the, the, this is dw news coming to live from berlin, they to mark 75 years with the call for continued solidarity. your needs are gone for its security. at the same time, north america also needs your alliance leaders, haile nato's history with an i to new challenges that could put it to the test. also coming up dw speaks to women in ukraine, volunteering to clear minds about 80, about 30 percent of their country is contaminated by concealed explosives and

outrage over israel's deadly attack on aid workers and gaza. the n g a world central kitchen is demanding an independent investigation into the strike. the kill 7 of its staffers, the groups founder says they were deliberately targeted the hello and terry martin. thanks for joining us. nato foreign ministers have gathered in brussels to mark the alliances 75th anniversary. the russian invasion of ukraine has given a to a new sense of purpose in recent years with the alliance coming together in support of ukraine. in response to the anniversary rushes foreign ministry said the dialogue between moscow and nato has reached a critical 0 level, but that it's not seeking direct conflict with the law. this week, the organizations, foreign ministers have discuss

a long term aide package for ukraine. following a ceremony in brussels, nato secretary general, you installed and back, spoke alongside you cranes for administered to meet the real clear. once again, recognizing the courage that the nation was a bravery. older training people, different armed forces, and you personally in standing up against the russian, brutal aggression against the ukraine of this month, as for ukraine, but there's not, there's also for the whole night to, for our security. and so what you do is important for her all of us, and therefore it stated many, many times. that's a support through training. so child support, it's to greatness and investment in our own security. i don't want to spoil the party, but of course my message is the birthday party, but my main, my main message today will be competitive because saving you currently live savings for an economy saving pregnancy just depends on the availability of categories and on the air defense system seems ukraine and we're

talking about categories because it's built in the system that can intercept, ballistic myself. and only march craigslist. kate was 94 police dismissals. but providing periods depends on what they have. plenty of them are. brussels bureau, chief alexandra phenomena is covering nato's 75th anniversary. i asked her how unified the alliance really is at the moment as well. the alliance at the moment is uh, united spots. of course, the presidential election coming up in the us is looming large over every meeting of net made to allies. and it is enough for donuts trump's to question. he's commitments to the alliance on that contain trail to send tremors across europe. so and knowing that you understand how important it is fully installed and back to cold for you need teach to,

to make clear that the membership in the alliance is also in the interest of the united states. and that is also the aim of his proposal that he has put on the table for an aide to, to take a bigger role in coordinating the delivery of age and also weapons to ukraine. because he's trying to ensure a predictable and reliable health for key of regardless of what is happening when the u. s. regardless of who is going to win the presidential election there. and this is also a signal to washington that it is not only do you as that is, you know, paying for the aid for ukraine, that the europeans are eager ready, and determined also to, to do so and to support ukraine. now the alliance was pounded to counter a perceived threat from the soviet union 75 years later,

russia now appears to be again, the biggest threats tonight, or is that how nato sees it? yes, there is no doubt about that. and during the ceremony today to sarah in the news that was marking to the 70 sits birthday of the alliance were heard from many foreign ministers from countries that joined the alliance in 1999 or 2004 countries . that remember what it is like to be under soviet occupation or soviet influence. and they were talking about the dad's time, one of the foreign ministers here. i think it was a, the strong and foreign minister said that it was at that time of crazy decision to join not to need to, to decide for themselves what kind of past they want to choose regardless of russia was saying. and this is a big topic he hear that russia is again,

a big switch swept to nato members. and deluxe in for them is so was also talking about that the biggest challenges may be in the future. how to deal with russia, how to, to deal with this script that the russia is posing to the alliance. now, nato is backing ukraine, providing as much aid for it as a can to what degree is nato's future dependent on the outcome of developments in ukraine? a to a big degree, i would say we heard from the german foreign minister today who said dad, so we need to remember that the warning ukraine is just an 8 hour drive from berlin . so you understand that many members of the alliance worried that they could be

next is russia winced swore. and that is why they want to support ukraine, but they need to do more. because at the moment the ukraine and forces are struggling, they're running out of i'm a nation and their front lines are reportedly at risk of collapsing face under thank you very much. that was our brussels beer. treat alexander from the think it was found it after the 2nd world war to counter the perceived threat posed by the soviet union as the alliance looks to the future. one member states changing role has come into sharp focus. nato's 1st secretary general lord is may famously said the alliance was created in 1949 to keep the soviets out, the americans in, and the germans down 75 years later, the doesn't. the original members have added 20 more. they're still focused on keeping russia out as it wages award, the borders of the alliance,

and the americans in as a central guarantors of europe, security. but the original desire to keep germany down is long gone. and some observers accuse berlin of using history as an excuse to under perform in military spending and readiness. being down off to the end of the gulf war really became the thing on it, but it meant free writing. and what you can see now is an increasing number of countries gaining up on germany, and rightly so, because they've got the memo, they've understood what needs to be done that point. and that purpose and how to do it until berlin gets that though we won't see the necessary unity in europe to actually achieve that goal. that message that any crack in nato cohesion or capabilities could encourage kremlin aggression, is regularly reiterated by frontline allies feeling more vulnerable since moscow launched full scale war on ukraine in 2022 countries. leg is sonia, where it's not just the 75th anniversary. as nato's founding after world war 2,

but also of the brutal soviet exile of thousands of citizens, my mother was deported. on her 15th birthday hung on the 24th of march. 1949 my father's family to have the farm on the islands. i was hit by a gentleman born been 9041. so perfectly example of how it seems to be caught in the middle of these days. the middle for european allies may feel like it's between moscow in washington to the concern about declining us. support for trans atlantic ties, especially ahead of november elections that could bring the anti nato donald trump back to power. the 1st term to them of course, was not an easy time oliver, but to at that time you could still hope but as fresh as also steak and his relationship blew by west. and both has a motorized think effect on its behavior. nobody's no longer my case. i'm going to

bring it that i decided to conduct a special military operation. that's what we hold for when the bowling ball came down. clearly know jimmy shays are plenty of anniversaries in almost 4 decades at nato. his last post dealing with emerging security challenges to be fit for future birthdays, she says the alliance needs to also see beyond russia. elolize a face of a forms. that's right. and if nato doesn't help them a deal with those of the clients, right. what would be climate change or cyber attack? so, you know, critical infrastructure protection or whatever it will be less relevant in those particular capital was for almost 75 years. basically the lives pause shielded our nation's out of this center bursary. though, amid all the praise for nato's longevity, there's broad agreement that the best way the alliance can defend itself against future russian advances is ensuring there's a russian retreat now in ukraine. or the tardies in ukraine say about

30 percent of the country is now contaminated by russian land mines. unexploded ordnance and other explosives up to 174000 square kilometers of land are thought to be contaminated, posing a threat to civilian life and making it off limits for farming and other uses. according to a survey by us out you published last year, mine's had been detected in 11 of ukraine's 27 all blasts among the most contaminated regions. are nikolai cason donuts and hockey human rights watch points out that ukrainian forces have also deployed landmines against russian forces. the area in need of checking and clearing is larger than greece. dw, use abraham travel to be in northern ukraine to meet some of those taking on this dangerous job. a year ago,

victoria was training to be a pastry shop. now, the 20 year old is helping clear ukrainian soil from unexploded russian mines. who's doing so in the northern ukrainian village previously occupied by russia? this work is crucial for life to come back here, minute which i to but my brother is currently serving in the army for 2 and a half years already. my father was also called to the army, but because of course you positive commission but was not drafted. i also wanted to do my part. so i came to work here, of course, with you a little bit. they have a younger brother, and i would like him to walk on clean land and the course of the model. and so would my future children do presumed, as you might would need. you took the course. victoria says when she 1st swapped her pastry apron for a metal detector, her mother panic insisting the job was too dangerous,

not appropriate for women. but women are taking on new rules all through ukraine replacement, who are at the front line, the halo trust and n g o that works to clear landmines and explosive devices is seeing more women wanting to do the job. doing my work. i need a lot of our women and to actually they inspire me because many of them like um, ran out of zone or from fort because they used it previously. absolutely different end to work. so like, for example, the phone was working, making money to sell was, was built for anesthesiologist, someone was working as a teacher bands, and now they decided that at the moment, maybe we need to fleeing for the last not far from ki, of you yet who used to work in an office trains new d miners. when you put the to, i'm just delighted when they come the next day. and can tell them what i told them

yesterday, including the record. that's why i like being an instructor. but we have many women whose husbands are at war and these women are not standing by and crying and not waiting for them to come into court. rather, they also take the position that the more we work on this, the sooner we will finish it all with you, with the civic income. some estimates suggest it could take hundreds of years to clear all of you creating of landlines. these women are making start for this. i spoke earlier to greg crowder, who's director of programs at the mines advisory group, which helps train ukrainians through spots and remove mines. i asked him to put the proliferation of minds in ukraine into perspective. yeah, and that's all. thank you for having me and focusing on some important issues. um, you know, there was a period of time of mind sounds you personalize, particularly were being used extensively and

a number of civil was around places like i go there. and number the, during the 19 seventy's and eighty's, early ninety's, which led to the, to the, to the mind boundary to you, i was my, was a found a member. and, and since then, we have seen a decreasing the amounts of, of, of unsurpassed, unknown minds to being used in this context. in this world we've, we've, we've, we know that this are an extensive use on the bus, on the bus. and i went on to tank lines, huge barrier mine fields being late along a very, very long uh, front line. and uh, something that will take, unfortunately, when we compare it to similar mine sales, which a much less deep and much less long, but have already taken me or in some cases, 10 or 20 years to clear. we noticed you've kind of taken off a long time to get rid of your organization is helping ukraine with the task of clearing minds. but how do you go about d mining a country that still it war?

obviously it's not the only country in which you work, which unfortunately is still affected by contract. you work closely with the or 4 days with the guy and you know, far as easy to understand where you're able to work. you work in areas which have been previously occupied and which are now been liberated. and you work within a security framework that ensures that your staff is safe and that the people that you work with the site. we know from other countries including germany, the unexploded land mines and bombs continued to pose a threat long after the fighting has stopped. how is this likely to affect ukraine's ability to get back on its feet once this war is over? or as you say, the mining and the removal of other unexpected ordinances is a long term job. it's about building sustainable, national capacities. it's important to remember that in countries that you mentioned, germany, britain, friends that are still affected by unexploded ordnance throughout institutions which respond to those in the long term. organizations like ourselves, like mag we,

we read that to do stuff in a short time to help the immediate post complete reconstruction. but it is about building sustainable national capacity is being institutions inside your crime himself that could respond to this right? now, there are treaties against using minds. you mentioned that, but not all countries are on board and even those that are don't always respect treaties. ukraine itself to say to be an example. does this not show that treaties anti mind treaties are essentially an effective defined on treat has been probably the single most effective to solomon treat teeth of that as, but doesn't have to be included into the large scale use of anti personnel mines in numerous complex. the end to the production of mines in many, many countries. the enter the transfer lines and shrewd amounts of work has been done in terms of destroying stop files. the um, the use of, of, of anti personnel mines. bye bye bye. russian voice has been well documented to

approve mendota signature to the treaty. um yeah. and, and it does, it, does it, does it show that the need to ensure that this kind of truth is universalize the use of these references stigmatized on the people that are signatures respects, but conventions. craig, thank you very much for talking with us today. that was great crowder of the mines advisory group. i'm driving by, let's say you look at a few other stories making headlines around the world today, south african police of arrest of its former parliament speaker as part of the corruption investigation. no say viva, my visa, cocky law step down as speaker on wednesday. she is accused of taking several large bribes from a foreign military contractor. while she was defense minister charges. she denied armed resistance groups and beyond bar claimed to have caused casualties in a drone strike. on the military base and the capital not key job. the capital is

the seat of power for the military hunter that over through the democratic government in 2021. the hunter says it shut down 7 drones, claiming no damage or casualties resulted. heavy rains have hit parts of china, particularly in the east of the country where extensive water logging is affecting the growth of early rice. seedlings and non providence in southern china is also experiencing heavy rainfall. rescue work is ongoing. are now to the war and garza and the growing pressure on israel from its closest allies over a deadly attack. on an 8 convoy us secretary of defense, lloyd austin has urged, is, is really counter par to take concrete steps to protect aid workers and palestinian civilians and called for a quick and transparent investigation. australia as prime minister. and the album easy has criticized israel's explanation for the attack. and australian citizen was

among the 7 people killed in these early strike on the vehicles carrying aid workers from the world central kitchen area. we need to have accountability for how it's occurred and what isn't good enough is the stipend, so that they might a including that they ceased. jesup, product of war, the founder of world central kitchen, has accused israel of systematically targeting his workers when it carried out, the strike is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the workers were killed unintentionally. the incident has prompted world central kitchen and some other aid organizations to suspend operations in gaza, where palestinians are desperate for food and other assessing un suspended. it's night time. humanitarian aid convoys for 48 hours. this comes as rights groups, a gaza is entering towards famine is real launched. it's invasion of guys are

following the october 7th attacks inside israel by hum us, which some countries regard as a terrorist organization. transporting the bodies of aid workers. they were killed and then is really air strikes well overseeing the delivery food aid in gaza . the us base and g o released the names and photos of palestinian australian, british polish, and us canadian staff killed in the attack. the remains of 6 were taken out of gaza to egypt to be repatriated to their home countries. the founder of the charity world central kitchen set. the convoy was targeted systematically, one car after the other, who they were targeting hands, you know, their confidence on eric on. so by idea then knowing that was our team's moving on that route. $77.00 people that they are 7 on top of our

lease. so what i know there 192 money dining workers that they've been to over the last 6 months. israel's government said it regrets the incident and promised to insure it would not happen again. but its conduct in the war has come under mounting criticism. not just abroad, but also at home. tens of thousands have taken to the streets in antique government protests. then your guns, a member of israel's 3 man war cabinet, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose main rival is now calling for new elections to be held later this year. i believe that the, these really society needs to renew its contract to means its leadership. and i think the only way to do it and still maintaining the national, the f. 14 fighting come us. and there was group and other secure with the challenges is by having an agreed election date that we have to discuss when and if

the early election proposed would have to be backed by the majority of israel's parliament. where families of hostages held in gaza. continued to protest authorities in taiwan se dozens of people are still missing or stranded following the strongest earthquake to hit the island in more than 25 years. at least 9 people were killed and 1000 injured with the quake struck was again city on wednesday morning. we're just the crews are working to clear roads and secure damage buildings. the earthquake ship all of the taiwan. but the city of quality inn on the east coast was the worst hit. the rescuers have managed to save all residents from partially collapsed buildings and from under rubble and down departments, survivors and damaged homes are being moved to temporary shelters. now it's time to

prepare for the aftershocks sheets and not that i'm afraid of after shocks. and i don't know how bad the shaking will be and then the house is already mess. okay, how do you get in that? but there's no way to get in. didn't you post quick, major roads are still blocked off in other areas. tie ones present in the left says they're working to bring everything back to functioning. meaning one song, song we're aiming for 2 way traffic to resume by tomorrow evening. as for the water and the power supply, those will be restored quickly so that people can resume normal life as soon as possible. taiwan lies on a fault line. the island is used to quakes view, and recent history have been the severe. more than a 100 after shocks have already been recorded. dw,

correspond to james che, to reports out from outside, the damage building in, while the and city we've arrived in fall in on taiwan is east coast is the city that has been west of fights. it's by wednesdays of quite a can right now. we're outside one of the buildings which has been, i'm on the west, i'm interested in quality. and because of the sounds great, you can see some of the damage is clear to see down here you have rubble from what was the just pulling down and the update. there's some cracks in the walls um, produced by the crate. we'll say some shopping costs um we were taken on the tool by the fiber k is a few moments ago why he showed us some of the stairwells wed. avery is really everywhere, under the conditions inside, remain pretty treacherous on their astray. electric wise, everywhere was the pipes to the bus and leaking a little to and so what's happening behind us here is these people residents of this building and the fiber gate is taking them up to the homes floor by full um, so that they can collect personal belongings,

but they were only allowed to collect some portion belongings, increase the they are not allowed to stay in the building for too long because that all concerns about the structural integrity of it. and as i mentioned those, those conditions inside the building remain it pretty treacherous. and that's also our authorities, the saying that people call and return it to this building so far as so many of the people that you see behind to say will be staying in the back to ation shelters or friends homes. and so that's really the story that's emerging from the size quake in taiwan because coming into the city this morning, you really notice the, the impacts of this creek is definitely evidence. you can see the destruction is clear here. but what's, what's crucial is that the destruction isn't close. so i'm not really a testament i thing to the stringent measures that taiwan is present in terms of us quite proofing building over the past couple of decades. and that's why we've seen this big difference for you. so number of people that have been killed by the south quake versus the number of people that have been injured and which is now suppose

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