the, the, this is the, the news coming to live from berlin, nathan, mark, 75 years with a call for continued solidarity period needs. i'm are gone for its security. at the same time. north america also needs your alliance leaders, hale native's history with an find a new challenges that could put it to the test. also coming up, outrage grows over israel's deadly attack on a workers and gossip. the n g. a world central kitchen is demanding an independent investigation into the attack that killed 7 of its stoppers. the groups founder

says they were deliberately target. bus dw speaks to women and ukraine volunteering to clear minds about 30 percent of their country is contaminated by concealed explosives. the hello, i'm terry morris, and thanks for joining us. data of foreign ministers and gathered in brussels to mark the alliances 75th anniversary. april 4th barks the signing of the treaty in washington in 1949 to establish the transatlantic alliance against the proceed threats and the soviet union. 75 years later, russia's invasion of ukraine has revitalized nato's purpose. this week, the organizations, foreign ministers discussing a long term aid package for ukraine. in response to the anniversary, rushes for ministry says it has no intention of entering a conflict with nato countries. a ceremony in brussels,

nato chief un starting bags stress the value of unity between the members of the lines your needs. america for its security. at the same time, north america also needs europe. european allies, for large, rolled cloths military's last intelligence networks on unique diplomatic leverage. multiplying america's mites are brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena is covering this story. alexandra in stoughton burg, there has made an appeal for unity between the us and europe within nato. how unified is the alliance at this point as well? the alliance at the moment is united spots. of course, the presidential election coming up in the us is looming large over every meeting

of net nato allies. and it is enough for donuts trump's to question his commitments to the alliance on that contain trail to send tremors across europe . so and knowing that you understand how important it is for you installed and back to cold for you need teach to, to make clear that the membership in the alliance is also in the interest of the united states. and that is also the aim of his proposal. that he has put on the table for an aide to, to take a bigger role in coordinating the delivery of age and also weapons to ukraine. because he's trying to ensure a predictable and reliable health for key of regardless of what is happening when the u. s. regardless of who is going to win the presidential election there. and

this is also a signal to washington that it is not only do you as that is, you know, paying for the aid for ukraine. that the europeans are eager ready, and determined, also to, to do so, and to support ukraine. now the alliance was pounded to counter a perceived threat from the soviet union 75 years later, russia now appears to be again, the biggest threats tonight, or is that how nato sees it? as yes, there is no doubt about that. and during the ceremony today, the ceremony that was marking to the 70 to its 1st day of the alliance were heard from many foreign ministers from countries that joined the alliance in 1999 or 2004 countries. that remember what it is like to be under soviet occupation or soviet influence. and they were talking about the dad's time. one of the

foreign ministers here. i think it was a, the strong and foreign minister said that it was at that time of crazy decision to join not to need to, to decide for themselves what kind of past they want to choose regardless of russia was saying, and this is a big topic he hear that russia is again, a big switch swept to nato members, and deluxe him for them is. so was also talking about that the biggest challenges may be in the future. how to deal with russia, how to, to deal with this threat that russia is posing to the lions. now nato is backing ukraine, providing as much aid for it as a can to what degree is nato's future dependent on the outcome of

developments in ukraine or too big degree. i would say we heard from the german foreign minister today who said dad, so we need to remember that the warning ukraine is just an 8 hour drive from berlin . so you understand that many members of the alliance worried that they could be next is rochelle winston swore. and that is why they want to support ukraine, but they need to do more because at the moment the ukrainian forces are struggling . they're running out of, i'm a nation and their front lines are reportedly at risk of collapsing place under thank you very much. that was our brussels beer treat alexander from the a spell, the ukraine, a proposal that nato was put forth as being debated as native march it's 75th

anniversary. the alliance was founded after the 2nd world war, as i said, to counter the perceived threat posed by the soviet union. and as the lines looks to future challenges, one member states challenging role changing role rather has come into sharp focus, tomatoes for secretary general lord estimate a famously said the alliance was created in 1949 to keep the soviets out. the americans in and the germans down 75 years later, the doesn't. the original members have added 20 more. they're still focused on keeping russia out as it wages a war at the borders of the alliance. and the americans in as a central guarantors of europe, security. but the original desire to keep germany down is long gone. and some observers accuse berlin of using history as an excuse to under perform in military spending and readiness. being down off to the end of the cold war, really became the thing, and it meant free writing. and what you can see now is an increasing number of

countries gain you up on gemini, and rightly so, because they've got the memo, they've understood what needs to be done. that point in that purpose and how to do it until berlin gets that though we won't see the necessary unity in europe to actually achieve that goal. that message that any crack in need of cohesion or capabilities could encourage criminal aggression, is regularly reiterated by front line allies feeling more vulnerable since moscow launched full scale war and ukraine in 2022 countries like is sonia, where it's not just the 75th anniversary. as nato's founding, after world war 2, but also of the brutal soviet exile of thousands of citizens, my mother was deported. on her 15th birthday hung on default of march uh, 1949. as all this time, you'd have the farm on valley lands that was hit by a gentleman boat, the 9041. so perfectly example of how it seems to be caught in the middle. these

days, the middle for european allies may feel like it's between moscow in washington due to concern about declining us support for trans atlantic ties, especially ahead of november elections that could bring the anti nato donald trump back to power. the 1st attempt to him, of course, was not an easy time oliver, but to at that time you could still hope but to brush as also stake and his relationship, but west and both has a motor, a think effect on its behavior. nowadays, no longer my case, i'm going to bring it then i decided to conduct a special military operation. that's for example, we helpful when the bowling ball came down. clearly. no, jamie sure you saw plenty of anniversaries in almost 4 decades at nato. his last post dealing with emerging security challenges to be fit for future birthday, she says the alliance needs to also see beyond russia, allies

a face of all forms. that's right. and if nato doesn't help them a deal with those of a crisis, right? what would be climate change or cyber attacks? so, you know, critical infrastructure protection or whatever it will be less relevant in those particular capital was for almost 75 years. basically the lives has shielded our nations on this on a bursary, though, amid all the praise for nato's longevity, there's broad agreement that the best way the alliance can defend itself against future russian advances is ensuring there's a russian retreat. now in ukraine, a spouse as warrens goes on, pressure is growing on israel from his closest allies over a deadly attack on an aide con boy in the gaza strip. us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, his irs is rarely counterpart to take concrete steps to protect aid workers and palestinian civilians and called for a quick and transparent investigation. australia as prime minister anthony albany,

easy has criticized israel's explanation for the attack. an australian citizen was among the 7 people killed in the is really strike on the vehicle carrying 8 workers from the world, central kitchen. and yeah, we need to have an accountability for how it could and what isn't good enough. is the stipend so that they might a, including that they ceased jesup, product of war, while the founder of world central kitchen has accused israel of systematically targeting his workers. when it carried out, the strike is really prime minister benjamin this. and now who said the workers were killed, unintentionally. the incident prompted world central kitchen to suspend operations in gasoline, transporting the bodies and aid workers they were killed and then is really air strikes well overseeing the delivery food aid in gaza. the us base and g o

released the names and photos of palestinian australian, british polish, and us canadian staff killed in the attack. the remains of 6 were taken out of gaza to egypt to beaver patriot or to their home countries. the founder of the charity world central kitchen set, the convoy was targeted systematically, one car after the other who they were targeting hands, you know, their confidence on eric months old idea. then knowing that was our team's moving on that route. $77.00 people that they are 7 on top of our lease. so what i know there 192 money dining workers that they've been to over the last 6 months. israel's government said it regrets the incident and promised to insure it would not happen again. but its conduct in the war has come under mounting criticism, not just abroad,

but also at home. tens of thousands have taken to the streets in antique government protest, any guns, a member of israel's 3 man, more cabinet and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose main rival is now calling for new elections to be held later this year. i believe that the, these really society needs to renew its contract because it's leadership and i think the only way to do it and still maintaining the national, the f. 14 fighting come us. and there was group and other secure with the challenges is by having an agreed election date that we have to discuss when and if the early election proposed would have to be backed by the majority of israel's parliament. where families of hostages held in gaza. continued to protest, maybe catch you up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. over 100 people have leaped into the water to escape the burning boat. in the gulf of thailand,

the overnight ferry was headed to the popular tourist destination code. towel of the ty coast. local officials say all $108.00 people on board were rescued and the cause of the place is under investigation. heavy rain has hit parts of china, particularly in the east of the country where extensive water logging is affecting the growth of early rice seedlings. a non province in southern china has also experienced heavy rainfall. rescue workers ongoing. you select that as well, and present nicholas my daughter all has passed the law to effectively. and the b. s. a keybo region of neighboring guy on the before rich region makes up around 2 thirds of guy on his territory. arturo held a controversial referendum in december on the issue. this latest move raises fears the venezuela could now in vain. its name,

your gun is constitutional. cortez rejected have been to overturn one of the world's harshest and t homosexuality laws. legislation passed and may last year criminalizes same sex acts with punishments, including a life in prison and the death penalty. activists say the law violates their constitutional rights, and opponents say they will appear the ruling supreme court authorities in ukraine say about 30 percent of their country is contaminated by russian land mines . unexploded ordnance and other explosives up to a 174000 square kilometers of land are thought to be contaminated, posing a threat to civilian life and making it off limits for farming and other uses. according to a survey by you and all char published last year, mines have been detected in 11 of ukraine's 27 of last, among the most contaminated regions. are nikolai, yes, on the nets and hockey human rights watch points out. the ukrainian forces have

also deployed land binds against russian forces. the area in need of checking and clearing is larger than greece. dw is a abraham travel to would the in northern new crane to meet some of those taking on this dangerous job. a year ago, victoria was training to be a pastry shop. now, the 20 year old is helping clear ukrainian soil from unexploded russian mines is doing so in a northern ukrainian village previously occupied by russia. this work is crucial for life to come back here. one minute which i to but my brother is currently serving in the army for 2 and a half years already. my father was also go to the army, but because of course, he passed the commission but was not draft annually. i also wanted to do my part, so i came to work here, of course with you a little bit. they have

a younger brother, and i would like him to walk on clean land and the course to move. and so would my future children do presumed with me due to the course? victoria says when she 1st swapped her piece tree apron for a metal detector, her mother panic insisting the job was too dangerous, not appropriate for women. but women are taking on new rules all through ukraine replacement, who are at the front line, the who will trust and n g o that works to clear landmines and explosive devices. you see more women wanting to do the job. doing my work. i need a lot of our women and to actually they inspire me because, and many of them like am rims out of the, from fort because they do say previously, absolutely different and to work. so life, for example, the phone was working, making money to sell was, was built for. and this is all it to someone who was working as

a teacher bands. and now they decided that at the moment, maybe we need to fleeing for the last was not far from kia of you yet, who used to work in an office trains new d miners. when you put the to, i'm just delighted when they come the next day and can tell them what i told them yesterday, including the record. that's why i like being an instructor. but we have many women whose husbands are at war and these women are not standing by and crying and not waiting for them or rather, they also take the position that the more we work on this, the sooner we will finish it all with, with the civic income some estimates suggest it could take hundreds of years to clear all of ukraine of landlines. these women are making start. for more on this, i spoke to greg crowder, who use director of programs at the mines advisory group, which helps train ukrainians to spots and remove mines. i asked him to put the

proliferation of minds in ukraine into perspective. yeah, and that's all. thank you for having me and focusing on an important issue. um, you know, there was a period of time with mines you personalize, particularly were being used extensively and a number of civil was around places like i go there. and number the, during the 19 seventy's and eighty's, early ninety's, which led to the, to the, to the mind boundary to you, i was my, was a found a member. and, and since then, we have seen a decreasing the amounts of, of, of unsurpassed, unknown minds to being used in this context. in this world we've, we've, we've, we know that this really an extensive use and assigned to pass that on to tank lines. huge barrier mine fields being late along a very, very long uh, front line and uh, something that will take unfortunately when we compare it to similar line sales, which a much less deep and much less long, but have already taken me or in some cases 10 or 20 years to clear,

we noticed you've kind of taken off a long time to get rid of your organization is helping ukraine with the task of clearing minds. but how do you go about d mining a country that still it war? obviously it's not the only country in which your work, richard, fortunately is still affected by contract. you work closely with the or 4 days with the guy in you know far these to understand where you're able to work. you work in areas which have been previously occupied, which are now been liberated and you work within a security framework that ensures that your staff, aside from the people that you work with the site. we know from other countries, including germany, that unexploded land mines and bombs continued to pose a threat long after the fighting has stopped. how is this likely to affect ukraine's ability to get back on its feet once this war is over? as well as you say,

the mining and the removal of other unexpected ordinances is a long term job. it's about building sustainable, national capacities. it's important to remember that in countries that you mentioned, germany, britain, friends that are still affected by unexploded ordnance throughout institutions which respond to those in the long term. organizations like ourselves, like mag we, we read that to do stuff in a short time to help the immediate pers complete reconstruction. but it is about building sustainable national capacity is be institutions inside your crime himself that could respond to this right? now, there are treaties against using minds. you mentioned that, but not all countries are on board and even those that are don't always respect treaties. ukraine itself to say to be an example. does this not show that treaties anti mind treaties are essentially an effective defined on treaties? been probably the single most effective to solomon treat teeth of that as, but doesn't have to be included into the large scale use of onto personnel. mines

in numerous complex the end to the production of mines. in many, many countries. the enter, the transfer lines and shoes amounts of work has been done in terms of destroying stop files. the um, the use of, of, of anti personnel mines. bye bye bye. russian voice has been well documented jokers . mendota signature to the treaty. um, you know, and, and it does, it does it, does it show that the need to ensure that this kind of truth is universalize the use of these references stigmatized on the people that are signatures respects but conventions. craig, thank you very much for talking with us today. that was great crowder of the mines advisory group, the stories and try one se dozens of people are still missing or stranded following the earthquake on wednesday. it's the strongest earthquake to have hit by wanted 25 years. emergency crews are working to clear roads and security damage buildings. at least 9 people were killed and 1000 injured when the quake struck while the in city

on wednesday morning, dw, correspond to james chase or reports from outside the damage building in orleans city. we've arrived in hall in on taiwan is east coast is the city that has been west the fights. it's by wednesdays of quite a can right now. we're outside one of the buildings which has been, i'm on the west. i'm interested in quality and because of the sounds great, you can see some of the damage is clear to see down here you have rubble from what was that just pulling down and the update. there's some cracks in the walls um, produced by the crate. was there some shopping costs and we were taken on the tool by the fiber gave a few moments ago why he showed us some of the stairwells web. avery is really everywhere, under the conditions inside, remain pretty treacherous on their astray. electric wise everywhere was the pipes for the bus and leaking a water. and so what's happening behind us here is these people residents of this building and the fiber gate is taking them up through the homes floor by full um,

so that they can collect personal belongings, but they're only allowed to collect some ports and belongings. increase the they're not allowed to stay in the building for too long because they're all concerns about the structural integrity of it. and as i mentioned, those best conditions inside the building remain, it pretty treacherous. and that's also our authorities. the saying that people calling to return to this building so far as so many of the people that you see behind to say will be staying in the back to ation shelters or friends homes. and so that's really the story that's emerging from the south quake in taiwan because coming into the city this morning, you really notice the, the impacts of this creek is definitely evidence. you can see the destruction is clear. hey, bed. what's the, what's crucial is that the destruction isn't so, so i'm not really a testament, i think, to the stringent measures that taiwan is pushing, in terms of us quite proofing, building over the past couple of decades. and that's why we've seen this big difference this for you. so number of people that have been killed by the south,

craig buses, the number of people that have been injured, which is now suppose because, you know, berlin's or bavaria might not be the 1st place you'd think of when it comes to elephants. but they could soon be if botswana is president, has his way monk suite c must cc, has threatened to send $20000.00 elements to germany after berlin warren that it might limit the import of hunting trophies. what's one is home to one of the world's largest elephant populations and conservation efforts have caused their numbers to swell to more than a 130000. in recent years, the government has issued a limited number of hunting permits to keep their populations in check and raise money for local towns. present it must easy, told a german newspapers that a band on hunting trophies could impart bridge some months. one ends dw corresponded palmetto rob most who is in the bus one and capitol governor on to

explain why the president is threatening to send so many elephants to germany. that yeah, i agree with you. to 1000 is the low over elephant. i think the president messy says just trust 3, ted. i'm, they have tried to do the news. the side of the web towards just tried to show the rest been well, but this is what you say opinion on the ground business. why we need to, to do it this being by the western world has other ideas. so that's why he's also have a new way of doing it. 1000 other friends what somebody has done so well in terms of close evasion. and we're at this stage because we have be heavy, all these kind of things. we have the dream and the crown with try and, and close out. not only the friends but a lot when life engine river, which is coming to happening in books. and that is waiting for us, and i don't see any reason why it should be stopped. and we have 850000. we have

830000 electrons so you can imagine, i think, right? and i will send these the leading countries when it comes full, ellis, and population in the wild. as those the w correspondence tell, allow ramos, so in the bus one and capital gilbert room. terry martin, thanks for watching the

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