the, the, this is the, the we news long from berlin, the kremlin rams up the rhetoric warning the russia and nato are now in direct confrontation over ukraine. the statement comes as needle marks and 75th anniversary. leaders are calling for more assistance for keeps saying, it's an investment in nato's own security. also coming out where age grow is over. israel sadly attack on a workers and gaza banjo world central kitchen is demanding an independent investigation to the strikes that killed 7 of a staff. first. the groups founder says they were deliberately target and brazil in columbia and make major progress in the fight against tropical forest

destruction. but researchers say, despite their games elsewhere, things are not so good. the article fairly, it's good to have you with us. we've been getting a shell with fresh criticism from the kremlin. moscow says relations between russia and nato have reached the level of quote, direct confrontation due to the alliance is enlargement and recent years. and it's military support for ukraine. the comments come on the day, the north atlantic treaty organization celebrates of 75th anniversary and brussel. nato allies have a balance of keeps supporting your brains fight against russia's invasion. the lines is weighing a plan to provide long term support for ukraine. that as a task currently shouldered by individual member states, a mate. so it's 75,

but things sounds getting any easier with age, despite the fact that the alliance is facing huge challenges from the threat posed by rush or a new crane and beyond to a potential of 2nd, donald trump presidency in the united states. from the nato critic, the alliances hedge stress, the need for united stand europe needs america for its security. at the same time, north america also needs europe to head off the trump threat stokes and bags to dress may 10 members could separate 150 on the right funds to provide a big slice of minutes. we a to ukraine over the next 5 years. he also says nato should have a more direct role in delivering that side. a change from the current set up where the us and loan is largely responsible. h u n u s. foreign minister told d w that should happen whoever the next us president is because people are saying,

you know, that we need to take this, this step part of this measure because of the election. i don't think that it's it's, it's right because it, if i read in a position, so i think it's best to have a different concept in mind. you know, we do what's right. we do what is needed for nato security. we do what's needed for ukraine, security and ukraine spectrum. russia has intensified. it's me saw a tax on ukraine in recent weeks with the war now into its 3rd year, ukraine's foreign minister says what the country really needs is more air defense systems from the west. i don't want to spoil the party, but of course my message is a birthday party, but my main main main message today will be better because saving you creating a live savings for an economy, saving, cleaning, and seduce defense on the availability of categories and other air defense systems seem ukraine and we're talking about petra's because it's still in the system that can intercept ballistic missiles. western allies have been hesitant on this point,

but the ukraine that would be cause for the biggest celebration of all our correspondents, terry schultz has been following the nato gathering at the headquarters in brussels . the needle would have wanted to celebrate its 75th anniversary. the most successful military alliance in history, but the world is just too difficult at the moment. there were some allies who wanted to talk about how happy they are with where they are now compared to where they were. when anita was founded, like police foreign minister, roddic sikorsky, who said that in 1949 when nato was created, his country got trapped. he said on the wrong side of the iron curtain, stuck there for the cold war before being offered nato's membership. in the 1st round of enlargement in 1999. but despite the marching band and cake, it would have been impossible to be very festive here when you have ukrainian for administered to mutual cuba coming and saying, you know, natal all the best on your birthday. but my people are being slaughtered by russian

missiles and we really need you to come up with some air defense and all l. i certainly understand his position and want to do more to help your secretary general stalls and bring did have some new contributions to announce that this meeting. germany said it would come up with 600000000 more euros for a check, let initiative to get more munition for ukraine. the u. k said it would give 10000 more drones fil, instead, it would be a providing a package of a 180000000 more your rows. but there's another shadow hanging over the alliance as well. and that is concerned that the us will not be the same partner in the future that it has been the past to 75 years. and that may be regardless of whether donald trump regains the white house. this is something you hear throughout nato's features. stilton berg, constantly reminding that nato allies are spending more on their defense. and with a new proposal for a 100000000000 euro package for ukraine, that they would be doing more to support ukraine as well. so while the alliance can

certainly be proud of its longevity for the last 75 years, it is going to have difficult days ahead between now and it's next door. thank. as does, terry schultz reporting to israel. now, the government there says approved into the strong that killed 78 workers and gaza earlier this week has been completed and will be made public soon. spokesperson for the israel defense forces rear. admiral daniel, regardless of the initial report, has already been handed over to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel said it will make the report public after presenting it to the ambassadors of the victims home countries. meanwhile, the white house, as president joe biden has told him that in yeah, an immediate cease fire is essential and urged him to reach a deal. on wednesday, the remains of 6 of the 7 world central kitchen. 8 workers arrived in egypt from where they will be repatriated to their home countries. transporting the bodies in

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, they 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 a 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 and 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 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 me take

a look now at some of the stories making news around the world today, a denmark has closed the air space and shipping traffic in one of the world's busy ceilings due to a faulty missile launcher. the incident happened during the naval exercise and the great belt street, the main maritime access to the baltic. sea authorities said the phone to launcher, couldn't be deactivated, and warned of a risk of following the south fragments. south african police of arrested its former parliament speaker as part of the corruption investigation. nothing even more peace on the coolest step down and speaker on wednesday, she is accused of taking several large brides from a former military contractor. while she was defense minister. those charges are being denied fire. taiwanese rescuers are working to reach people trapped after wednesday's or quake. as a massive clean up operation begins, at least 10 people were killed and over a 1000 injured and the magnitude 7.4 quake,

it was the islands worst. earthquake in a quarter of a century, experts say brazil and columbia experienced a remarkable decrease in primary forest loss in 20222023 deforestation in brazil dropped by 3rd and by almost half in columbia. according to new report from the non profit world resources institute, but tropical forests are still being destroyed with the equivalent of around 10 football field last, every minutes in 2023. 3 last is still a huge problem in the amazon reinforce to region considered a key asset in the fight against climate change. and for more on this, i can now speak to mikaela wise. she is the director of global forest watch at the world resources institute mckayla. welcome. now let's start with the positive news,

deforestation dropping so essentially in brazil and in columbia to countries that saw quite drastic changes in political leadership recently. what can others learn from those 2 examples? right, well, as you know, that both of those countries have seen new administrations in the past year to. and they have really put an emphasis on protecting for us and putting a lot of commitment and political will behind actually reducing for us loss. and so that's something that we're hoping that other countries can take into account as well and, and really get some hope from the fact that, you know, when leadership puts their minds to solve this problem, it actually is possible to make a dent me. so where there is a will, there is a way, but it's not all good news. you said the world was taking 2 steps forward and 2 steps back. what does that mean in practical terms? yeah, unfortunately, even despite those decreases in primary for us laws, we're still just seeing this very stubbornly, high rate of forest loss across the tropics as a whole. so you know,

those decreases are being counteracted by increases in countries like bolivia, nicaragua allows and others have not managed the same success as brazil in columbia . so what are the main factors driving what you called stubbornly high deforestation rates then? yeah, it really depends on different regions, but we see i have a cultural expansion as a major factor, especially for exports and other commodities and also fire. so we're starting to see an increase in cheek over loss due to fire. we saw a big spike in canada this year, but also in bolivia and other countries and just kind of underscores the difficulty of managing. on the one hand, the man made problem of, of deforestation of people cutting down trees. but also the impacts of climate change on our for us. how does your organization monitor deforestation? yeah, so we are working with our partners at the university of maryland and other universities

to use satellite images to track what is changing. and that's really important because it allows us to get a consistent view across all of the worlds for us and really understand what's happening in as much detail as possible. just you know, to, to get the bigger picture. we talk about climate change and, and for us, especially the amazon being instrumental in kind of mitigating the efforts of human made a global warming. why is it so important to conserve our for it? yeah. well, speaking of climate change, you know, for us hold a really interesting position. they can be a source of carbon emissions. so when trees are cut down or burns, they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. but on the other side, they can also be part of the solution when they're left to stand, they can actually absorb that carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. and so it's really important that, you know, of course we're, we're stopping to cut down and burn our for us,

but also keeps standing. the ones we have and planting new trees for that's appropriate. yeah, i would like to know how big of an of an impact, reforestation effort is that we're seeing around the globe can actually have on the, the effects of, of deforestation. yeah. no, certainly reforestation is important in areas that have already been degraded. but you know, when we're talking about replacing a, a long lives primary forest with a new area of tree planting, you know, those are not really equivalent. and it's going to take decades or even centuries to get to that same level of imports in terms of the buy diversity and the carbon at the same time. you know, that is a really important factor. and we also see a lot of importance of restoration to people's livelihoods, right, and be able to actually have a better value and better ecosystem services as a result of those newly planted trees, those mckayla wines of global forest watch. thank you so much. thank you. and

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