ah ah ah, this is the double the news line from berlin kind words for china and the stern warning, visiting beijing a you chief us in the phone, the line praises chinese liter. she's been paying on these nuclear weapons dance, but warns against arming. russia also on the program pensions rise on the israel level, florida after rockets flying to israel. yeah. space several,

the fired into the north of the country. but israel's military says that we're intercepting this, bella, russian, and russian leaders meeting moscow. the credit says it's stationing of tactical nuclear weapons in paris is a response to nato expansion. same justification. it used to invite you ah i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. french president, emmanuel, macro and european commission, president ocean on the line or in beijing today for talks with chinese leadership pink. after the meeting, the commission president pray as the chinese leader stance on nuclear weapons, but warned against army russia, claiming that wouldn't violate international law. presidents macro and she issued a joint call for peace talks between russia and ukraine to take place as soon as possible. france, east china as a keep in finding a peaceful,

a solution to the war. the commission president said that president to she had stated, during talks that he was willing to talk with ukraine's person savanski when the time was right. and she emphasized that china's importance in promoting a just peace this visit is taking place in challenging and increasing volatile context. in particular, because of russia's war of aggression against ukraine. china's position on this is crucial for the european union. as a member of the un security council, they is a big responsibility. and we expect that china will play its role and promote a just peace one that respects ukraine's serenity and territorial integrity. one of the cornerstones of the u. n. a 2nd. look at the center of our russia, corresponded to chicago shanaski,

who is reporting from the latvian capital regus insert russia shut down. our moscow bureau. brussels corresponded jack parrot is with us as well. welcomed both of us out with your jacket. how successful as his trip been? yeah, hard to tell really, i mean, certainly as of on the line managed to get her message across to the chinese, which is that they, she believes they play a fundamental role in using their leverage to try and get russia to stop its war in ukraine. she says she feels she can count on the chinese in order to do that. firstly, to not send legal weaponry to russia to aid in its war, and also to try and use it to pressure moscow to make sure there's no nuclear threat or no threat of nuclear weapons being used. she's said she, she's made those points, but what we don't know is how the chinese have received those and whether they're willing to do so. we know that the chinese president, she, jim ping, has expressed according to the lion that he's willing to speak to blow to miller. zalinski is not, i've had

a phone call with the ukranian president since the invasion since he's been president of ukraine. but we don't know when that will happen or what he'll be willing to say. and really that's the measure of success from a european point of view, whether they've managed to persuade the chinese around their way of thinking j. gotcha bernacki. do you think this visit has done anything to bring the past the prospect of peace in ukraine any closer at least not for the moment a criminal has actually dismissed the idea of the chinese mediation. this portion of the russian president said that, and he, that kremlin does not see any prospects for political. a settlement at the moment in cramming also says no other way than to continue this so called special military operation. and it's consistent with russia position on this issue we're from, from, from before russia didn't engage substantially on the 12 point plan to the

proposition that beijing has proposed back in february. and i think it's the are several reasons for russia in the land, the russian leadership in the last week, we have been sending signals towards the population that to, to, to russians, telling them to prepare for a long conflict and any talk of peace settlement at the moment could actually bring all their expectations in the, in the russian society. it could also the mobilize the state military sector and harm to war effort. and i think ultimately russia also wants to demonstrate demonstrate and manifest some sort of autonomy on this issue and autonomy from china. and russia. neither said many times that a he says ukraine as russian fewer influence. and i think russia will be pursuing a settlement on its own, not on beijing's terms. ok, thank you for that sir. ga. gov. sherman of ski in latvia and jack park in brussels

. thank you. they. well, china has a unilaterally begun patrol an inspection operation in the taiwan straits, but that includes attempts to board vessels. taiwan has denied the decision and says it will not cooperate. this comes and made height and tensions between china and taiwan. towns president held talks with the u. s. how speaker this week the 1st to take place in the united states for decades. the brief visit went ahead despite warnings from china, which rejects ty, one's self governance, and views the island as 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 that 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 egon comic freedom piece and regional stability. they also discussed speeding up arms deliveries from the us to tie one 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 a liberal. 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 relating more for you as not to go further down

quote, the wrong path. or in chung as an associate professor of political science at the university of singapore. i asked him if the chinese operation in the taiwan straits had begun had begun yet. so they say that they are going to start or we haven't had reports yet. maybe, you know, we'll start hearing them very soon, but on the town side, i guess they've told your vessels not to comply, but the key is, i guess, and it will be what happens in waters that are sort of, it's not where it's not entirely clear whether taiwan or china controls are and what would happen there, i guess it would be a matter of how risk acceptance the p r c site is to try to board in those sorts of waters as opposed to areas that are very close to chinese held islands. because as you say, as far as we are aware, the operation hasn't physically begun yet. so we can, we have to speculate then if i, a chinese vessel says, right,

we want to inspect what's on board your vessel. and the time when he's captain says, no, you can't. what happens then? so i guess the townside will have to decide whether they want to continue sailing and risk a for spawning, or perhaps to turn around. so that's what we'll see. and i suppose if there's a turn around, the question will be whether the p r c side, we want to stop it and try to still of course we bought it so it, it could be a really escalade because we're talking about the relationships here. but it could look very ugly, it could send a real signal of intimidation towards i one that could further harden actually opinions on taiwan who had it. and again, i appreciate that we are speculating, but this notion of a force boarding it just looks like taking a closer and closer to something that looks like an armed confrontation. well,

i suppose it's a civilian vessel and a, some sort of government maritime administration vessel. things would still be quite under control. work could get on area would be if a talent vessel decides that it doesn't want to be boarded, turns around and heads into area where they are taiwan, government versus coast guard vessels. and you have some sort of stand off then the question would be how to handle that stand off between the p r c side and the town one side. thank you for that. of course, always the background to all this is, is, these are meetings between am taiwanese leaders and us leaders in taiwan out in the united states. and one wonders if the pressure there is increasing pressure on china in the face of this defiance from taiwan to sort of put its foot down and demonstrate, well, actually like a, like a, an angry parent. i really mean at this time. well,

the pressure from the p r c side has been stepping up quite a bit. i mean, for the past few years, we've seen our military flights flying close or just across the median line. we've seen patrols by a chinese p r. c. naval vessels. quite just a couple days ago, you've seen the new aircraft carrier, traverse the busha straight going into the western pacific. so all this, there's already a trajectory. china is already, i think in many ways putting it for done is never taken as, you know, stop putting it down. i guess that was big with the policy visit, but otherwise there's been a pretty consistent pattern of behavior. now i guess what is happening here is it's a really test of resolve on both sides. the p r c is trying to force the, the talent i to back down the how inside is trying to insist on their own position . so there's going to be a bit of a stand off here until one side, the size the either want to escalate or they want to accommodate. i wonder then if

the shift in position is not from china or from taiwan, but from the united states, which has made its position on taiwan now increasingly clear rather than this, this and what was it that constructive ambiguity that, that was a policy previously? so yeah, the so called a strategic ambiguity, i mean the whole point about the u. s. position on time. one has been that they will calibrate what they do, depending on the behavior. so the reading from the us and how one side is that the p r c is increasing pressure. now, on the p r c side, they believe that the u. s. is intervening. they believe that they ought to control and a authority over time one. so basically it's this sort of fundamental difference in positions, right? so i don't think it's, it's really the us doing anything. i think in part it's china feeling more confident. it can push the line more, and that's eliciting

a response. that's very clear. thank you for your time in char associate, professor of political science at the university of simple thank several rockets have been fired on north and israel from lebanon. it was on the clue who's behind me attack, where lebanese reports say the salvo was launched from palestinian refugee camps. i got your shirt rock. it appears to have damaged a car in the room town, a suitor. israeli army says it's successfully intercepted more than 2 dozen missiles. escalation comes after clashes between israeli police and palestinians inside jerusalem. i'll ask a mosque at axel mosque islam. 3rd hurley a sight asked. i correspondent tanya cromer in jerusalem to talk me through what had happened. well shortly on this afternoon before 3 o'clock, the area's air raid sirens went off across northern israel. as rockets were fired on southern the ban on into israel. now the army has just released

a statement saying that they have identified 34 rockets where fired into israel. 25 of them are at least were intercepted by the iron dome. our defense, a system is rarely rescue services. have said that at least one person was lightly injured and there has been also some damage. as you have said, the un un mission uniform has also just released a statement confirming a multiple launch of rockets this afternoon from southern lebanon towards israel, and speaks about that the current situation is extremely serious. now no group has claimed responsibility for this, and this of course comes after day. you see in violent escalation in easter shoot, jerusalem, or when the israeli police stormed actually twice the alex, i'm most compelled, went into the mosque. and in those videos are where police officers are beating.

are people inside the mosque and arresting people in response to that. are there have been already a rocket attacks from militants in garza launched towards israel on wednesday. right. and that, that these re, to response, lisa i and own protection system and apparently rockets of its own. here. this is what we understand that most of them were intercepted at the moment. but at the moment what we understand is the defense minister and the chief of staff and also of course, prime minister benjamin netanyahu. there they are holding a security assessments. and then there will be a security cabinet meeting as well. this is a time, it's a holiday to day. it's pets are a lot of people also vacationing up north and media here are talking about in a, one of the are serious, more serious escalation or between israel and lebanon since the war in 2006. i saw

that tonya tonya kramer in jerusalem. his look at the more stories that breaking news around the world, iran and saudi arabia who signed an agreement to re establish diplomatic relations . they reproached more comes after china after china broke that an agreement between the 2 rivals last month, signing in beijing as a 1st time foreign ministers of 2 countries have met for more than 7 years. dozens of demonstrators of storm to offices of a major financial, a multinational in paris, to protest against the government plan pension reforms. the angry about president macros plan to raise the retirement age from $60.00, to $64.00 proposals of fuel. weeks of nationwide protests for the telly and former prime minister silvio berlusconi is suffering from a rare type of blood cancer. doctor say he's being treated for a lung infection linked to in leukemia. he was admitted to an intensive care unit in berlin on wednesday, media magnates. he's currently

a senator and leader of the right wing fort italian party. the kremlin says the leaders of beller, bruce and russia, did not discuss the deployment of strategic nuclear weapons during their talks on 1st day, despite being widely expected to do so. various neither alexander luther shanker is in moscow for a 2nd day meetings with russian president vladimir putin gushing so focused on defensive economic ties. russia had earlier announced a planet to place its tactical weapons in bella, luce, and move this withdrawn condemnation from the west. permit has dismissed the criticism, saying that a decision is a response to nato expansion. was later secretary general against dalton burke's, at the deployment contradicts of recent russian chinese statements saying countries shouldn't station nuclear weapons beyond their borders. this is russia's iskander and missile system able to hit targets up to 500 kilometers away. he could soon be

stationed in bel ruth, near the polish border, carrying nuclear warheads. moscow says the scanner system has already been transferred to bell russian military and troops have reportedly arrived in russia to learn how to use it. russia claims the move is 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 retaliatory measures defending the security of the union state. bella 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 bell 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 orderly rain staged on you, put the ukrainians believe that they will win. 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 rational lima. 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 storm. well, let's pick up that potential for a nuclear escalation with a john era from the center of arms control non proliferation in washington dc. until 2020 he served on the west national security council. a welcome to what d. w. a. how much of a difference is made by russia placing these tactical nuclear weapons outside its borders and into barrows? as far as the military situation is concerned, there is so little or no difference. a russia had the capability to strike anywhere in ukraine with a nuclear weapon previously, it's still has that capability. russia had the capability to strike europe if still has that capability. so as far as a military move,

it doesn't carry any significance. it is a message, of course i was that that which was my next question. so this is a message. what should we take from it? the russian strategy for most of the last year has been very consistent when it became clear that russia was not going to win this war easily on the battlefield. they switched to a strategy of trying to persuade ukraine and the countries that support ukraine, that it would be too high a cost to continue the war that they should approach russia for some kind of peace deal that would be on terms favorable to russia. the preferred instrument to do so has been the threat of the use of nuclear weapons. i do not believe that the russians want to use a nuclear weapon, but they have chosen to use this as a tool to change the behavior of countries they see as their adversaries. is it working? it has not been working because the war has been continuing and nobody is going to

moscow and saying, please give us peace and we'll give you cranium territory in return. but russia has very few tools and the tool box, aside from the nuclear threats that it can use. and so it is chosen, it is choosing to use these threats as the instrument of choice. we heard from president posing that the better us as long requested the deployment of russian nuclear weapons that how much credence should we put in it? usually i get the impression that better is not in much of a position to say no to russia. i think that's accurate, they are not in a position to say no, they fellowship economy is heavily dependent on russia. and so they have to received to russian wishes on a great many occasions. so the west response to this, and if, if, if, if the, the placement of these, these tactical and myself doesn't actually change the, the, the military situation, then the western response should be central to just carry on and take no notice

ah, generally that is correct. it would be a great mistake to respond to such threats with nuclear threats of our own. this would raise the, the possibility that they could escalate, and that is a nuclear weapon might actually be used. on the other hand, it would be tremendously counterproductive to respond to this by giving in to the russians to give them what they want. this would set the precedent that the use of nuclear black male is an effective tool of state craft. and this would have implications far beyond russia as other countries would be paying very close attention. one of those countries, of course, being china. we have various european leaders over the last 2 week going to beijing for various reasons. i should have found a line, a survey at the moment, how much influence and they all want china to, to use. it's good offices with russia to hold russia back. but how much influence

you do you think china has over russia in this war? i think the influence is limited, but it's growing. as the war goes on, russia is increasingly dependent on china as a market or it's energy exports. and as a, one of the, the remaining supports to the russian economy. and so the, the influence china would have is growing up. and it's very interesting to see that in the russia china relationship, china is very much now the senior partner. and let me put in is very much the little brother when it comes to his relations with china. thank you for outlining that. so clearly a john eric from the center for arms control and non proliferation in washington. thank you. as we called one of the great untold stories of the 2nd world war, group of american journalists and social lights to help some of europe's greatest artists and intellectuals escape nazi germany. when now,

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