i just mentioned the democratic alliance or the democratic alliance at the expense of the fund created so on. of the rules of the delegation to ukraine and they take an extremely negative position on russia as a whole and on the conflict and our role in the conflicts in ukraine in in particular with regard to the official government position of the government and the ruling african party. i would say she's so discreetly positive, if you can at least the president of ramas, speaking last year at the congress of the south american companies, which are allied with rnc and said, maybe we uh. coercion may be blackmailing, but we will remain in our position. they are experiencing very strong pressure from the west specifically in the united states, especially and despite this, it retains its position. they don't like the word flies the word non-attachment is used. well , the mission itself, which was actually headed by the mission of american leaders, who led the fishermen by putin in st. petersburg , show such a cracked position on this issue. and, of course, the history of our relations is

i also mentioned the democratic alliance democratic alliance. expense of the fund created, damn it, and so on. rules of the delegation to ukraine and they take an extremely negative position on russia in general and on the conflict and our role in the conflicts in ukraine in particular, with regard to the official government position of the government and the ruling african national aggression party. i would say that she is so restrainedly positive, if possible, at least the president of the tramcos, speaking last year at the congress of the south american company, which is in alliance with the rnc, and said, maybe we are being coerced, maybe blackmailed, but we will remain in our position. they are experiencing very strong pressure from the west specifically in the united states especially and despite this retains its position. they don't like the word flies , they use the word not at connection well , the things themselves, which were actually led by the mission of african leaders, who played the fishermen in st. petersburg and show such a sob

the democratic alliance at the expense of a fund created by a pancake.egation to ukraine ruled and they take an extremely negative position on russia in general and on the conflict and our role in the conflicts in ukraine in particular, with regard to the official government position of the government and the ruling african national congress party. i would say she is so discreetly positive, if you can, at least the president ramas, speaking last year at the congress of the south american company, which, in alliance with the rnc, said maybe they are coercing us, maybe they are blackmailing us, but we will remain in our position. they are experiencing very strong pressure from the west specifically in the united states, especially and despite this, it retains its position. they don’t like the word flies, they don’t use the word when connecting well , the things themselves, which were actually led by the mission of african leaders who played fishermen with putin in st. petersburg, show such a sober position on this issue. and, of course, the history of our

now, the democratic alliance was the part to compel government on how it should go about any uprooted. should the russian president, set foot in south africa. the argument is that they do not trust the government to their own devices, and they would rather have a public. he stated health center on the plaza and his government plans ongoing about enforcing. so on the other hand of argued that the contents of his coffee thought it should not be made public because that would jeopardize national security. but also the rest of the russian president vladimir puts in here in south africa, the declaration of war. because russia has already said the interest of the sitting president would be a declaration of war. i changed it now. so it was also argues that it's a d is the very greenville south africa's cliff the war, and that it goes against his own of, of office we, she took when becoming a president to protect the country from side of the meta itself. as to how government would go about arresting, flooded me, approaching remains to be argued and it will be. so coming this friday, the lawye

now, the democratic alliance was the part to compel government on how it should go about enforcing the arrest warrant of letting me have put in. should the russian president set foot in south africa? the argument here is that they do not trust the government to their own devices and they would rather have a public key stated health center on the plaza. and his government plans on going about enforcing such interest work. so don't know of us on the other hand is argued that the contents of his coffee dot it should not be made public because that would jeopardize national security. but also, the risk of the russian president vladimir puts in here in south africa, would be tantamount to a declaration of war. because russia has already said the interest of the sitting president would be a declaration of war. i changed it now. so it was also argues that it's a d, very greenville south africa's constitution to engage in the war. and that it goes against his own of, of office we, she took when becoming a president to protect the country from such a circumstance. but the meta is so as to how g

here many factors , that is, again in south africa and a strong civil society and yes it is a democratic alliancet the position does not have a majority in the parliament and it will not be able to win in the upcoming elections, it is already dealing with the ukrainian position, but it will not win in the upcoming elections, therefore, it is not only about the opposition, but first of all, the pressure that was from the side of society, well, the position is definitely included here, the second ramaposu still understood that for him it is obvious that it will not be very profitable, because in fact, again, if we look at trade and economic ties , the share of russia for south africa it is very small in china and in russia and the main one the share is the west, the west, we know the pressure of south africa. well, i would say that for us, first of all, this is our victory, definitely definitely . and in his statement the war was not mentioned, but the conflict was mentioned we see the result. that is, the pressure of various factors and various factors. and as a result, we received this very impor

well, the opposition is a democratic alliance.l, the position does not have a majority in the parliament and it will not be able to win in the upcoming elections . from the side of society, well the position is certainly included here, the second ramaposa still understood that for him it is obvious that it will not be very profitable, because in fact, again, if we look at trade and economic relations, russia's share for south africa is very small , china's, and the russians are the main share - this is the west, the west, we know the thousand to south africa. well, i would say that for us, first of all, this is our victory, definitely. responded to the arrival of africans leaders led by armopos to ukraine, we had little hope, on the contrary, we said that it could play in favor of russia, uh, the gift of the apostle twice called the war a war, so that it was a little unexpected for the position of the couple, then he returned home to the couple, and in his statement the war was not mentioned, the conflict was mentioned, but we see

own constitutional written response to the demand of representatives of the opposition party democratic allianceuct the government of ukraine to obligatorily implement the decision of the international criminal court on the arrest of putin, but only in the government so far do not comment on this information in any way, so it will also be interesting to read what exactly is in this answer, did he instruct the government to detain putin, if he steps on the land of the south african republic or not. well , in conclusion, arrest donald trump again, the process of the 45th president of the united states of america wrote on his own true social social network and added that this could happen within the next four days , the ex-owner of the white house emphasized that he had received a letter from the prosecutor ordering him to appear in court as the suspect in the case of the storming of the american capitol on january 6, 2020 and added that usually such a trip to court means ars and the presentation of charges. well, we'll see , although usually when he comes, he is arrested only at the moment when he

parties would have more than a 100 a month is also a part and head of the democratic pockets on democratic alliance study movement and also in parliament. so a one parliamentary and member of the nation assembly extended ever always so that a key leader of the party was scared. and most of the wounded immediately would rise to the district, talk for dylan by your word. all right. but the more the one were taken by ambulance extra for shotwell and the miller came into head by taking the more did they wondered or go by any crops cared. so indeed, a deadly a dag happening uh about 230 kilometers away from its all by then by your different quote gets on the driver. larry, one step on the diamond that you mentioned very close to the run board though. um, i know it's still early, but any indication, any clues as to who might be behind this attack? what the motive was as well. it should be remembered that no, no, no funder amman has so waved at least 2 major den. so on him, separate a little bit supported located when suicide bomber started, tried your dog a demo earlier address. uh so that was indeed the

posture of favouring autocrats and opposing our allies, which i think puts the wider west in the democratic alliancesay and it sounds hyperbolic but i think democracy is on a nice edge in the united states. i say that is a national security professional not as a political commentator. miles ta lor, as a political commentator. miles taylor. we _ as a political commentator. miles taylor, we salute _ as a political commentator. miles taylor, we salute your _ as a political commentator. miles taylor, we salute your bravery . as a political commentator. miles taylor, we salute your bravery those years ago in the administration. congratulations on the book. it's a very good read. thank you for coming on the programme for the christian, thank you and i'm glad to see you are feeling better. we will go to a short break. we will be right back. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. five years of intensive medical training, butjust the start of their careers in medical practice. it's my pleasure to present to you graduates from the faculty of health, education, medicine and social care. it

but of course they've been challenged by an opposition party like the democratic alliance. who has taken the government to court, saying that it should be forced to arrest puts in, should he come to south africa? we know no that's not happening. and because of that, the south african president had to provide had to provide a responding affidavit to the quotes in south africa, explaining why the government had that position by the net. not a race boots. and he was also forced to make this affidavit public. and it's a rumble post, i had said that the no risk of fruits and would be unlawful, and it would be, tempt amount to declaring war on russia. now the russians of also responded to the presidential spokesperson, se so that russia has at no point fixed in south africa. but of course, and the risk of puts in would be a threat, would be an attack on the president. so again, this comes back to this mutual agreement between the 2 countries trying to navigate a way forward, giving these deepening ties so that frequent government has, of course, had some opposition to this decisi

acceptable to everyone and would preserve the consensus in e-e within the framework of the alliance . democratizationepeated several times by president biden in order to be compatible with the alliance, those things will always be used against us if we do not do our homework and there will always be some alliance country that will use these objective arguments as a reason why ukraine cannot be invited to the alliance today, then i would like us , in addition to working with partners , to look in the mirror and clearly see our problems and work on them right now this alliance is too military and political. and it seems to us that this political component is always underestimated. this is not actually an underestimation of the very basic values ​​of this club . conventionally speaking, it seems that it is enough to have western-style weapons or, for example, m4 assault rifles, not akms, and in principle, so we are already in nato, why is this a false opinion ? well, for some reason, we decided that the rapid acquisition of various types of western equipment by nato standards by the armed forces of ukra

now the democratic alliance was the part to compel government on how it should go about enforcing the arrest warrant of letting me important should the russian president set foot in south africa. the argument is that they do not trust the government to their own devices and they would rather have a public key stated house. the and his government plans ongoing about enforcing such interest work was on the other hand is argued that the contents of his job it should not be made public because that would jeopardize national security. but also, the risk of the russian president vladimir puts in here in south africa, would be 10 symbolic, a declaration of war. because russia just already said that interest, at least between president would be a declaration of what is that now. so it was also argues that it's a d, the very greenville south africa's constitution to engage in war. and that it goes against his own of, of office we, she took when becoming a president, to protect the country from such a circumstance. but the med itself as to how government would go about arresting. vladimir putin

country itself but more broadly in the third is the aspirin and country must represent the democratic values of the allianceich ukraine �*s potential membership, orany ukraine �*s potential membership, or any other potential membership will be judged. you mentioned nato unity, we spoke to the former deputy assistance of defence finetto policy and he said the us and germany are essentially isolated in their opposition to ukraine �*s nato membership. do you think that's the case? i am a ian 's friend, _ you think that's the case? i am a ian 's friend, and _ you think that's the case? i am a ian 's friend, and i'm - you think that's the case? i am a ian 's friend, and i'm not - you think that's the case? i am a ian 's friend, and i'm not an l a ian �*s friend, and i'm notan expert in this arena but i'm not sure it's that stark, the difference, so two on one side of the argument, 29 allies on the other. i think certainly the other. i think certainly the us and germany are among the us and germany are among the allies that have concerns about the timing and the procedures to welcome ukraine to the alliance but i

, and i thought that there is the only opportunity for our country to create a new alliance of new political democraticnformation. silvio berlusconi created a new political movement fordso, italy led it and just 2 months later won the national parliamentary elections. italy's president of the republic instructed him to form a government silvia in berlusconi became prime minister. italy three more times in 2001-2005 and 2008 in 2011, he resigned after a series of scandals and prosecution. it must be said that all life was with horses in the literal sense, was still a detective like that, if you want a criminal coach, suffice it to say that according to the data for 2016 , 60 criminal cases were initiated against syria berlusconi during his life, and they just didn’t accuse the school, and there was a relationship with his mother and taken, purely and corruption , money laundering and illegal financing of political parties are some kind of tax crimes. at the same time, it must be said with all fairness, the vast majority of these criminal cases. so they didn’t end up with anything or didn’t crumble in th

, and i thought that there is only one opportunity for our country to create a new alliance of new political democratic information. silvio berlusconi created a new political movement fordso, italy led it and just 2 months later won the national parliamentary elections. italy , the president of the republic instructed him to form a government silvia berlusconi became prime minister of italy three more times in 2001-2005 and 2008 in 2011, he resigned after a series of scandals and a lawsuit persecution. i must say that the whole life takes place in the literal sense was still such a detective. if you want a criminal coach, suffice it to say that, according to the data for 2016, during his life , 50 criminal cases were initiated against berlusconi himself. and what you just didn’t blame there was and the connection with the mother was taken cleanly and corruption and money laundering and illegal financing of political parties were some kind of tax crimes. at the same time, it must be said, in all fairness, the vast majority of these criminal cases. so nothing are over. or they crumbled in the process of

understand that we are moving into a democratic field, we are moving into a democratic society, we are moving towards the north atlantic alliance and the european union - these are democratic countries with certain principles and certain standards, and we must understand that there is no other way. we are an authoritarian country and we are not moving towards authoritarian field, that's why we have all the procedures that we have, we must come to them, we must come to them, and i don't think there is any betrayal or anything else, they warned us, all the members of the alliance, the larger members of the alliance, that the hot phase of hostilities is currently active. we cannot become members of the alliance, they warned us that there should be a consolidated decision to be all members of the alliance 100% understand and what we have in the balance today at this summit. i still consider it a very big step forward and we should talk about what in we have a very serious and high prospect of becoming members of the north atlantic alliance. well, let's be brief about jc seven . today, a joint declaration will be signed by the leade

democrat bilkiffing expressed this opinion in an interview with voice of america, a republican in turn michael lawler expects from the summit a clear plan regarding ukraine's membership in the alliancein general both democrats and republicans as main topics stand out against russian aggression, support for ukraine and the long-term plan for its accession to nato , american legislators told ekaterina leeson about their expectations and forecasts. united support of ukraine by nato members in all aspects of efforts to liberate ukrainian sovereign territory from russian military presence, and frankly , if you need to defeat russia on the battlefield, it unwavering commitment that we must undertake collectively as an alliance i believe that this will be done in vilnius i think that certain weapons systems that need to be transferred to ukraine in order to win this battle will also be discussed i also think that there will be a discussion about a more formal form of invitation and clearer deadlines for ukrainian membership in nato i think that nato should continue to support ukraine and i also think that nato should increase its commitments and investments in the alliance and i think that

democratic values. he highlighted the alliance's unprecedented unity and had some pointed remarks for vladimir putin. >> nato is stronger, more energized, and yes, more united than ever in its history. indeed more vital to our shared future. didn't happen by accident. wasn't inevitable. when putin and his craven lust for land and power unleashed his brutal war on ukraine he was betting nato would break apart. he was betting nato would break. he thought our unity would shatter at the first testing. he thought democratic leaders would be weak, but he thought wrong. >> arlette saenz has been traveling with the president in lithuania. arlette, this was a victorious tone for the president here. a united nato. they're getting sweden in, which they've been trying for a year. is that the view of the allies, that they came together, showed their unity, got what they wanted out of the summit? >> reporter: well, i think among the g7 allies you're seeing that show of unity towards ukraine and from nato allies as well. there were differences throughout the summit about how concrete of a timeline that should be offer

like to see a different government in spain who reject a lot of the policies or the alliances of the social democrats have displayed in the past 4 years. are now seeing box as a big problem and a big obstacle to achieving a political change in the country. mm hm. i want to touch on something that you mentioned before, which is the prospect of a, of a great coalition. you know, the length of which we've seen here in germany, for example. it has become clear that most spaniards one to see a centrist government, either on the right of center or left of center. so why not just joint forces between the p, p and the facade and represent the majority here? that's an excellent question and it's something that a lot of us struggle with the recurring argument or the explanation that is given is that that type of a lions would give rise to more radical parties on the extremes. but it's been very clear over the past few years that radical parties have their own anyway, in the part of that for me. and in the far right, it is very clear though business on just from the very beginning, this whole political program

do you want the democratic countries unified, stronger alliances?hat is a case they will lean on. it's not going to be their first point to voters in the fall, but it is a big one. it is a real big one, and it is a real point of contrast given where president trump and other republicans are on ukraine and russia. you know, you know this well, right, there's such stark contrasts here in terms of supporting ukraine or being sort of weak-kneed toward russia, soft on russia. after what russia did, invading a sovereign country and a neighbor, i think the white house feels pretty good that public opinion remains pretty strong, in favor of strong support for ukraine. >> certainly the possibility of trump returning to the world stage was a shadow over all of the events last week in europe. >> yeah. >> white house reporter for "politico" as well as co-author of "the west wing playbook," eli stokols, thank you for being with us. thank you to all of you for getting up "way too early." "morning joe" starts now. >>> 2024 is our final battle. with you at my side,

to take these three claims in reverse order, it is quite clear from the history of the alliance that the democraticracter of member states was open to negotiation or perhaps deserved -- portugal, founding member. remained on good terms with the alliance. today i don't think anyone would argue that turkey, poland, hungary are great advertisements for the sort of liberal democracy touted by the alliance. on the question of values, much the same thing can be said, it bears mentioning i suppose as well when voters in member states or potential member states have shown signs of disapproving membership or lack of eagerness and listing in this american-led letter organization, their voices have most often simply been dispensed with stuff on the specifically defense or security-aggregating side of the equation, throughout the cold war, nato's claims conventional defense were always rather far-fetched and i think recognized as such. since the end of the cold war, the dissolution of the soviet union, one could argue far from strengthening insecurity, nato, by precluding the creation of a more coordinated aut

system as it currently stands in ukraine meet the standards that nato asks for in a democratic country joining the alliance. and that's i think the question that the president is raising, he mentions that, because it really has not been a topic of much conversation when its very existence seems to be, of course, on the table given russia's invasion. so he's telling them, look, you know, we're on your side, but that doesn't mean that there aren't some requirements you have to meet in order to be part of this alliance. >> just going back to this -- go ahead. >> i just want to push back a little bit on my good friend peter's comment. and that is because corruption has been a huge problem in ukraine. the kleptocracy seeped over from russia into ukraine and most of its former leaders were quite corrupt. however, zelenskyy has removed some of his own senior leaders for corruption reasons and i think he's making a huge effort to clean the place up and i don't think anyone is claiming he's personally corrupt. and let's compare to other members of nato. i wouldn't say hungary or poland are perfect democracies and i

parliament approved declarations expressing support for our country's accession to the alliance, the co-chairman of democraticgaria said that this is a sign for us after the return of peace, we can count on the support of official sofia on the way to nato , the document also states that the restoration of peace possible only when russia withdraws its troops beyond the internationally recognized borders and about the further provision of military-technical assistance to kyiv, the city of energodar and the surrounding in the territory, the situation with the radiation background is stable. exceeding the norm has not been recorded, the nikopol district military administration reported. however , in various regions of ukraine, an algorithm of actions is being developed in the event of a russian terrorist attack. at the moment , it is in particular about the evacuation of residents . local authorities, see our material in the case of a russian terrorist attack on the zaporizhia nuclear power plant with parts of the population centers of the kryvorizka district that fall local residents will be evacuated to a 50-ki

for the alliance, thunderclap moment for the american people who care about the united states standing in the world but also the american president standing up not just for the small d democratic the alliance and the united states's role in the world. you have the president died in five years later standing there clearly not just as the american president but the leader of an alliance standing rm against the aggression and authoritarianism of vladimir putin. i think that is the cherry on top of what david just said. geoff: on the matter of building a coalition of democracies and supporting ukraine, there is a record high 44% of republicans and gop leaning independents who say the u.s. is giving too much aid to ukraine, according to a survey last month. and republican presidential candidates have seized on this wariness of the cost of the war. do our allies have reason to be concerned about the durability of the u.s. commitment? david: yes. in the 1940's, one of the -- eisenhower wanted to know if taft was going to support, and he said no, and eisenhower decided to run. the u.s. should exert power abroad. the last couple of years, the republican party is returning to what is th

approved a draft declaration expressing support for our country's accession to the alliance, the chairman sat down of democraticia stated that this is a sign for us after the return of peace, we can count on the support of official sofia on the way to nato, the document also states that the restoration of peace is possible only when russia will withdraw its troops to the internationally recognized borders and about the further provision of military-technical assistance to kyiv, the osce parliamentary assembly officially recognized russia as a sponsor of terrorism , a member of the ukrainian delegation, yevgenia kravchuk, said in the assembly's declaration that terrorism is one of the biggest threats to international peace and security and the actions of wagner's group on behalf of the russian government also determined how terrorist it is and works . the vatican is developing a mechanism for the return of deported ukrainian children. about this said cardinal mateo zupi, appointed by the pope to conduct peace negotiations with ukraine and russia , adding that he personally discussed the issue of the remaining re

and we know the story, but also, if you speak in germany, 22% in the polls and democratic back sliding within the alliance and in hungary, and some of these issues will be helpful. >> i think this is a great way to close. maybe we'll go reverse order and sam, we'll start with you and liana and then keir. >> it's a really important question. and i would come back to something i started with, specifically, you know, how we talk about the war. and the biden administration, you know, may have reason for this, but they have spoken about the war in moral terms and political terms to the american public, but not in national interest terms and i think that's a mistake. i think it's a mistake partly because as we've seen in the u.s., morality is debated and debatable and in many segments of society, so what is seen by the administration of one party is moral, likely to be seen highly immoral by the opponents almost because it would establish. but also, i think because when you do put things in natural security terms and explain it to people, it becomes very much harder for the other side to campaign against it and

i understand correctly, only democratically because nato is a defensive military-political alliance.f course, we do not accept these proposals, but they are heard more and more often, and they were heard more and more before and after the summit, and they take germany as an example, which is difficult to compare, after all germany in 1955, when one part was included, well, in fact, one country and another country that was under the soviet union, it was also not included, and therefore we are comparing here and saying what can we enter in this way? no, we cannot, and we refuse to do so due to security guarantees.

western friends want us to see so that we do it as homework before entering the alliance does not simply improve a democraticiety. yes. why is this improvement measured in kilograms in rolls of grams? we want to see specifically if there is a change to the legislation, specifically to which, if the reform of specific bodies, specifically what do you want to see ? we have fulfilled it, we are ready, please accept us , will ukraine be able to bypass the pdc, eh? and he is planning meetings in the czech republic, and there is a planned meeting with turkey with the president and the leaders of the country, but right now this issue is being discussed so that it is possible to bypass such a bureaucratic component, but we simply do not have time, we need it, we need it as soon as possible move in the direction of the alliance. thank you, ivan stupak, an expert from the ukrainian institute of the future was with us on the air, and that 's the end of the issue. i'll also add that unesco condemned the attack on lviv and expressed condolences to the families of the victims - this is the first attack in the protection z

alliance. earlier, i spoke to us democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi about the situation in ukraine.s need to have what they are required to have in order to prevail in this criminal invasion of their country. so i think the white house is correct to provide them with these and other armaments.— them with these and other armaments. �* , . ., , armaments. are these armaments the riaht armaments. are these armaments the right decision, _ armaments. are these armaments the right decision, however, - the right decision, however, given the criticism? i’m the right decision, however, given the criticism? i'm going to defer to — given the criticism? i'm going to defer to the _ given the criticism? i'm going to defer to the president - given the criticism? i'm going to defer to the president and | to defer to the president and his national security team on this. i think we have to remember the ukrainians are facing an onslaught of weaponry that few other nations have ever faced. that few other nations have everfaced. so i think they need what is required to defend themselves, and to mount a

democratic values. he highlighted the alliance's unprecedented unity and had some pointed

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leaders want to secure sweden's membership before the alliance's summit next week, texas democrat congressman colin allred says that nato will be stronger with sweden onboard finland, which shares a border with russia. join the military alliance in april. later this week, president biden travels to lithuania for the nato summit. >> a southwest airlines flight from las vegas to maui had to be diverted to oakland after photos surfaced the suggested there was a bomb on board. so according the alameda county sheriff's department, these photos were apparently sent to a flight attendant using apple's airdrop. once that happened, the plane had to be evacuated after it was tough after a touchdown and oakland, all passengers are re screen luggage was researched. no explosives were found. so the flight was allowed to continue on to hawaii with the fbi now has picked up the investigation. it's 10. 21. and today the port of oakland gets a grant to boost its infrastructure and 0 emission goals. >> oakland's getting a portion of 1.2 billion dollars that's going to be awarded to california and that will all

nato leaders want to secure sweden's membership before the alliance's summit next week, texas democrat congressman colin allred says that nato will be stronger with sweden on board finland, which shares a border with russia. join the military alliance in april. later this week, president biden is going to travel to lithuania for the nato summit. >> we're going to take a break here. the 22 coming up on the kron 4 morning news. one bay area port is receiving money to help boost its business. we'll tell you which one how much money they're getting. babackck i in n ththe e , snsneaeakeker r drdropopst getting online to wait in line. now with xfinity mobile... ...we get the fastest mobile service and can get the freshest kicks asap. i got this. get the best price for 2 lines of unlimited when you switch to xfinity mobile for $30 a line per month. nice job, little sis! they grow up so fast... i'm a fan. from xfinity. ♪ ♪ california sky ♪ ♪ todos alcanzamos las estrellas ♪ ♪ sunny state of mind ♪ ♪ flexin' all the time ♪ ♪ todo es dorado ♪ ♪ y nos gusta picante ♪ ♪ cause this place is calient

or even specific terms for joining the alliance, if they talked about the prospect of joining, then with numerous reservations, kiev must ensure the democratizationeforms , the final transition to the standards of the military bloc, and most importantly, any talk about membership will become. it is only possible after the end of the conflict that consolation was promised to zelensky with the transfer of weapons about the results of this promising event about the form in which ukraine could still be accepted into nato in the trends program, said russian military experts viktor baranets. nato did not accept ukraine and it is not known when they will accept such an idea, which is quite curious. you just do not laugh that the former leader of the rasmus. you know nato he offered to take e ukraine in parts. this is a very interesting proposal. and the bottom line is that kiev should apply to nato with a request to accept five regions of ukraine into nato, these are the areas primarily that are related to the history of poland . this is their plan. now imagine the theoretical here just theoretically. yes, uh, they should announce that these are at the

also copy from president biden, that ukraine needs additional democratization and transformation in order to claim membership in the alliancend remove the undertones of uh, uh, notes are not even reasons, but pretexts for not considering uh, this issue, i am now putting up with the aggression of the russian federation, but i am talking even about these things that will definitely always be be used against ukraine and against its membership of variations until we clearly look in the mirror and do not expect that, in fact, due to the heroism and extraordinary feat of our armed forces of the defense forces, we can enter the north atlantic alliance, this is the first and second - it is obvious, and what else do we need to work on the fact that you were not, um, what about the fact that the russian federation will somehow consolidate its further actions, uh, llc of ukraine, if a decision is made to invite ukraine to the alliance in the future, uh, we see that russia swallowed the membership of finland has already swallowed the membership of sweden, which is approaching the north atlantic alliance, this means that uh, this is abs

alliance is designed to protect. so we look at things like rule of law, we look at their democratization, we look at things like anti-corruptionard practice for any new member that's coming into the alliance. laura: the cluster munitions that the administration announced friday that are going to be sent to ukraine, how quickly will they be sent? smith: i don't know the specifics about that. i think we're talking weeks, not months. laura: in terms of long term security commitments that the united states is prepared to make to ukraine, what exactly are the requirements as nato -- as ukraine waits for a full nato membership? smith: we are talking about making a commitment to them that we will support ukraine not just right now in this moment while russia has invaded its territory and continues to conduct the war but that long-term the united states is prepared to make a bilateral commitment to ukraine that it will continue to help that country meet security needs so that this does not happen again and we expect we will have some news on that later this week here on the margins of the nato summit. laura: can you give any specifics

alliance. we must fulfill a number of things and a number of points that were talked about today, one of the main ones is the issue of democratshe supremacy of the right to freedom of speech, the basic principles by which this alliance lives and exists , as well as the countries of the european the union and uh, with a great deal a-ah, what i said a little earlier was repeated, that the ukrainian army is 110% ready to be a member of the north atlantic air force, unfortunately, this cannot be said today about ukrainian politics a-ah and the implementation of those reforms about which we are forced to talk to you about today or the lack of these reforms that we are forced to talk about today, that is why we would actually like to ask you about this particular case, in particular, it is about the situation with the courts and so on . the rule of law, the basic principles of the absence of autocracy and totalitarianism , judicial reform, the reform of the pension court, what we did not include when we talked about the laws that pass through walls of the verkhovna rada they will not be counted as a check mark until the conditions f

democratically elected president. he had embraced uh, you know, western alliances. he travelled to france to washington multiple times since being elected had exchanged visits with these leaders. and so was really seen as the last us a healthy and leader in the western camp. i think for him to fall in to be removed . i think poses all kinds of questions for this alliance of how we can strengthen and continued to engage us a healthy and states going forward the lawn to why the new was valid, as well as all from national security minister at the my bank of it has met an incursion into the aisle. ok, so most compound in occupied east jerusalem. thursday marks the jewish holiday official, but how which commemorates the destruction of the 2nd jewish temple in the 78. the more than a 1000 is ready alternation the set list. emptied on the police protection, non muslims are allowed inside the compound, but then not submitted to prey underwood decades old agreement known as the status quotes. however, since the current far right government to palate is rarely settlers and po

democratically elected president. he had embraced uh, you know, western alliances. he travelled to france to washington multiple times since being elected had exchanged visits with these leaders. and so was really seen as the last, as a healthy and leader in the western champ, i think for him to fall and to be removed. i think poses all kinds of questions for this alliance of how we can strengthen and continued to engage us a healthy and states going forward. hudson will be much appreciate your insights. thank you. thanks. the vigils have been held in kenya for people killed and injured during anti government protest. opposition leader, i think has dismissed to present it because of the whole talks calling it a public relations exercise. he's asking the international criminal court to open an investigation into allegations of police brutality. catherine story report from the west and the city of consumer, the canyons at this hospital in costume county light candles, to remember those who died during antique government protests recently. the say police, a top partici