the heavy hitters of nato the. members of nato that actually have serious diplomatic weight inside the alliance are going to slowly have to come in except wild united states has difficulties accepting many things including the turkish purchase of the russian made asked 400 system speech is older more surprising considering that 4 years ago after that jacques incidentally russia moved its own 400 systems to syria and didn't. exclude a possibility of fusing them against cherokee itself. why do you think. despite all depression and all the criticism and all the potential sanctions threatened by the united states well 1st thing we know that the us turkey 1st tried to purchase u.s. patriots it didn't get a favorable deal the financial conditions were very bad there was no technology transfer turkey was put on about a 50 month waiting list if it approved the sale and even after the sale even after the deal was signed there was no guarantee that congress was going to approve the sale so turkey didn't want to risk its air

the heavy hitters of nato the. members of nato that actually have serious diplomatic weight inside the alliance are going to slowly have to come in except while denied states has difficulties accepting many things including the turkish purchase of the russian made asked 400 system speech is older more surprising considering that 4 years ago after that jacques incidentally russia moved its own 400 systems to syria and didn't. exclude a possibility of using them against turkey itself. why do you think perceive your prick despite all depression and all the criticism and all the potential sanctions threatened by the united states well 1st thing we know that the us turkey 1st tried to purchase u.s. patriots it didn't get a favorable deal the financial conditions were very bad there was no technology transfer turkey was put on about a 50 month waiting list if it approved the sale and even after the sale even after the deal was signed there was no guarantee that congress was going to approve the sale so turkey didn't want

welcome back this week the week of london's nato summit marks 82 years since the secretly nato nation backed bombing a bus alona by fascist leader general francisco franco his dictatorship would not only inspire and help catalyze world war 2 but lead to the killing of hundreds of thousands in his native spain a new documentary produced by oscar winning pedro almodovar about the legacy of franco including his eugenics program and his support from washington is now one spain's most prestigious film award it will be on u.k. channel b.b.c. 4 today and at its heart is an amnesty law nicknamed the pact of forgetting the film's co director robert joins me now welcome to going on the ground water let me in the film it is it's already won the award it's a documentary film award in spain what is the pact or for getting is featured in the silence of office thank you so much for having me the paktia for gathering is a pact that was formed at the end of. spain's dictatorship so spain had dictator franco for 40 years after he died in 1977 an amnesty law was passed and that law not only helped polit

the factor nato countries if if they don't respond in the way turkey once nato is still a strong alliance while you know but if you think about that in a different way i agree that it is a difficult situation and it is easy to criticize turkey for sithen actions towards so the level of menses syria on the other hand if nato abandon. for this reason i figured that it would add to instability in the middle east instead of adding to stability so if you look at times of you know all submitted in the area i think it's better to have turkey you cite it all rather than outside nato. you are acting secretary general if you were secretary general today what do you think your reaction would be to intelligence and to announcements from ankara that they were thinking of buying weapons systems from moscow well of course be the secretary general of nato i would not be happy about it this is a clear you know anomaly or you don't by being if you are a nato country important they could have been from russia so this is something that you know i think is not. i would say a normal procedure to do all you wan

for defense of nato he's also question nato whose usefulness how much damage would you say has been done by the u.s. president making those accusations. there has been a reversal of roles to some point donald trump no longer says that he thinks nato is useless apparently he has seen the use of it at least for his personal aids and in the here he's the one defending they don't. as opposed to in my remarks always been much more destructive in his narrative of nato in the last days but you're right about the spending. this is still a favorite topic of donald trump and we'll see how he deals with that on wednesday when the leaders actually come together the worked and that's when these issues usually come to the table meaning that's when he usually criticized. money for not spending those 2 percent of g.d.p. or other european nations but of course if you look at the numbers they've increased a lot since donald trump has taken office. 3 countries back that only met that goal of 2 percent of g.d.p. now you have 9 countries and you know max we we can talk about many things that have change

welcome back this week the week of london's nato summit marks 82 years since the secretly nato nation backed bombing a bus alona by fascist leader general francisco franco his dictatorship would not only inspire and help catalyze world war 2 but lead to the killing of hundreds of thousands in his native spain a new documentary produced by oscar winning pedro almodovar about the legacy of franco including his eugenics program and his support from washington is now one spain's most prestigious film award it will be on u.k. channel b.b.c. 4 today and at its heart is an amnesty law nicknamed the pact of forgetting the film's co director robert joins me now from a welcome do going on the ground waterloo mazing film it is it's already won the award it's a documentary film award in spain what is the pact or forgetting is featured in the silence of us thank you so much for having me the pact to for gathering is a pact that was formed at the end of spain's dictatorship so spain had dictator franco for 40 years after he died in 1977 an amnesty law was passed and that law not only helped politic

suspects of nato already problem nato and they'd has been the most successful alliance in the history and the reason why nato is the most successful launch and history is that we have been able to change in the world is changing but not everyone is in a policy moot the thing is the alliance members just don't get along as well as they used to. the advent of donald trump has certainly switched up the dynamics nato is obsolete it covers the soviet union which is no longer in existence this led to questions over whether the alliance can even survived on the trump perhaps in an effort to mollify him nato has announced a new spending projections on any formula which will spread the costs of the alliance in central budget between its members on the issues that might prevent any more embarrassing trunk tirades aimed at his nato partners the relations. ship with nato has been very good relationship with the secretary general's been outstanding i said it was obsolete it's no longer absolute but the truth is he's not the only potential party pooper. in october this year president emmanuel mccro

nato has become up. salie and a corn is stick with the new realities and that therefore there needs to be reinventing of the organization itself now nato is not absolute nato is not in great brain that nato is a lawyer and better perhaps than any other part of nato here in estonia we and our people recognize the need for a strong alliance of democratic countries in europe and in an open america and actually i guess as i said earlier we don't have a certain a dazed or took people who are prawns for the united states for our european allies about and work together to tackle the. mounting challenge we have on our horror and i don't see it but that this is going to be very productive and we tried to find the solutions group that headline's actually nato has had many many times during the last 7 years a situation there are as i said we were in rows and rows but we all following the. unity nvidia's what we hope to see tomorrow from london but still i mean cristin if you look at the latest developments on the g

and donald trump saying that nato that he's a fan of the nato alliance and that nato has come a long way in the last 3 years what do you make of all that that's a bit so rich coming from trying to actually blast someone over very sensitive comments i would say but as so. it's none of that a french fry because i also don't necessarily agree with the way a minor macro actively addressed nato i think i get the point that he wants things to be shifting within the alliance and that's that's fair enough i think it needs some shifting but calling it a brand a target such a sensitive time where we having so many geopolitics issues i think that's not necessary to right away to go and also it goes so goes on to show that he is a resorting to strategic is that our president trump strategy when he says that he has achieved a lot using this blunt language he's adopting trans tried to strategic and actually when donald trump actually shook shook up nato last date it resulted in countries to actually put more money into their defense politics so maybe it needs some kind of shake and i'm just not su

nato secretary general u.n. stoltenberg is under pressure he's seeking a clear commitment from all members 1st strong alliance for stoltenberg it's also a budgetary issue last years we have seen that have started to increase again more troops more exercises more investments start in barrick also try to get mccrone on board during a short visit to paris but without success france's president repeated his criticism. that there probably needed to be a wake up call and i'm happy that i was able to spark a debate and that we can now think about our strategic goals. objectives strategic but stoltenberg did receive support from barry lynn german chancellor and of america all defended nato. and visit of this is we depend on this transatlantic alliance and that's why it's right for us to work for this alliance and take on more responsibility. 70 years since the defense alliance was founded the global security situation is much more complex than it was during the cold war tensions over u.s. leadership alarm a turkey's sma

one of the afternoon moscow time in the headlines nato leaders gather in the u.k. today to celebrate their military alliance his 70th anniversary but while some hail its success. relevance these days. the most successful lines in the history. in the. head of the trumpet ministration threaten one member nation with crippling tirades possibly making the event even more they want to target french goods over attacks by power companies a correspondent. 2 people are killed 'd in the democratic republic of congo demonstrations against the u.n. mission they continue to protest is demanding that peacekeepers withdraw after they failed to protect civilians from. their welcome to the program live from the r.t. world news center here moscow's choose day 30 december. for the 30 minute update 1st then they were talking about. leaders of the member states a gathering in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance is 70th anniversary we asked people 1st off in london though what they considered to be greatest achievements of. people what they think are the main 3 achievements of m

nato is agile. and nato is active. for the first time we have combat troops with the eastern part of alliance. and high-end capability. and we're stepping up the fight against terrorism. and as an alliance, we're addressing the implications of the rise of china. this alliance has proven that it will respond to change. >> it's a tough statement. that's a nasty statement to 28, including them, 28 countries. you have a high unemployment rate in france. france is not doing well economically at all. they are starting to tax people's products. we're doing their wines and everything else. it's a tough statement when you look at france. you look at the yellow vests or what's going on during certain parts of their season. they've had a rough year. and you can't make statements like that about nato. it's disrespectful. >> the department of justice secretary-general's report and it's been reported that the attorney general disagrees with that conclusion? >> i don't know. i haven't seen it. we have a great attorney general. he did

we are some people in london for their thoughts on nato and its successes to date. police officer people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nate's. model and even though it stands for. so you know here in terms of achievements know very little i don't know what it's about have no idea of any advantage of me tell you but you know i honestly don't know anything about it and so the psyche of the day and only my husband recognized what it was cool it's a good question but let me think of a little bit. so one is probably yeah to be honest i don't have i don't have even one. day one of the something wrapped up and leaders headed to buckingham palace for a reception with the queen crowds gathered in central london and protest some adopted the slogan no to trump no tonight i think the sally was there force as donald trump and other world leaders arrive in london for that nato summit these protesters have gathered with many different fighters many different causes all coming together we see how the science magazine balance against a potential war with iran we've

this is at the core of nato. it is the solidarity, and thatis of nato. it is the solidarity, and that is the number one issue for us soi that is the number one issue for us so i totally agree to what he has suggested. so you think nato will be here in 70 years time?|j suggested. so you think nato will be here in 70 years time? i really do hope so and we will do our best to keep nato here for the next 70 yea rs. keep nato here for the next 70 years. and hungary is an important part? we will hopefully continue like that. thank you very much for joining us. i appreciate it. that is the latest from here in hertfordshire where we have seen president trump arriving in the last few minutes for this nato summit and we are saying it is a summit, but to be honest all the leaders are just going to talk for a few minutes and in total it will be a meeting of about three hours and then this afternoon there will be a press conferences, borisjohnson will do a press co nfe re nce conferences, borisjohnson will do a press conference and so will mr trump in the middle of t

rather than outside nato. you are acting secretary general if you were secretary general today what do you think your reaction would be to intelligence and to announcements from ankara that they were thinking of buying weapons systems from moscow well of course being the secretary general of nato i would not be happy about that this is a clear you know anomaly or you don't by being if you are a nato country important they could have been from russia so this is something that you know i think is not. i would say a normal procedure to do all you want to have is not illegal you know they're going to do much they might do it where it would put that in a call those world elements you know i don't know i was surprised as you are surprised by everybody will survive by that decision and what do you make of the fact that beijing and moscow of course continue to claim that a promise was made to moscow that the collapse of the u.s.s.r. would mean no eastward expansion of nato and yet installed and continues to talk about

of nato and donald trump saying that made so that he's a fan of the nato alliance and that nato has come a long way in the last 3 years what do you make of all that that's a bit so rich coming from trying to actually blast someone over very sensitive comments i would say but as so. if not of that a french fry because i also don't necessarily agree with the way a man or a micro actually addressed nato i think i get the point that he wants things to be shifting within the alliance and that's that's fair enough i think it needs some shifting but calling it a brand a target such a sensitive time where we having so many issues i think that's not necessary to right way to go and also it goes so goes on to show that he's a resorting to strategic is that our president term strategic he says that he has achieved a lot we using this blunt language he's adopting terms tried to strategic and actually when donald trump actually shook shook up nato last year it it resulted in countries to actually put more money into their defense politics so maybe you need some kind of shaken up i'm just not sure dot

at a nato summit actually most of the nato member states here were quite relieved that he didn't call nato obsolete anymore because that how he started off as a u.s. president he seemed to get behind the idea of nato which is all that the other nato members are asking of him these days and the division is like i said not about tone at the moment the division is on a political level the division is because we have a very complicated geopolitical situation nato was founded on its opposition to the soviet union that was a very simple recipe and kept everybody together today's world is much more complicated yeah like they say it's complicated and in london as always thank you. aren't here to be table with me now is he is the co-founder and director of the global public policy institute berlin based the focus is on peace and security issues good to have you back your big table i mean we heard the last couple of days russia that was mentioned the most it remains the nemesis for nato but china was discussed this time officially for the 1st time is china the 21st century nemesis for nato that

we saw the french president mccrum the couple days ago before the nato summit called nato braindead he wasn't exactly correct nato still has value but nato definitely needs to be diagnosed i like to call nato's problem a midlife crisis at 17 years old it's still thinks it's 40 years old and it's still things the enemies the soviet union when there is no soviet union there is no communist china and there are much more imminent threats right now in the globe non-state actors terrorist organizations i agree with you there are lots of disagreements internal disagreements about and balance and yet at the same time to turkish officials continue extolling the value of maida and how substantial turkey's role within the there has been if we look specifically at the last 3 decades what did he get out of nato for all its contributions frankly i over the last 3 decades i don't think turkey has gotten much out of nato besides a couple air bases inside the country as at times a limited deployment of some air defenses turkey hasn't got much but when you look at what turkey has given nato whether it b

it's a day for nato leaders all of the member states are gathering in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance is 70th anniversary we asked people in london what they considered greatest achievement to be. people what they think are the main 3 achievements of mates. and they even though. in terms of achievements know very little i don't know what it's about have no idea that any advantage of me tell you what you know i honestly don't know anything about it until the flag see the day and only my husband recognized what it was cool it's a good question but let me think of a little bit. so one is probably yeah to be honest i don't have i don't have even one to give a good go though a lot of awareness about nato its policy seems to have left its chief faced however despite divisions inside the alliance as nicky are and explain. happy birthday nato that's 70 years of strategic economic and security stability especially if you ask them yourself nato is the most successful alliance in history but all those strive to join showing the historic suspects of voting on th

nato is active, nato is agile. nato is advancing. [inaudible] mr. stoltenberg: for the first time in our history, we have troops in the eastern part of the alliance. you can see u.s. and canada are investing more. we are stepping up against the fight against terrorism. first time addressing the rise of china. these alliances have proven once again to be able to adapt to change. we're responding to a changing world. that is the reason why we are a success. president trump: it's a tough statement when you make a statement like that. that's a very nasty statement to 28 countries. i think that you have a very high unemployment rate in france. france is not doing well economically at all. they're starting to tax other people's products so therefore we're going to tax them. that's taking place right now in technology. wines andng their everything else. it's a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty in france. you look at what's happened with the yellow vests or you look at what's going on during certain parts. they had a very rough year

model with nato member but despite these similar complaints about nato tensions have escalated between turkey and france in recent weeks with mccracken warning turkey but it cannot expect solidarity with its nato allies if it continues to carry out military operations in syria response 7 but only up the ante room. i'm talking to france's president emanuel macron also say that nato 1st of all have your own brain dead checked. as for the u.k.'s boris johnson well there's not a verse or a gathering could not have come at a worse time. for boris is clearly invested in maintaining the special relationship with the u.s. he knows that a loose lipped troubled giving a glowing endorsement could be catastrophic donald trump is coming to terms with the shortly he offered his support for you and indeed for my colleague knowledge of russia on this radio station is that welcome what he what we don't do traditionally . as lobbying allies and friends what we do traditionally is get involved in each other's election campaign heated when nato was forms the common goal was clear to stand against the u.s.

summit called nato braindead he wasn't exactly correct nato still has value but nato definitely needs to be diagnosed i like to call nato's problem a midlife crisis at 17 years old it's still thinks it's 40 years old and it's still things the enemies the soviet union when there is no soviet union there is no communist china and there are much more imminent threats right now in the globe non-state actors terrorist organizations i agree with you there are lots of disagreements internal disagreements within their lives and yet at the same time the turkish officials continue extolling the value of neda and how substantial turkey's role within they there has been if we look specifically at the last 3 decades what did he get out the nato for all its contributions frankly i over the last 3 decades i don't think turkey has gotten much out of nato besides a couple air bases inside the country at times the limited deployment of some air defenses turkey hasn't got much but when you look at what turkey has given nato whether it be supporting the afghanistan operation whether it be supporting koso

nato has become up. salie and corn is stick with a new realities and that therefore there needs to be reinventing of the organization itself now nato is not off so late nato is not in great brain that nato is live and better perhaps than any other part of nato here in estonia we and our people recognize the need for a strong alliance of democratic countries in europe and in northern america and actually i guess as i said earlier we don't have a certain a dazed or took you were promised or the united states for our european allies about and work together to tackle these mounting challenge we have on our horror and i don't see it but the disease going to be very productive and we tried to find the solutions group that headlines actually nato has had many many times during the last 7 years a situation there are as i said we were on the road but we all following the. unity nvidia's what we hope to see tomorrow from london but still i mean christine if you look at the latest developments on the ground the ame

nato has become up. salie and a corn is stick with a new realities and that therefore there needs to be reinventing of the organization itself now nato is not off so late nato is not in great brain that nato is lawyer and better perhaps than any other part of nato here in estonia we and our people recognize the need for a strong alliance of democratic countries in europe and in northern america and actually i guess as i said earlier we don't have a certain a dazed or took you were a process or the united states for our european allies about and to work together to tackle the. mounting challenge yes we have won our horror and i don't think that this he's going to be very productive and we tried to find the solutions prove that headline's actually nato has had many many times during the last 7 years a situation there are as i said we were on the road but we all following the. unity nvidia's what we hope to see tomorrow from london but still i mean christine if you look at the latest developments on the gro

moscow claims nato was aggressive a threat as nato turns 70 it continues to see the enemy as russia who's right well consider what just happened right here in germany in a move straight out of the cold war 2 russian diplomats were expelled from germany today in protest over a murder that happened here in berlin earlier this year the german government suspects a political hit job ordered by the kremlin i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. we didn't see any support from russia and the investigation into this murder. case is absolutely groundless speculation and this topic is being whipped up by the german media. in turn smith in the stomach please get interesting we warned that this would happen sooner or later. doubtless and not a thought that something like this could happen here and chandni. the government is still discussing the possible consequences could be. should. we need a coordinated european response like we had with the script al case. also coming up with nato and its family feud in the world's most powerful military alliance loose tongues and open microphones can be a recipe

welcome back this week the week of london's nato summit marks 82 years since the secretly nato nation backed bombing of barcelona by fascist leader general francisco franco his dictatorship would not only inspire of hitler and help catalyze world war 2 but lead to the killing of hundreds of thousands in his native spain a new documentary produced by oscar winning pedro almodovar about the legacy of franco including his eugenics program and his support from washington is now one spain's most prodigious film award it will be on u.k. channel b.b.c. 4 today and at its heart is an amnesty law nicknamed the pact of forgetting the film's co director robert joins me now from a welcome do going underground water and amazing film it is it's already won the award as a documentary film award in spain what is the pact of forgetting is featured in the silence of others but thank you so much for having me the pactor for gathering is a pact that was formed at the end of spain's dictatorship so spain had dictator franco for 40 years after he died in 1977 an amnesty law was passed and that law not only

we asked people in london for their thoughts on nato and its successes today. most people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nature. i'm not going to even though. in terms of achievements know very little i don't know what it's about have no idea of any avantage of me tell you what you know i honestly don't know anything if i don't see the flag see the day and only my husband recognize what it was who it's a good question. let me think of a little bit. so one is probably yeah to be honest i don't have i don't have even one. day one laptop and leaders headed to buckingham palace for a reception within the queen crowds gathered in central london in protest some adopted the slogan no to trump no to nato is how it was excellent. as donald trump and other world leaders arrive in london for the nato summit these protesters have gathered with many different fighters many different causes coming together we see how the site. against the potential to run we've seen many other battles against the good as it were good in the new libya but also in the course of

nato leaders gather in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance his 70th anniversary but while some may hail its success others question its relevance today. and we have proving every day about this that on this is on trial as it is i believe on it's the neighboring mogul and even though it extends for. the u.s. president tries to force the hand of his french counterpart to no support for the military alliance and if the threat of crippling tariffs on french goods doesn't get a menu to fall in line trump apparently has some other ideas. on where that sort.

the heavy hitters of nato. the members of nato that actually have serious diplomatic way inside the alliance are going to slowly have to come in except while denied states has difficulties accepting many things including the turkish purchase of the russian made asked 400 systems reach is older more surprising considering that 4 years ago after that incident the russian moved its own 400 systems to syria and didn't. exclude a possibility of fusing them against cherokee itself. why do you think. despite all depression and all the criticism and all the potential sanctions threatened by the united states both 1st thing we know that the us turkey 1st tried to purchase u.s. patriots it didn't get a favorable deal the financial conditions were very bad there was no technology transfer turkey was put on about a 50 month waiting list if it approved the sale and even after the sale even after the deal was signed there was no guarantee that congress was going to approve the sale so turkey didn't want to risk its air defen

the strength of nato is that we have a lwa ys the strength of nato is that we have always been able to overcome these differences and then unite around the defendant protect each other. that is what we will do today. a lot of important decisions, we have to remember we have had disagreements in this alliance since the suez crisis to the iraq war and many more. what we pay today nato delivers on substance. we continue to adapt and respond. i have been a politician for many, politicians are criticised for being good on rhetoric and bad on substance. in nato, it is almost the opposite. rhetoric is not always excellent but is perfect. in the middle. yes. from afp. century mesh and russia, germany this morning and expelled two russian diplomats and said that as evidence moscow is behind the murder of a former rebel. how do you view president mccrone's is strategic dialogue with russia, his call? —— emmanuel macron. we believe in a dialogue with russia because russia is our closest neighbour, our biggest neighbour and we need to strive for a debtor relationship with russia. and even if w

in june 2800 nato held a training exercise in the baltic states and poland 19 nato states and partners including friends took part. from a military standpoint it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to defend the baltic states against a russian attack involving armored divisions and tens of thousands of troops. german soldiers also took part. nato exercise. here read units defend themselves against an attack by blue units. the. strategically better to wait than to fire blindly and give away your position. but that's funny showing their friends we engage the enemy infantry and took out quite a few of us can from as i read deployed my men in a stream bed which is a good defensive position. right now we're waiting for the next enemy attack. which they are probably preparing right now to find as good of an officer as he dr north korean yet. germany is leading a nato force in lithuania that involves 1200 troops from 10 member states. the units were sent to strengthen the alliances defenses along europe's border with russia. we trained together with the nato battle group and of cou

pleasing model with nato member but despite these similar complaints about nato tensions have escalated between turkey and france in recent weeks with mccracken warning turkey that it cannot expect solidarity with its nato allies if it continues to carry out military operations in syria response 7 only up the ante so. i'm talking to france's president in modern omicron and i will also say this at major press the wall have your own brain death checked as for the u.k.'s boris johnson well there's not a verse or a gathering could not have come at a worse time. or boris is clearly invested in maintaining the special relationship with the us he knows that a loose lipped troubled giving a glowing endorsement could be catastrophic donald trump is coming to terms with the shortly he offered his support for you and indeed for my colleague knowledge of russia on this radio station is that welcome what we what we don't do traditionally . as loving allies and friends will be to do traditionally is get involved in each other's election caspita did when nato was forms the common goal was clear to sta

i think it has less to do with nato. frankly speaking i think it has more to do with china because china has a lot of. intermediate range forces. and russia has a lot of other forces in this part of. europe that they can use to target anything they want in europe anyway so it doesn't really make militarily sense here. at the same time russia says nato is cheating on the i n f agreement by deploying missile defense systems in romania and poland. u.s. navy ships outfitted with anti missile interceptors are on duty in the mediterranean sea. washington says all of these systems are intended to protect against missile attacks from iran. human head of the russian say that the u.s. missile defense systems in eastern europe rob violation of the i.n.f. treaty experts disagree on whether that's true but in any case the treaty is in a pretty sorry state right now in kind them wouldn't that well their mutual accusations from the united states and russia about the other side violating the treaty the best way of course would be for bo

situation in syria was on the agenda some nato leaders met the u.k. prime minister at his residence in downing street to paul brennan is there and joins us now so what do they come up with on syria. where many of the leaders will be returning here within the next hour you can hear valid compter of my head at the moment there's been a reception taking place at buckingham palace as you know and there was a meeting a kind of quadrilateral meeting between the leaders of britain france germany and turkey here at downing street mid-afternoon the main topic of that meeting was syria a particular cause of concern for nato for several reasons 1st of all because of the actions of america and turkey to nato members who. acted without consulting the other members of nato when america 1st of all decided to pull its troops out of northern syria and turkey then launching a military offensive into northern syria none of which was done through a consultative process with the other members and some of the members particularly france not happy at the prospect that nato

the bottom line i5, europe would have been worse off outside nato than in5ide nato. thanks for your time. the un secretary general jens stolenberg closed the summit a little earlier, here's what he said on the relationship with russia. we need to strive for a better relationship with russia. even if we are not able to get the better relationship with russia in that turn, we need to manage a difficult relationship with high tension5 turn, we need to manage a difficult relationship with high tensions and more exercises, we need to make sure that we have the transparency to avoid incidents, accidents and if they happen, to make sure that they won't spiral out of control and create dangerous situations. so, nato and i believe in an approach that means the terrorist defence, a5 long as we are that means the terrorist defence, as long as we are strong, united and firm, we can engage including in arms control. we were saying earlier, it isa it is a uniting of 29 member states but it is about to get its 30th member, north macedonia. with me now is zoran zaev, prime minister

nato leaders gather in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance is the 70th anniversary but while some hail its success question its relevance today. we are we are proving every day that. this is our joy. even though. the u.s. president tries to force the hand of his french counterpart in support of the military alliance and if the threat of crippling tariffs on french goods doesn't get a manual to fall in line donald trump apparently has some other ideas. you . know for me in the team here at midnight here in moscow it's now 4 pm in washington d.c. that's where we're starting for you this hour democrats there on the house intelligence committee have published their report detailing how president trump allegedly abused his office for personal gain and solicited interference from ukraine in the 2020 election the release of the 300 page document which is based on testimony given in a series of closed door and public hearings marks the start of a new phase in the impeachment process let's go to speed on where we are

to join showing the historic suspects of nato on the liberal nato and it does been the most successful alliance in the history and the reason why nato is the most successful launch and history is that we have been able to change in the world is changing but not everyone is in a party mood the thing is the alliance members just don't get along as well as they used to. the advent of donald trump s 13 least which stopped the dynamics nato is obsolete it covers the soviet union which is no longer in existence this led to questions over whether the alliance can even survive donald trump perhaps in an effort to mollify him nato has announced a new spending projections and a new formula which will spread the costs of the alliance in central budget between its members on moves that might prevent any more embarrassing trump tirades aimed at his nato partners the relationship with nato has been very good the relationship with the secretary general's been outstanding i said it was obsolete it's no longer obsolete but the truth is he's not the only potential party pooper. in october this year pres

nato and europe. from 1949 until the fall of the berlin wall in 1989, nato was clear about its mission — put simply, ?to keep the russians out, the americans in and the germans down?. the 30 years since have become more complex. now the alliance has an american president publicly exasperated over funding and a french president who says the alliance is brain dead. so, we've got coming up this week the nato leaders' meeting. annalisa, what is going to happen? where will trump stand ? just to remind what you just said, it used to be that nato had a clear purpose, so keep russia out, america in, germany down, and the saying goes that now actually russia is in, america is out and germany is up. so the world has transformed. that is kind of a glib way of turning that phrase around — do you think it's true? well, it certainly reflects a little bit what is going on. it reflects a kind of transformation of the world since 70 years ago when nato was created, and i think that the only leader right now who is

nato leaders gather in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance is 70th anniversary but while some hail its success others question its relevance today. we have troops. in the way. and u.s. president tries to force the hand of his french counterpart in support of the military alliance and if that. doesn't get. some other ideas. from. where you are. broadcasting. international i'm certainly glad to have you with us some developments in the ongoing impeachment saga in washington the u.s. house intelligence committee has delivered a report to the judiciary committee which makes way for possible articles of impeachment against president report was released by the democrats this tuesday detailing how trump allegedly abused his office for personal gain and solicited interference from ukraine in the 2020 election the 300 page document which is based on testimony given in a series of closed door and public hearings marks the start of a new phase in the impeachment process more. well the report from the house intelligence

summit called nato braindead he wasn't exactly correct nato still has value but nato definitely needs to be diagnosed i like to call nato's problem a midlife crisis at 70 years old it's still thinks it's 40 years old and it's still things the enemies the soviet union when.

nato secretary general u.n. stoltenberg is under pressure he's seeking a clear commitment from all members 1st strong alliance for stoltenberg it's also a budgetary issue last year's we have seen that have started to increase again more troops more exercises more investment stoltenberg also try to get mccrone on board during a short visit to paris but without success france's president repeated his criticism . that there probably needed to be a wake up call and i'm happy that i was able to spark a debate and that we can now think about our strategic goals. objectives strategic but stoltenberg did receive support from barry lynn german chancellor and of america defended nato. and isn't of interest and we depend on this transatlantic alliance and that's why it's right for us to work for this alliance and take on more responsibility. 70 years since the defense alliance was founded the global security situation is much more complex than it was during the cold war tensions over u.s. leadership alarm at turkey's small

case.er: that's not the nato is active, nato is agile. advancing. first ltenberg: for the time in our history, we have troops in the eastern part of the alliance. see u.s. and canada are investing more. stepping up against the fight against terrorism. addressing the rise of china. alliances have proven once again to be able to adapt to change. responding to a changing world. [inaudible] president trump: it's a tough statement when you make a that.ent like nasty statement to 28 countries. a very that you have high unemployment rate in france. france is not doing well economically at all. starting to tax other people's products so therefore we're going to tax them. place right now in technology. we're doing that and everything else. a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty in france. at what's happened with the yellow vests or you look at certain ing on during parts. they had a very rough year. making t go around statements like that about nato. it's very disrespectful. reporter: the department of inspector general report that the

what is nato defined by today? what is their core mission >> i think it is defined by democratic inertia when it defeated the soviet adverse arie it should have had a champaign party and packed up but they like to keep going but what it has done is to keep the russians not only out but push the russians to the east. of course, this has meant that russia is now an adverse arie again. another great lord of that mission, the great u.s. diplomat said in the 1990s said expanding nato post soviet russia will be a self-fulfilling prophecy that's what it has done. they've maintained their jobs. >> you seem to have a skeptical view of nato's role. you are a russia expert. is russia still the for midable foe it was >> it is nowhere near the threat the soviet union was with regard to the nuclear arsenal it is true nato has struggled to find a strategic mission for itself the expansion eastward, there has been a lot of philosophy around that. it did provide eastern european, poland, baltic states the emerging and security they

and donald trump saying that nato that he's a fan of the nato alliance and the nato has come a long way in the last 3 years what do you make of all that that's a bit so rich coming from trying to actively bluff someone over very sensitive comments i would say but as so french provided her. if not of that a french fry because i also don't necessarily agree with the way a minor micro actually addressed nato i think i get the point that he wants things to be shifting within the alliance and that's that's fair enough i think it needs some shifting but calling it a brand such a sensitive time where we having so many issues i think that it's not necessary to right way to go and also it also goes on to show that he is resorting to strategic is that our president term strategy when he says that he has achieved a lot we are using this blunt language he's adopting terms tried to strike t.v. and actually when donald trump actually shook shook up nato last state it resulted in countries to actually put more money into their defense politics so maybe you need some kind of shaken up i'm just not

suspects of nato on the problem nato and they does been the most successful alliance in the history and the reason why nato is the most successful launch and history is that we have been able to change in the world is changing but not everyone is in a policy mood the thing is the alliance members just don't get along as well as they used to. the advent of donald trump s 13 least which stopped the dynamics nato is obsolete it covers the soviet union which is no longer in existence this led to questions over whether the alliance can even survived on the trump perhaps in an effort to mollify him nato has announced a new spending projections and any formula which will spread the costs of the alliance is central budget between its members on the issues that might prevent. anymore embarrassing trump tirades aimed at his nato partners the relationship with nato has been very good relationship with the secretary general's been outstanding i said it was obsolete it's no longer absolute but the truth is he's not the only potential party pooper. in october this year president emmanuel mccrone

nato allies. not supposed to happen amongst eight -- nato allies. ithink not supposed to happen amongst eight -- nato allies. i think up that they did promise, because they said they we re did promise, because they said they were going to have a forward—looking reflection process. i believe nato is passing through a phase of dismantlement. that's how i see it. nato was actually tested twice and syria comment now we have two policies. also, a deal which again exposed the weakness and division among nato, and now we have another purpose which is coming in the gulf. an influence there, we have two axes, and both of them are actually pa rt axes, and both of them are actually part of nato. the european axis, the european alliance is taking care of the so—called naval routes in the gulf, and then we have an american coalition which is completely different. so, how can we have two alliances on the golf to face that influence, and both of them from nato and no correlation between the two sides. i beli

nato secretary general u.n. stoltenberg is under pressure he's seeking a clear commitment from all members 1st strong alliance for stoltenberg it's also a budgetary issue last years we have seen that have started to increase again more troops more exercises more investments stoltenberg also try to get mccrone on board during a short visit to paris but without success france's president repeated his criticism . that there probably needed to be a wake up call and i'm happy that i was able to spark a debate and that we can now think about our strategic goals. objectives strategic but stoltenberg did receive support from barry lynn german chancellor angela merkel defended nato. and visit of is this time we depend on this transatlantic alliance and that's why it's right for us to work for this alliance and take on more responsibility. 70 years since the defense alliance was founded the global security situation is much more complex than it was during the cold war tensions over u.s. leadership alarm at turkey's small

about this at nato summit. yeah it's good to be with you mark- i think that the so it was important for- in terms of european leaders presenting at and- mr trudeau presenting donald trump with stay up. very unified face of concern about his- management of global security issues i think that right now europe is confronted with threats posed by a selfie jihadist elements in ways that have persisted for many years. and the trump administration doesn't seem to grasp the severity of the situation right now the threat environment and i think also it's important for- mister brown and others to be putting pressure on donaldd trump in terms of his- willingness to be housing with people i care to walk i think that what you've seen as age shipped in dynamics within turkey where. everyone has some sort of- for state transition towards an autocratic style regime and he's also been. disgustingly involved with various forms of sponsorship of terrorism in syria- particularly in the aspect of passive state sponsorship of elemen

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