hello and welcome to switzerland. i m in the town of chateau d oex. it s known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival, held in the valley behind me every winter. but let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal network was first built by the aztecs. it stretches 180 kilometres and these days the whole district, and these days, the whole district of xochimilco is a unesco world heritage site, but one that could do with a bit of a clean up. we sent eva zu beck there to find out why. check out all these amazing boats, they re so colourful. these are called trajineras. i was honestly expecting to go on a quiet little boat ride, but this place is a realfiesta. we re stuck in a trafficjam of like ten different boats, tourist boats, shop boats. the moment you leave behind the super busy embarcaderos of xochimilco, it feels like you enter a completely different world. there s so much wildlife here, so much greenery. it
there was a time, before the war in ukraine, when europe thought about its place in the world, and how it could become less dependent on the united states. as washington turned inwards, and administrations refocused us foreign policy towards asia, france and germany talked about the need for strategic autonomy . but today in warsaw, at a meeting of the bucharest 9, it was the american president sat at the head of the table. all nine members of this group were part of the former soviet union or the defunct warsaw pact. the commitment of the united states to nato, i ve said it too many times, i ll say it again, is absolutely clear. article five is a sacred commitment the united states has made. we will defend literally every inch of nato, every inch of nato. and this is an important moment. i look forward to the discussion, the next steps we can take together and to keep our alliance strong and to further deter aggression. because what literally is at stake is notjust ukraine,
radio presenterjenny kleeman, and kate ferguson, who s deputy political editor of the sun. hello to you both. the front pages. the uk s new defence pacts with sweden and finland make the front page of the telegraph, which says britain would help them fight the russians in case of any invasion. alongside is a picture of borisjohnson and his swedish counterpart, taking to the water after signing their pact. a picture of them putting pen to paper is in the financial times, which leads with the eu vowing to retaliate if the uk rips up the post brexit trade deal for northern ireland. the paper sastoe biden is trying to mediate any dispute. a dramatic front page from the guardian the paper claims oil and gas companies are planning scores of new projects that could trigger a climate catastrophe , driving global temperatures past agreed limits. the i claims number ten wants to speed up new measures to tackle the rising cost of living, but the treasury is resisting any further gove
The us President Joe Biden has arrived in israel. This was always a diplomatically risky visit a us president arriving in the middle of a fast paced war but his role here and what he can hope to achieve today has been hugely complicated by the devastating deaths last night of hundreds of civilians in gaza in an explosion in an overcrowded hospital. That has raised a number of People Killed since hamas attacked to 3,500, according to Palestinian Health minister. President biden has been meeting Benjamin Netanyahu. The two leaders made these comments before going into closed door talks. I want to thank you for coming here today and for the unequivocal support have given israel during these trying times. Support that reflects the overwhelming will of the american people. I have seen your support everyday and the depth and breadth of cooperation that we have had since the beginning of this work. 11 of cooperation that is truly unprecedented in the history of the Great Alliance between orig