jens stoltenberg. welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. let me ask you this.e coronavirus crisis, the pandemic across the world, affecting nato's ability to carry out its mission? the reality is that nato is carrying out its mission, as we did before the crisis. of course we have made some adjustments. we had to also take, take into consideration the consequences of the coronavirus crisis but mainly we continue to provide the defence, we maintain our operational readiness and maintain the forces deployable, the combat groups in the eastern part of the alliance and missions and operations fighting national terrorism so nato's main responsibility in this crisis is to make sure that this health crisis does not become a security crisis and therefore nato continues to maintain credible terms of defence. and that message of business as usual, though, surely does not tally with the facts. i'm looking at the fact for example that a major training exercise that you had planned, i believe you were calling it defended 2020, it has effectively been ruined by the impact of

the latest nato warship to suffer an onboard outbreak of covert 19 but technique in general young stoltenberg turns his focus onto alleged russian aggression. other thanks for joining us here with your global news update this is art. stop with the latest figures on the covert 19 pandemic almost 2200000 cases of now being registered across the world 147000 lives have been lost united states has the highest death toll followed by italy and spain and so far more than 550000 people have recovered from the virus globally. let's turn 1st this hour to russia which has seen a sharp rise in corona virus cases with $4000.00 infections registered over just the past 24 hours that brings the total in the country 232000 in $273.00 fatalities the president has postponed the annual victory parade on red square that was due to take place on may 9th this is events would have marks 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany speaking late on thursday vladimir putin said that the pandemic has made preparations impossible. if you. we're now facing a tough choice the 9th of may is a special day for us but the life o

aircraft carrier is the latest nato warship to suffer a bored outbreak of covert 1960 general young stoltenberg turns his focus onto alleged russian aggression. father thanks for.

risk to sailors lies the nato secretary general believes that the real danger lies elsewhere and stoltenberg is accused of the 70s leading russia of trying to exploit the pandemic the security challenges have not diminished because of call the 19 on the contrary potential adversaries will look to exploit the situation to further their own interests terrorist groups could be emboldened we see a continued pace of russian military activity all were operational readiness remains diminished. all forces remain vigilant and prepared to respond to in the thirty's we spoke to a retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel who thinks that france should have learned from america's recent experience of an on board how break the group that is most sickened by this is not normally age group of soldiers or. servicemen so you know it's not that dangerous procedure like in terms of life and death but in terms of our operational capability yet bethink because if a 3rd of your crew is sick and not functional then your ship is not functional well he'd like to think that social distancing and things like that that

those lives the nato secretary general does believe that the real danger could lie elsewhere in stoltenberg has warned adverse rings including russia not to exploit the pandemic security challenges have not diminished because of cold with 19 on the contrary potential adversaries look to exploit the situation to further their own interests terrorist groups could be emboldened we see a continued pace of russian military activity or were operational readiness remains undiminished. and our forces remain vigilant and prepared to respond to in the thirty's. and one america's death toll spirals the new york times has become blaming russia today saying that kremlin propaganda is making the pandemic worse we'll have a look at that stuff. join me every 1st week on the alex song i'm sure i'll be speaking to get a little bit politics sports business i'm sure i'll see you there. again the new york times accusing russia's president of personally helping to spread 19 in america according to the paper kremlin propagandists have done that by discrediting the american health care system with more on the city

supposed to say this the nato secretary general seems to believe the real danger lies elsewhere and stoltenberg has warned of the sarees including russia not to exploit the planned them security challenges have not diminished because of cold with 19 on the contrary potential adversaries look to exploit the situation to further their own interests terrorist groups could be emboldened we see a continued peso russian military activity all were operational readiness remains under me in the sht. and our forces remain vigilant and prepared to respond to in the thirty's while americans death so spyros the new york times has begun blaming russia today saying that kremlin propaganda is making the pandemic worse we'll have the details in a couple of. join me every thursday on the all excitement and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm sure business also you have. been arguing for the last decade or so. crisis is both a structural crisis and it is also a crisis of statement you're going to see in a capitalist and your money and this did not cause that crisis it only made it ve

is the latest nato warship to suffer an on board outbreak of covert 90 but sector generally and stoltenberg turns its focus on to alleged russian aggression. other thanks for joining us here with your global news update this is r.t. . starting with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic over 2200000 cases have now been registered will wide and 147000 lives have been lost the united states has the highest death toll followed by italy and spain and so far almost 560000 people have recovered from the virus globally. russia has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases with $4000.00 defections register over the past 24 hours and brings the total in the country 232273 faith tallaght the president has postponed the annual victory parade on red square due to take place on may 9th this year's event would have marked 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany and speaking late on thursday night in a pigeon said the pandemic has made preparations simply impossible. we're now facing a tough choice the 9th of may is a special day for us but the life of every single person is priceless to hold the pa

nato secretary generaljenz stoltenberg stressed the alliance's primary role remains collective securityurity crisis. is there a security risk from covid—19? isa is a major security risk from covid—19 and it has to do with preparedness. it makes no sense for nato to say that its core capabilities are unimpeded by this pandemic. this pandemic will reshape the international order. every international crisis has been reshaped or reordered in the wake of the crisis, when it was well what one 01’ crisis, when it was well what one or world 9/11. i think the united states, this is what i would call its suez moment, in relation to the terrible british decision in 1956 to the invasion of egypt which led to the of the british influence and power in the middle east. in united states has handled this crisis so poorly, not taking a leadership role, not paying attention to what needs to be done with domestic security and leading international organisations and i think the united states is going to be really harmed over the long run. for a nato statement to be released now to talk about accepting maced