of the world's most dangerous. where is, is wanted thoughts? june 29. on the double you the, you're watching the news coming to live from burleson. nato stage is the largest air force exercise and it's history. left by germany. the drills involved 25 countries and over 10000 soldiers and are seen as a clear signal to moscow. also coming up on the show, former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has died at the age of 86. we look

back at the legacy of the controversial leader and a billionaire media mobile, the hello, i'm clear, richardson, thank you very much for joining us. nato is starting. it's the biggest ever air drills. they involve thousands of troops and aircraft from 25 countries known as operation air defender. most of the drills are being staged in the skies over germany. the head of germany's air force as the exercises in the demonstrating nato's defense capabilities. the lift of off the air base in the northern states of lower sacks me is serving as the central logistics hub for the maneuvers. ready for lift off. nato is flexing its muscles high up in the sky. this time under german leadership. the goal of this exercise is to practice guessing good some

people from a to b and the event of an attack on and they to country. and then such a scenario. germany would take on a vital role. deutschland is germany is at the heart of nato's defense planning because of our central location. your items, klein, operations are planned on conducted here. this is where allied forces i received and supplied in this is the place they must through this request and almost logistical support, including from the host nation to them. and they, we still have a lot of catching up to do here in dodge once. you, i'm the know a blessing not a little bit of the german and us apples spelt atomic the maneuver 5 years ago. but with the rushes invasion of ukraine made 2 exercises like this one have taken on any significance may to, it says it wants to send the political message of the turns. and it is willing to interrupt daily life to make it clear. 3 flights and have to be temporarily close to civilian traffic. meaning luckily delays on some civilian flights.

more than 10000 soldiers from nature, their countries all participating in numerous drills, india, and on the ground. but the operation has also joined criticism. deed my box from jimmy's left pond to told national media defense capabilities are imperative. but there's very little defend a lot of saber rattling in the right now or the maneuver is scheduled to last for until the 23rd of june. no doubt rush, i will be watching closely and due to the correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber is the one store of air based in central germany. and he told us more about the size of these drills. you already mentioned a few numbers, 10000 soul, just 250 across 25 nations that are taking parts here in boast of where we are in

lower sacks. we need, this is kind of the logistical hardware questions like refueling with it, with soldiers have been coming into germany from the us, from the us national job as well. we seen many points and as you can probably also see or know, probably also here behind me, there is still a lot of movement going on this exercise. so we'll take a long time in what they want to show is how quickly made or can respond to the threats of any kind. and that was something that the commanders, the where here today, impulse of also strength. and do you think this will be successful in sending that sort of signal, i mean, up particularly against the backdrop of the, for a new crime? that's right. what's important you mentioned here, this exercise was plan was initiated by germany in 2018 by dingle gas. have the chief of the german air for that was the idea of, of having also

a more active role of calls as a signal. and that's something with amy goodman the, some about that or to germany. you mentioned that older will be that should be also taking a notice of the exercises. so to take it forward to you, even though rush it was not mentioned in direct be that, but of course it's sending a signal to show how quickly nature can get the full assistant can defend as they say, every inch of naperville terry tree was only exercises taking place in the skies above you're of what sort of disruptions can we expect that this is going to cause to commerce full flags for people who are looking to go on their next holiday this summer? they will definitely be some kind of disruption. what the problem say, what the german air force is saying is they try to minimize it as much as possible down 3 areas over germany. well, these planes are fly with this exercises are taking place of schools, the rates, a 1000000000 evaluation that there will be of course, some implications to that. some flight delays are also expected,

but what they say is that they want to have it as many moments as possible. so this effect on civil aviation also the possibility of german airport, the civil airports, all to operate on or the normal. so the planes can land also off to the normal opening hours of the german airport. thank you so much for your reporting. guys are far as benjamin offer us approval for us on their face. but your brains defense ministry says its troops or re taken control of a 5th, a village from russian forces in the south east. the gains reported over the past 2 days are part of keys, new counter offensive. the villages allegedly recaptured are in a cluster of settlements in internet's origin, partially occupied by russia. ukrainian troops released this video, importantly, is showing them posing with their flag and sort of chavez, but rushed as military says it has repelled ukraine's attempts to advance in the area. for more analysis on the situation in ukraine,

i asked to donate to let us grow most so i senior lecturer and security and development, king's college london about the significance of ukraine saying it had regained several villages in the eastern domestic region. or i think it's quite significant because it seems oddly such for side to if we look at the direction. but you know, ukraine may have found a sort of uh, a week of wind and the defensive line so fresh on which it was set top. you were in the autumn on the winter of, of last year to sort of protect the areas that they had already sort of conquered unoccupied. so i think that the, you know, the possibility that there is a sort of an area where you can, could make a break through. i think it's, it's probably cold. and also if we look at the direction of the sy problems it is uh towards the areas for the south of the young and my new phone. uh, so that, you know, if you crane manages to penetrate for the snow me, but shortly they need code to a certain extent,

idea me sort of break the famous land bridge, which russia has please. between the don't boss on the um, the pricing. yeah. through uh it was that 40 jump to the song. so i think that we shouldn't be underestimating this advances. we know that to our ukrainians are facing a tough resistance. and we also know that are, you know, they are, they are operating without a full control over the space, which is very challenging for them. so i think we should not under assume that this, that house is always window kind of mass. they seem quite small and i think we, we need to understand that this is very challenging there. and also very few responses taking place. and, and russians have about the possibility to, you know, to counter potential meetings that time. yeah, rush out for its part is not acknowledging any advances and instead saying it has repels ukrainian offenses. how credible do you think that claim is? so it's not to be credible. if we think more about the sort of the example easier

from, so if we move for the west and we look at our, the a problem says that we're attempt to, to, to the south. so 40 shift here, the advantage of being more difficult. i've seen some small advances, closer to that need for a river and in other areas for the to his house, se by the process of not being so significant. he, i think the resistance as being stronger that was told that ukrainians aren't managed to overcome the 1st line of defense. but i think we still need to wait a few a few more um, sort of reports of have done some stuff. so i think that, yes, the russians have managed to count as some of these so finances, but at the same time, you know, they have, uh they have face to varies from uh, sort of, uh, a bronze of the ukranian. so, you know, wait, wait, sure, take uh, a note of what the russians are saying wasted with a pinch of salt for those. so we need to be closer to the it's clear that these are

offensive by the ukrainians is not, are kind of mix creek where they are bronze or, you know, very fost of breaking the russian line. this is not going to happen yet. and just quickly, before i let you go, what do you think we're likely to see as the next steps of the ukranian counter offensive? as i think it's difficult to do, no, i think what we can see is that they're kind of proven find what areas their weaknesses on. what is interesting, we haven't mentioned before to this is an area where where ukrainians are advancing at to the north on the south, we have sort of breaking their circle mind to that. the russians that created around what so there, there are many areas where there still, you know, trying to see if they cannot bronze further on we see some, some successes there. i think what we can expect is these kind of a drones i taking place. uh, you know, further uh, voice the ukrainians, trying to figure out which areas they see. so the week of points where they kind of

bounce with a hope that they can potentially sort of create. uh so the sense of despair. i'm on certain russian defensive positions. i'm for the rush or do i do i abandon the position? yeah, so i think i should think we really appreciate you kind of going to show with your analysis as always, that is going to tell us our most so from king's college london. many thanks. let's take a look now we have some other stories making headlines around the world. triggers president richard type. earl one says any deal resulting site versus ethnic division must be based on the recognition of a breakaway turkish cypriot states in the islands. more. he made the remarks during his 1st overseas visit since his re election was just you and resolutions have called for a single side for us with a federal structure 0. the ones cultural agency, unesco says the united states has applied to rejoin the organization. us officials

say the decision was motivated by concern that china could take advantage of america's absence to influence global ai standards and education policy. the trump administration withdrew the us from unesco in 2017 over alleged anti israel bias and mismanagement as well. italy as remember in former leaders, silvio berlusconi who has died at the age of 86. he passed away after months of illness was gone. he was the country's longest serving prime minister. and one of the most controversial figures in italian politics easily bids farewell to one of its most influential political figures. silvio berlusconi, dominated the wealth of business and politics for decades. a billionaire who made his fortune from a thriving meteor in pile and just populous leda, plague by scandal, dot. yeah. it or we can learn from that it should never have limits imposed on it.

but it learned that it should never give up. who with him? we thought one last many battles and for him to we will bring home the goals that we had set ourselves together. goodbyes, you'll be a busy, many loved him. many hated him. everyone today must recognize that his impact on political, but also economic sporting and television life was unprecedented. the starting, he presented himself as a self made man. he transformed each of these political landscape building the country's biggest commercial tv network and leading ford. so it's hardly a centered rise political party with his polarizing policies. critics accused him of eroding democracy and he was infamous for diplomatic gaps and scandals, the most notorious of which sent it on his so called bung among the policies. belzoni faced prosecution mold in 30 times for alleged embezzlement,

false accounting, bribing a judge, and for allegedly soliciting sex with the mind. after initially being convicted, he was eventually acquainted of the charges and meet the snow bowling scandal. he step down his prime minister in 2011 by millions of battalions, celebrated his phone from power. despite the controversy many admired his brush style maybe or really familiar, you seem to multiple. but anyway, i'm sorry to hear it because even though i don't show his views, the tools, he was to say that he did really historic things that have all these years. and he was a great political impresario story, and i don't know what bad things this will lead to, but i'm sure this will be very destabilizing for, for so totally a in recent use,

belzoni was in and out of hospitals. as his health became increasingly fragile. he leaves behind a new generation of more radical right wing populist politicians. but let's go any will receive a state funeral on wednesday at milan cathedral. that is your news update at this hour and all for me for now. so bell will be up and 45 minutes time with more just as long as i'm clear. richardson in berlin from the whole team. thank you so much for joining us. the really profit tearing, instead of responsive the global business of as best as this is knowledge of the people that are in don't deserve to be treated with any kind of .