and i think that germany is at odds with even sultan burg. and his approach is there are cracks in the in the natal solidarity if you will. and i think germany has been much more cautious given the political politics of the current chancellor is much more amenable to russia and as opposed to his foreign minister am i that? but the chancellor himself is being very cautious and, and with germany right up there. next to near, near russia and the dependency that germany has the is, can't declare a war like the united states can, can force countries in themselves to, to commit to and get away with it. the, your parents have a lot more to lose than the united states by fighting this proxy war. so many lines about this conflict. they come out, michael and you read them and you think, oh, okay, but then you look further into it and it really is extraordinary. one of them we just spoke about with our correspondent, the u. s. a sending advanced weaponry, including multiple launch rockets systems to kiev, reportedly without ukrainian soldiers receiving

with little change to frontline positions in recent days, the head of nato jens sultan burg says the or could go on for years with inspecting the devastation with his own eyes. ukraine's president followed amid zalinski on his 1st tour of the southern front. in the strategic port of odessa and the embattled city of mc alive, the president awarded metals to the soldiers and doctors defending the front lines . his visit comes only a day after a russian strike killed 2 people. an injured 20 in mc alive. despite constant russian shelling in ukraine south, the main conflict remains focused on the don best in the east. through i'd weary the focus of the invaders is now on the cities of seattle dynamics combat moody shop to improve the tactical position. the enemy tried to conduct assault operations outside the city gone, but was unsuccessful because no molly, over the past few months, russia has taken control of almost all of the east, and lu hunter province, largely due to an overwhelming artillery advantage. outnumbered and outgunned, ukraine has repeatedly urged the west to send heavy a

with little change to the frontline positions the head of nato in sultan burg says the war could go on for yes. it's russian cruise missiles like these that are pounding targets and ukraine. moscow claims to be carrying out precision guided attacks on ukrainian military infrastructure and command positions. but the soaring civilian death toll and seemingly indiscriminate damage to residential homes and cities refutes those claims. on a visit to the southern front, ukraine's president saw the destruction for himself with about an issue that a lot of houses were destroyed severely. logistics were disrupted, and many social issues have developed. i've instructed that more systematic help we offer to people who have lost families and everything that has been destroyed will be restored. there are not enough missiles in bushes to weaken our people's will to live for eastern ukraine is also being pummeled by russian artillery. the city of lucy, sions has endured fierce shelling and now soldiers are digging in to defend the city street by street for civilians that survived the shelling. it's h

near future. ideally before the summit, at the same news conference, nato secretary general young sultan burg said that sweden had done a great deal to try and deal with turkey's concerns. introducing new legislation planning new prosecutions, potentially and looking at extradition requests that have been made by turkey. he said that counter terrorism would be one of nato's key issues that it looks at in the forthcoming summit. and of course for turkey counter terrorism means the p. k. k and other kurdish groups. a tank of chlorine has fallen from a crane and jordan killing at least 16 people. local media certainly is 260 were injured when the tank fell and burst open and the port of october, people living nearby have been told to stay at home and keep their windows closed. the old kotob as a journalist based on amman and he describes what happened this ship is supposed to be heading to g booty and about $525.00 a month of jordan time. this accident happened exactly what happened is not clear, but some something happened at burst container and had the chlorine and it spread out to 2 people in

madrid in speaking to us at the end of that speech that we just had that from the native chief young sultan burg, concluding date, 3 of the nato summit in madrid. we have heard a loss of announcements in the last couple of days. nato announcing plans which essentially will carry out the alliance is the biggest over hole since the cold war . lot small on the story on our website. do check it out. out to 0 dot com. coming up. next is inside story. stay with us here on out there. ah. the worsening economic crisis in sri lanka, the government has restricted the sale of fuel that comes days after the prime minister says the economy has completely collapsed. so what school the crisis and what are the consequences? this is insight story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm hashim aha, butler, sri lanka is facing an unprecedented economic meltdown. and people are suffering. pat old pumps are nearly dry and the government has suspended the sale of fuel for non essential services. while it looks for supplies from russia and cutter, it had already imposed electricity carts to save energy, and food and me

that's the latest message from the blokes chief un sultan burg. amid a summit in madrid, however, the new strategic concept of the western military alliance labels russia as a direct to and significant threats. auntie contributed rachel monson. briggs of the dee's house. important to say this is the a meeting of the western military industrial complex and marketing firm. basically, they make more promises of weapons for everyone. ukraine themselves, all using the fear of russia and china, for saber rattling, but that's not how stillberg sees it. if this becomes a full scale war between russia natal, then, was it suffering damage, death, destruction of the scale, which was much, much worse than what we see in ukraine today. jewels over a core responsibility of course, to prevent escalation beyond ukraine. and that's the reason why the 9th was not a part older conflict on the ground. well, what else did stilton burg say? he said that the final session at their summit focused on threats and challenges from the middle east, north africa and the south region. he also said that they review

and sultan burg also claim that he shares the frustrations of people ever spiraling food and energy prices in western countries, but still insisted that it's in the best interests to keep supporting ukraine. earlier. russia's foreign minister was that western government so only prolonging the conflict in ukraine by supplying more weapons to kid. so i love also said that russia has been deemed a threat by the us, lead block, the most guys, refusal to bow down to washington's agenda. the room, russia was declared as the enemy long before this natal suddenly removed. in fact, if you listen to somewhat certain politicians, russia is the enemy simply because it doesn't accept the neo liberal world order being imposed on everyone else by the us. along with the western world, and it has completely subjugated nearly that out in the middle. russia under ron, have been ramping up the development of the north south transport route in the face of heavy sanctions by western powers. the route running from india to iran across the re b and c, and then from around to russia, across the caspian is a shorte

happened in the central city of cremeans shook. dozens of others were injured. nato chief, yet sultan burg has called russia the most significant and direct threat to security. as allies prepare for a summit in madrid, the alliance wants to boost its rapid reaction. forces from 40000 troops 230-0000. meanwhile, leaders at the g 7 meeting in germany pledge to increase sanctions on russia and vowed to leave them in place for as long as it takes. or a new concept will guide those in an era, all strategic competition. i expect it all make clear that allies consider russia as the most significant and bardic threat to our security. it will address china for the 1st time and the challenges that begging pulses to our security interests and values. the tank of toxic gas has fallen from a crane in jordan killing at least 13 people. local media reports at least $251.00 people were injured when the tank hit the ground and burst that acrobat port jordan's only seaport. people living nearby have been told to stay at home and keep their windows closed. the ser lankan government is sending ministers to ru

warned expansion would be destabilizing and said nato was acting aggressively. nato chief yann's sultan burg announced more military for, for your brain. and so the alliance would support the country for as long as it takes when speaking at a press conference earlier assault and bergs and russia poses the most urgent threat to the alliance. we face a radical change to our security environments. on strategic competition is rising around the world. so today leaders have endorsed nato's new strategic concepts. it makes clear that russia, russia pulses the most significant and died a threat to our security. in the current concert, we states that the rush is a statistic partner. and our d. w in brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomena followed the press conference and joined us now from madrid. i think sandra thornburg saying russia is the most significant and direct threat. how significant of a change in this or the alliance? well, clara, the says as fundamental change of nato security assessment in the euro and plan tick area. and we just need to remind ourselves that russia was mentioned as a

in the central ukrainian city of cram and shook. dozens of others were injured. nato chief, yet sultan burg is called russia the most significant and direct threat to security . as allies prepare for summit and madrid, the lines wants to boost its rapid reaction. forces from 40000 troops 230-0000. a tank of toxic gas has fallen from a crane in jordan, killing at least 12 people. local media reports, at least $260.00 people were injured with a tank, hit the ground, and burst an acrobat port. jordan's only seaport. now, in ecuador, the organization leading the indigenous protest says the it will agree to hold talks with the government to try to end the strike that has gripped parts of the country for 2 weeks in an attempt to quell the protest. present gamma la, so has promised to reduce petrol and diesel by $0.10 a gallon on saturday. last so also lifted a state of emergency imposed in several provinces. government officials say 28 soldiers have been kidnapped and a 175 police officers seriously injured during the unrest. at least 7 civilians have died. the national assembly is debating wheth