previews the nights and every scenario for them around would use hundreds of missiles, drawings and attempts to saturate and penetrate their defenses. and of course the gulf states are not as capable as as well. and they would more likely than not, not receive the level of western support. that is why it has received an order to intercept such an attack. so for them, there is a lot of reason and a lot of calls for anxiety. and i think what they would like to see is a very rapid de escalation of the situation. and that was, i'm at least want us to research our house on a house, on speaking to us earlier on now to the days 2nd, a big story. the was largest democratic election has kicked off as people in india heads to the poles, voting for what is called the looks of. uh, that's the new house of parliament. will you continue onto the 1st of june, nearly a 1000000000 eligible voters up and down the country with costs their ballots in a total of 7 phases. the whole thing is to get to give election officials and

security personnel. time to move around the country feminist and the engine will be seeking a 3rd time in office full suggest he and his team do next time is peter p on course to win another landslide, adored by his supporters. some indian say his policies have bred intelligence and touch them in the secular roots. the leaders should be authoritative. the solution we're talking about is the icon of the century relation, jesus celebrity, not just for indians, but for the whole world. and it goes to india's prime minister to read the movie that's his riley in the holy town for she cage of the volumes about the popularity of a bad promises that they can do to avenue what heights has become and does most

popular lead in decades. my promoting people and i don't as the as essentially a new nation. the prime minister kicked off his re election campaign in january this year by fulfilling one of his biggest promises building a grand temple in the northern city of or you'd help it's dedicated to low drum. one of the most viewed duties in hindu is of the temple was built on the ruins of the 16th century, most a long standing sight of contention between hindus and muslims, which was ultimately handed over to the former by the supreme court of india. in 2019 lord drum is the faithful thing. the drum is the foundation of india. the drum is the idea offering the drum is the legislation of india on.

although the indian constitution separates religion from politics, movie is increasingly seen taking the role of a priest spear heading him through state barely a week off to the grand opening of the rom temple. and are you still a 600 year old mosque that stood here in delhi was raised to the ground, or thirty's, ordered it's demolition, calling it, and the legal struck to move some money used to worship him. he says to demolition sense, a queue to india as minorities. the message is that this country is a little too much thing. they want us to leave as a 2nd class. it is. this is a message. will these global, the section is starkly different internationally. he's widely regarded as a champion of shared democratic values i made it's on and in the last summer he received standing ovations in the us congress followed by

a state the now posted in his phone toes to our partnership, to our people, to the possibilities of live had to great friends to great nations and to great powers chairs on monday, the up in general, western democracies have ruled out the red carpet for him. movie represents the worlds fastest growing major economy with huge potential before the investment. and india is seen as an important come to wait to china. the g 20 summit in delhi das september was also an idea of the platform for movie to showcase india as a leading voice for the globe. and so i hadn't got to make any a man of many images of carriers, magic performer abroad and the tons of each of naturalist at home to now his future as india, as a prime minister. nice in the hands of 970000000. again,

notice decide if they want him to continue leading the was largest democracy and that's it from it. and some of these might be predicted to with these elections, even though he's criticized by opponents of his a divisive politics. we all stayed up lose any ability of summed up pay this one if this was a done deal, are never on the estimate, the indian voters. but i think it's hard to say that the better question would be, how big is the majority of prime minister? i'm already going to be very few people here doubt that he's going to win a sec consecutive term. but the question of the march and office majority, that is really at the center of attention, we get the 400 seats and parliament that this watch as part of the be j. p once or is the raw. the fractured and weak weekly, appearing a position in a position to just snatch away a few of those seats. and it was making sure that there will be better checks and

balances in parliament. that is really what the debate here in this country is about particular of also accused by minister multi of device and politics. is that playing a role in this election? it does play a role. it does play a role with for certain sections of the population. the mostly minority, for instance, it's by and large 14 percent of the indian population for them. that is a very real threat as well as for the christians. so they feel they could be further relegated to a 2nd class citizens and those vast country. but if you look at the majority of the population that the majority is 80 percent can do for them, the message of prime minister and the random modi resonates making hinduism. a cornerstone of his politics making handle culture according to stowing office politics and combining that with the promise of economic development. moody has given the guarantee he's really attaching my guarantee. us your prime minister to

a lot of his policy making and saying, look, 52247. i would like to take this country to the club of the vandals nations, and that will be the year 2047. when india has a break, a 100 years of independence, and that prompts that promise office that resonates with a lot of indians. they believe that he can be, in fact, be the person that makes sure that their lives quality is improving, that there will be development for them and that they can feel it in their pockets . so are those the main concerns on what those mines as they have to the polls? or i think if you ask around to you whether your in the countryside or in the capital daily, most vote us are concerned about high rates of unemployment, especially youngsters are affected. millions of young indians point to the labor market each year without being absorbed. so they are restless, they're waiting for an answer to this. and then also india as

a country of high inflation. people see that in the markets every day when they buy audience or tomatoes. so they would like that to be addressed as well. the economic problem is in the us development, that is very much at the heart of this election and vips, this would probably be also a deal breaker for either pregnant. it's done around remo due whether they follow his vision of a future india or the promise of the opposition who is at the moment most focusing on the debate about the future of democracy. the future of secularism as to main would call. we go back to that story in a moment, but let's take you to the tiny lot of pre, reggie 7 foreign ministers have been meeting over the past 2 days. we have anthony link in the us that could be a state not addressing the press right now, and that's just an entity. but also the remark, the leadership as the g 7 is in many ways a steering committee for the world's most advanced democracies. and we emerge from this meeting of foreign ministers more united than ever more united and facing

critical challenges that lie before the international community. including reference aggression against refrain, the conflict in the middle east end as well. uh, the importance of sustaining supporting a free help in the pacific. these and many other subjects with the focus of our conversations over the last 2 days, which i found to be extremely productive. and again, what strikes me the most? and if you can really see this over the last 3 years, is the extraordinary conversions in our approaches to these challenges convergence between the united states, europe, major partners in asia. let me touch on some of the most important things that we discussed and concluded over these past couple of days. and of course i'll come, i commend to you the statement that we put out or will soon be out on the part of the entire g 7. first, the g 7 condemn the unprecedented ronnie. an attack on israel,

unprecedented in scope and scale since including ballistic missiles, were committed to israel security were also committed to de escalate to trying to bring this tension to a to a close. so you saw as well, where you'll see soon in the g 7 statement, a commitment to hold around to account, to account for its the stabilizing activities. holding into account by a degrading it's missile and drone capabilities. and yesterday, the united states announced additional sanctions on the wrong or targeting you are the programs, the steel industry companies that are associated with the i already see the ministry of defense and its armed forces. logistics. the g 7 statement makes clear that g 7 countries will adopt additional sanctions or other measures in the days

ahead. even as we've been dealing with the conflict in the middle east and again, the unprecedented attack by iran and israel, we've remained intensely focused on gaza. we urge the rapid implementation of israel's united train assistants commitments more aid crossings better the confliction better distribution of the assistance to also need it. we've seen important steps over the last couple of weeks with more crossings. opening more a getting in more a getting around. but we need to see sustain results, and we need in particular to make sure that there is distribution throughout garza . we also focused on the imperative of getting to a cease fire with the release of hostages such as cease fire would facilitate the dramatic expansion, the medicaid assistance. it would also look guys and return to the north. those

have been displaced from the north. the only thing the only thing standing between the guys and people tennessee fire is i'm us. it's rejected generous proposals from israel. it seems more interested in original conflict than it is in a cease fire that would immediately improve the lives of the past and people. it continues to move the goal posts and the world needs to know. and he's understand again that the only thing standing between disease, fire and causing people is from us of the g 7 is also very clear in its fun, wavering support for you. frank. faced with aggression from russia, put and thinks that he can out what you frame. and i'll wait, you find supporters. the message coming out of to free is he kept every g 7 members, making extraordinary contributions to ukraine's defense. and as i said before, this is the best burden sharing that i've ever seen across the atlantic in more

than 30 years and being engaged in these issues with europe as well as asian partners picking up more than their share below. um i want to particularly recognise prime minister maloney for her leadership or decisive leadership. so we can see 2 things right now. together we are helping to put your brain on a long term path where it will stand strongly on its own 2 feet militarily. economically its democratic, more than now, 30 countries are engaged in negotiating and some of the concluded negotiations with ukraine on security packs. and together with what i am convinced will emerge from the nato summit. you can see ukraine effectively building a force for the future. one, the can to, to regression and defeated as necessary. working to drive private sector investment into your brain and also help develop its own defense industrial base in ways that will provide for a strong, enduring economy. and of course, now that the,

the accession past the us open, that will help you frame the proof it's democracy. but even as we're doing all of that, we heard clearly from pharmaceutical labor that it's imperative that in this moment you can get more resources that it needs to deal with the ongoing russian aggression. it needs more air defense. these warranty additions, these more tailoring the allies in partners including the g 7 countries, are committed to delivering on that. we discussed steps to provide more assistance, more mediately to, to ukraine. we also discussed ways to protect and help restore its energy great, which russia has sought to designate. and here again, i think we can see important steps that were already taken up, but more to come and making sure that ukraine has sustainable energy for its people

. we're also working to strengthen efforts to disrupt the transfer of weapons and also inputs for rushes, defense, industrial base when it comes to weapons. what we seen, of course, is north korea and iran primarily providing things to russia. but when it comes to rushes defense, industrial base, the primary contributor in this moment to that is china. we see china sharing machine tools, semi conductors, other dual use items that have health pressure rebuilt. the defense, industrial base, the sanctions and export controls had done so much to the great. now if trying to ports on the one hand to want good relations with your in other countries, it can't. on the other hand, the showing what is the biggest threat to european security since the end of the cold war. and you don't have to just take that for me. this is what i heard around the table at the g 7. progress on solutions also to use russia, solver,

and assets for ukraine was on the on the agenda. and here i think we're working on getting to an agreement on that consistent with international law consistent with different countries laws that the crime one is called this theft. the real theft is in ukrainians. law lives taken in so much as you trans infrastructure, destroyed. it is so much if it's land seized, being able to use these russian sovereign assets to help rebuild ukraine is critical. and it's also something that one way or another one day or another is going to happen. it's also a compliment to, but not a substitute for the assistance that we all need to be providing in the moment to ukraine. and in particular, the supplementary budget requests the present button is made and that it appears will be before the house this weekend. and again,

i just want to emphasize 2 things. first, this money and everything will provide is urgently needed by you price by its people for so bravely defending their country and defending their democracy. second, as i said, we have your opinion and other partners including an agent who are doing so much themselves. they'll provide for you frank. and finally, virtually all of the supplemental will be invested in the united states in defense production, in our own defense industrial base. and that means good jobs in the united states. finally, we focused intensely over these last couple of days on reaching out to new partners . and this includes in the under pacific where we're working to promote a free and open ended pacific. here i think it's very instructive that the supports that rush was received from china, from north korea,

from or on. it demonstrates that security in europe, security in asia and other parts of the world are indivisible, they are deeply connected. and this is something again that we heard around the table of these last couple of days. did you? 7 is united on the need for peace and stability across the taiwan strait south trying to see the korean peninsula. and also united and standing up to china is unfair and non market practices, especially when it comes to over capacity that is flooding the markets of our own countries with new products and technologies that are heavily subsidized. and so under price, driving our own businesses out of the market and seeking to dominate these markets themselves. again, this is a very clear common concern among all of our countries. finally, the other piece of this is that the g 7 continues to work to deepen engagement with

global partners to help deliver results everywhere. we had to the chair of the african union with us uh yesterday for very good conversations. and what we're really looking at is working in practical ways with countries in africa and beyond to make clear tangible deliverable improvements in the lives of their people. and as a result, the lives of our own people. and we have the a unit, the style number of the g 20. we're particularly focused on how africa complaint it's rightful role in meeting both regional and global challenges. there's growing collaboration on infrastructure and technology to improve productivity to, to build resilience. we've reaffirmed our commitment to sustainable development and especially to the sustainable development goals. also to reforming the international financial institutions, multi lateral, developing banks to make them both more representative and more effective and

responsive to meeting the needs of countries around the world. addressing issues like climate change, their food security. so in all of these areas, um i found the, the conversations and the work over the last couple of days reflected in the statement that you'll see to be extremely productive and also kind of the, most importantly, a very good setup for the leaders that are meeting other, the meeting there are leaders will have, excuse me, in june. that's what we're tracking towards. will continue the work that we did here over the next uh, next couple of months. and the leaders will follow up with that. happy to take some questions. see 1st, the 1st question goes to the causes with cbs news. thank you very much. mister secretary, there is a lot to ask you about today. so with your indulgence, 1st on israel strikes in iran was a us indeed alerted in advance how far ahead of time and did it raise any objections when it was or the strikes now over and you have any indication of this early stage by

a direct or indirect messaging that iran will respond and have there been any changes in around nuclear program on israel, their reports that your department has made recommendations to cut military a to certain is really units for possible human rights violations in the west bank before october. 7th. will your take action on those recommendations? and finally, on the recent us assessments, you mentioned that china may be growing in support for russia for to war effort and ukraine. do you believe that president she is sensing an opportunity? i'm at flagging us support to the ukrainians. thank you, sir, for thanks with you. on the 1st question, the reports that you've seen. so i'm not going to speak to that except to say that united states has not been involved in any offensive operations. what we're focused on, what the g 7 is focused on, and again, it's reflected in our statement. and in our conversation is our work to deescalate tensions, to de escalate from any potential conflict. you saw israel on the receiving end of

the non president attack, but, but our focus has been on, of course, making sure the israel can effectively defend itself, but also the escalating tensions avoiding a conflict. and that remains our focus again, i'm not going to speak to anything other than to say, we're not involved in any offensive operations. with regard to the other questions. first, on china and russia. look, i think that what we're seeing is a product of the relationship between those 2 countries. you've heard them speak to it, including just before rushes, aggression against ukraine. we've made very clear to china and many other countries have as well, that they should not be supplying russia with weapons for use and it's aggression

against ukraine. we've not seen the direct supply weapons, but as i said, what we have seen is not only the, the direct supply, but the critical supply of inputs of components for your rushes defense, industrial base, which is allowing 2 things. it's allowing russian to continue the aggression against ukraine. it's also helping russia overall rebuild its defense forces and defense capacity that so much damage has been done to by the gradients, but also by our sanctions and export controls. and that means that not only is russia a current threat to ukraine, it will remain and, and during threat to other european countries. and that's why said china can have it both ways. it can't before to, to want to have positive friendly relations with countries in europe. and at the same time be fueling the biggest threat to european security since the end of the cold war. that was very clear from our conversations around the table. i believe your opinions of express that and will continue to express that clearly to china in

the days and weeks ahead. oh, i'm sorry. um. so on that i think you're referring to the so called la, he's a law and our work under that. um, so this is a very important law and it's one that we apply across the board. and when we're doing these investigations, these inquiries, this is something that takes time that has to be done very carefully, both in collecting the facts and analyzing them. and that's exactly what we've done, and i think it's fair to say that you'll see results very soon. i made determinations. you can expect to see them in the days ahead. for the next question, libby, arrow burger mimi with right to do i good afternoon to quick questions. first, do you have the feeling that the today's strike was limited so that your ran was

not compelled to react? in that sense? are you up to mystic about not the big war berries breaking out, and there is a new or an issue. do you think that in the future other countries like it already that has historical ties with you ran to play a role in the escalation. and stephanie's ation that you mentioned by to, uh, what are things again i'm, i'm not going to, to speak to these reported events. so all i can say is that for our part and for the entire g 7, our focus has been on the escalation on avoiding a larger conflict. and actually that's been true since day one after the horrific events of october 7th. a big part of our approach has been to prevent the conflict from spreading to avoid escalation everywhere. and that's a common policy across the g 7, and it's very much our approach now. so we've been engaged in efforts to avoid escalation. those efforts will continue. it will lead plays

a critical role in us as well as the leading country as a country that's engaged around the world with many other countries that have their own relationships with countries involved in the middle east. a italy has its own direct engagements, and i think what we've seen over the past 10 days or so couple of weeks is that those engagements have been and remain very important to keeping things calm, to avoiding escalation, to preventing a larger conflict. italy is an important player in this now do you bill bossy without alright. you too. thank you, mr. secretary, i'm going to pursue again on that you know, one question. it seems that both of the iranian and the is rare data responses were measured and calculated. what do you say that now we averting a major confrontation and a possible war and left messages with the u. s. played in,

sending to both sides to, for restrain. and all the way back to the bookstore. and if or if you're allow me of drop off, us position is very clear. you are a pause, amended through operation and drop off, as long as there's no plan to evacuate one and a half 1000000 by listing and civilians is really government is edelman to go ahead . what is your understanding of the plan now and what is acceptable for the us? and finally, on the you and security council, the united states looks isolated yesterday. your allies close allies from japan and south korea. both voted for admitting palestine as a member. the is really is into the nothing yeah. whole under good saying the opposed to a state solution. so what is the path forward and what message do give palestinians and to moderates in the region. if you truly want to isolate extreme is thank you. thanks very much. for the questions,

let me simply 1st of all repeat what our focus has been and what it remains. the escalation of waiting conflicts, and so yes. calling on all concerned to exercise restraint. that's what we've been doing over the, the last couple of weeks and as necessary. that's what we'll continue to do. and again, that's reflected in the statement that you'll see coming from all of the g 7 countries . um on rough. so we have been very clear about this present by this been very clear about this. we cannot support a major military operation in rasa 1st, there are currently somewhere around $1400000.00 people in ralph, and many of them displaced from other parts of gas. it in the 1st instance, it's imperative that people are able to get out of the way of a venue conflict. and doing that, getting people out of harm's way is a monumental task for which we do have to see

a plan and not only getting them out of harm's way, making sure that they can be supported with magistrate assistance if they're out of harm's way. but 2nd, even if people are largely out of harm's way, inevitably there's going to remain a pretty significant civilian population in rafa. and we believe that a major military operation with a large presence of a civilian population would have terrible consequences for that population. we are committed as israel is to ensuring that guys a cannot be controlled by him. us. we've seen the devastation destruction that are resulted from mazda is leadership in the actions that it's taken and well before october 7th, what it was providing or rather not providing for the palestinian people, make clear that is concerned, had nothing to do with the past. and people and everything to do with its objectives, to destroy as well. so. so for making sure that i'm aust cannot repeat the

events of october 7th. that's something that we uh, we're not united, but in terms of major military operations in, in, in rafa it's something that we don't support and we believe that the objective can be achieved by other means. we've been engaged in conversations at senior levels with israel over the past couple of weeks on this, including as recently as this week. those conversations continue. finally, on the web security council resolution. first, we are committed. the united states has committed to achieving a palestinian state. we believe that that is vital to having long term sustainable durable peace and security. and of course is the only way to fulfill the aspirations, the rightful aspirations of the pulsing people. but getting to that, achieving that state has to be done through diplomacy not through.