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deepening nato e.u. cooperation is another example greater collaboration on issues like cyber security energy security health security and safeguarding critical infrastructure that will help build our resilience and preparedness against present day threats it also makes us stronger when we stand up for our values consider the sanctions that the united states just imposed in unity with canada the european union and the united kingdom on individuals engaged in the atrocities being committed against leaders on the retaliatory sanctions that china then imposed on members of the european parliament and the use political and security committee academics and think tanks make it all the more important that we stand firm and stand together or else risk sending the message that bullying works this includes sticking by our non nato partners in europe many of whom continue to stand firm with us on the alliances front lines and look beyond national governments to the private sector civil society philanthropies cities

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ties with its nato allies he is about address any moment now a summit of the nato foreign ministers in brussels transcripts of mr blinken supplants speech suggests that he'll address some of the most of vice of issues facing the transatlantic alliance he'll tell nato member. as if it's expected that the united states sees china as a threat to collective security but he won't force them to choose between beijing and washington and also talk about strained ties with russia and concerns about the planned north stream gas pipeline between germany and russia but lincoln will stress a multilateral approach in contrast with the more combative tone of the previous trump administration. and of course so we'll go live as soon as that speech gets underway but until then i'd like to welcome my colleague william at glu croft to talk about this very momentous day because it's a reset of some sort it's an official reset of statements of words of tone that we've been hearing now certainly since biden entered office in january and even before that the promises he said he was going to be making when he

opening nato membership to poland, hungary and the czech republic, and extending nato's role so that it is able to operate out of area. both reforms will require a change in nato's existing procedures. an attack on the territory of one member must, of course, continue to be regarded unambiguously as an attack on that of all. but that principle of universality need not apply to out-of-area activities. in deed it needs to be recognized that a wider role for nato can't be achieved if every member state has to participate in an out of area operation before it can go ahead. what is required are flexible arrangements, which to use a fashionable phrase, permit the creighation of coalitions of the willing. would nato expansion mark a new division of europe and give russia the right to intervene in states outside the fold? not in the least. among other reasons, we could hold out the possibility of admitting those countries which subsequently demonstrate a commitment to democratic values and which have trained military forces up to an acceptable standard. that would be a powerful incentive for

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opening nato membership to poland, hungary and the czech republic, and extending nato's role so that it is able to operate out of area. both reforms will require a change in nato's existing procedures. an attack on the territory of one member must, of course, continue to be regarded unambiguously as an attack on that of all. but that principle of universality need not apply to out-of-area activities. indeed it needs to be recognized that a wider role for nato can't be achieved if every member state has to participate in an out-of-area operation before it can go ahead. what is required are flexible arrangements, which to use a fashionable phrase, permit the creation of coalitions of the willing. would nato expansion mark a new division of europe and give russia the right to intervene in states outside the fold? not in the least. among other reasons, we could hold out the possibility of admitting those countries which subsequently demonstrate a commitment to democratic values and which have trained military forces up to an acceptable standard. that would be a powerful incentive for suc

it is nato because nato now has a permanent military presence in eastern europe on buses western buddhists and that is a major file ation all the agreements of 997 between nato and russia it is not russia which has a russian led military alliance on for example america's vote or jody's all britains oda so in fact the who is in the coats of nato but then night and the german foreign minister a not sincere when they say that they want to fall in relations they understand the level the atrocious level of relations between 8 and russia and they know that if there is to be a folk then nato has to take the 1st step so we can dismissal the german foreign minister said as many. again russia will not tolerate any sort of suggestion a hole or suggestion that the boat is in russia's quote russia stipulates night super quiet and so that's before in relations firstly nato we drove its military forces phone the west from the west and. russia and secondly moscow who stipulates tonight's eye night soz leads us in particular to south america presence of rights and western military look not seek the admissi

opening nato membership to poland, hungary and the czech republic, and extending nato's role so that it is able to operate out of area. both reforms will require a change in nato's existing procedures. and a tap on the territory of one member must, of course, continue to be regarded unambiguously as an attack on all. but that principle of universality need not apply to out of area activities. indeed, it needs to be recognized so the wider role for nato can be achieved if every member state has to participate in an out of area operation before it can go ahead. what is required are flexible arrangements which, to use a fashionable phrase, permit the creation of coalitions of the willing. would nato expansion mark a new division of europe, and give russia the right to intervene in states outside the fold? not in the least. among other reasons, we could hold out the possibility of admitting those countries which subsequently demonstrate a commitment to democratic values and which have trained military forces up to an acceptable standard. that would be a powerful incentive for such states

of $997.00 indeed it is nato because nato now has a permanent military presence in eastern europe on buses western buddhists and that is a major file ation all the agreements of $997.00 between nato and russia it is not russia which has a russian led military alliance on for example americas or jody's all britains oda so in fact the who is in the coats of nato but then nato and the german foreign minister a not sincere when they say that they want to fall in relations they understand the level the atrocious level of relations between 8 and russia and they know that if there is to be a folk then nato has to take the 1st step so we can dismissal the german foreign minister said as many propaganda and russia will not tolerate any sort of suggestion a whole or suggestion that the boat is in russia's quote russian stipulates nato super quiet instead to be a full in relations firstly nato we drove its military forces phone the west from the old west and pulls out all of russia and secondly moscow who stipulates in a tight nato as late as in particular of course america presence of rights i

but for the armchair theory of a divisive nato, bosnia has been no end to a lesson. these failures -- if we look ahead further to the end of the 21st century, however, an alarming and unstable future is on the cards. consider the number of medium to large states in the world that have now embarked on a free market revolution. china, brazil, possibly russia and add to these the united states and japan, and as the --if the federalists get their way, a european superstate with its own independent forum and defense policy separate from the united states. what we see here in the year 2096 is an unstable world and we should have more than half a dozen great powers, all with their own clients, all vulnerable if a standalone, capable of increasing the power and influence if they form the right kind of alliance and all engaged willy-nilly and delimit --diplomatic maneuvers to ensure that there is a proof rather than deteriorate. in other words to thousand 96 might look like 1914 played on a somewhat larger stage. this need not come to pass if the atlantic alliance remains as

opening nato membership to poland hungary and the czech republic and extending nato's role so that it is able to operate out of area. both reforms were require a change in noto's existing procedures. an attack on the territory of one member must of course continue to be regarded unambiguously as an attack on that at all. but that principle of universality need not apply to out of area activities. indeed it needs to be recognized that a wider role for nato can't be achieved if every member state has to participate in an out of area operation before it can go ahead. what is required of flexible arrangements which to use a fashionable phrase? the creation of coalitions of the willing wouldn't nato expansion mark a new division of europe and give russia the right to intervene in states outside the phone not in the least. among other reasons we could hold out the possibility of admitting those countries which subsequently demonstrate a commitment to democratic values and which have trained military forces up to an acceptable standard. that would be a powerful incentive for such states to p

nato relations tonight are we talking about a high tide or is it more like a low tide. well definitely a rising tide brant but there really wasn't anywhere to go but up after the 4 years of president trump as you mentioned very difficult years for nato in which trump criticize the alliance criticized allies by name germany in particular you know people told me constantly that they felt like they had to be watching twitter to find out what the u.s. policies would be and that was was really nerve wracking for an alliance that needs to show a united front to deter all enemies i was actually joking with secretary general stolzenberg today that it sounded like secretary blinken had stolen some of his lines and he left in a way that you could tell he's very relieved to have this kind of narrative coming out of the biggest ally yeah that's definitely a relief for him what is nato hoping to see from this new president and his new administration. well i think they're already seeing it and you kicked up on this word repair this is a word that secretary blinken is using a lot and

being passive and divided nato. bosnia has been a lesson. these institutional failures, are in their own terms and on our own times, if we could move further to the end of the 24 century. however, an alarming and unstable future is on the cards. consider the number of medium to large states in the world, that are now involved in a free market revolution. china, possibly russia, add to these the present economic great powers, the united states, and japan. and if the federal get their way, a european superstate, with its own independent and foreign defense policy, perhaps an amicable to the united states. what we see here as, in the year 2096, is an unstable world, which there are more than half a dozen great powers, always as -- all vulnerable if they stand-alone, all capable of increasing their power and influence, if they form the right alliance, and all engaged willy-nilly, in perpetual diplomatic maneuvers, to make sure that their situations improve rather than deteriorate. in other words, 2096, might look like 1

secretary of state blinken who is coming to breslin a show of american support for nato is this a new start for the alliance. we have a unique opportunity to open a new chapter in the election ship between north america united states and europe we have seen a very strong commitment from the new administration to transatlantic unity to working together we do have been partners we have the nato 2030 initiative project to adopt and strengthen the lines and the old out together is a great way to open a new chapter in our relationship and then yes administration seems to be toughening its stance on russia and many eastern european allies are also very concerned about the kremlin increasingly aggressive behavior how will need to respond to nato has all the responded by the largest reinforcements our collective defense since the end of the cold war was very much triggered by the. by russia's aggressive actions against ukraine the legalisation of a premium but also see in other aggressive actions by russia not least interference in our election process cyber attacks we've also seen. attempts

secretary of state blinken who is coming to breslin a show of american support for nato is this a new start for the alliance. we have a unique opportunity to open a new chapter in the relationship between north america united states and europe we have seen a very strong commitment from the new administration to transatlantic unity working together with european partners and we have the nato 2030 initiative project to adopt and strength neurons and the un all that together is a great way to open a chapter in our relationship and then yes administration seems to be toughening its stance on russia and many eastern european allies are also very concerned about the kremlin's increasingly aggressive thought behavior how will need to respond to nato has all the responded by the largest enforcement of a collective defense since the end of the cold war that was very much triggered by the. by russia's aggressive actions against ukraine the legalization of a crummy about was in other aggressive actions by russia not least interference in our election process cyberattacks also seen. attempts and

nato relations tonight are we talking about a high tide or is it more like a low tide. well definitely a rising tide brant but there really wasn't anywhere to go but up after the 4 years of president trump as you mentioned very difficult years for nato in which trump criticize the alliance criticized allies by name germany in particular you know people told me constantly that they felt like they had to be watching twitter to find out what the u.s. policies would be and that was was really nerve wracking for an alliance that needs to show a united front to deter all enemies i was actually joking with secretary general stolzenberg today that it sounded like secretary blinken had stolen some of his lines and he left in a way that you could tell he's very relieved to have this kind of narrative coming out of the biggest yeah that's definitely a relief for him what is nato hoping to see from this new president and his new administration. well i think they're already seeing it and you picked up on this word repair this is a word that secretary blinken is using a lot and they

nato relations tonight are we talking about a high tide or is it more like a low tide. well definitely a rising tide brant but there really wasn't anywhere to go but up after the 4 years of president trump as you mentioned very difficult years for nato in which trump criticize the alliance criticized allies by name germany in particular you know people told me constantly that they felt like they had to be watching twitter to find out what the u.s. policies would be and that was was really nerve wracking for an alliance that needs to show a united front to deter all enemies i was actually joking with secretary general stolzenberg today that it sounded like secretary blinken had stolen some of his lines and he left in a way that you could tell he's very relieved to have this kind of narrative coming out of the biggest ally yeah that's definitely a relief for him what is nato hoping to see from this new president and his new administration. well i think they're already seeing it and you picked up on this word repair this is a word that secretary blinken is using a lot and

s brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena spoke to nato secretary general yes. she asked him about the alliances response to pressure from rivals china and russia as well as the united states return to a more active foreign policy secretary-general the meeting of nato foreign ministers at the 1st one in person since november is also the 1st one with the u.s. secretary of state blinken who is coming to brussels the show of american support for nato is this a new start for the alliance. we have a unique opportunity to open a new chapter in the lesson here between in north america united states and europe we have seen a very strong commitment from the new administration to transatlantic unity to working together we do have been partners and we have the nato 2030 initiative project to adopt and strengthen the alliance and the old out together is a great way to open a new chapter in our relationship and then yes administration seems to be toughening its stance on russia and many eastern european allies are also very concerned about the kremlin's increasingly aggressi

there are different to use among nato allies and then i think that nato is a platform where we also can address and discuss these issues and and doing are not going to disperse if exceptions but but the show north stream too has been raised over these 2 days nato doesn't have a common view on the stream to but why does the military organization have to take a common standpoint towards a business project between 2 independent states maybe their alliance has plans to invest. costing just over $9000000000.00 euros the north room to project is already more than 95 percent complete it will allow russian gas the flow directly into germany under the baltic sea it could also be used to bypass existing pipelines which take gas through ukraine which could cost of valuable transit fees. well we go live now to thomas fassbender journalist and author for more on this thomas thanks for joining us today on the program great to have you with us the russian foreign ministry clearly picks up on this why is the western military alliance interested in stream to a business project an economic venture betwee

when it comes to nato. well there's no question that there's an imminent deadline that is hanging over this meeting and that is the may 1st deadline that had been put in place by donald trump the u.s. commander in chief of the former administration of course in terms of pulling out u.s. soldiers from afghanistan now joe biden has said that he's not sure the united states can meet that deadline and so there will be discussions around that what we know is that this is going to be done in consultation with nato member so that's one of the big issues that is being discussed but there's also the rise of china's military its military might that is being discussed of course always a part of the conversation is the concerns about russia's effort to destabilize the west as the secretary of state has been stating and then there are also concerns about turkey of course a nato member but in recent years taking some actions in syria and also the purchasing of russian weapons that is concerning to many of these members t

nato relations tonight are we talking about a high tide or is it more like a low tide. well definitely a rising tide brant but there really wasn't anywhere to go but up after the 4 years of president trump as you mentioned very difficult years for nato in which trump criticize the alliance criticized allies by name germany in particular you know people told me constantly that they felt like they had to be watching twitter to find out what the u.s. policies would be and that was was really nerve wracking for an alliance that needs to show a united front to deter all enemies i was actually joking with secretary general stolzenberg today that it sounded like secretary blinken had stolen some of his lines and he left in a way that you could tell he's very relieved to have this kind of narrative coming out of the biggest ally yeah that's definitely a relief for him what is nato hoping to see from this new president and his new administration. well i think they're already seeing it and you picked up on this word repair this is a word that secretary blinken is using a lot and

deepening nato-eu cooperation is another example. greater collaboration on issues like cybersecurity, energy security, health security, and safeguarding critical infrastructure will help build our resilience and preparedness against present-day threats. it also makes us stronger when we stand up for our values. consider the sanctions that the united states just imposed in unity with canada, the european union, and the united kingdom on individuals engaged in the atrocities being committed against uyghurs in xinjiang. the retaliatory sanctions that china then imposed on members of the european parliament and the eu's political and security committee, academics, and think tanks make it all the more important that we stand firm and stand together, or else risk sending the message that bullying works. this includes sticking by our non-nato partners in europe, many of whom continue to stand firm with us on the alliance's front lines. and we'll look beyond national governments to the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, cities, a

my question is on nato 2030 now has 2 minutes to meet. and a little over a month to discuss a plan to know how it's evolved over that time one of the most important things to have been not at all taken away from your original suggestions today we had the bit of positive exchange all nato 2030. i sensed is broad agreement we need a bold forward looking ambitious agenda to be agreed when the nato leaders meet later on this year to address all the challenges we face us allies in the more competitive global world and therefore i welcome. the good and constructive discussion we had today i also welcome the message that. support the idea that we need to address many different issues at the same time and that's exactly what to do in the nato 2030 initiative this is about how to strengthen our unity with more political consultations but also strengthening our deterrence on the fence because our unity derives from our promise to protect and defend the childer it's about broadening the security agenda just an issues like receive arrival infrastruct

presidents keep breaking their promises i don't think it's about nato nato is of course or going to. be nights together for more than 60 years now but i think it is not a matter of nato it is a matter of understanding what it issues. mean the story to events and turkey has always argued that this is something related to the. history of the 2 countries i mean yes and and this should be left to our scientists or just our lesson that's not the way the russian government sees it as you know well i mean mad to nato do you think this time around biden could argue with her to one and say we're already on the happy about the russian has 400 deal if you don't if you don't change your mind about russian defense of weapons arriving in turkey we will recognize the armenian genocide i don't think this is comparable. to independent comparable but yes it is a different issue and i think it is for him the issue is going to be made as a main action the. united states and back the secretary general of nato. i mean again mention that each and every member of nato has almost the independent right to cho

presidents keep breaking their promises i don't think it's about nato nato is of course organelle a g.n.d. nights together for more than 60 years now but i think it is not a matter of nato it is a matter of understanding what it is since took the story to events and turkey has always argued that this is something to relate the. history of the 2 countries to india i mean yes and and this should be left to our sank or just almost and that's not the way the russian government sees it as you know well i mean mad to nato do you think this time around biden could argue with her to one and say we're already on the happy about the russian has 400 deal if you don't if you don't change your mind about russian defense of weapons arriving in turkey we will recognize the armenian genocide i don't see that this is comparable. to the internal compromise. yes it is a very different issue and i think as for how the issue is going to be made as a main action the. united states it back the secretary general of nato does combat i mean again mention that each and every member of nato has will almost be indepe

s brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena spoke to nato secretary general yes. she asked him about the alliances response to pressure from rivals china and russia as well as the united states return to a more active foreign policy secretary-general the meeting of nato foreign ministers at the 1st one in person since november is also the 1st one with the us secretary of state blinken who is coming to brussels in a show of american support for nato is this a new start for the alliance. we have a unique opportunity to open a new chapter in the relationship between north american united states and europe we have seen a very strong commitment from the new administration to transatlantic unity working together we did it in partners we have the nato 2038 initiative project to adopt and strengthen their lines and the old out together is a great way to open a new chapter in our relationship and then yes administration seems to be toughening its stance on russia and many eastern european allies are also very concerned about the kremlin's increasingly aggressive behavior h

secretary of state anthony blinken says america is aiming to revitalize ties with its nato allies lincoln told foreign ministers in brussels that trust between the partners have been shaken and needs rebuilding he says the transatlantic alliance needs to confront threats from china and russia lincoln also accused china of undermining western democracy this is d.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website w dot com. for almost 48 hours people in germany thought easter would be a repeat of christmas another casualty of the pandemic no travel no easter egg hunts no families coming together that was the plan until this morning america told the country the decision to shut down over easter was a mistake her mistake and she asked for forgiveness tonight a mayor kopel from europe's most respected head of state the most powerful woman in the world says i'm sorry i bring gulf in berlin this is the day. and he was a mistake must be acknowledged as such and above all it must be corrected technically it's a terms of catastrophe it's incomprehensible i'm well aw

presidents keep breaking their promises i don't think it's about nato nato is of course organelle a g.n.d. nights together 'd for more than 60 years now but i think it is not a matter of nato it is a matter of understanding what it is since. it started events and turkey has always argued that this is something to relate the. history of the 2 countries to india i mean yes and and this should be left to or sank or just or less and that's not the way the russian government sees it as you know well i mean mad to nato do you think this time around biden could argue with her to one and say we're already on the happy about the russian has 400 deal if you don't if you don't change your mind about russian defensive weapons arriving in turkey we will recognize the armenian genocide i don't 'd think this is comparable. effect to independent comparable but. yes it is a very different issue and i think as for how the issue is going to be made as a main action that i can't you know this takes it back to the secretary general of nato. i mean again mention that each and every member of nato has will almo

presidents keep breaking their promises i don't think it's about nato nato is of course or going to. be nights together 'd for more than 60 years now. i think it is not a matter of nato it is a matter of understanding what it issues. mean the story to events and turkey has always argued that this is something to let the. history of. india i mean yes and and this should be left to or sank or just or no so that's not the way the russian government sees it as you know well i mean mad to nato do you think this time around biden could argue with her to one and say we're already on the happy about the russian has 400 deal if you don't if you don't change your mind about russian defense of weapons arriving in turkey we will recognize the armenian genocide i don't 'd think this is compatible. exactly enter non-comparable but. yes it is it is a very different issue and i think it is for how the issue is going to be made as a main agenda. and you know this takes it back to the secretary general make does the back i mean again mention that each and every member of nato has one or the independen

presidents keep breaking their promises i don't think they could say about nato well nato is of course or going to. be nights together for more than 60 years now but i think it is not a matter of nato it is a matter of understanding what it is since took the story to events and turkey has always argued that this is something related to the. history of the 2 countries i mean yes and and this should be left to our scientists or install us and that's not the way the russian government sees it as you know well i mean mad to nato do you think this time around biden could argue with her to one and say we're already on the happy about the russian has 400 deal if you don't if you don't change your mind about russian defensive weapons arriving in turkey we will recognize the armenian genocide i don't think this is comparable. to independent comparable but yes it is a different issue and i think it is for him the issue is going to be made as a main action the. united states and back the secretary general of nato. i mean again mention that each and every member of nato has almost the independent

secretary of state anthony blinken and his nato counterparts are meeting today at the organization's headquarters in brussels was the 1st face to face meeting of foreign ministers at nato since 2019 well mr blinken began by assuring nato partners that washington would pursue a very different line than the trump administration. and i've come to brussels because the united states wants to rebuild our partnerships 1st and foremost with our nato allies. we want to revitalize the alliance to make sure it's as strong and effective against the threats of today as it has been in the past and of vs. naaman joins us now our xandra mr anthony blinking saying that he wants to revitalize the nato alliance how is he planning on going about doing that. well i think what he already sat in brussels was a good start of the fact that he reaffirmed the united states' commitment to the alliance the united states' commitment to article 5 the mutual aid clause of the north atlantic treaty that went down well with allies he also made clear that the willing can determined to do everything that's needed to he

to maintain that joe biden's you have the world in the good it in for the good of nato and e.u. european allies you need public support in the united states to vote for those kinds of people who have those kinds of world views and you need to make sure that the nato alliance is in u.s. public interest voter interest we heard a lot from blinken just now about how diplomacy we also heard this from biden earlier diplomacy is not just is not detached from the good from the good of the american people that it's connected to domestic policy is connected to the well being of the welfare of individual average americans and european partners they were part of you to step up and make that case and how do they do that things like being committed to nuclear weapons sharing being committed to standing up and maybe troop commitments here or there standing up to china standing up to russia sanctions these kinds of things but that has been the contradictory aspect of then upsetting european publics so you might gain the u.s. public confidence while losing the european the european public confer

there was talk of the possibility of eventual eu membership or maybe nato. now, well, the talk is of darker trends — authoritarianism, repression of opposition and nagging questions about russia's influence. my guest is georgia's president, with belarus than belgium? president salome zourabichvili in tbilisi. thank you for having me on hardtalk. it is a great pleasure having you on the show. let me ask you a question about your own past. not so long ago, you were the french ambassador in tbilisi, representing france. in that position, what do you think you would have made of the politics of georgia today? first of all, it was 15 years ago that i was the french ambassador to georgia, after having been a daughter of a georgian emigre family in france and having been raised in france and in the french diplomatic area. and i would have made out of this political crisis, i think, the same thing as we're seeing in many parts of the world, which is that we are looking today at polarisation as being one of the dominant characteristics that we see everywhere, unfor

presidents keep breaking their promises i don't think it's about nato nato is of course or going to. be nights together 'd for more than 60 years now but i think it is not a matter of nato it is a matter of understanding what it issues. mean the story events and turkey has always argued that this is something to link the. history of the 2 countries to india i mean yes and and this should be left to or sank or just almost an arsenal the way the russian government sees it as you know well i mean mad to nato do you think this time around biden could argue with her to one and say we're already on the happy about the russian has 400 deal if you don't if you don't change your mind about russian defensive weapons arriving in turkey we will recognize the armenian genocide i don't see this is comparable. to independent comparable but. yes it is a very different issue and i think as for how the issue is going to be made as a main action that i can do you know the states it back the secretary general make those of them back i mean again mention that each and every member of nato has almost the

i'm speaking to you from the headquarters of nato. the tree alliance that has defendant the freedom and security of north america for nearly 75 years. americans disagree about a few things. the value of alliances and partnerships is not one of them. according to a recent poll, nine in 10 americans believe maintaining our alliances is the most effective way to achieve foreign policy goals. nine in 10. it is not hard to cyp they look at the threats we face. -- it is not hard to see why. they look at the threats we face and they know the u.s. better tackling them with partners rather than trying to do it alone. our allies can say the same. the world looks very different than it did decades ago when we forged many alliances or even as it did four years ago. threats have multiplied, competition has stiffened, power dynamics have shifted. trust in alliances has been shaken. trust in each other and trust in the strength of the commitments. we don't always see i tie on the threats we face or how to confront them. our shared values are being c

pledges to revitalize its cooperation with nato and another attempt to discredit. me in my joints or accuses the ousted leader of corruption saying she received bribes including cash and gold. and support teams face more than just a footballing challenge to qualify for next year's world cup 1000 travel restrictions are causing chaos as players join up with their national side. we are 5 hours away now from the polls closing in israel in yet another parliamentary election it is the 4th in 2 years but this time the sitting prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing 3 corruption trials while the opposition is more fractured than ever it all points to yet more deadlock followed by the inevitable scramble to form a workable coalition will have a live update from west jerusalem in a moment 1st this report from the. is really is have been going through a 2 year cycle of election government. formation collapse and repeat in the sports cycle there is little suspense prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his little cood party are expected to get the most votes even though mo

and that is the path towards europe and towards nato. and the path towards europe, by the way, is not new. georgia has been defending itself over the centuries from the many other invasions and many empires. and each time it was looking to the west, looking to europe for one very good reason — that its values, its ground values are european or are the same as the ones that the europeans have. all right. well, president salome zourabichvili, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me from tbilisi. and forgive my ear! of course. thank you very much. hello there. the transition from winter into spring can often be peppered with some pretty turbulent weather, and that's going to be the story over the next few days. notjust heavy rain, but gale—force gusts of winds which have the potential to cause some disruption, particularly across england and wales. the heaviest of the rain and the strongest of the winds over the last few hours have been through scotland, but as we move into wednesday, you can see the next low pressure waiting out in

secretary of state antony blinken says america is aiming to revitalize ties with its nato allies lincoln told foreign ministers in brussels that trust between the partners has been shaken and needs rebuilding he says the transatlantic alliance needs to confront threats from china and russia lincoln also accused china of undermining western democracy this is d.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website w dot com. for almost 48 hours people in germany thought easter would be a repeat of christmas another casualty of the pandemic no travel no easter egg hunts no families coming together that was the plan until this morning i'm told the country the decision to shut down over easter was a mistake her mistake and she asked for forgiveness tonight a mayor kopel from europe's most respected head of state the most powerful woman in the world says i'm sorry i'm brit golf in berlin this is the day. and feeling on the street must be acknowledged as such and above all if must be corrected technically it's a terms of catastrophe it's incomprehensible i'm well awar

is pledging to revitalize cooperation with nato. the u.k. holds a minute's silence for the 146000 victims of covert 99 on the anniversary of its 1st lockdown in sport we'll hear where this 4 time champions league winner expects to be playing its next football season. just a couple of hours away now listen 2 hours in fact from polls closing in israel and yet another parliamentary election this is if you keeping count a 4th vote in 2 years the difference this time the sitting prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing 3 corruption trials the opposition meanwhile more fractured than ever at all points to more deadlock followed by the scramble to form a workable coalition we'll get an update from our correspondents in a moment 1st snow sasha the name has this report. israelis have been going through a 2 year cycle of election government formation collapse and to repeat in this sport cycle there is little suspense prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his little cooed party are expected to get the most votes even though more than half of israeli

and that is the path towards europe and towards nato. and the path towards europe, by the way, is not new. georgia has been defending itself over the centuries from the many other invasions and many empires. and each time it was looking to the west, looking to europe for one very good reason — that its values, its ground values are european or are the same as the ones that the europeans have. all right. well, president salome zourabichvili, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me from tbilisi. and forgive my ear! of course. thank you very much. hello. the weather is pretty quiet out there at the moment, and tuesday promises to be a fine day on the whole. the rest of the week, though, oh, my goodness, it's going to get significantly livelier. a deep area of low pressure forming out to the west at the moment in the atlantic will come hurtling towards the uk for wednesday and thursday. expect some very strong and gusty winds and some spells of heavy rain. so, in contrast, for tuesday, yes, some showery light rain affecting northern rea

nato doesn't have a common view on north stream too but why does the military organization have to take a common standpoint toller it's a business project between 2 independent states maybe their alliance has plans to invest costing just over $9000000000.00 euros the north stream to project is already more than 95 percent complete it will allow russian gas to flow directly into germany under the baltic sea it could also be used to bypass existing pipelines which take gas through ukraine which would cost valuable transit fees german journalist thomas fassbender says nato may be turning into a geo political toll for washington to dominate europe. well there is general in knowledge meant that pipelines gas oil pipelines are offered geopolitical sheila economical relevance so that explains why the subject is being discussed in the middle to forment since nato has been looking for a new identity and now there is growing concern especially in europe that the nato identity may be turned of that nature and may be turned into an instrument to ensure a u.s. domination of the eurasian lent marts t

secretary of state anthony blinken says america is aiming to revitalize ties with its nato allies lincoln told foreign ministers in brussels that trust between the partners has been shaken and needs rebuilding he says the transatlantic alliance needs to confront threats from china and russia lincoln also accused china of undermining western democracy this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website. for almost 48 hours people in germany thought easter would be a repeat of christmas another casualty of the pandemic no travel no easter egg hunts no families coming together that was the play on until this morning america told the country the decision to shut down over easter was a mistake her mistake and she asked for forgiveness tonight a mayor kopel from europe's most respected head of state the most powerful woman in the world says i'm sorry i'm brick off in berlin this is the day. and dealing with a mistake must be acknowledged as such and above all it must be corrected technically it's a terms of catastrophe it's incomprehensible i'm well aware that

presidents keep breaking their promises i don't think it's about nato well nato is of course or going to. be nights together for more than 60 years now but i think it is not a matter of nato it is a matter of understanding what it issues. mean the study events and turkey has always argued that this is something to lay the. history of the 2 countries to india i mean yes and and this should be left to or sank or just or no so that's not the way the russian government sees it as you know well i mean mad to nato do you think this time around biden could argue with her to one and say we're already on the happy about the russian has 400 deal if you don't if you don't change your mind about russian defensive weapons arriving in turkey we will recognize the armenian genocide i don't see that this is comparable. to independent comparable but. yes it is a very different issue and i think as for how the issue is going to be made as a main agenda i can't you know this takes it back to the secretary general make does the back i mean again mention that each and every member of nato has won or lost