all the time, i should just search the day and take them out for the the, this is the w news coming to life from berlin. ukraine calls for full nato membership . chief says it's the only security guarantee that could make a difference in the face on russian aggression. but nato foreign ministers meeting in brussels looks at the say, know, at least for now. also coming up. this one is, rebels take control more territory and serious northwest. we look at what the flare up in this simmering complex would mean for president bush auto saw for z. and what happens next to air of american voters? voice concern over us president elect donald trump's future policy in the middle

east plus reunited for one night only former german transfer. i'm going back home in conversation with for a rock obama as us slow which of her memoir, the law i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. ukraine is calling for a full nato membership, saying is the only security guarantee that matters in the face of russia's invasion, foreign ministers from the alliance. our meeting to discuss continued support for keeping its defense against moscow. president belong to mrs. lensky suggested that he could agree to a ceasefire with russia. if nato extends its protection to the parts of the country control my own crate. nature has so far declined offer your credit and membership. other concerns that the war with russia could escalate into a conflict involving the alliance,

the w's brussels bureau chief alexander from now, and told us earlier, why nato members don't think that this is the right moment to join for ukraine to join as well. they will certainly listen towards the ukraine and foreign minister who will also be here to meet with them. have to say about it has to say, but then we'll talk about to discuss the issue of a dinner, but of 2 of them to, to say yes to such a request they would own needs to be on the same page. and there are some members of the alliance, the baltic states, for instance, but also friends who say they are actually in favor of extending an invitation for a membership to ukraine. but others, 1st and foremost to do as a and germany, they have been opposing such a decision and they own, as i said, needs to sign off on that. and some of them are saying, listen, ukraine still needs to implement important reforms to be on the same page with

other natal members about of course that the reason for them. so think no to ukraine's request is the fear of that. it's a really tough to open up talks to welcome a new member of when the country is still at war, because that could of course drag the alliance into the conflict. so there is and substance, no change of this position. given all that, alexandra tell us more about why ukraine is pushing for progress. now, on joining the alliance as well in a one diploma just told us that you cannot blame them for increasing the pressure for wanting to become a member of the alliance. when you look at the situation on the front lines, and of course, when you consider that many here assume that would still not from

a son taking office, a queen may be pressed into some kind of talks with russia. and that is probably the reason why presidents that lensky is now saying, if we are going to have any kind of negotiations, we have to make sure that we have additional guarantees from individual nato countries in addition to the agreements already signed. so in need to a membership full of ukraine would be, of course, on top of his list, but, but many, he understands that nato countries will needs to offer ukraine some kind of additional guarantees to make sure that they are protected and defended shoots there. one, d, b, a kind of ceasefire with russia. the elephant in the room at that meeting of course, is us present elect donald trump. he has repeatedly threatened to withdraw from nato and to not defend member sites if they were attacked. center your for

a produce report on the crucial role that the us place in nato. let's take a look at that of the that's need of you as worship. supposing symbol of american military power, whether it's see in the air for a land, for the last 75 years need to allies has been able to count on for you as support. but what if those days are over? jimmy shaffer form, i need to official as well. the pessimistic is the leader of the alliance and the key approval i the oldest by kind of older an infrastructure drug sale, but is a totally different kettle of fish. and i think that would be, it would be very difficult for nato to survive without the united states. it could live palm for a period of time, but no doubt, a new structure with need to be crated. it seems unlikely. donalds, trump would pull out from the alliance altogether, after all, he would needs to us congress to sign off on such

a decision. but during his 1st term and the white house, trump didn't high to school and for nato and experts say, there are many ways in which he could, we can, it's, if you could start pulling q s troops out of fuel or still providing equipment that is needed there, think about command and control functions. think about the satellite, imaginary. think about strategic air lifting. these are all things where you're up to really depends on the americans to and that will be a problem. critics say your opinions have become complacence relying on you asked protection. but in the last few years, they actually have stepped up the game with 23 out of 32 need to members know spending at least 2 percent of the ttp on defense. syrup is also ramping up its arms and ammunition production, but its defense industry is still very much recommended. whereas the united states provides its troops with a largely unified sets of equipment. the, you are peons have a vast variety of of them incompatible weapon systems. so is america was to reduce

its roles, financing, and the equipment. would those be problems, prenatal? but the biggest risk is don't know. sums continues questioning of nato's mutual defense clause. by making that distinction between elyse that he is ready to defend and allies, that he is not ready to defend from the minds the unconditional nature of the alliance is solid. doroty experts tell us that if that continues rational might consider the nature is no longer a functioning alliance and starts to challenge it directly. this is the worst case scenario for many in europe who the fear that if you creating falls, nato countries in eastern europe could be next. but with the new you asset ministration, really let that happen. europe at the war is bad for business. so before you can actually shift your resources away from europe, you need this to be stable, there needs to be peace. so your best hope is that instead of disengaging from the

continent, the new you acid ministration might feel it needs to fix the security situation. the 1st before it can focus on the bigger challenge and trumps mind, which is asia and china. in particular alexandra, there's been a lot of talk of making nato trump proof before donald trump takes office again. what are they to members doing in that regard? a well does so clues, 1st and foremost, under health for ukraine, that is why we need to, as alliance, has taken over a more coordinating role when it comes to training. i'll see you creating and soldiers. they also wants to have a bigger role when it comes to the so called lunchtime group. this is a group of more than 50 countries who needs it together on a regular basis. it to assess what kind of weapons you queen needs at.

so nato is also going to have a biggest say, a big i called in a think role. for those meetings. however, when we speak about the alliance itself, i think that's what nato members are trying to do, is to convince the incoming q as happening is ration and bad. so they were peons on doing more for their own defense that are increasing their spendings. and what's my clue to at the new secretary general, all the lines is trying also to do is to convince donalds, trump he met with him in florida. that what is happening here in europe is important for the secuity city. what situation in the in the pacific when we consider that there are north korean troops fighting in us on the side of russia, supporting rush, i wouldn't be consider that one is providing for myself,

which midsize with long steps, the r legation that's a china is also in chinese companies are producing at tech drones for russia. so i think the attempt here is to convince donalds, trump, that it's important to stay engaged in nato and also to support ukraine. because the believe here is that he needs to understand that the security architecture in europe is crucial for the u. s. and also a for the situation in the, in the pacific. alexander, thank you very much. that was our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena. let's take a look at a few other stories making headlines around the world today. protestors of class of police for 5th consecutive nights in the georgia and capital tbilisi were thousands of in rallying against the government. suspension of talks on joining the european union. administrators accused the ruling georgia dream party of steering the

country closer to russia. more than 200 people had been arrested since the rallies began. romania is constitutional court has confirmed the results of the 1st round, the presidential elections for russian far. i candidate colleen jessica here who surprisingly won the 1st round will be on the ballot for sundays rental. again, along with the conservative felina less money. the decision comes a day after parliamentary elections produced a frank method result adding to uncertainty for title authorities and 11 on say at least 9 people have been killed and is really strikes on to southern villages. it's the worst attack sense as these bar with, as paula took effect last week. these really are me says a targeted rocket launchers and terrorist infrastructure in response to cease fire violations by has fall off. the foreign ministers live around in turkey,

so they will resume diplomatic efforts together with russia and the conflict in syria. turkey backs the rebel forces who sees the city of aleppo and a lightning offensive over the weekend. around and russia support the regime. president bush are all a side. reval, advanced march, the most serious development in this area. horses 2020 the syrian army is rushing soldiers and weapons to hum my province in north western syria. it's trying to break the momentum of the insurgents who were moving southward after capturing large parts of it, lived on a level provinces to the north, including a level city which had been under government control for the last 10 years. a serious army chief traveled to the new defensive line and how not to rally the troops. this is our land and our pride. anyone who breaks the law, anyone who has been hired to stand against us. we will make an example as

a favor. in a level city army, militants roam the streets, freely, taking sophie's outside left, both iconic citadel and its airport syrian and russian war plains bomb to level. after it was overrun, it only took a few days for the rebels to jolt the front lines of serious civil war which have remained largely frozen since 2020. the revel coalition consists of multiple groups with differing audiology is what unites them. is their opposition to syrian president, bashar al assad. waiving the post that to send to stump hang on your head, god willing, we will find you. you take it easy. live city, a rather controlled stronghold in the north. people are being subjected to daily air strikes, volunteers with the syrian civil defense known as the white helmets are helping to find the injured under the rubble and taking them to hospital. thank you

to find me is massive destruction caused by the bottom and surface area. this neighborhood is residential and the regime forces deliberately talking to dates. i'm with direct strikes. several people i enjoyed working with our teams are still working to search for these trumps and transport them to the nearest hospital. aside is meeting with regional partners, including iran, to try to shore up support for years. he was able to beat back opposition fighters with the help of russia, huron, and his beloved, it's believe the rebels decided to strike. now, knowing those allies were either weekend or distracted by their own conflicts. more on this, i should look a short while ago with middle east expert sarah, stuff of the house from the hun lake burly, the foundation i asked her how strong the h t. s militant group is in syria. well,

more powerful now than before. even during the attack on friday, they have costs, very little bloodshed, mostly due to the fact that the syrian regime just moved through its troops. so they had to swift a capture a level and also of the weapons of the syrian how many that they left behind the h. she says that it wants to unite a fragmented opposition in syria. do you think us likely? well, it's a f as a merger of the friends as lummus groups. um, so they're happy and i to different groups before. but now we will of course have to watch closely whether the joint operation or coalition between each to us and the sir national army. this for dispatch forces will hold on and also how it will behave towards the us. the security forces in the, in the north east,

whether they will be fighting east sports or whether they will manage to coordinate a shift is said to be backed by turkey, which was trying to normalize relations with the regime. what do you make of that? as we cannot say at this points to what degree on turkey was in on this operation that became for she would say that what's happening is interest interest. turkey has for a long time, tried to normalize its diplomatic relations with the central team, which did not work out because of the a subs positioning. um, so there is of course of interest to raise their own on the go to negotiation capacity. with this operation at the same time, there's a strong push within turkey to the part the syrian refugee population from turkey back to syria. um, so for that um, more triggers affiliated uh,

controlled areas in the northwest are and its interest. and at the same time, um, we also need to highlight that. um, there's syrian agency in what we see happening right now. many of the people that are that live in it looked at live in the northwest, will have more than half of the population are internally displaced. syrians this place, from areas on the assets control who have heavily suffered under the regime. also, in recent years, there has been heavy bombardment by russia and the us such a such region. and many of these fighters that are advancing now in syria, our syrians, many of them from an apple who had now for the 1st time the chance to go home and to see their families again. but you, you mentioned turkey, you mentioned russia,

there are multiple x terminal actors that are involved in this, in one way or another. how or regional players like it ran, for example, how are they likely to react if this escalating violence re ignite serious civil war as well? what is happening is definitely not in the interest of you. ron was an interest to keep his car the open on to live and on for it's a weapon supplies. at the same time, we need to ask the question, is there is some lives that the capacity at the moment to come to us. that's 8. russia is engaged in this one ukraine, and it's not likely that this will take any risk in ukraine in say this or assessed on his paula has been on. yeah, we can severely, but it's really strikes me the resistance here and especially months and also around. and prophecies has been repeatedly targeted by as ro in syria and in

202016. and it took 4 years for us to read. take an echo from dribbles last time, and it's only worth because of this method support bias allies. and now it last i left and one day and it's allies are much, much weaker, and also less willing to engage in last time. so remains to be seen. and how these things will develop. so thank you very much. that was sarah stucco house from the haile for foundation. thank you. spell just growing concern among arrow, but american voters over what donald trump stood. ministration will look like and what it will mean for the future of palestinians. trump has already announced a number of staunch is real supporters will fill his top post. the current biden ministrations perceived inability to rein in israel's campaign, and also alienated many voters in the community. and it showed up the bottom of the

box that we use. janelle demo and reports now from michigan must state with a large area of american community that was won by troll. they may be in michigan, but the hearts and minds of the 0 of americans are focused on the middle east. almost everyone here know someone affected by the conflicts there. these high schoolers in northville, a suburb of detroit or fundraising for relief efforts. asking speakers like, ma jose done to talk about the war. i'm the line in the line. the public opinion, american law graduate says she's hopefully things will get better. but she's also worried about trumps appointees such as mike huckabee, from bassett or to israel. huckabee one said that there's no such thing as a palestinian and that speaking of the palestinian people was a political tool to try and force land away from israel. it's very disappointing to

see who, hey, who he chose to a point because it seems like they're all part of this broader agenda to continue to support is real and to continue to ignore and completely act like they are not committing crimes like no children are dying like no, so billions are being targeted over in the air of the american majority city of dearborn and neighboring dearborn heights. many blame the bite and administration for how israel has conducted the war. many voted for trump, among them, bill by the, the mirror of dearborn heights. he has memories of war himself having 5 w west from lebanon as a child in the seventy's, by the campaign for the president elect and michigan, despite thomas track record of supporting israel. the cabinet picks don't bother him, but u. s. military does a soft shipping weapons. but what they're doing with the weapons is totally, i guess everything that we believe in, you know, like us, when i was in the military, you know, you have rules of engagement. you know,

you have things that you have to abide by. so why are we abiding by something, then the people that were sending weapons to that, not biding by the same rules, other arab americans felt so strongly about this, that they chose to leave the top of their ballot blank, or voted for a 3rd party to show their disapproval of us policy towards israel, just like college ronnie. i posted in american active as we met in michigan, a year ago, fresh which we are going to sound from on our principals that we're not going to vote for someone who is an enabler of war crimes against thomas and is in gaza. fast forward to today, we catch up with them and ask whether he thinks that was the right thing to do. also in light of trump's cabinet picks, what i was hoping is that the democrats would take step back and say ok. obviously we're upsetting a lot of people, however, instead off reflecting, they became more involved and i,

i was never under any this illusion that the trump is going to be better whether they're happy or not, about the outcome of the us election. erica americans and michigan and elsewhere are united in their hope for us with and to the war. they just have different visions about how that can be achieved by who let's catch you up on just a few other new stories harvey. one seems lawyers say the disgrace movie mobile has been hospitalized after an alarming world test result is the latest health issue facing the 72 year old former producer. why seen is a waiting re trial in new york. after is 2020 right? conviction was overturn. he must remain in jail until then because, but later, 2020 to los angeles. great conviction. the court in vietnam has upheld the death penalty in the country's largest fraud case. real estate tycoon too long. my love at a peeled her people conviction which held her responsible for embezzlement and bribery

in a bank fraud scheme. the court ruled the her execution could be replaced with a lesser penalty if she re aged about 11000000000 dollars in the last a medical history united with one of our closest allies when she was an office. former us president brock obama. the former german chancellor was in washington for an event to launch or more of the or to in front of a sold out crowd. but she ended baldwood discussed many of the global issues they had to deal with while empower from immigration to miracles. relationship with russia and evening with angle america and the rock obama. the sold out event in washington dc was for the launch of miracles, memoir, the 2 former political allies reunited to discuss her personal life and the crazy she faced during her tenure as the german chancellor. medical defended her open board and migration policy that took in over 1000000 refugees and asylum seekers in

2015. i thought at the time, we cannot simply give sunday speeches and saying how much we respect human rights, how much we respect human dignity. and then all these people come out who's sick century and we tell them no for you. we don't have room way. we don't have this hot, but i all despite criticism over her policies, there was plenty of praise for the former german chancellor feedback of somebody who's done so much for europe in person. amazing. i think it was so interesting to see the 2 brock obama and i'll go to merkel like in conversation together. that was like just hearing about the relationship from each other in real time. was amazing . after all these years of working relationships and the chancellor having other than work with president trump, the still see that in action is, is wonderful hoping to find somebody like i'm a, i'm a young guy as i speak to and like, obviously there's lot can be

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