to get her british citizenship back. we begin in moscow, where china s 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 moscow s invasion of ukraine. here s 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 met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, where he said the relationship between the two countries could not be influenced by other nations. let s hear some of what wang yi had to say: translation: i look forward to reaching new agreements. our consultations on strategic security are highly effective between our two countries. they play an important role in strengthening trust and cooperation in a shifting international situation. much is being made of the seating arrangements for president
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 let s 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 injune, nato said the number of troops on high alert in the area would rise to more than 300,000 that s aa sevenfold increase. former nato political officer samantha de bendern explains why the so called bucharest nine still feel vulnerable. these countries are afraid. if you take for instance or even poland, but by the time alliance responds to a potential provocation by britain,