let's get more on this from dimebag from the german institute for international and security affairs welcome to the. if this video offended this i think so it looks like a daddy it sounds like but daddy and the video is clearly an i.a.s. video it has an i.a.s. logo it has the logo of the media production company of i.a.s. . perhaps most importantly the old one the one that was used until the islamic state was founded in two thousand and fourteen so i clearly believe that this is by daddy and that this is an official i asked video so if the last time we saw him on video was our it was two thousand and fourteen so why is he popped up now well i think because i was under pressure yes has founded a state and as it has lost the state in iraq and syria it has there are even some politicians who believe that i.a.s. has been defeated and now the organization has to show its supporters that it remains relevant by perpetrating.

and general have a terrorist says he hopes a military confrontation in libya can still be averted. now for some analysis i have with me marcus kayyem. in the german institute for international and security affairs welcome oxes we had the eastern forces holding a homing in to tripoli how serious is this situation military i mean your assessment there is here is actually we're expecting some kind of development for the last couple of weeks we've seen the forces off. advancing to the help of libya occupying the most important oil fields in general or in february so extending his reign his power and actually we're expecting the next move the next move will be to the west to misrata and to people ok so tell us a little bit more about khalifa have done what are his aims basically it's a straw man in the east of libya being. the rule of the east and to solve a country and the counterpart to the internationally recognized government in tripoli and he's this paul does not rest on a unified government on it or unified political entity it's curious power rests on the militias on the ground and therefore we call maybe not weak but fred. therefore. is to wait if the if he's going to resist me to move to resistance

from the german institute for international and security affairs welcome to day doubly. if this video offended this i think so it looks like a daddy it sounds like but. the video is clearly an i.a.s. video it has an i.a.s. logo it has the logo of the media production company of i.a.s. . perhaps most importantly the old one the one that was used until the islamic state was founded in two thousand and fourteen so i clearly believe that this is by daddy and that this is an official video so the last time we saw him on video was on was two thousand and fourteen so why is he popped up now well i think because i was under pressure yes has founded a state and as it has lost the state in iraq and syria it has there are even some politicians who believe that i.a.s. has been defeated and now the organization has to show its supporters that it remains relevant by perpetrating attacks like in sri lanka like in saudi arabia on easter sunday but also by showing that it's caylee it's presumed caleb is still alive able to lead the organization so this is a bit of a morale booster for th

fast from the german institute for international and security affairs here in berlin and also with the washing cars correspondent all of a silence there is outside the u.s. congress are welcome both let's start with you mark over house how would you sum up the nature of the condition of this it's seventy thousand of us are well there are supposed to be a party going on because it's the seventy fifth anniversary of nato but there doesn't seem to be really the mood for party brussels or in washington and many other national capitals because i think that nato has a lot of internal and external challenges at the moment really in an unprecedented way there's the issue of trump there's rising tide of nationalism in many nato countries and some nato countries there is a rising tensions with with russia crumbling arms control agreements so there's really a lot on the plate a lot of challenges so that's that's bad news good news is that nato is still around and that the countries are still coming together to tackle these challenges all of us in washington clearly the president has a base with nato how is the organization viewed by the administration. well it's an ambivalent view that

and he's an analyst on transatlantic affairs from the german institute for international and security affairs here in berlin and washington our correspondent all of a solace is actually outside the u.s. congress welcome both let's start with you marcus marco over the house one of the points that jumps out at you well first off i think it was quite as smart speech because he on one level tried to bond. stoddart tried to bond you know almost personally with members of congress who are by and large very supportive of nato still so as you said it wasn't an easy target for him but he was bonding personally with them raising his personal family's issue and his personal experiences and always experience with terrorism and he also brought up the the main topics that are also of great concern to the united states primarily russia terrorism and the issue of fairness so i found that in that way it was it was quite quite smart but i also think there were some issues which i found interesting for instance on the i.n.f. treaty he explicitly. stated that nato does not does not have the intention to deploy land based missiles in europe i found that quite remarkable because as i perceive it that is not such a clear p

unfolding story joining me in the studio is and it's weber's she is an expert in east africa at the german institute for international security affairs welcome very momentous day for sudan omar bashir is gone now. but this is not the regime change that the protesters were calling for no it's far from over i think they will call in clearly calling for the army to side with them but not to take over what they wanted was basically a civilian technocratic government. well based on our help the army but not an army takeover by those who basically were in the government or we're with bashir for the last thirty years writers propping him up basically so what are we likely to see just think that this the momentum of the protests will continue will they stay out and demand for you know make a demand for meaningful change despite the fact that the army has a curfew in place now well it's going to be decisive night because yes the demonstrators are definitely very clearly saying that they will stay on they will demonstrate they will continue throughout the night and the coming days to get that in mounds and of course the army was just repeatedly saying

the german institute for international and security affairs here in bed lynn and we're also joined from washington by our correspondent there all of a salih was outside the u.s. congress are welcome to you both let's start with you marco so we saw yet still to work evoking key moments in a shared european and defense history what was his he's main message today. well his main message there were several messages i think one important message was that not only does europe needs the united states and the nato alliance but the other way around that the united states benefits greatly from from the nato alliance by providing washington with twenty nine or twenty eight allies and that that you know from the u.s. perspective investment in nato is a good investment and that it will you know address the issue of fairness and burden sharing which i think is the key word there a lot of people not only president trying but a lot of people in washington really want to hear so i would say that these are among as his most important asset for us all of us in washington he was yet stoltenberg received a very warm welcome from both chambers of congress the president has been quite anti nature in th

i'm from the german institute for international security affairs welcome ochs says because the eastern forces honing in homing in into tripoli how serious is the situation military leader and there is here is actually we're expecting some kind of development for the last couple of weeks we've seen the forces of khalida. advancing to the south of libya occupying the most important oil fields in general or in february so extending his reign his power and actually we're expecting the makes move in the next move will be to the west to his people ok so tell us a little bit more but khalifa have done what are his aims basically it's a straw man in the east of libya being the rule of the east and the south of the country and a counterpart to the international media recognized government in tripoli and he's part of the rest on a unified government on the or unified political entity it's curious power rests on the militias on the ground and therefore we call maybe not weak but french power and therefore it is to wait if they. if he's going to resist me to move to resistance and some other missions my sides ok now as you mentioned the u.n. secretary general good tradition was in tri