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you re watching a bbc special news report on the nato summit, we ve just been watching their and opening ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance. we ve just heard from the us presidentjoe biden and his last part of his remarks there, he awarded the presidential medal of freedom to jens stoltenberg, the outgoing nato secretary general who will of course be replaced by the dutch prime minister. i mjoined by be replaced by the dutch prime minister. i m joined by barbara starr and here in studio by retired lieutenant general ben hodges of the us army. based on what we just saw there, president biden fitting that presidential medal of freedom onto jens stoltenberg, the highest award that can be honoured in this country. that can be honoured in this count . ., , that can be honoured in this count . . , ., country. certainly, i can t imagine a more well-deserved country. certainly, i can t imagine - a more well-deserved commendation a more well deserved commendatio
common around the world, we have a special report on how people living in pakistan s mega city karachi are struggling to cope. # come on babe, why don t we paint the town # and all thatjazz? and all that jazz indeed! broadway is back, after an 18 month shutdown because of the pandemic. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. a bitter row has broken out in kabul between leaders of the taliban over the make up of the group s new government. senior taliban officials have told the bbc the row involved a strong exchange of words at the presidential palace over who should take credit for the group s victory. co founder mullah abdul ghani baradar is said to believe the emphasis should be placed on the diplomacy carried out by people like him. however, khalil ur rahman haqqani, the minister for refugees, believes credit should be given to those who led the fighting. meanwhile, weeks on from that victory, many women are s
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first summit between president biden and president putin has ended in switzerland. the two leaders held about four hours of talks. topics included, nuclear arms control, opposition figure, alexi navalny, and alleged cyber attacks by moscow. our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. best wishes and goodbye. he says best wishes and goodbye in russian. and with those words, the swiss president left them to it. there was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th century villa, overlooking lake geneva. i m not sure how this is working. in the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. a reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. no comment. the american president was asked whether he trusted vladimir putin. he ap
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and two in the morning in moscow, where russia has said there is room for further dialogue on the ukraine crisis but warned that the us position as set out in a letter to the kremlin, does not meet their security demands. key to what russia will do next is vladimir putin. is he trying to stop the eastward expansion of nato or has he already made up his mind to invade? steve rosenberg reports from moscow. the world is still puzzling to piece together a picture of what vladimir putin is thinking. what he s planning. what are his intentions in ukraine and in europe? russian muscle flexing. ..is one piece of the geopoliticaljigsaw. military exercises and 100,000 russian troops near ukraine s border are fuelling fears of a russian invasion. so are moscow s demands. we just ask our partners in nato countries get out. get out from our borders. get out from post soviet countries, because it