piece, and regional stability. they also discussed speeding up arms deliveries from the u . s. to taiwan and highlighted the threats the island faces. the person and unwavering support. reassure the people of taiwan that we are not isolated as we are not. however, it is no secret that today the peace that we have maintained and the democracy which have worked hard to build up facing. i'm president, it challenges china's foreign ministry was quick to condemn the meeting thing. washington had crossed a line and acted provocatively, relation worn for us not to go further down quote, the wrong path. and earlier i was joined from taipei by dw course on it,

william yang, who told us more about the latest chinese actions in the taiwan strait. so so far after the chinese announcement of the inspection in plan of executing the patrol, we have not really hear any actual incidents of tony vessels been stopped in being checked and inspected by the chinese authorities. but of course, a lot of the experts are saying that is such an encounter does happen in the tony's vessels do not comply, it could potentially trigger a conflict him. on the other hand, there is another chinese carrier group that is right now about 200 nautical miles on the south. east of time, once coast and the 20th of defense ministry as closely monitoring the its movement . but so far, there is no landing or take off from the carrier group so they are keeping an eye on it,

but they don't consider or expect there to be any major. no 3 escalation and nuclear weapons are at the top of the agenda and talks between leaders of russia and belarus. bella were seen liter, alexandra, that the shank o, as in moscow for a 2nd day of meetings with russian president vladimir putin. discussions, have focused on plans to station short range tactical nuclear weapons on belarus in soil. a move that has drawn international condemnation kremlin has dismissed the criticism, claiming that the decision is a response to nato expansion. it is now back came a day after nato secretary general. yes. stilton burges that they deployment contradicts a recent russian chinese statement saying countries shouldn't station nuclear weapons beyond their borders. 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. ah, russia claims the move as a response to nato, increasing its combat readiness, and adding finland as a member, made official earlier this week where to go for. under these circumstances, we are taking retaliate to pull joint exercises. russian nuclear warheads are scheduled to arrive and bell roofs and july, chefs novella bruce's authoritarian leader, alexander lucas shank. oh said the nuclear weapons weren't just for show of orderly claim status on your pl ukrainians. believe that they will when was 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 rush metal armor put a switch to 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 . and since the fall of the soviet union and the end of the cold war,

the number of nuclear weapons in europe has and drastically reduced at that trend could soon be reversed. i calling on an asset has been looking into where these warheads are located and where they might be moved to but start with nato's nuclear arsenal here in europe. now, in addition to france and the u. k, which both have their own nuclear weapons. these are the 6 bases where us nuclear warheads are reportedly stationed in the netherlands in belgium, germany, italy, and in turkey. now, some estimates put the total number at $100.00 nuclear bombs. 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 u. s. and these are kept it more than a dozen military bases across its territory. that includes an goal of chino, which is just 20 kilometers from the ukranian border. as you can see,

russia and nato have not openly stationed nuclear weapons near each other's borders until now. that is, russia said it will position tactical nuclear weapons in the west of bella. ruse, near nato member poland border. it would be the 1st time russia's nuclear weapons would be openly placed outside its borders. now, putin's inner circle has also warned that further nato expansion could prompt russia to position nukes in its exclaim, of kalynne and garad. in the baltic states between lithuania and poland. now, the location of nuclear weapons has arguably more political significance than military significance that since both russia and the us have 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. and that was my colleague, i me an s s. meantime pavel public spoke with me. he is an independent nuclear weapons analyst who works with the you and institute for disarmament, research, and with nato now looking at russian nuclear weapon soon to be stationed along its

borders. i asked him how dangerous this moment. well, there is definitely nothing good about the increase in the number of places where nuclear weapons are stored or the number of states that have them in their territory. but we should also understand that as your colleague mentioned earlier, this is purely political statement. the of the military significance of this deployment is actually non existent. again, it is true that this move is supposed to send a signal, and it is very unfortunate that nuclear weapons are chosen to be a part of that signal. but again, we should not overestimate the, the, the risks associated with these are these possible deployments. i would know that

it hasn't been, nothing has been deployed yet. okay, so it sounds like from what you are saying is that they're, they're kremlin nuclear rhetoric is just bluster. can you though see any scenario in which prudent might actually use nuclear weapons? well, we need to keep in mind that the, again, the military utility of nuclear weapons is actually non existent. and if you, if you look at the way this war has developed so far, it is clear that the use of nuclear weapons would not bring russia any meals for advantage. nuclear weapons could be used in what i would call a strategic sense, which is basically to try to intimidate on the shock the your point in,

into submission and to defeat. and although potentially you could imagine that technically, russia has a capability to do that. but i think we've seen in the past more than a year now that it is very clear that literally no one in the world would welcome or would approve that kind of decision. the old, the entire international community was very strongly and very strong message that you could use a nuclear threats, are totally unacceptable on the miscible. and i believe that that strong message actually keeps the crumbling from entertaining this idea of using your robins. thank you so much. have a part, vic, independent nuclear weapons analysts. we appreciate it. thank. now

ukrainian president followed him. he has a landscape says the situation in the ukrainian stronghold of buck. mood has deteriorated. he did not rule out withdrawing from the town to the risk of ukrainian troops being surrounded by russian forces were sent. but military analysts still expect ukraine to launch a wider spring counter. offensive. teeth insists its goal is to regain control of all its territory. the front line near back moved, ukrainian soldiers are dug in. it's still unclear who's in control of the city. the u. s. and other bankers have advised ukraine to pull out. and this thing, the cost is too high. both ukraine and russia have lost huge numbers of soldiers in the battle, but ukraine and fis on defending the area as it prepares for a major spring counter offensive. probably isn't done, it will happen. we are waiting. we do not know when it will happen. that's a good question, but we will be

a part of it. like about them, we are all waiting for equipment from the west. ours is pretty old and worn out. it breaks down quickly. so we're waiting for some new equipment from our partners abroad. that equipment is arriving slowly, but surely. western tanks, including british challengers and german, made leopards have arrived in the country. there are also rumors that us and swedish build g l s. d, be guided bombs. are already in use. these munitions fired from the back of a hi maurice truck, have a range of a 150 kilometers, nearly double. the range of the high mars rockets ukraine now uses that would put many more russian targets, including ammunition depots in ukrainian sites. ukraine's foreign minister says foreign weaponry is critical, seriously, a lot is on the plate as usually we very much appreciate everything that the united

states have done specifically in the last month to help automate itself for the for the, for the come by. the ministration has fulfilled its commitment to providing you with a lot of what, what we need and to set an example to give an example to other other allies. ukraine says its goal is to liberate all of its territory, including the crimean peninsula in russia, hands for nearly a decade. analysts say ukraine would likely mount a major attack through the partially occupied chaper rees, a region aiming at the russian held city of more. little paul, a successful push would cut through russia supply lines to its forces, further west, or whatever form the counter offensive ends up taking much as at stake for ukraine

. the countries western backers want to see russia defeated on the battlefield. not another bad mote. and let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. iran in saudi arabia have signed an agreement to re establish diplomatic relations. be reproached. mont comes after. china brokered an agreement between the 2 rivals last month. the signing and beijing is the 1st time foreign ministers of the 2 countries have met in more than 7 years. they israeli army says that it has intercepted a rocket, fired from lebanon and security forces, say that a 2nd rocket attack followed minutes later. it comes after 2 nights of clashes between israeli police and palestinians at the alaska mosque into bruce alum in india, opposition lawmakers from more than a dozen parties have held a rally against prime minister nor andrew modi's government. demonstrators accused modi's administration of using government agencies to intimidate opposition leaders . the stand off follows the disqualification and conviction of the leading

opposition figure for mocking the prime minister's surname. colombian authorities are urging residents to evacuate the area around the novato dealt louise volcano in the countries west. the government says that a recent surge in seismic activity has increased the likelihood of an eruption in 1985, a russian. they are killed over 20000 people. well, it's been almost 7 months since the death of a young woman in police custody sparked the biggest anti regime protests in iran in decades. mass protests have become less common since then. but resistance has taken different forms. d, 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. here in the stumble,

supple, burglary is free to dance very there she wants. and yet she would rather be home, he knew wrong. i there she only danced in her own room when posted videos of it on instagram. but even that wasn't safe, because in iran, the men are not allowed to dance. and her own family didn't approve. man of a, quote, police, a fatter 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. hadn't 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, their women have turned dancing into a weapon against islamic republic. deece video from to chronic bots on neighborhood vent wiring. then the vision in it were arrested. others followed suit showing their disdain for the countries a strict slaw mc rules, and the regime that enforces them. a saba is proud of them rather than shad. maybe people in the rest of the world say what kind of resistance is saturated. but when you're punished somewhere for dancing during that, and is the kind of resistance on acquisition, or what is it from stumble supple, he's not able to joining at the moment since she is already under regimes ryder, returning to iran would be too dangerous. and so instead, she walks in

a factory 6 days evict to get by. but the news coming from her home country gives her hope, does the gap in morbid as the m. r, those anna vanessa javelin. tell us that 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. i and it on the other or that pass finish a baby. never my young people. there are very fond of art of dancing when matter singing when asked music and so on. city amena has sent back abandoned it on re iran and all of them can be happy and do what they like. show the household version and job that corrected to serrano when that happens, sapa wants to return to her hometown mash had and see her love forms again. even the family member who betrayed her to the police. she's willing to reconcile and forgive as long as she and all other iranians are free. and with that now you're up

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