nato has condemned russia for what it called its dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric a day after president putin said moscow would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. ukraine said the move would make belarus a nuclear hostage, destabilise it and strip it of its sovereignty. kyiv is also calling on the united nations for an urgent meeting of the security council. the secretary of the ukrainian national defence council said on twitter that the move was a step towards the internal destabilisation of belarus. and he said the kremlin had taken the country as a nuclear hostage. ukraine says the deployment violates nonproliferation commitments, something mr putin has denied. translation: we have already transferred - to belarus our well known, very effective complex iskander. it can be a delivery vehicle as well. on april 3, we will start training the crews. onjuly 1, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in bel
and he said the kremlin had taken the country as a nuclear hostage. ukraine says the deployment violates nonproliferation commitments, something mr putin has denied. translation: we have already transferred - to belarus our well known, very effective complex iskander. it can be a delivery vehicle as well. on april 3, we will start training the crews. onjuly 1, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in belarus. i m joined from kyiv by our correspondent, hugo bachega. just talk us through what happened. i think what we ve seen since the beginning of the conflict is that president putin and senior russian officials have frequently talked about nuclear weapons and even the possibility of nuclear weapons being used in this conflict and they know that every time the nuclear issue comes up, those remarks spark concerns in some countries, reactions in some nations, there is exactly what we re seeing today and perhaps this the in
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attacked the heart of the brazilian government. those tensions linger and there are questions too about the loyalties of brazil s military in a country with a past history of military dictatorship. president lula confronts many crises at home, including rising inequality, and he wants brazil to play a greater role on the world stage, declaring brazil is back. what can and will he do to rebuild this country? that s global questions, lula s new brazil. applause. and now you join us in this stunning setting of guanabara bay between the sugarloaf mountain and the soaring statue of christ the redeemer. and with me is a panel, a terrific panel of experts and our great local audience who gather here with us to ask some questions. so, let me start by introducing all of you to our panel, and all of those who are watching from home or wherever you are in the world. joao brant is notjust the secretary of digital policies at the ministry of social communications, in president lula s new
embarrassing, pennsylvania democrats elected a dead man. they knew they were doing it. they did it anyway. this would seem to defeat the idea of representative democracy, which is that you vote for people so that they can represent you. but party leaders in pennsylvania were not embarrassed. they were proud, quote: well we are incredibly saddened by the loss of representative tony deluca they said in a statement. we are proud to see the voters show their confidence in him and his commitment to democratic values by reelecting posthumously. in other words, electing a guy who can t possibly represent you is not an offense against democracy, it s the essence of democracy. now, it s not a typo. they put that in a press release and actually makes kind of sense when you remember it was also in the state of pennsylvania that democratic party leaders backed a senate candidate called john fetterman long after he had suffered a massive stroke and could not longer talk or communicate cle