russian nuclear disarmament treaty sales nato secretary general again stoltenberg urged russia to return to complying with the ins treaty but said the body was also making plans for a world without the deal which bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the i and that is under threat after washington announced its withdrawal from the agreement earlier this month accusing russia of violating the treaty. and let's bring in our correspondents covering the story for us the teri schultz is with nato in brussels and aaron tilton is in moscow for us if you can both hear me terry we can start with few what steps could nato take if the ins treaty does lapse as many expect to what options will be discussed there well of course nato is not a party to this treaty between the u.s. and russia but most of alliance territory would be the battleground if any conflict breaks out between the two sides so the alliance is very much invested in its first choice saying that the i.m.f. is preserved but as you mentioned that looks less and less likely so many allies are now look

suspension and notification of withdrawal from the treaty secretary-general mr stoltenberg seemed to have quite a welcoming statement about the move by the trumpet ministration to temporarily suspend the i.m.f. but i'm wondering in berlin paris in other european capitals. people must be worried and wondering what happened next is because i mean they need to work because that is possible to change their mind or rush. in. a different position i think that we have to do much more in order to try and attract and keep pushing push these. steps in the wrong direction. perforation away but it isn't what it is but this is the type of thing that in the . here we're living in a twenty first century should not happen the m.f. dispute comes in the middle of political tension between president trump and some european leaders first in november twenty eighth french president emmanuel mccall followed by german chancellor angela merkel said it was time for europe to create its own army implying american military support could no longer be taken for granted also foxworth about some of it in military l

russian nuclear disarmament treaty sales nato secretary-general again stoltenberg urged russia to return to complying with the eye and ask treaty but said the body was also making plans for a world without the deal now this deal bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles as the i.m.f. is under threat after washington announced its withdrawal from the agreement earlier this month accusing russia of violating the treaty. let's bring in dave use teri schultz she is at nato headquarters covering this media meeting for us hi terry good to see what steps could nato take if this treaty lapses what options will be discussed there. nato is is not saying yet that it is giving up on the i.n.f. treaty there's this six month waiting period and nato very much wants to preserve the treaty and so secretary-general stoltenberg is warning russia yet again it has this one last chance this one last window to come into compliance with the treaty and hope to see that before the u.s. declares the treaty no and void and so we've just learned that secretary general stolzenberg wil

leaders were waiting for this decision to be made especially if we look at the statements made by stoltenberg the nato secretary general federica marker raney the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs shortly before the mike pompei announcement that the u.s. would be pulling out of the i.m.f. it certainly seems like they felt it would be in coming so we must prepare for a world without the un if. i want to we definitely don't want to see our continent million back to being a battlefield or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves there's violence to the fire away history well straight away after the pompei o announcement stoltenberg tweeted out that russia must use the next six months to get their house in order in order to try and save the treaty the latvian foreign minister in a very similar vein saying russia needs to comply with the deal the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt also incredibly critical of russia in the immediate aftermath sending out tweets the german chancellor angela merkel though said that she hopes that her country can play a role in dialogue with

russian missiles that was the end stoltenberg speaking so new russian missiles are we entering a new nuclear arms race and did the old one really end what about north korea what about the emerging military power of china my next guest says the way that we have looked at nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence has been an illusion he details that in his book the doomsday machine confessions of a nuclear war planner he is also a legendary whistleblower the journalist who released the pentagon papers in one nine hundred seventy one classified documents which helped to exit the vietnam wars and as well as watergate and the resignation of richard nixon i'm happy to welcome to the day daniel ellsberg is ellsberg it's an honor to have you on the day we appreciate you taking the time they talk with us i'd like to talk with you about about how we view nuclear weapons in deterrence in general in just a moment but first i'd like to ask you about this acute problem right now with this i.n.f. treaty should it should it be saved i mean is the treaty as important today as it was when it was signed i

high representative for foreign affairs just before the announcement was made both again stoltenberg and federico marketing any basically putting out a message they're saying this announcement is coming let's get ready for it so we must prepare for the world with out the on the truth i want we definitely don't want to see our continent to be a little guilty or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves there's violence to the fire away history in the immediate aftermath of my compost saying that there would be six months and then the u.s. would pull out of the treaty stoltenberg tweeted that russia must use the six months to get back on track with the i.n.f. treaty also tweets coming out from the latvian minister for foreign affairs saying russia has to comply with the treaty and get that treaty if the treaty is to survive which i think is ultimately certainly seems to be the unifying message for you foreign ministers anyway that they want to see this treaty salvaged but there is hardly the resoundingly support for this u.s. decision that you may have thought was implied by

russia and the united states against stoltenberg said the alliance will respond to what he called the russian's violation of the i.n.f. treaty which bans the development of possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the treaty is the focus of this week's meeting of nato defense ministers is the stoltenberg russia to return to compliance moscow continues to develop and deploy several but valiance of the s s c eight. despite the efforts of the united states all the nato allies over many years to encourage their show to return to compliance we all know that that is only respected by one side cannot keep us safe. and sixty nine in international film festival has reached its halfway point w.'s i'm in a safe and david leavitt's are down at the red carpet in downtown and welcome both what's going on. thank you. hey feel we're outside the world premiere of i was at home but by german director i'm going to shine like she's part of what's called the berlin school of this group of filmmakers that emerged at the early ninety's right after the fall of the berlin wall and brought german cent

the continue to urge russia to come back into combines with the treaty ok aaron we heard young stoltenberg there say there is a window of opportunity he's going to be meeting with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov at the munich security conference so what are the chances that they could still revive this treaty. well from the russian perspective nieto probably isn't the right negotiating partner you have to remember moscow sees this as a bilateral issue between the united states and russia basically they say the united states is attempting to expand its power on the world stage and they really need to engage in bilateral talks and they want to try to save the i enough but we've also been speaking to military experts here in moscow and many of them are quite skeptical but the i enough in general they're saying it doesn't take into account chinese military power you have to remember moscow is very concerned about the expansion of chinese military power on the international stage and they see if there's any real hope of achieving meaningful arms control in the world stage it's going

of my compost saying that there would be six months and then the us would pull out of the treaty stoltenberg tweeted that russia must use the six months to get back on track with the i.n.f. treaty also tweets coming out from the latvian minister for foreign affairs saying russia has to comply with the treaty and get that treaty if the treaty is to survive which i think is ultimately certainly seems to be the unifying message for you foreign ministers anyway that they want to see this treaty salvaged but there is hardly the resoundingly support for this u.s. decision that you may have thought was implied by what mike pompei i was saying if we look at what the german foreign minister heiko must have to say he said that this decision the end of this treaty leaves europe with less security also that we don't need debates what we need arms control is we also heard from the austrian foreign minister cutting nestle who said that she regretted the decision by the united states but hope that through dialogue the i.n.f. treaty could swell survive and live on for another day. ok thank you both that was

nato secretary general again stoltenberg has warned against a new nuclear arms race after a cold war era pact between russia and the us collapsed earlier this month stoltenberg urged russia to comply with the eye and ask treaty which bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the us quit the deal after blaming russia for not sticking to its obligations and moscow followed suit the eye enough treaty is the topping the agenda of a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels this week. now the sixty nine berlin international film festival is at the halfway point our film buffs i mean s.f. and david levitz are down at the red carpet the joining us now hi guys good to see you so what is premiering behind you. hey sumi well the red carpet is just heating up for the world premiere of i was at home but difficult title it's it's by on a lake she's a german director who's part of what's called the berlin school this is a group of young directors who emerged at the beginning of the ninety's right when the berlin wall came down and brought german film to interna

stoltenberg believes that the collapse of the treaty will lead to more russian missiles in europe. you are also preparing for a world with out the on the street to. a world with more russian me sites in europe nato has no intention of deploying new land based nuclear weapons in europe why would russia want to send missiles to europe if there is absolutely no reason why russia which wants to do business with europe would be planning to blow up europe for the us would be if russia were to be placing missiles around the united states which they don't do if the united states that split wants to please missiles and f. thirty five with nuclear capable f. thirty five. you know with stealth technology which is also a first strike weapon around russia else has already faced accusations in the media of being the kremlin's favorite two years ago the hawaii congresswoman met with the syrian president and this year has refused to call him an enemy of the united states that it's once an american author an antiwar activist police is only being branded a russian agent because she does to express o

stoltenberg had to say. there are also preparing for the world with out the on the street to. the world with more russian me sites in europe nato has no intention of deploying new land based nuclear weapons in europe. so just to try and clarify i mean russia is partly in europe so obviously if missiles on russian territory they're there in europe where else could they be that he's talking about apart from the nato missiles which you know of course over in europe i can't tell you it's it is useful to understand here that the united states in the form of donald shrub is on the side of nato and against the position of russia on this while the us public is absolutely convinced that trump is lined up with vladimir putin and trying to destroy nato so it's nice to have this dose of of reality here but i think people need the historical context of nato's expansion and aggression toward russia and the refusal of friendship and cooperation to russia to understand how these these treaties have fallen apart how would you rate the chances that this bill actually getting passed and stopping

intermediate range nuclear missiles that washington and states with george patton this month mr stoltenberg says there is still time to negotiate so russia still has a chance to come back into compliance and we call on russia to take this opportunity. what to do. was standard it to engage further with russia but we're also preparing for a world with zero on this treaty let's go to people that international film festival which underway just across town. they sat down on the red carpet welcome let's start with the control will see this chinese for one second it's being withdrawn from the world's premiere and from the competition why. was of a mystery why actually we were all rather shocked yesterday when we saw that it had in fact been withdrawn in the press screenings had been canceled especially because the directors is somewhat of a fixture at ballymaloe he was the first chinese director to ever win a golden bear way back in one nine hundred eighty eight he's also considered one of china's top directors he directed the two thousand and eight the opening ceremonies of the beijing olympics w

systems and installs missile defense but if german foreign minister mass and a nato secretary general stoltenberg are both ruling out stationing new weapons is your scenario really realistic. mas is playing to the gallery right i mean the social democratic party is down at 12% so of course. is saying well we are against you weapons as mobilizing that based forget it -- and anyway the american so want to station -- new missiles in germany in the station in poland the post would love to have them in the station in the balkans and the baltics the board to love to have them. put them in georgia the georgians would kiss their feet. no one cares what germanyy says in this case andnd i'm sure that -- starting back may say it now completely different so yes let's get the missiles built does get them put in place - are all at least planned to put in place and then we'll see what other people do but again. and this is not i i keep going back wouldn't will not the situation that we were in nineteen eighty three when. when when it was nato versus the russians who is now? nato the russians the indians the chi

defense secretary patrick shanahan met with the nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg in brussels today. they held talked before the start of the nato defense ministers meeting. >> the preparation and what you outline in terms of the inf, burden sharing is important but also the heavy lifting that we plan to do. your amazing leadership, in terms of generating more cash, our real task, now is translating that into results. that theltenberg added burden used to be shared by allies and that europe and canada are investing 100 billion u.s. dollars for defense from 2016 through 2020. vice president pence is in poland starting a four-day visit to europe. the vice president will take part in international conferences and visit historical sites, including auschwitz. the vice president met with american and present -- polis troops in a hangar today. his stuff comes as that country lobbies washington for a permanent american base on its soil. president trump says he and his aides will be looking for landmines when they review the final text of a border security agreement. the deal would give the

nuclear arms race after a cold war era pact between russia and the us collapsed earlier this month stoltenberg urged russia to comply with the i n f treaty which bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the us put the deal after blaming russia for not sticking to its obligations and moscow followed suit the i.m.f. is that topping the agenda for a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels this week ahead of the munich security conference. farmers in northern india are struggling because a stray cattle are running amok and destroying their crops it's estimated there are around five million stray cows in india and that is blamed on tough new laws to protect cows which are considered sacred by some hindus but other laws doing more harm than good are correspondent sonja found the car went to the state of with our privilege to find out more. join her is no stranger to the hardships of farming in india. but he's now confronting a new menace which has been causing havoc across the brutal economy. street cause. they're coming together cha tom says the animals have

nor russia are allowed to produce or test any such missiles in the future nato secretary-general stoltenberg is now backing washington's decision despite europe repeatedly calling on both sides to comply with the treaty saying europe benefits very much from the agreement. so we must prepare for a world without the on the. unit has been one of the the one that has benefited the most which is the this treaty for us as a european you know what would be extremely important to see is full compliance with the cittie and so the preservation of the treaty. russia has long accused the u.s. of making all tomatoes russian president vladimir putin said the u.s. was actually searching for any possible reason to withdraw from the treaty. first the american side says it wants to leave the treaty then they start looking for reasons why the main reason given is that we are violating something but at the same time no evidence of this is presented. and so now mike pompei o goes even further and openly suggest even creating its own so-called military response. move forward with developing a response options to

systems and installs missile defense but if german foreign minister mass and their secretary general stoltenberg are both rolling out stationing no weapons is your scenario really realistic. mosse is playing to the gallery right i mean the social democratic party is down to twelve percent so of course saying we are we are against you weapons as mobilizing the base forget it. and the way the americans so want to station new missiles in germany going to station them in poland the poles would love to have them in the station in the balkans in the baltics the board would love to have them put them in georgia the georgians would kiss their feet no one cares what germany says in this case and i'm sure that. stored in a bag may say it now but what he was going to say in a year's time could be completely different so yes let's get the. bill that's get them put in place. or at least planned to put in place and then we'll see what other people do but again this is not i keep going back when we're not the situation that we were in one thousand eight hundred three when when when it was nato versus the russi

i don't think the west really supports this i mean i think maybe stoltenberg you know had to come out publicly and just say he's in favor of you know looking into the allegations that russians are violating i mean after and we all are i mean i don't want russia to violate the treaty nor do i want the americans to violate the treaty at all and so it's important i think and i accept the fact that nato is fully behind. trumps arguments that the russians need to come clean the problem is the russians of course argue that the americans have to come clean to on this on this mock forty one launch system in romania and elsewhere on aegis ships that can be done and i think that's really what nato at this point is arguing let's talk engage in diplomacy on site inspections really get the experts on both sides in to see if we can overcome these perhaps misperceptions of this point in time and continue with the treaty but if we don't and this may be the intention of trump himself i really don't think nato will in the end long run support this i remember the the protests in the one nine hundred eig

protect europe if the us russian nuclear disarmament treaty fails nato secretary-general again stoltenberg urged russia to return to complying with the i.n.f. treaty but said the body was also making plans for a world without the deal which bans the development and of possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the i n f is under threat after washington announced its withdrawal from the agreement earlier this month accusing russia of violating the treaty with. health care workers in nigeria have gone on strike just days before the general election it has highlighted the anger felt by many nigerians at the government's management of the public sector and the economy the strike puts additional pressure on president obama to go hari who is expected to face a neck and neck race with the main opposition candidate our correspondent adrienne krishna reports from yola in northeastern nigeria. sophia philip mudd and her colleagues at the federal hospital in yola may look happy but deep down that angry in april and may last year they went on strike to demand higher pay but instead of a raise t

schedule on friday russia's top diplomat met the met with the sick secretary general of nato young stoltenberg focusing on european security in light of washington's withdrawal from the i.n.f. treaty later that day also discussed the gas pipeline project nordstrom to with his counterpart from germany heikal mass pipeline has been the target of american pressure with washington going so far as to threaten sanctions against german companies involved trial sure bridge again says the u.s. and europe are increasingly not seeing eye to eye. of course the pipeline project is one of those areas where european and united states interests divert you've got a situation where i think european leaders and i exclude the united kingdom from this because united kingdom of course is planning to leave the e.u. and very much sees itself in partnership with united states rather i think than with its european allies in these issues and so where you've got united states applying pressure on for example germany in respect of the pipeline project that comes along with a lot is consistent with a number of other areas.

range nuclear missiles washington announced its withdrawal from pact earlier this month was to stoltenberg since there is still time to negotiate so russia still has a chance to come back into compliance and we call on russia to take this opportunity russia and also what to do all our allies standard to engage further with russia but we're also preparing for a world with out of treaty. now to venezuela where the government and opposition are facing off over the delivery of the u.s. aid tuesday so massive demonstrations across the country demanding there he be allowed in venezuela migrants in neighboring colombia also took to the streets in the port city of where the aid supplies are stored their anger is aimed at president nicolas maduro who's described the american aid as a ploy to allow a u.s. invasion and his bloc. aides entry into his country german president frank. is in colombia where a large influx of migrants have fled across the border with venezuela. yes killing by a show arrived in bogota only a few weeks ago but already she's out on the streets from morning to evening selling s

former yugoslav republic know known as north macedonia joining the military alliance nato chief stoltenberg welcomed a soon to be thirtieth member. today it is a story for your country and a proud day for us all nathan busses have just signed a session protocol for the future project of north i'm us with mustard on their oil . i want to congratulate both the school. for showing commitment and courage in reaching an agreement on the name issue just some background to this story the country has been held back from joining nato until now by neighboring greece over the name macedonia it's also use those you may know for a large region of northern greece which feared that it might lead to territorial claims but after twenty seven years of wrangling the former yugoslav republic settled on north macedonia for the country's leaders it's another milestone reached macedonia has been waiting twenty seven years to become a member of nato today macedonia has the hope of having open doors for leaders push through north muster the only is name change which saw greece drop its objections to joining nato an

chief as just said that we should prepare for more russian missiles in the year let's hear what stoltenberg had to say. there are also preparing for the world with out the on the street to. the world with more russian me sites in europe nato has no intention of deploying new land based nuclear weapons in europe and i think most people will have heard about nato bases containing missiles what russian missiles is he talking about in europe. well the charge is that russia has already. gone against a treaty violated the treaty with some of its land based missiles in europe they estimate that there are probably fewer than fifty but the range exceeds the five hundred kilometers that are allowed under the treaty and where would these be base for have to. probably base in kaliningrad they could be based in russia itself so just the battery yes there we go so russian territory. i'm not and i'm not exactly sure where they're based so don't hold me to that what has been to make the necessary certain that you know the accusation that russia has missiles in europe but actually you know russia has your a

we asked the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, how much he supported the american positione to call on russia to come back into compliance in a verifiable way. of course, we don't want a new arms race. we strongly believe in arms control, the us stated that today, nato believes in arms control, but there has to be agreements, which are respected and fully implemented and that is not the case as russia over the years has violated treaties and it was actually the 0bama administration that first raised this with russia. joining me now is samuel charap, a senior political scientist at the rand corporation. this this the brink of something significant here or is this the brink of potentially a new arms race? i think it is a very dangerous development, people are looking at the broader effect or the potential impact of the broader infrastructure of our arms control that have been built up over the course of over 30 yea rs. built up over the course of over 30 years. these are the agreements that have been put in place not only to limit potentially dangerous weapon systems but also

protect your update for us a russian nuclear disarmament treaty fails nato secretary general jens stoltenberg urged of russia to be turned to compliance with the i left treaty but said the alliance was making plans for a world without the deal which bans the development of possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles the patches under threat after washington announced its withdrawal earlier this month accusing russia of violating the treaty. to venezuela where the government and opposition of facing off over the delivery of u s aid tuesday saw massive demonstrations across the country demanding the aid be allowed in venezuela and migrants in neighboring colombia also took to the streets in the border city of hutu to where the aid supplies have been stored was president nicolas maduro has described the american aid as a ploy to allow a u.s. invasion and just blocked its entry into the country german president frank about that is in colombia where a large influx of migrants a flat across the venezuelan border. eskil into a show arrived in only a few weeks ago but already she's out on the s