and even switzerland. the country followed much of the west by imposing sanctions and freezing russian assets in february. the swiss president said neutrality doesn't mean being indifferent to aggression. [speaking foreign language] >> why did we take this decision? other democracies must be able to rely on switzerland, states that stand for international law must be able to rely on switzerland and states that uphold human rights must be able to rely on switzerland the federal counsel examined the question of neutrality under this light. playing into the hands of an aggressor is not neutral. >> let's take a look at what neutrality means it broadly means not taking sides in armed conflict between warring countries and abstaining from providing military assistance. countries interpret neutrality differently. for example finland and sweden are more relaxed about their status and describe themselves as nonaligned. whereas neutral countries in europe are bound by the policies of the european union. most countri

on switzerland. stoughton. the federal council examined the question of neutrality under the slight playing into the hands of an aggressor is not neutral, it wound is not. all right, let's take a look at what neutrality means. it broadly means not taking sides. an armed conflict between war and countries and abstaining from providing military assistance, countries interpret neutrality differently. for example, finland and sweden are more relaxed about their status and describe themselves as non aligned. whereas neutral countries in europe are bound by the policies of the european union. most countries declare their neutrality, while some are permanently neutral by either constitutional decree or as part of a previous treaty. during hostilities, a neutral state may repeal change or modify its position. ah, all right, let's bring in our guess. joining us on the line from new delhi, happy mon jacob, associate professor of diplomacy at your how long their role university and founder of the council for strategic and

she came to switzerland 9 years ago to support her family. oh. and the agency, based in the philippines, capital manila organized her travel and put her in contact with the landlady of anyway if costa fished in 1000 francs or some, ah, it depends upon the brushing up the papers because we don't have any i, we don't do anything all are for the agency, we just had to give the initial premium. and after that, if everything is already okay, they arranged everything loaner still paying back the agency and i just get my, her financial situation is precarious, largely because of the amount of rent she pays. but she has little choice, if she lease or in the others want to stay here. they have to pay her. being undocumented in switzerland doesn't just affect accommodation. it's also impossible to have a legal job. all these women are in formal domestic workers. cecilia is akina in this up market apartment. i do our time chance. so i am doing cleaning housekeeping for 4 hours and in the afternoon i have to pick up kids. okay, bring them to from school to h

they wanted the guarantees in writing about the kurds from finland and switzerland on that. president biden given erdogan that yesterday may have something to do with it. the agreement to buy f-16s, upgrade its military. those things could be factors, but we have not heard confirmation. the white house has shied away from taking credit from this. as far as the kremlin, we're seeing rumblings from vladimir putin about the nato expansion, basically saying if nato puts more battle grooups along the finland-russia border, 800 miles long, extends nato's border with russia, putin said if nato is aggressive, in his view, and puts more troops closer to russia, he will respond in kind. we don't know if that's saber rattling or serious that is. hard not to take him serious at this point. but we know his military is bogged down in ukraine, hard to see him wanting to open up other fronts strategically speaking. >> we had fun earlier this week with the g-7 leaders suggesting they go shirtless to spoof vladimir putin's tendency to do that in photos. putin responds saying he thinks that wo

if you look at inflation in switzerland, it is not that huge. they seem to be worried about this global tightening of policy across the world. the swiss franc 1.02. this is one of the coolest thing we do, speaking right behind me in our new zurich bureau, it is all about how thomas jordan, the chair of the snb explains this rate hike which no market was expecting it to hike by this much. he is also saying that this could continue. we will look exactly at the language from the snb and i will bring it back to you, that's our newsroom speaking to the snb right now. we will get those headlines and i will break them on air for you, tom. tom: we talked about the excitement. economists were not expecting a hike, they were not expecting 50 basis points from the snb. there had been previous concerns outlined around the swissie strength. it has moved significantly on the back of this decision by the swiss national bank, the importance of that conversation francine will be having with thomas jordan later today. some prices from central banks just keep jump

as a consequence, it will have to remove the word switzerland from the packaging. and just before we go, a quick reminder, the top business story we're following for you this. our major markets are ending the week on a high with stocks rising and bucking the downward trend of recent weeks. the s and p 500 was up over 5 percent of a similar showing from the bath. and that's it. you're up to date with d. w business, if you want more than you can as always check out our website data dot com slash business. and we're also on youtube to from me and the business team here in berlin . thank you very much for watching and of course have a great weekend to the point. strong opinions, clear positions, international perspective. russian retaliation against western sanctions is driving millions of families world wide to the brink of famine, blockades, event, grain, and gas prices storing is scarcity, proteins, weapon of choice. to look point dw, the secret more between iran on the y side and on the other israel and the united states. why doesn't he ever seem to end? for over 4

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as a consequence, it will have to remove the word switzerland from the packaging. and just before we go, a quick reminder, the top business story we're following for you this our major markets are ending the week on a high with stocks rising and bucking the downward trend of recent weeks. the s and p 500 was up over 5 percent with a similar showing from the bow. and that's it. you're up to date with d w business. if you want more than you can, as always check on our website, delta v dot com slash business, and were also on youtube to from me and the business team here in berlin. thank you very much for watching and of course, have a great weekend. there's no, there are millions of them and some are classified as a potential threat asteroid. and now the good news where save for the next 100 years, how to prevent these minor planets, heating earth in the future. sciences on mckay's tomorrow today on this is where the story of harry potter originated edinburgh. scotland in houston for the in the pony, says mary, to begin. so seems so soon as apprentice. ah, lord volde

this one from norway, from switzerland, austria jack republic, from germany. the visitors from all over the world. come to miguel for a play that is only performed every 10 years because it has been demick. it's now been 12 years. there are no actual actors on the stage. instead, it's the people of miguel themselves. did you see that many men have long hair and beard? business mandatory for everyone who take part in the play? when was the last time at the head dresser? for christmas 2026, that's english 0 and the year it's been rather of jesus or 3 years ago for 2 years ago. i saved money because i haven't cut my hair for ages or i trimmed it 3 years ago. but based on your role here, i don't. the temple guard been preached a me who play a high priest to condense. jesus, people have a nice was done, but we're head. it's been, i know i'm one of the 2 people playing jesus, jericho and reservation. so there are 2 jesus that we double up on the main roles to jesus is to mary's to conscious pilot. can i take a healthy with jesus, or anyone who was born obama golf, o

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wrapped up their preparations for the home european championships with a convincing 4—0 win away to switzerland. all eyes now to the tournament opener next week at old trafford against austria. jo currie watched the match for us in zurich. the science of been good for england going into the euros, 30 matches and beaten with just one more challenge to go. in this area, fans took the chance to see their teams in action were more time before waving the mall. the players had one last chance to take a claim for starting place. perhaps it was the heap of both sides made a sluggish start. testing this was keeper, that is saying a lackluster first 45 minutes. in front of a record cloud ofjust 10,000, minutes. in front of a record cloud ofjust10,000, they started the second half better, finally finding a breakthrough with the highball and russo with the header. it took a penalty for england to score again and lauren had a cracking english effort in the aspartate. stepping up to put the ball away. england claimed the line and third moments later and started to ramp up the pace before substitute jill scot

the whisper brake has been the standard for years in switzerland. but for some people here, that doesn't go far enough. at this factory sight, just over the board room, the northern italian town of boost alicio. thousands of we'll set a service repaired and stored. here work is underway to further improve the interplay of wheel and brake solution. disc brakes for freight trains. director leonardo for go explains people toyota device. how does that work and left breaking the carriages with the latest innovation. well, now we've got a set of wheels, but with an access it has to disc brakes on there and the carriage brakes on these desks with the brake pads need the the blanks beleaguered. the described wheel is currently the best. and above all the quietest available on the market. this is because the wheel isn't break on the trade by a brake block, but on the extra disks is gentle on the wheels, keeping them smooth. with disc brakes, noise is reduced by another 30 to 40 percent compared with the so called whisper break. the following simulation shows

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we got on the telephone and call the leader of switzerland, switzerland, my goodness, i'm getting really anxious year about expanding nato. of sweden. and what happened was we got on the phone and she asked if she could come the next day to want to talk about joining nato. allies across the board are stepping up. increasing defense spending, a majority of them are on track for the first time to exceed our 2% of gdp commitment that they make. they agreed to spend 2% of the gdp on defense. look, for example, germany, germany has committed to spending 2% going forward and announced a special fund towards military of more than $100 billion. slovakia, the czech republic and the netherlands have announced they will also meet their 2% commitments. poland, romania, estonia, latvia, let the when you are doing 2.5%, some s.i.s. 3%. together to deploy more assets and capabilities to bolster our alliances across all domains, land, air, sea, cyber, and space. we reaffirm that our article v commitment is sacred, and an attack on one is an attack on all, and we will defend every inch of nato territory.

you met with policy makers understand in both countries, switzerland and germany. did they give you assurances that ukraine will keep getting the support it's asking for? yes, on like a level of see dislike for eyeball on the level of t feel like i'm the guess we have to communicate and i know that 55 percent in germany are for to claim and speak for me a lot. please tell to crania people in the chair months report ukraine, and we actually me on our government, especially shawn to be in december 1st, some exec be done give can can give refund through crane because we does not have to provide to reach can send some sick lays it's a lot of people who are really understand the value of google chrissy piece at man and to read or really fill it in fryeburg especially me and to speak with us what we can help you create like real like gentleman's give money for madison school books and stuff because this i can reconsider my facebook, but i can i speak to that. you can write collector to sean, see you can make but these 2 fronts and governments must hair over in society. t

yes. fact that switzerland has opted for its first rise in 50 years.— its first rise in 50 years. yes, and the bank of _ its first rise in 50 years. yes, and the bank of england _ its first rise in 50 years. yes, and the bank of england with - its first rise in 50 years. yes, and the bank of england with its - its first rise in 50 years. yes, and the bank of england with its fifth | the bank of england with its fifth consecutive increase in interest rates as it effectively tries to put the lid on inflation that we are seeing across the world but especially in the uk, fuelling that cost—of—living crisis, rising to 11% compared to 10% previously. just trying to take some heat out of the economy — but by doing so, they will aggravate the cost—of—living crisis because that means mortgage payments will go up. but by not trying to tip the country into a recession but bring that inflation down to 2.5% target — it's a very difficultjob for the governor. d0 target - it's a very difficult “ob for the governor.�* for the governor. do you think --eole for the governor. do you

we got the telephone issue just to recall the leader of self, switzerland switching. my good, my goodness, i'm, i'm getting really anxious here about expanding nato or sweden. i mean, while in madrid, thousands of people have it again taken to the streets to protest against nato. as the city hosts a summit of the west and military block. this year, spain is mocking the 40th anniversary of a succession to nato. a summit has been dominated by the ukraine conflict on the alliance is f as to provide more weaponry to key as the masses of processes. however, have spoken out against the expenditures, arguing that nato is no source of peace, as they call for spain to withdraw from the blog. when early i discussed the issue with a panel of guests who expressed a range of views about how the situation could potentially unfold. does it now look like the world is thinking into a new cold war which could involve even more countries than in the 20th century? well, the goal was already day. in fact, in some ways it is. well, our goal was because during the cold war, there was an eff

issues in ukraine, by, by, by russia we got the telephone, he suggested we call the leader of south switzerland switching. my good, my goodness, i'm, i'm getting really anxious here about expanding nato sweeten. meanwhile, in madrid, thousands of people again taken to the streets to protest against nato as the city hosts the summit of the west military block. this year, spain is mocking the 40th anniversary. the accession to nato senate has been dominated by the claim, conflicts, and the alliance presented to provide more weapon to the masses. the protest this, however, i've spoken out against the expenditures, arguing that nature with no no sort of pace is a pool sustained to withdraw from the purchase on. foreign minister hazards western countries to lift the sanctions on afghanistan, where millions of people are on the verge of thumb. and that's how the bonds return to power last year lead to the abrupt end of foreign financial aid. despite the us previously working as a massive some do and gets occupation of afghanistan, how is it that 3 trillion dollars was spent on the war? but today ther

it is one of two daughters born last month in western switzerland as part of a programme to preserve the endangered species. 0ne part of a programme to preserve the endangered species. one is black, like its parents, and the other albino. azusos it is the other albino. azusos it is the first time in the world and albino tortoise habits been born in captivity. —— these uses. it is no albino individuals have been seen in the wild and the sex is as yet unknown. that is just about it from me for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey. more news on our website. from me and the rest of the team, thanks for watching anh do stay tuned right here to bbc news. —— and do stay tuned. well, friday was the warmest day of the year for wales and for scotland. not elsewhere in the uk. in fact, over the next couple of days, we'll see increasing amounts of cloud and the possibility of downpours and thunderstorms. and we've been advertising this for days, thisjubilee bank holiday weekend will be a very mixed one for some of us. and the shower clouds keep on drifting in from the south.

it's one of two tortoises born last month at the tropi—quarium in western switzerland as part of a programme to preserve the endangered species. one is black like its parents and the other albino. the zoo says it's the first time in the world that an albino tortoise has been born in captivity. it says no albino individuals have ever been seen in the wild. its sex isn't yet known. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc nuala. well, friday was the warmest day of the year for wales and for scotland. not elsewhere in the uk. in fact, over the next couple of days, we'll see increasing amounts of cloud and the possibility of downpours and thunderstorms. and we've been advertising this for days, thisjubilee bank holiday weekend will be a very mixed one for some of us. and the shower clouds keep on drifting in from the south. so, through the early hours of the morning, i think it's south—western portions of the uk, but all along the south coast, there is a chance of downpours, perhaps thunder and lightning. some of these downpours could drift a little bit further north into the midlands, but ma

the conviction for which can be punishable in switzerland, with up to 5 years in prison. finally, to one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, the class who folds on the border between argentina and brazil. a fully reopened to day after being partially closed due to flooding from heavy rain. so once again, tourists will be able to see all $275.00 waterfalls, including the main attraction known as the devil's throat. and reminder about top stories. russia says its forces have taken all residential areas of east and ukrainian city of federal bennett's. and now have almost total control of half of the dumbass reject brushes, foreign minister is in turkey to discuss a deal to unblock ukrainian grain exports. millions of tons of wheat, $10.00 food stamps are unable to leave blank. c o, it's threatening a global food crisis. up ex, close up i bank is all and back next out of i ah, [000:00:00;00] with who when the sea steams up in the arctic ocean, marine biologists are researching under water climate change. the changes on not just a warning sign. rising water temperatures are becoming an

s. president, but a little too carried away with his geography, mistaking switzerland for sweden by to know so doesn't seem to show about who's actually fighting, who and ukraine. we're going to stick with ukraine and all of the allies to stick with ukraine, as long as it takes to in fact, make sure that they are not defeated by, by ukraine, an issue in the ukraine, by, by russia, regardless telephony suggest to recall the leader of self, switzerland, switching, my good, my goodness, i'm, i'm getting really anxious here about expanding nato or sweden. i mean, while in madrid, thousands of people have it again taken to the streets to protest against nato. as the city hosts the summit of the west and military block. this year, spain is mocking the 40th anniversary of a succession to nato. a summit has been dominated by the ukraine conflict on the alliance is f as to provide more weaponry to key as the masses of processes. however, have spoken out against the expenditures, arguing that nato is no source of peace, as they call for spain to withdraw from the blog. when early i discuss the i

s. president has got a little too carried away with his geography. mistaken sweden for switzerland. the by that also doesn't seem to show about who's actually fighting, who in ukraine we're going to stick with ukraine and all of the allies who stick with ukraine as long as it takes to in fact, make sure that they are not defeated by, by ukraine. in ukraine, by, by, by russia regarding the telephone, you suggest to recall the leader of self switzerland. switch on my good. my goodness, i'm, i'm getting really anxious here about expanding nato or sweden. the queen energy plans, her face a fresh backlash in the netherlands, where farmers have blocked highways with tractors to protest against the government pledge to reign and pollution emissions. no more than $40000.00 farmers cause traffic chaos around the country. last week. some of them lit fires outside town halls and guns menu on the streets to protest against the government's decision. such officials have mandated a reduction of pollution in rural areas which could cause farmers to reduce their livestock government ministers at th

s. president has told linda to carried away with his geography, mistaking switzerland for sweden bite. and also it doesn't seem to show about who's actually fighting human ukraine. we're going to stick with ukraine and all of the allies to stick with ukraine, as long as it takes to in fact, make sure that they are not defeated by, by ukraine. an issue in ukraine by, by russia, regardless telephony suggest to recall the leader of self, switzerland switching. my good, my goodness, i'm, i'm getting really anxious here about expanding nato or sweden across in libya where a power struggle shows no signs of a base hang more than a decade off the nato bones of the country. are you an advisor to tripoli has apparently offered the oil, which nation to trade its main export for free elections know highly. we are working together with the international community to create a temporary financial mechanism to manage libby as huge oil revenues. why is this necessary? because as long as there is no movement towards elections, as long as there is unlimited income from oil, the struggle for executive p

some pretty cool artwork from switzerland. this is the art world's leading their including cockroaches, a collection of hairpieces and some unique installations, you would expect that, 200 leading galleries and 4,000 artists will be presenting their work in and around the base of this year, and in spite of inflation and the war in ukraine art industry experts are confident this year's edition of the accho in switzerland will not see a decline in sales. —— accho. challenges facing people economically well be something we will talk about in the business coming up, what is dominating, the world's most powerful central bank will wrap up powerful central bank will wrap up its two—day meeting and many expecting quite a significant height cost of borrowing. so do take a look at our business page to keep up—to—date on all the latest business news but it also has the latest on what is happening globally we mention the top story which is the situation with regards to rwanda, the asylum flight that was cancelled at the very las

the area known of switzerland's version of monte carlo. her daughter, just a little girl when gary triano died, was now a college student there. we discovered pam phillips living in a 5000 dollar a month apartment. and she had made a new friend. a well heeled widower, for whom she would often dine overlooking the lake at this five star hotel. maybe it's proof, that if you do enough shopping, sometimes you find exactly what you are looking for. >> just basically living the very affluent lifestyle she didn't need to work, apparently >> back in pam phillips's former country of residence, and november, 2009. three of gary triano's children won their wrongful death lawsuit against pam phillips. a judge ordered her to pay them $10 million. but gary triano's friends and family wondered, would they ever see pam phillips returned to the united states to face charges? because, by then, detective james gamber had learned pam was no longer in switzerland. >> and it's like i told heather, i said pam has disappeared. we don't know where she is anymore s

they are still in switzerland. one element of certainty, when everything still feels up in the air, i don't know what i'm going to expect to morrow because like, yesterday we got some students in the queue. good bonding, p o, i don't know. i'm not planning muffin. i'm just leaving by one day right now. and yet as he mixes cocktails again, he is making plans. he wants to offer up a return is drinks and sitting outside on the terrace this summer. ah, columbia is considered to have some of the world's leading expertise in clearing land mines. now it's engineers are training, ukrainian soldiers 2nd lieutenants and gone, saw the love. this is getting ready for a new training session. he's an instructor at the international demanding center, a colombian army institution that provides training for national and foreign troops, including explosive devices. according to that, un, columbia has the 2nd highest numbering landmines victims in the world. this is the result of more than 60 years of internal strife between the arme

we got the telephony suggested, we call the leader of some of switzerland, switzerland. my good, my goodness, i'm, i'm getting really anxious here about expanding nato, a sweden. and what happened was we got in the foreign cheeks asked that she could come the next day to want to talk about joining nato. allies across the board are stepping up, increasing defense spending. a majority of them are on track for the 1st time to exceed are 2 percent of g d p commitment that they make. they agree to spend 2 percent of the g d p on defense look, for example germany. germany is committed to spending 2 percent going forward and announced a special fund for its military of more than $100000000000.00. slovakia, the czech republic and the netherlands, have announced they will all so many 30 percent commitment. paula romania, estonia, latvia. lithuania are doing more than 2.5 percent, some as high as 3 percent together. deploy more assets and capabilities to bolster our alliances across all domains. land air, c, cyber and space rear. we've reaffirm that our article 5 commitment is sac