mr. stoltenberg: yes.e have seen the development over several years, since 2000, that russia has tripled defense spending. tripled defense spending in real terms. invested heavily in more modern capabilities. exercised much more modern and large formations of troops and forces. but most importantly, they have used military force against neighbors. we saw that in georgia in 2008. we saw it in ukraine in 2014. that is the reason we have responded by increasing the readiness of nato. we are tripled the size of the nato response force. we can quickly reinforce an area if there is a need. but also we have increased our military presence in the eastern part of the alliance and deployed groups to the baltic countries and poland. charlie: how would you assess the readiness of the nato forces today? mr. stoltenberg: our readiness is high. it is the combination of increased presence in the baltic region and poland, but also in the southeast in romania and bulgaria with the increased capability to reinforce troops an

they are supposed to be a hundred thousand troops yet at the same time nato secretary general mr stoltenberg says there is no i quote imminent threat to any of its allies confusing right and how this bell or see the upcoming drills we should just stop making excuses whether our drills are defensive or not we have an army we have a join russia and belarus military formation in the west and while it exists which we did make a secret off we're going to train it how to fight just in case now let's take a look at the real numbers from the russian ministry of defense in fact it's thirteen thousand soldiers around a quarter of them arriving from russia plus three hundred military vehicles and twenty five aircraft doesn't sound like a blitzkrieg now does it. the russian defense ministry said it was surprised that the german side had used numbers apparently plucked from the thin air even though all the relevant information had been provided well beforehand security analyst paul ingram believes that russia's neighbors are over reacting to these drills. i don't think there's any reason for the neighbor

they are supposed to be a hundred thousand troops yet at the same time nato secretary general mr stoltenberg says there is no i quote imminent threat to any of its allies confusing right and how this bell or see the upcoming drills we should just stop making excuses whether our drills are defensive or not we have an army we have a join russia and belarus military formation in the west and while it exists which we did make a secret off we're going to train it how to fight just in case now let's take a look at the real numbers from the russian ministry of defense in fact it's thirteen thousand soldiers around a quarter of them arriving from russia plus three hundred military vehicles and twenty five aircraft doesn't sound like a blitzkrieg now does it. still ahead. refuses to shake the hand of a no waging politician during a t.v. debate is cause a bit of a stink we'll have a look at the details after the break. telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. for new socks for the tell you that celebrity gossip the tabloids by itse

there are supposed to be a hundred thousand troops yet at the same time nato secretary general mr stoltenberg says. there is no i quote imminent threat to any of its allies confusing right and how this bell or see the upcoming drills we should just stop making excuses whether our drills are defensive or not we have an army we have a joint russian belarus military formation in the west and while it exists which we did make a secret off we're going to train it how to fight just in case now let's take a look at the real numbers from the russian ministry of defense in fact it's thirteen thousand soldiers around a quarter of them arriving from russia plus three hundred military vehicles and twenty five aircraft doesn't sound like a blitzkrieg now does it. bahrain has arrested and tortured more than one hundred fifty activists and relatives in the gulf states crackdown over the last year as according to a new report by amnesty international titled no one can protect you. it lays the blame for some of bahrain's human rights abuses on other countries as well including the u.s. and britain says they t

there are supposed to be a hundred thousand troops yet at the same time nato secretary general mr stoltenberg says there is no i quote imminent threat to any of its allies confusing right and how this bell or see the upcoming drills we should just stop making excuses whether our drills are defensive or not we have an army we have a join russia and belarus military formation in the west and while it exists which we did make a secret off we're going to train it how to fight just in case now let's take a look at the real numbers from the russian ministry. defense in fact it's thirteen thousand soldiers around a quarter of them arriving from russia plus three hundred military vehicles and twenty five aircraft doesn't sound like a blitzkrieg now does it. one of islamic states most prominent commanders called marotta cullom of is believed to be among the forty i'm still fighters killed as a result of a russian airstrike in the syrian city of d.s. or that's according to the russian defense ministry color march was a commander to take us down special unit security forces he moved to syria in two thou

for hosting stoltenberg and myself here today we're grateful to you and keep executive a doula and i would say to mr president that this delegation stand united in our desire to advance peace in afghanistan and remove the impulses and manifestations of terrorism that threaten the innocent we are here today to support afghanistan because instability in south asia as secretary general and the president have already stated and the extremism that it cultivates endangers all nations as well as the people of afghanistan in recognition of these vital interests and thanks to the national unity government i would just say that the support of the international community has now rallied under the nato flag and we are here today as evidence of a new strategy that has given us a new opportunity and secretary general stoughton bird strategic and unflappable leadership at nato has been key to this opportunity our nato commander general nicholson has earned the trust and admiration of the afghans and the international community while leading the thirty nine partner nations of nato as resolute support mission each n

they are supposed to be a hundred thousand troops yet at the same time nato secretary general mr stoltenberg says there is no i quote imminent threat to any of its allies confusing right and how this bell or see the upcoming drills we should just stop making excuses whether our drills are defensive or not we have an army we have a join russia and belarus military formation in the west and while it exists which we did make a secret off we're going to train it how to fight just in case now let's take a look at the real numbers from the russian ministry of defense in fact it's thirteen thousand soldiers around a quarter of them arriving from russia plus three hundred military vehicles and twenty five aircraft doesn't sound like a blitzkrieg now does it. no one can protect you that's the title of a new amnesty international report on bahrain's violent crackdown against activists and their families over the past year the rights group is documented the deaths of six people including a child as well as numerous cases of arbitrary detention and torture. the report also reserves haskel harsh criticis

mr. deets. every branch running like headquarters. that's how you outmaneuver. ? announcer: from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." charlie: jens stoltenbergthe 13th secretary-general of the nato. he is also the former prime minister of norway. nato is the largest and most powerful military alliance in history. since its founding in 1949, the organization has significantly redefined its role. its primary focus after 9/11 has been combating terrorism. and increasingly, inserted russia and north korea have become a priority for the alliance. the secretary-general recently declared "the world is more das

afghanistan to the taliban and other groups mr mattis is in kabul where he's meeting the afghan president ashraf ghani and the nato secretary general again stoltenberg. thailand's highest court has sentenced the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in prison for corruption she was found guilty of negligence over a loss making rice scheme but was not in court having escaped last month. to south africa where tens of thousands of people are taking part in a nationwide strike against government corruption and unemployment it's being led by the country's biggest workers' union and a local branch of the governing african national congress which says the party is suffering from leadership failures the trade union has threatened to shut down. in the country as it marches on city holmes banks and the chamber of mines is demanding that the president jacob zuma step down and open an investigation into state corruption tanya pages our correspondent there at one of the demonstrations in johannesburg tanya this union is huge but give us a sense of how powerful this. show one of those one point eight million members and up to it sound i think right

mr trump's warning today just more of the same. well that's the question everyone here is asking themselves u.n. officials and experts and ask secretary general of nato stoltenberg the exact question and he said that it's true that the president used a very strong language but that we've seen him using strong language before talking about north korea but i talked to the board and he told me that while president trump was very tough on north korea it seemed that he's remarks were designed for the u.s. television and for social media were his supporters are able to see them and that president trump between lions left room for diplomacy thinking to russia and north korea for. approving tough sanctions against north korea and he did not criticize russia explicitly for its role in ukraine he did not criticize china for its trade issues with the united states and that is seen as a clear signal that he is trying to not only an age of russia and china. the u.s. president also had harsh words for iran today but again we have to ask was that message aimed at the u.n. or was it aimed for his u.s. base his domestic audience. i think it was a man to reach his domestic audien

stoltenberg the unannounced high level visit comes weeks after president donald trump pledged to send more u.s. forces to afghanistan we're getting reports that a rocket landed near kabul airport after mr mattis arrived in afghanistan just a few hours ago we're following that still evolving story for you we'll update you as soon as we have any subsequent information more than forty thousand ranger have fled from me in marjah bangladesh in the past two days the u.n. says the number of refugees escaping violence in me in mass rakhine state has risen to four hundred eighty pounds thirty minutes of al-jazeera world news in thirty minutes between now and then it's inside story up. on october the first catalonia plans to hold an independence referendum yet the central government insists it's unconstitutional and the courts have judged it illegal as the state drops down and catalans take to the streets where will this crisis and. zero for the latest. because it involved her voice in the referendum with hopes of getting their own homeland votes rejected by the iraqi government and neighboring countries to appease more could spark an ethnic sawed off the battle and a need for the region this is

stoltenberg the unannounced high level visit comes weeks after president donald trump pledged to send more u.s. forces to afghanistan we're getting reports that a rocket landed near kabul airport after mr mattis arrived in afghanistan just a few hours ago we're following that still evolving story for you we'll update you as soon as we have any subsequent information more than forty thousand ranger fled from me and maher to bangladesh in the past two days the u.n. says the number of refugees escaping violence in me in mass rakhine state has risen to four hundred eighty pounds thirty minutes of al-jazeera will news in thirty minutes between now and then it's inside story up. the first catalonia plans to hold an independence referendum yet the central government insists it's unconstitutional and the courts have judged it illegal as the state trumps down and kept to the streets where will this crisis and. zero for the latest. because it involved her voice within the better rendered with hopes of getting their own homeland the votes rejected by the evocate government and neighboring countries. in the war the battle and the need for the region as story.