what's it going to be is going to be an asian nato or is nato want to take over the pacific go ahead rick. thanks for raising that issue a document was published last november by nato it's called. nato 2030 modeled after the u.n. 2030 i suspect a nato 2030 united for a new era it's a 67 page the documents online i invite people look at it and it'll be used of course for the upcoming summit nato summit later this year and that in turn the summit will be used for crafting the 1st strategic concept as nato deems that since 2010 in that document they talked about expanding their partnerships and i don't think one person in a 1000000 in the world right now realizes that the military bloc nato which at the time of the fragmentation of the soviet union 1901 had 16 members and no partners now has 30 members and 40 partners that is 70 countries all together on every inhabited continent colombia is now a member of what nato aptly to a long way is really the colombian military program. so that's correct right as of 3 years ago i believe and that's a book look this is by no means the end of it i

and therefore nato is good at nato is in fact not a gag of criminals but a judicial body of some sorts along the lines of issues so that if there's a nato war it's a good and legal one which is of course not the exact opposite of what it is when you get more people involved in a crime it's just a bigger crime you know rick a few weeks ago twitter announced that anyone and i'm paraphrasing here so i don't want to be fact checked here but if you criticize if you challenge the faith and that's the word faith in nato i only have faith in god i've never heard anyone having faith in a military alliance i mean this is look i mean i'm serious what i had to read it over again i mean what is this agaves is the onion is the backbone be you know challenging our faith in a military alliance this is got this is going to be extreme go ahead rick. thanks for pointing that out i mean it has nato has virtually been enshrined as a deity as a religion i should just follow up real quickly on what bruce said which is a key point some 12 years ago. who had been assistant secretary general general secretary o

and withdrawing from nato.nk about also the defence forces here. i think actually that the proposal that macron has made and nato, they supplement each other because the armed forces that we have in europe are the armed forces of different european countries who are also nato allies. so, one is supplementary to the other. and i don't mind that the european defence is stronger. i want to see that all the other countries invest this 2% of gdp in their defence... well, yes... ..because it adds together. that's an interesting point you make, because you know much better than i that many countries within nato are failing to make that baseline 2% of gdp expenditure on their military. italy, spain, germany — a whole host of important members of nato are simply not spending that kind of money on their defence forces. and if you look at public opinion, i don't know if you care about this, but the pew research centre found that 50% of public, of the general public across the nato member states say that their country shou

nato is up on the russia border and find out that john mccain was lobbying to get -- to join nato. my question for you, can you tell me who the villain is in this piece? guest: i will not say that there is a villain. i think that there was a profound misunderstanding. the question about nato expansion. gorbachev insists that he was promised that nato would not expand to the borders. other members insist. when the opportunity came for the nations to apply to nato, there was no prohibition and clearly nothing in writing that prohibited the entry into nato. obviously that is in contention for russians, no matter what. talking about expansion to georgia and expansion to the ukraine, i think those are more provocative actions in light of all of the conflicts in georgia and russia, it is unlikely that nato will expand to ukraine or georgia. that is also a problem because ukraine and georgia are adamant that they want to join nato. they have the right to do so. host: a frosty military campaign, pushing into areas once frozen solid. a story about russia staking claim to the waters of the a

of nato.u think is so key to the future security of the us and europe, it's dysfunctional. no, come on, stephen. that's not true at all. it's one of the most successful alliances in the history of the world. but, of course, the problems that are there have always been there. it's the nature of a coalition. ukraine is not a member of nato. i wish it would... ..wish it was and i hope it will be one day, same for georgia. but until the united states and ukraine have worked out the bilateral relationship between us and our ukrainian friends, and also once we have figured out what our strategy with. .. ..0ur strategy for dealing with the kremlin is, we can't have any expectation that very reluctant nations like germany and france would be willing to take on ukraine as a member of the alliance. this is the first thing, we have got to get our own strategy straight. how are we going to deal with russia? how do we figure out how to deal with them while maintaining a position of strength that holds them

nato starts its largest military exercise in decades right on russia's doorstep but the alliance claiming the drills in albania are transparent and defensive also to come tempers fray in the waters off jersey with britain sending its navy is a dispute over fishing rights with france boils over and parents in the u.k. are sounding the alarm about their government's approach to long we speak to a mother whose son has been ill since last autumn. as a mom when you see your son really suffering and there is no way of him getting back so you still help us no dots really know what to do. good afternoon welcome has just gone 4 o'clock here in moscow you watching r.t. international major nato military exercises have kicked off in albania defended europe is an annual event but this year's troops are supposed to be the largest in decades our senior correspondent says the reasons for it are not hard to guess. nato immediately after coming down and russia with the propaganda equivalent of 5 and brimstone for daring to stage a snap military exercise has followed suit with the biggest nato war games the

the issue is that there is no consistence among nato allies to admit ukraine to nato.you have a number of reasons, everything ranging from ukraine's performance and democracy and corruption and rule of law, to countries in europe not wanting to be responsible for helping to defend ukraine, because of the threat from russia, so there are a lot of complete. i do think more u.s. leadership behind the idea, building the ukraine relationship with nato is an important step to be taking. >> do you think that president biden should even think about holding a summit with president putin, while those russian troops are still there at the border with ukraine? there's been a very small pullback it seems. >> there's been some pullback, but a t has been left behind. a lot of equipment, fighter aircraft, paratroopers. it's a serious military buildup that persists no matter what the russian defense minister has said about pulling troops back. in terms of whether it's good to ve a summit or not, there are always reasons to talk, at the same time, i'm not that we need this -- not sure t

nato nato will not move one inch further east. and i've seen that record both the translation of the russian record from charanaya. and the american record from dennis ross. it was both agree. that the statement won each further east. was said and what baker meant was that i'm focused on eastern, germany. and it is east germany that i'm talking about.

nato starts its largest military exercise in decades right on russia's doorstep with the alliance claiming that the drills in albania are transparent and defensive also this hour now it's a tempest fray in the waters off jersey britain sending its navy is a dispute over fishing rights with france over and parents in the u.k. and the alarm about their government's approach to long we speak to a mother whose son has been ill since last autumn. as a mom. really suffering and there is no why. do you feel helpless i don't really know what to do. i'm russian roger says the one short version of its vaccine called spotlight it is said to have an ethical rate of nearly 80 percent. good evening just on 6 here in moscow you're watching r.t. international major nato military exercises have kicked off in albania defended europe is an annual event this year's tree also is supposed to be the largest in decades our senior correspondent says the reasons for it are not hard to guess. nato immediately after coming down and russia with the propaganda equivalent of 5 and brimstone for daring to stage a snap mi

nato nato will not move one inch further east. and i've seen that record both the translation of the russian record from charanaya. and the american record from dennis ross. it was both agree. that the statement won each further east. was said and what baker meant was that i'm focused on eastern, germany. and it is east germany that i'm talking about. and he was not conscious at that time. of whether hungry and poland and check and slovakia would follow he was determined that germany should be united in nato, but it is. force to think that he already anticipated the other countries of eastern europe. now as we all know now. in 2004 and subsequently the other eastern countries eastern european countries joined nato. and that has provoked the russians by now to claim that baker broke his word. and they have used this one inch further east in their propaganda to say you can't can't trust americans they break their word. so finding that record of that meeting in february 1990 was critically important to understand what really happened

waters off jersey britain sending its navy as a dispute over fishing rights with france boils over and nato starts its largest military exercise in decades right on russia's doorstep you lines describing its training in albania as transparent and defensive. hello there nice to have you company this are you watching r.t. international which just gone 3 o'clock in moscow now donald trump will not be posting on instagram or facebook any time soon their oversight board is upheld the ban it imposed on the former president after the riots on capitol hill in january a move though that has reignited the debate about free speech this kind of market expects. now the facebook oversight board said that they give facebook 6 months as a corporation to determine an appropriate penalty for donald trump while they are currently upholding the ban they are passing on to the corporation whether that man should be permanent how exactly that should continue many look at this is almost a good cop bad cop routine here's what we heard from the oversight board the boards for the 2 posed by mr trump on general with t

nato starts its largest exercises in decades in albania with officials claiming they are transparent and defensive despite their being right on russia's doorstep. good morning live from artie's world news h.q. you're in moscow kevin owen here with me this 6 of may with the headlines in more detail than 1st better news donald trump won't be posting on instagram or facebook any time soon it appears their oversight board as upheld a ban it imposed on the ex-president after the capitol hill riots in january a move that reignited the whole debate about free speech online caleb maupin reports. now the facebook oversight board said that they give facebook 6 months as a corporation to determine an appropriate penalty for donald trump while they are currently upholding the ban they are passing on to the corporation whether that ban should be permanent how exactly that should continue many look at this is almost a good cop bad cop routine here's what we heard from the oversight board the board's phones the 2 posed by mr trump on junior the 6th so we leave it to thies books community standards

nato's dances largest military exercise in decades right on russia's doorstep with the alliance claiming the drills in albania are transparent and defensive. tempers fray in the waters off jersey with britain sending get its navy as disputes over fishing rights with france boils over. currents of the u.k. are sounding the alarm about their government's approach to long cove it we speak to a mother whose son has been ill since last or so. as a mom when you see your son really suffering and there is no way of him getting back to you still help us and i don't really know what to. russia registers a one shot version of its vicodin vaccine called sputnik light it's said to have an efficacy rate of nearly 80 percent. very well welcome you're watching r t international with me nicky arun it's great to have you with us. now major nato military exercises have kicked off in albania defend the europe is an annual event but this year's drills are supposed to be the largest in decades our senior correspondent mark gasnier states the reasons for its own not hard to guess. nato immediately after coming

led nato forces.at we understand, they may be outcome of the last 10,000, and their assets may be out. while owners and armies are saying they are not going to abandon afghanistan and aid is going to continue,ear on year for five years, the aide has been declining. human rights watch is now raising the alarm bell. it uses the word "precipitously ." itays once all the military attention and afghanistan is no longer there, the aide will also sharply decline. donors are still giving, but afghanistan is a country -- one of the poorest in the world with growing needs in the midst of a drought and growing impoverishment. >> many thanks. do remember you can get further information on all of the stories we cover on the program via the bbc news website. or download the bbc news app. i will see you next week. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter

i secretary general of the boss of nato or whatever.— secretary general of the boss of nato or whatevere is but at the same _ nato or whatever. i think there is but at the same time _ nato or whatever. i think there is but at the same time i _ nato or whatever. i think there is but at the same time i think- nato or whatever. i think there is but at the same time i think it's i but at the same time i think it's the same argument we had about boris johnson's renovation of downing street. how much money do you expect these people to make? gordon brown left number ten and gordon brown didn't go out and make millions and millions and millions of money. tony blair did. and gordon brown went out to keep his family secure. tony blair went out and made as much money as he could. he went out and he was a landowner, he owns hundreds of properties. bill he was a landowner, he owns hundreds of preperties-— of properties. all entirely legal, we should _ of properties. all entirely legal, we should say. _ of properties. all entirely legal, we should say. it _ of properties. all entirely legal, we shou

i welcome the us's firm recommitment to the nato alliance. l recommitment to the nato alliance.it is only by— recommitment to the nato alliance. it is only by working together overseas _ it is only by working together overseas that we can keep our citizens — overseas that we can keep our citizens safe at home, and i think that is— citizens safe at home, and i think that is true — citizens safe at home, and i think that is true for nato and i think it is true _ that is true for nato and i think it is true on — that is true for nato and i think it is true on covid and the various measures— is true on covid and the various measures that we are taking to extend — measures that we are taking to extend and expand and promote covax. the pandemic, of course, will overshadow this meeting, with delegates talking through masks and screens after daily on—site tests. their focus, screens after daily on—site tests. theirfocus, not only screens after daily on—site tests. their focus, not only india but also new ways of getting back to poor countries. they will also agree measures to tackle fam

international major nato military exercises have kicked off in albania defend the europe is an annual event but this year's drills are supposed to be the largest in decades our senior correspondent says the reasons though for it are not hard to guess. nato immediately after coming down and russia with the propaganda equivalent of 5 and brimstone for daring to stage a snap military exercise has followed suit with the biggest nato war games the confident it seen in 3 decades but it's different they say you just don't understand it i'm going to continually talk about what we're doing it's called transparency it's a wonderful thing and we're not getting that at a mosque alan and we and we haven't so that's a big difference right there and it's a defensive exercise which is you know a lie straight and in your face they'd only takes a cursory look at the brochure or a visit to a u.s. embassy website for all the talk of russian aggression that isn't russian paratroopers practicing offensive operations in mexico along the border with texas it's american paratroopers dropping deep into simulat

in 2014 nato ended its combat mission and transfer to full security control to kabul since then nato led troops have helped train and assist their afghan counterparts currently about 9500 international soldiers remain in the us which supplies the largest contingent has announced it will complete its troop withdrawal by september. the taliban have sought to negotiate with the afghan government but so far talks have stalled a recent u.s. intelligence analysis concluded that the kabul government would likely struggle to hold the taliban at bay once foreign troops leave the country. as cover $19.00 and vaccines are rolled out children have so far been excluded from inoculations and that's a particular worry for those at increased risk children with down syndrome now tack has applied for approval of its vaccine for young people to give you visited a family who have been trying to shield their vulnerable daughter for more than a year. physical exercises i'm poor and especially for flavia the 14 year old has down's syndrome normally she doesn't do that with her mother but her physio therapi

nato membership or membership action plan realty— nato membership or membership action plan.amentally ukraine needs to do more _ fundamentally ukraine needs to do more on _ fundamentally ukraine needs to do more on this anti—corruption reform which _ more on this anti—corruption reform which western partners recently has been concerned there's been some backsliding onto the presidents term so far _ backsliding onto the presidents term so far. particularlyjust last week around _ so far. particularlyjust last week around the — so far. particularlyjust last week around the state owned oil and gas company. some changes in leadership fair that— company. some changes in leadership fair that some have seen to be some government— fair that some have seen to be some government interference and transparent corporate governance which — transparent corporate governance which is _ transparent corporate governance which is a _ transparent corporate governance which is a key aim of western partners _ which is a key aim of western partners for ukraine to make more progress _ partners for ukr

that nato is not yet ready to agree to membership for the ukraine. that ukraine was too difficult a challenge with military aggression and again, seizing crimea with russian soldiers who are identified. they are fighting a hybrid war, s0 so—called hybrid war. there was a british strategist in ukraine saying that ukraine must enter nato because that is the only way russia will leave them alone. i wish he was wrong about that but he has a point. john herbst, thank you very much for speaking to us. my pleasure- — reducing methane emissions is far more important in tackling climate change in the short term than previously thought, according to a major united nations report just published. methane is a potent global warming gas produced when organic material decomposes. but the un says the good news is that rapid and significant reductions in the greenhouse gas are possible using cheap, existing technologies. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. you are about to meet methane — the gas that fires your stove, seeps from rotting organi

that nato is not yet ready to agree to membership for the ukraine. moscow would decide that ukraine was too difficult a challenge with military aggression. and again, they seized crimea with russian soldiers who are identified. they are fighting a hybrid war, so—called hybrid war, in donbas. perhaps the greatest strategist in ukraine says that ukraine must enter nato because that is the only way russia will leave them alone. i wish he was wrong about that but he has a point. john herbst for us there. despite the global vaccination programme, tracking and testing are still vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. accurate data is key and speed is of the essence. now a team of researchers in the netherlands have come up with a novel way to find the virus, relying on the smallest of detectives. the fight against covid—19 can take many different forms stop this, one of the more unusual. honeybees with their amazing sense of smell scientist almost buzzing with excitement. dutch researchers strapping the insects into little bee harnesses and presentin

or nato did you get back clear signal. well both perspectives of your atlantic and european membership are long over due and i would like to recall that for example when it comes to nato the promise was given by elyse in 2008 before a summit so we've been it's been 13 years now and my president reiterated the ambition to achieve that we have not heard affirmative positive response yet but this is you know we aspirants we are seeking membership so we will keep pushing this story forward so you didn't get what you wanted so in effect mr blinken just bought a basket of fine words and that was it. i know it would be not entirely correct mr blinking with others not entirely but there is some truth to it. well he did not bring with himself a promise that ukraine will become a member of nato this year or next year but he reaffirmed that the united states stand by the decision of 2008 where it states clearly ukraine and georgia because it applies to both countries will be members of nato and we will be working with our friends and

or nato did you get that clear signal well both perspectives of your atlantic and european membership are long overdue you and i would like to recall that for example when it comes to nato the promise was given by elyse in 2008 before a summit so we've been it's been 13 years now and my president reiterated the ambition to achieve that we have not heard affirmative positive response yet but this is you know we aspirants we are seeking membership so we will keep pushing this story forward so you didn't get what you wanted so in effect mr blinken just bought a basket of fine words and that was it. no it would be not entirely correct mr blinking with others not entirely but there is some truth to it. well he did not bring with himself a promise that ukraine will become a member of nato this year or next year but he reaffirmed that the united states states stand by the decision of 2008 where it states clearly ukraine and georgia because it applies to both countries will be members of nato and we will be working with our friends and partners on achieving this goal but the problem is withou

that nato is not yet ready to agree to membership for the ukraine.to enter nato, moscow would decide that ukraine was too difficult a challenge with military aggression. and again, they seized crimea with russian soldiers who are identified. they are fighting a hybrid war, so—called hybrid war, in donbas. perhaps the greatest strategist in ukraine says that ukraine must enter nato because that is the only way russia will leave them alone. i wish he was wrong about that but he has a point. john herbst for us there. reducing methane emissions is far more important in tackling climate change in the short term than previously thought, according to a major united nations report just published. methane is a potent global warming gas produced when organic material decomposes. but the un says the good news is that rapid and significant reductions in the greenhouse gas are possible using cheap, existing technologies. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. you are about to meet methane — the gas that fires your stove, seeps from rotting or

concerned about that issue at 62 percent the chair of the alliance of democracies foundation former nato chief and danish prime minister anders fogh rasmussen said this poll shows that democracy is still alive in people's hearts and minds we now need to come out of the covert 1000 pandemic by delivering more democracy and freedom to people who want to see their countries become more democratic resolution might have missed an important point in the survey and that is that the participants made it quite clear that they don't want democracy delivered to them but instead would rather see more equality in the world to make things more democratic the democracy perception index survey has been conducted since 2018 by law tenor and the alliance of democracies it is the world's largest annual study on how people perceive democracy for r t m i look so hot i love it and for more on this will bring in our panel to discuss former u.k. m.p. george galloway and new york times bestselling author president of the phyllis schlafly evil for him and martin hellman good to see you again 1st 53 countries 5300

and turkish presidents in the nato, the sidelines of the nato summit on 14th of june. the language on the greek side is cautious, and that is clearly because there have been provocations as recently, sees them on the turkish side. in other words, the unauthorized hydrocarbon exploration increases. exclusive economic zone as greece sees it. and earlier this year, the hydrographic ship jasmine in the conducting surveys in the north a g and little southern has the turkish perspective from a stumble. the meeting between our one i mr. pack is, are quite important. the ones are going to happen at the nato summit on june 14, and they will focus on 3 major issues. the 1st one is the disagreements over the green territorial waters and also the ownership of some of the islands in the agency. the 2nd one is the question of 2 countries inclusive economies zone in east mediterranean, and the 3rd one is on resolve nature of the hyper crisis. so in addition to that, one also is going to ask michel talk is to demilitarize some of certain islands in the age in agency. but well, i think

but increased nato activity in _ together. but increased nato activity in the _ together.ty in the region has - activity in the region has caused one of the top roles to lash out last week. he said the presence in the barents sea was a provocation and increased the potential for conflict. 0n potential for conflict. on monday russia's foreign minister spelt it out even more clearly. translation: this minister spelt it out even more clearly. translation:- clearly. translation: this is ourterritory. _ clearly. translation: this is our territory, this _ clearly. translation: this is our territory, this is _ clearly. translation: this is our territory, this is our - our territory, this is our land and we are responsible for our arctic post to be safe, and everything that our country does there is absolutely legitimate. let me emphasise once again, it is our land and our waters. once again, it is our land and our watere— our waters. officially, they will come _ our waters. officially, they will come together - our waters. officially, they will come together to - our waters. offi

nato immediately after coming down and russia with the propaganda equivalent of fat and brimstone for daring to stage a snap military exercise has followed suit with the biggest need to wargames the continent had seen in 3 decades but it's different they say you just don't understand. i'm going to continually talk about what we're doing it's called transparency it's a wonderful thing and we're not getting that at a mosque alan and we and we haven't so that's a big difference right there and it's a defensive exercise which is you know a lie straight and in your face they don't really takes a cursory look at the brochure or a visit to a u.s. embassy website for all the talk of russian aggression that isn't russian paratroopers practicing offensive operations in mexico along the border with texas it's american paratroopers dropping deep into simulated enemy territory and alice drive from russia's very real border has. the scoop of the sexes these last they were announced well ahead across 16 nations near enough 30000 nato troops thousands of vehicles ships and jets will pound away at tar

there were some nato allies seeking to the statement to include turkey.st case of unity and so far the eu has responded relatively well. but as sanctions escalate, there will be a call to avoid pushing belarus too far into russia's arms. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news. thousands of people are continuing to leave parts of goma in the democratic republic of congo because of fears of a second volcanic eruption. more than 30 people are known to have died when the nyiragongo volcano first erupted at the weekend. election officials in syria have announced that president bashar al—assad has won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of votes cast in wednesday's polls. the election is the second such vote since the start of syria's conflict. it's already been dismissed by western diplomats as neither free nor fair. three men who assisted the perpetrators ofjihadist terror attacks in and around barcelona that killed 16 people in 2017 have beenjailed in spain. two of the group were handed sentences of 53 and 46 years, while a third man was given an eight—yearja

absolutely we are not a member of nato yet and i would like to. see again clearly and squarely that this is our land we will be defending it but partners can help us to defend our land and i'm sure that this is what will this will be happening when it comes to negotiations your president has made it clear he no longer thinks the minsk 2 agreement is laid down 6 years ago is the way forward is that because neither you nor the russians know the separatists that actually done what you signed up to do. well the key demand off russia in minsk is to recognize so-called lugansk and honest people's republic as party to the conflict which would effectively turn an international armed conflict between ukraine and russia into an internal armed conflict between ukraine and separatists this is the cornerstone of the discussions that are taking place in. in minsk now my president is saying that alf goal number one should be peace and security and lives of people and not the political political recognitions and we call on moscow to focus on the same on bringing

there were some nato allies seeking to soften the statement to include turkey.nity and so far the eu has responded relatively well. but as sanctions escalate, there will be a call to avoid pushing belarus too far into russia's arms. china has reacted angrily after president biden ordered an intelligence investigation into whether the coronavirus first emerged as a leak from a chinese laboratory. beijing said us intelligence had a dark history of spreading misinformation. president biden says he's likely to release the report and its findings publicly. here's our china correspondent, john sudworth. for more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. the invisible enemy, the china virus... the theory�*s association with donald trump made it, for many, just one more piece of disinformation. but in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world's media are taking it seriously. well, i think it's very important because it will feed into... a welcome change for