i clearly have the solutions, the future this 77 percent every weekend on dw, the . this is dw news live from berlin. russia's president gives the wagner mercenaries a choice to join the russian army or leave the country in response to an afford. at march on moscow, vladimir putin says, wagner fighters can either join rushes conventional military, or go to feller roost where their leader has reported. the agreed to go and nato head against oldenburg, says events over the weekend demonstrate the quote,

weakness, and fragility of the russian resent. plus this time of year, they normally have blue skies. the residence of montreal are now reading and some of the world's most polluted air. smoke from wildfire as raging across canada as blanketing q back the . i'm on ease of welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin has praise dis, countries, unity following the boarded revolt by wagner mercenary group boot and said that he would honor has promised to allow wagner fighters to relocate the beller roost if they wanted. where their commander, you've got any per goshen has reported. they agreed to go, or he would allow them to join the russian army. wagner is short lived, revolt has left the kremlin, seeking to restore calm and reassert twins authority. many questions remain about

how the events, the dramatic events will inform his next steps. and what they could mean for the war, new crane, after a weekend of may head management votes, operations save face has kicked in at the criminal and it started with the speed the i released on russian state tv with defense minutes. this guy showing front and center seemed to commonly visiting the front line and ukraine. it's his 1st public appearance since the bach and have a vote. undeclared signal that he's still in charge. so which was the little guy, was the police again and then came a call for unity from russia's 5 minutes to get the praise president pollutants leadership with the junior 11th faith cabinet meeting here in moscow alone. the ridiculous living under these circumstances, it's important to insure the solvency and independence of our country for the safety and well being of us citizens of since we need to add together as one team

maintain the unity of or forces by lining up behind the president. and take calculated joint decisions to implement task given by the head of statements that is showing you the effects you know, bonding as others get the best only go with this with us to the us and others have described. so today's result which is a direct challenge to the russian presidents leadership to the bottom, to lead to and whose forces have safe fall face no punishments despite putins clear wrong. good boy, you have any precaution himself. be supposed to be in bed abuse after pulling out with his troops on saturday nights. whether he's the right to yet it's still unknown, but he has released an 11 minute or 2 your message in which he explains his reasons for taking action. not somebody said, you don't know where that was. there were 2 important factors for our decision to turn around at the for the 1st. so when you did it is that we did not want to spill

russian blood, the battery fox, the the 2nd. where is that? we were marching, you mom to show our pro, tell you what, but idea, but not to overthrow the government of the country through the yeah, well i skipped that idea that was followed a few hours later way i promise from president booted to wagner fighters in the late nights address you're new with us about today. you have the opportunity to continue your service with us or by signing a contract with the defense ministry or other military and law enforcement structures. people to go back to your family and loved ones. those who want competitors so that the problem is that guys will be fulfilled. you will just pulling in but there was no mention of the instigate to in chief on the buck and at least you have good the precaution. his life on future may still be on the line. we spoke earlier. we spoke, doug clain,

a non resident fellow at the atlantic council as your agent center. i asked him why prudent is giving wagner fighters a choice between joining the russian army are relocating to bell roofs. so put it in his head to block a type ropes throughout this situation. there are few figures in russia who could do it for those and has done so far and still be alive today. if proven, were to immediately kill promotion or have them jailed. he risks turning provision into a martyr and promotion. remember, has tens of thousands of fighters loyal to him, not directly to the russian government. that's what's behind rushes effort to try to get these wagner fighters to sign on, officially with the army to try to get them to be directly loyal to the russian military and government and not personally to promotion. there's still a lot obviously that we don't know, but in trying to send promotion to bell orders, that may be something of a compromise for pollutants government trying to sideline production without

murdering him. and putting hasn't made any further mention of precaution. despite this announcement that he would, he does a deal that it could go to bell a ruse. but what do you think will happen to production in the future now? well, not mentioning production by name is a tactic that he's actually used before. most famously with russian opposition leader, alexei nev only never mentioning the name of this other figure who could perhaps present an alternative to putting himself. now he's using that tactic with promotion. i think that the kremlin watched the images that emerged from rust of on dawn when wagner and production were there, were russians port out in the streets and treated provision in his forces like a returning heroes. uh, that is something that i think frightened and shocked the kremlin quite a bit. the fact that there's this other figure who is able to garner support within russia and present something of an alternative to put in. does this mean the end of

the wagner mercenary group? i don't think so. wagner is, uh, you know, it's some of the best fighters that russia has. and at the end of the day, this whole rebellion and struggle has been purportedly over a disagreement over how best to prosecute the war to inoculate ukraine wagner, some of the best fighters that russia has in versus not doing so well. they need these tens of thousands of guys to go back to ukraine and keep fighting to try to save this war effort. at the same time, they want to make sure that they don't keep roving around within russia. uh, you know, willy nilly doing what they've been doing for the last week. they need to get these guys under control and back on message. but i'm not clear on that point if they're banished or bell or ruth, or join the military, that would mean that the organization wagner would not no longer be in charge of this man. right? right, right. so they, they are trying to co op wagner's fighters formerly into the russian military. i

think that's the best scenario in the eyes of the russian government to keep these relatively skilled fighters and have them formally under their control. but if that's not possible, then at least try to get them out of the way, send them to billers, where they can't present as directive a threat to the russian government as they have in the past week. remember, they were only a couple of 100 miles away from rolling into moscow. i think they want to get these guys as far away as possible. this came as a surprise to a lot of people watching the events unfolds, but put in praise, rushes unity on monday. what do you make of that as russia united country right now? i think that's a very open question again. i'll point back to these videos that emerged of how russians were treating wagner. this rebellion was, was stifled pretty quickly. and again, we don't know the details of this deal and what happened behind the scenes. but there, you know, if things had progressed further, i think that everybody in the kremlin is wondering how many people across russia

would have treated wagner the same way that the people in the rest of on don treated them. pollutant of course now has to paint a picture of the unity has to reassert control and to try to firm up the myth that his authoritarian regime is invulnerable and inevitable. he's trying to do damage control. now the claim, thanks for joining us. thank you. german, he says it's ready to permanently station $4000.00 additional troops. in lithuania, the strength of nato's eastern border. germany already has around $1000.00 troops on the ground. there a show of unity and strength. german, at least waiting on soldiers conducting, joined to exercise on the bumper of the training ground. in the future, they will work even more closely together. after some back and forth, berlin is now ready to permanently deploy $4000.00 soldiers to lease a new germany used to be the eastern flank of nato territory until the end of law

shall apart. and germany is the biggest uh, economy in europe and a park member of nato, of course, is willing and will be able to take responsibility now for the new eastern flag. the deployment is based on the precondition that lease we and you know, provide the infrastructure on need to to host additional troops, which will probably take until 2026 still between you and president. no data seems satisfied with the announcement, but he's asking for more support from allies. i've got to that to be off already able to reach an agreement on nate, the sort of taishan or this on some modal in the both the countries. so it's a significant milestone in strengthening dollar security. we should continue moving in this direction into unity. and this results. nato is working on new defense

plans to boost its presence an air defense in the region. but the big question here in pub ryder is whether that will be enough and what consequences the attempted wagner result could have. the events we saw unfolding in russia over the weekend demonstrates the weakness of the fragility of the russian regime. it also demonstrates the danger of being dependent on most of it is at the same time. uh, we need to remember these are internal russian masters. it's not fun. i don't. in 2 weeks time, all eyes will be on the sweeney again, when nato leaders meet here for their summit. let's take a look at some of the other headlines from around the world. the court in the us state of colorado was handed down a life sentence to anderson. lee aldridge for the murder of 5 people, and the attempted murder of 46 others at a gay night club in 20. 22. aldridge was overpowered by the patrons at the colorado

springs venue after opening fire with an assault rifle. israel's far right government has approve the construction of more than $5000.00 additional housing units for jewish settlers and they occupied westbank. the plans are going ahead despite pressure from the u. s, which sees the expansion as an obstacle to peace with the palestinians. on doris has begun using military police and its prisons in an attempt to crack down on gang related violence. similar to efforts and neighboring el salvador, it's in response to a gang dispute, the left to 46 inmates that at a women's prison last week. the military will control 21 prisons for one year and train 2000 new guards. the columbia has awarded one of its highest honors to rescue where is, who helped find 4 children. last for weeks in the amazon, the siblings age from $1.00 to $13.00, survived a plane crash and more than a month of living in the jungle. the people in montreal are

having to breathe. some of the world's most polluted air right now. that's because of smoke from wild fires, which have torn through more than 7000000. heck, there is a forest since january canada it has been hit repeatedly by extreme weather. in recent years, the scientists say the intensity and frequency are the result of global warming. sick grace, small clouds on what would normally be a sunny and clear summer's day in monterey home. it's blowing over from wild fires, raging and forest across canada. on sunday, air quality here dropped to a level of worse than anywhere around the world. it's really like phone except that it's smoke because of the forest fires. it's really hard to breathe. my eyes sting a little too. it's a little hard to see. but it was

a mask. it really smells like fire. over the weekend, the canadian environmental agency declared a small warning in many areas of quebec. they advised people to stay inside outdoor swimming pools and athletic fields were closed, and outdoor events had been cancelled. at 1st, the forest fires reached across the west of the country. but now they've also reached the northeast, could back authority, say some 80 wild fires are devastating the country side this. i mean, the whole country seems to be on, on fire these days. but i think this is unprecedented from what i've read in the press. we've never had so many fires at such an extent for such a long period of time and it's just the beginning of the summer. but there is hope

on the horizon. according to weather forecast. rain is on the way, bringing much needed relief to north western quebec. and you're up to date up next . this kick off. we'll give you a look at what goes on behind the scenes at a bonus league a match. don't forget you can always get the latest headlines on our website that's dw com. i mean he said thanks for watching dw and stay with the f b i c, i a and most of us have been hunting for 20 years. the son of a, a k, a colleague the most dangerous times we fund way was sort of the.