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to get her british citizenship back. we begin in moscow, where chinas top diplomat, wang yi, has met president putin, and reaffirmed their close relationship. the trip to russia by wang yi comes just days before the first anniversary of moscows invasion of ukraine. heres the meeting between the two. during their talks, mr putin said relations between his country and china were "reaching new milestones". he also called on the chinese president xi jinping to visit. earlier, wang yi also ...

At the countries that make up the eastern section of the alliance — as you can see it stretches from estonia in the north to bulgaria in the south. in march nato announced it would double the number of troops stationed in eastern europe — from four battlegroups to eight. and injune, nato said the number of troops on high alert in the area would rise to more than 300,000 — a sevenfold increase. former nato political officer samantha de bendern explains why the so—called bucharest 9 still ...

In the run—up to the b9 summit in bratislava, and the nato summit in vilnius, and about the possibilities to provide further support to ukraine. nato has already scaled up its presence on its eastern lets first look at the countries that make up the eastern section of the alliance — as you can see it stretches from estonia in the north to bulgaria in the south. in march, nato announced it would double the number of troops stationed in eastern europe from four battle groups to eight. and inju...

Germany. so everybody seems to want plausible deniability, no, i didnt hand over this airplane, yeah, were working toward that. its one of those political situations that has operational consequences. >> do you feel like it is reasonable fear because -- i mean, putin is not going to agree to anything. he seems to be using the terminology of escalation. at this point, does it really matter whether putin thinks its the actions of another nation that will escalate matters? because there doesnt seem...

The free nations of europe. >> leland: he also suggested he is in favor of arming ukrainian forces with defensive weapons, something the obama administration saw as a potential provocation to russia. >> shannon: president trump feuding publicly with top republicans. it includes reauthorizing critical flood programs, raising the debt ceiling. funding the government and revamping the tax code. maybe another run at healthcare. how much of that can be thrown into jeopardy as the president continues ...

Ukrainian forces. thats a potential provocation, but there are many provocations. you could have -- there were clashes in this city. im in donetsk. a few days ago between pro-russian civilians, anti-russian, pro-kiev civilians, militias that are post both on the streets. you could have a variety of provocations, not just those few hundred troops that are holding out, that are almost like hostages on their bases in ukraine. although that certainly is a flashpoint. >> yeah, the prospect, imagining...

A few thousand more who have mostly gone home or given up their weapons. then you could have a, you know, a real massacre of the remaining ukrainian forces. thats a potential provocation, but there are many provocations. you could have -- there were clashes in this city. im in donetsk. a few days ago between pro-russian civilians, anti-russian, pro-kiev civilians, militias that are post both on the streets. you could have a variety of provocations, not just those few hundred troops that are hold...

Few hundred people backed up by a few thousand more who have mostly gone home or given up their weapons. then you could have a, you know, a real massacre of the remaining ukrainian forces. thats a potential provocation, but there are many provocations. you could have -- there were clashes in this city. im in donetsk. a few days ago between pro-russian civilians, anti-russian, pro-kiev civilians, militias that are post both on the streets. you could have a variety of provocations, not just those ...