Nato boss calls for unity after Russia-China joint statement

Nato's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said the alliance needs to stand together after Russia and China signed a joint statement on Friday promising closer cooperation. President Xi Jinping has joined his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in calling for an end to Nato expansion.

Also today: Does the West need to rethink its approach to Eastern Europe? And we'll hear from the director of the Kosovo war film in the running for an Oscar this year.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss the stories of the day, our two guests: Eunice Goes is a Portuguese-born professor of politics at Richmond University in the UK. Vladislav Zubok is a Russian-born professor of international history at London School of Economics.

(Photo: Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a joint press conference at the end of a meeting at the Nato headquarters in Brussels, January 2022. Credit: EPA/Stephanie Lecocq)