but despite the force majeure, they decided not to interrupt the vacation, since it was expected that the boss would return to his duties on january 5, but the calendar is already the ninth, and austin is still in the hospital, cbs reports, when he will be discharged is still unclear, the press said - pentagon secretary patrick ryder, while continuing to hide the reason why osten was undergoing treatment, whether he was conscious and when he could be discharged from the hospital. biden was informed of his hospitalization. only after 4 days. american legislators unanimously say that the minister of defense actually had to report to the public about the state of his health. democratic congressman jimmy clyburn said the secretary of defense is required to report his movements. republican rep. don bacon called the withholding of information a failure of leadership and said the united states has 15 minutes to warn about potential nuclear weapons.

the pentagon plays a vital role in responding to such a situation. austin himself admitted only on january 7 that he should have been properly informed the public about their hospitalization. he called biden and his deputy. politicos, citing its sources, reports that us president joe biden trusts austin, despite the secret mystery. hospitalization. new details have become known about the hospitalization of us secretary of defense lloyd austin. austin was admitted to walter reed hospital on january 1st due to complications from a previous elective surgery. it also became known that the presidential national security council, as well as the advisor on joe biden's security team, jake sullivan , knew nothing about austin's hospitalization until thursday. also known. that

the seventy-year-old minister spent several days in intensive care, and his duties were partially taken over by his deputy kathleen hicks. but ordinary americans only learned of the news on friday, when the pentagon announced that austin had been hospitalized due to complications that arose after undergoing a routine medical procedure. but as our channel learned, seventy-year-old austin is not i was just in the hospital, and spent at least 4 days in intensive care. answering the question why about the state of the minister. was previously reported, a pentagon spokesman said the situation was evolving and a number of factors had to be taken into account. secretary austin is making a rapid recovery and returned to full duty this evening. the pentagon refused to explain what kind of elective surgery it was or what complications arose. this provision of incomplete information has already been criticized. when do they arise? presidents and their ministers have problems, the public should know about it. what

happened is unacceptable, as an official source just said, nothing about austin's hospitalization was known to president biden for 3 whole days. minister osin released a statement today, what does it say? the secretary of defense takes full responsibility for what he calls his own decisions to withhold information. he stated quote: "i understand that i could have done a better job of keeping the public informed. i promise "president biden reportedly has full confidence in secretary austin, but the biden administration has had mixed reactions. yes, there was criticism that the news only came to light on friday evening, after austin was hospitalized on new year's day remained in the hospital all week. this is quite an unusual circumstance, it is true. but we know that president biden spoke with secretary austin yesterday, after which the white house said that the secretary of defense has the full confidence president. on the same day that lloyd

austin was hospitalized, he took part in a telephone conversation with the leadership of the services responsible for the country's national security. president biden also took part in the conversation, and a number of issues were discussed, including escalation in the red sea. this underscores how important he is to the administration. however, it remains unclear whether austin was in the hospital at the time of this phone call or whether it took place before his hospitalization. but for the administration that's all it was a shock or something...

you're in the hospital, we don't know why this wasn't done. german chancellor olaf scholz was not left without new year's gifts; according to bild, the majority of germans surveyed would like to replace kensler in the new year. more precisely, 65% of burghers, and previous publications, support the idea that scholz

cede his post as head of the german ministry of defense to estorius, who is still the leader in the ranking of the most popular politicians. scholz's unpopularity binds bilt, who could. think with the hand of moscow. it turns out that 4 years ago ger olaf was the minister of finance and suspiciously failed to notice the biggest fraud since world war ii. the scheme worth billions of euros was carried out by a russian spy, the head of the wiercard company, jan moralcik, allegedly recruited by the fsb back in the nineties. moreover, in germany he was not just a businessman, but a partner of the federal government. marsalik is now on the international wanted list. and investigations say that he received a russian passport under a new name and highli likely is hiding in moscow. however, because of love for ukraine and accusations putin in all the german sins, pestorius chancellor will also quickly lose his popularity. moreover, the same build is already

dispersing the new attack. every week, some unknown and elusive drones fly over military training grounds and bundeswehr barracks and monitor how ukrainian militants are studying there. at the same time, surveillance has been ongoing for more than a year and pistorius’s department has not been able to land or catch at least one drone. member of the bundestag defense committee markus fabber believes that this clearly points to russia and putin. the bundeswehrd also suspects that moscow is behind the uav flight, but there is no evidence. therefore, the german military continues to promise that they will definitely catch the russians . against this background, german farmers did not wait. they moved from words to deeds to solve their problems and, as promised, launched the largest protest in german history against the scholz government. a huge number of german farmers on tractors began to block roads. protests are planned to be held throughout the country. munich,

hamburg, wiesbaden and so on. in bavaria, for example, schoolchildren are already beginning to be transferred to remote learning. farmers, we remind you, are protesting against increasing the diesel tax and cutting subsidies. at the moment, they have already blocked several autobahns, including the main transport artery of germany, the b-86 highway leading to berlin. thousands of tractors are involved in the promotions, and their number will only grow. the brandenburg ministry of transport fears serious disruptions in the supply of various products. local police are trying to seize the upcoming protests under control, but they can't do anything. also nearby.

across all german federal states, tractors were deployed on the road to block traffic in germany. this strike is a real monster; it can literally render the whole of germany unconscious for a whole week. farmers are blocking highway exits and holding protests across the country. tractor convoys, blockades, demonstrations. the germans will have to come to terms with serious restrictions. germany faces biggest protests since world war ii war. the tractors are arranged, the farmers are motivated, the b-86 highway leading to berlin was blocked by angry german farmers at night and thereby paralyzed the main transport artery

of germany. for a whole week, farmers will protest against the schulze government's planned subsidy cuts against the government coalition's austerity plans. the goal is for farmers. for you to understand the scale of the protest, you have to see everything for yourself, farmers are lighting fires,

many of them have been here since night, and this despite the fact that it is very cold outside, -8°, and just look over there, the whole road to the triumphal column is literally clogged with tractors and various structures, and passions eventually ran high, the escalation reached a new dimension, more than a hundred farmers in the land of schleswick,

usa, to improve the pro system at the expense of the same americans and conduct a training exercise for the ugranite people's democratic republic. by the way, according to the cna tv channel, there is currently a nuclear submarine and several aircraft carriers in the aquatoria near the south korean peninsula. as reported by reuters southern. korean army together with us military forces were to conduct a shooting exercise near the border with the dprk. we didn’t have to wait long for an answer to such warm congratulations. north korean leader kim chenin also decided to give the residents of south korea, and probably north korea, a festive mood in the new year. tim stated that the unification of the korean island is impossible. and so that no one doubts this, he added with full responsibility that if... such a need arises, then the dprk army is more than ready to do the unexpected,

to pacify all of south korea, that stands for, as you understand, a threat to use nuclear weapons against south korea. the fact that kim jong-un is not joking was confirmed yesterday by his sister, kim yo jong. she also stated with full responsibility that the dprk armed forces had removed the fuse, and any mistake on the part of the south korean military. reports the korean central news agency. after these words , the exercises began in the territory controlled by pkinyan. more than a hundred artillery shells exploded near the border with the south. according to the associated press, kim chinin ordered his soldiers to be completely destroyed in case of any provocation.

siol officials called the shooting provocative. the 2018 pact was canceled a few months ago. the military forces of the south took action in response to this step. the south korean military conducted live-fire exercises on the islands of yophon and plineonda, which are located just south of the actual maritime border of the two countries. this place is also known as the northern boundary line. pyongyang said that its actions

are related exclusively to full-scale teachings of the siul. allies south korea and the united states began 2024 with a show of force against north korea. siul reports that the live-fire exercise with the participation of american troops is aimed at increasing combat effectiveness in the face of simulated aggression. on the northern side, more than 110 weapons systems were used during the exercises, including tanks and aircraft. the united states has deployed even more military facilities on the korean peninsula, as well as nuclear power. missile submarine, aircraft carriers and bombers. thanks to these through the exercises, we were able to develop a joint south korean and u.s. stance on combat behavior that allows us to punish the enemy immediately and mercilessly when he provokes, while maintaining the highest combat readiness even in cold weather. north korea criticized the exercises, which are taking place near the border, and

warned that both washington and seoul were pushing the region toward nuclear war. north korean leader kim jong-in said his military must completely destroy the united states and south korea if provocations, state media reported. the speech came as he vowed to strengthen national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented us-led confrontation. north korea has stepped up its belligerent rhetoric in recent months in response to the expansion.

they fired artillery shells, but only used explosives that faked the sound of artillery fire. soon after this statement, the korean liberation army of the north confirmed this fact. everything was mixed up in the winsor house. prince harry, who fled to america, has still not introduced king charles to his grandson archie, and this greatly upsets the royal grandfather, reports the daily express. and he saw his granddaughter lilibet only twice. in life, while it is unknown when the rebellious prince with his wife and children will be able to visit great britain again. royal commentators say harry could return, he just doesn't want to. charles ii was unlucky with his relatives, and great britain was unlucky with a monarch who cannot even restore order in his own family. bring back the prodigal

i can’t get my son home, i have to get rid of my younger brother. the daily mail writes that the king. ready to evict prince andrew from the royal lord mansion and stop funding his brother's security. another scandal within the dynasty erupted after the publication of documents in the case of pedophile financier jeffrey epstein. prince andrew's name is mentioned among the victims' witness statements. the king's younger brother reacted to the news like an adult, locking himself at home. previously, andry had already been stripped of his honorary military and royal titles.

he visited the white house many times, took the president on a private plane and even hung a portrait of clinton dressed in a woman's dress in his house in manhattan . jeffrey himself said about clinton that he loved young people. in addition to the scandalous president, singer michael jackson also visited the houses of evil epstein. , also vice president algor, and the most amazing thing, british astrophysicist stephen hawking, is that the famous scientist participated in... the name of the long-suffering candidate for

us president donald trump, accusations against him no one nominated, but they noted that... with the bottom of trump's casino, eipstein played, we hope, only poker with a minor. president bill clinton, donald trump, vice president al gore, pop star michael jackson, british astrophysicist stephen hawking. these are just a few well-known names from a list of one and a half hundred people. it was released along with court documents related to late sex offender jeffrey epstein. none of them are accused of any wrongdoing, but their names appeared on an extensive children's page. a selection of published evidence in the case of epstein's alleged victim. giuffre was just 17 years old when she said epstein's then-girlfriend sent her to the billionaire's florida estate in palmech.

giuffre claims she was sexually abused there at epstein's other new york properties on the caribbean island along with dozens of other girls. some of the documents contain details of a meeting with another alleged epstein victim, johnna sjoberg, who describes.

his consultant, but denied everything offenses, and he's here too, former modeling agent jean-luc brunel, he was found dead in his apartment while being tried on

unrelated sex trafficking charges in 2022. singer michael jackson, musician david copperfield, both were seen by witnesses in epstein's homes, and of course, prince andrew from the british royal family. the names of hollywood stars leonardo dicaprio, cate blanchett, cameron diyas are also mentioned. we will end with a question that shocked the nation, how respected physicist stephen hawking ended up in the jeffrey epstein case papers, it's not that i didn't see any wheelchair ramps in the photos. i remember when epstein island was a far right conspiracy theory, now it's true. look, i don't know what the problem is. jeffrey invited stephen hawking, apparently he believed in diversity, equality and inclusion, that's all. do you think all this will affect the us elections, the democrats' chances in the us elections. i don't think so, because at the moment biden is so

compromised when it comes to just the way he speaks, everyone, no matter right or left, looks at biden and thinks he's unfit to be president, and it doesn't matter what they say about trump, because trump supporters will always think ok, you're just using this to discredit him and stop him from getting elected. let's move to the front, military correspondent alexey gavrish is in direct contact with us, alexey, hello, how did the year begin for our valiant military? hello, we can say that the year has largely begun quite good for military personnel, the point is that it has finally become known about the release of the small one, the ministry of defense has already announced this. marenka was like a stumbling block; shelling of the donetsk people's republic and specifically the capital of the donetsk people's republic, the city of donetsk, was carried out from this settlement for a very long time.

this is one of the most powerful units of the ukrainian armed forces, it was in this direction and now, fortunately, it is ours. but again, it is worth noting that immediately after the capture of maryanka the shelling both from the ukrainian armed forces, and , of course, our counter-battery work on many sectors of the front, and, naturally, our advance. continues successfully, we are gradually taking new frontiers, we are taking new strongholds, gradually, systematically , we are destroying the enemy, destroying his equipment and manpower, uh, immediately after the new year, the weather was not very favorable to being able to advance well, now frosts have finally arrived, but winter with snow has also come to the dpr, snow is also not one of the best - let's say, factors for troops are advancing, but in any case, the guys are very optimistic. and i think that our progress will only accelerate and will in no way slow down. alexey , tell me, if you take any ukrainian or

western source, all of them... on our side, something is missing, we are losing contact with the front, now we will try to establish it, it is clear that communication with the dpr, with the lpr is now unstable , with zaporozhye, with the kherson region, but nevertheless we understand that there is progress, and those holidays that, thank god, many of

we were for... the warriors were marked only by combat work, coordinated combat work and advancement. igor yurievich. the year 2024 has arrived, and at the same time, we are forced to note the growth of military-political tensions and the uncertainty of the development of the situation in the world. of course, we are pleased with the successes of the russian military in the special military operation zone, this has been said. this was repeatedly noted by the president of russia, supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces, vladimir putin. however, we must look at the situation comprehensively and understand that certain events are interconnected and reflected in the context of the current military-political situation. of course, there are a lot

of conversations and ... conditions with russia on the side of the armed forces of ukraine, kiev, and the fact that this politician and military leader has disappeared , literally they cannot find him, raises a lot of questions, what is the reason, well, probably this is also a consequence, one can assume, his illness or disorder, or what happened to him, is a consequence of the west’s failures in the confrontation with russia, a statement of failure.

that this is just a coincidence of some circumstances, events, after all, this is a sign, i i think this is a sign of upcoming new problems for ukraine and for the western military coalition that stands behind it. if we look at other events, then of course, again , many experts and politicians in the west were amazed at the pace at which the russian

armed forces used new... the use of iskanders and daggers, probably no one expected this, because in response to the terrorist attacks of the ukrainian armies, absolutely ruthless, fascist, in fact , in russian cities, in particular in belgorod, obviously. it was decided to serious nullification of ukraine’s military potential, these massive russian missile strikes, including today’s, fell precisely on key objects of the military and military-industrial infrastructure of ukraine, the goal pursued here by the russian army, of course, is to deprive kiev of its ability to produce.