For christian eriksen, who s recovering after a cardiac arrest. Hello and welcome. The last president of the united states openly questioned the value of nato s existence. The current incumbent said if it didn t exist they would have to invent it. President biden has delivered a strikingly more friendly tone towards america s allies in this military organisation, as he attended his first nato summit in belgium as president. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. There s a new sheriff in town, and if nato members could have thrown rose petals in front ofjoe biden s motorcade, they probably would have done. He is resetting the relationship after the hostility of his predecessor. And look at the body language the mock double take. There was the hybrid fist cum elbow bump, and even a jokey hello with turkey s president erdogan. Joe biden likes nato, and nato seems to like him. Let me make it clear. Nato is critically important to us interests, in and of itsself. If there wasn t one,
To a field in south africa. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Hello and welcome. Russia s president vladimir putin has responded to president biden s warning about the threat to the west from russia. Ahead of their meeting on wednesday, mr putin appeared to warn mr biden against taking any quick decisions against moscow. Mr biden once famously called his counterpart a killer, and said nato would respond to any harmful activities by moscow. On monday he described the russian president as bright, tough and a worthy adversary. Nato leaders have made it clear they see russia as the biggest threat. Next president biden will meet vladimir putin one on one. ~. , , will meet vladimir putin one on one. ~. ,. , one. What i conveyed to president one. What i conveyed to president putin, one. What i conveyed to president putin, that. One. What i conveyed to president putin, that i l one. What i conveyed to i president putin, that i am one. What i conveyed to president
To a field in south africa. Diamonds are for everyone. Russia s president vladimir putin has responded to president biden s warning about the threat to the west from russia. Ahead of their meeting on wednesday, mr putin appeared to warn mr biden against taking any quick decisions against moscow. Mr biden once famously called his counterpart a killer and said nato would respond to any harmful activities by moscow. On monday he described the russian president as bright, tough and a worthy adversary. Interviewed by a us tv network, the russian leader laid out some of his expectations for their first encounter. Translation: president biden, of course, translation: president biden, of course. Is translation: president biden, of course, is radically of course, is radically different from mr trump because president biden is a career man. He has spent his entire aduu man. He has spent his entire adult hood in politics. That is adult hood in politics. That is a different kind of person and
To a field in south africa. A very warm welcome to the programme. Vladimir putin says russia s relationship with the us has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. Mr putin made the comments ahead of his meeting withjoe biden on wednesday. The us president is expected to take a tough stance amid warnings at monday s nato summit, that russia remains the biggest security risk to western allies. Courtney bembridge has this report. Nato leaders have made it clear they see russia as the biggest threat. Next, president biden will meet vladimir putin one on one. I shared to their allies that what i ll convey to president putin, that i m not looking for conflict with russia, but that we will respond if russia continues its harmful activities. To which president putin says this. Translation: as far as nato, | i have said on many occasions, this is a cold war relic. It s something that was born in the cold war era. I m not sure why it still continues to exist. Russia was mentioned more