it's my pleasure toce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staffary will deliver opening remarks and time to take a few questns moderate those questions and call on reporters and ask you to limit your follow-ups and give your■a- colleagues to ask questions. >> gdon everybody. thanks for joining us. we have come highly productive meeting of the■: gro. this is our 23rd meeting. ry time we gather, i am impressed by the of more than 50 countries helping to■ support ukraine's self-defense. today thect group heard directly about the battlefield d his forces are holding the line in the face of russissaultd in inflicting significant cost on the kremlin's invaders. president biden signed the national security supplemental, renewed u.s. assistance is reaching)■c ukrnedy pace. and last week, president biden assistance security package through another stocks. th package provides ukraine with interceptors, armored vehicles, ant thy tank weapons and military systems and meunanythis stand up to aggressions. this coalition remains strong. and the contact group rem

defense secretary lloyd austin. afterward, joining me for an interview about the lessons of d-day, against the backdrop of today's threats to the world order. >> it certainly is a reminder of how important it is to contest aggression and to contest tyranny. we can never forget to be grateful to those men and women who gave their lives here. we can never allow the memory to fade, because if we do, i believe that we'll be headed down a very dangerous path. >> you're on the european continent where a war rages in ukraine. we saw recently the u.s. congress begin to show signs of wavering support for ukraine. what does that portend, and what's the message to american allies? >> i've seen bipartisan support for ukraine throughout. ukraine matters. and you've heard us say this a number of times, not just for ukraine and not just for europe, but it matters to the world. it certainly matters to our security. >> but u.s. support has been incremental. why not just untie ukraine's hands and give them everything they believe the

defense secretary lloyd austin held a news conference in brussels, belgium. they brief red porters about ukraine's progress and using u.s. weapons. this is about 25 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it is my pleasureo secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general c.q. brown jr. the secretary and chairman will deliver opening remarks and then have time to take a few questions. oderate those questions and call on reporters, i would ask you to limit your followups to give your colleagues a chae to ask their questions. mr. speaker -- mr. secretary, other to you, sir. >> we have just come from a productive meeting with the ukraine group. this was our 23rd meeting. every time we gather i'm impressed by the resolve of the more than 50 countrs helping to support ukraine's self-defense. the contact group heard directly about the battlefield situation from minister kumerav and his delegation. ukraine's frors holding the line in the face of russia's assault near car keve. ukrainian troops continue to inflict sign

we also just saw the us secretary defense lloyd austin take to the stage will be hearing from him as well. kayla, let me bring in on this christiane was talking about that president biden will be speaking commemorating this day and also, we'll be offering a message to folks at home back at home as well. what is that message? >> well he's going to be highlighting common themes for the president, kate service, sacrifice, and the importance of learning from history, which in president biden's words, it can repeat itself we expect them to talk about the mission. the mission on d-day mattered. the mission was a noble one and the mission send that allied countries are fighting around the world right now is also a noble one at home though this message is going to be received by a war-weary electorate who heard from president biden back in 2020 that he planned to end forever wars like the war in afghanistan, where the us withdrew in 2021, albeit in a chaotic the way. and since then, two new hot wars have begun. the war in ukraine that is now inching toward the three-year mark. and the war be

of the russian federation andrei belousov and the us secretary of defense lloyd austin.situation around ukraine. belousov pointed out the danger of further escalation situation in connection with the ongoing supply of american weapons to the armed forces of ukraine. other issues were also discussed. we are playing a very dangerous game, relying only on the fact that we can continue provocations, while putin allegedly bluffs and will never proceed with his threats. and they simply tell us: come to terms with our plan, but no one will tell you what it is, what the plan is, why this is happening, because there is no plan, they are simply imposing their hope that joe biden will be re-elected and resolve this issue. an american missile fired into the ssu in crimea killed civilians on the beach, including children. moscow warned washington that the answer would follow: will there be a direct conflict between russia and nato? corby in sevastopol, people come with flowers to lay them at a makeshift memorial in memory of the victims of the ukrainian missile attack. the united sta

minister, and the secretary of defense, us secretary of defense lloyd austin. >> i mean, there were some kemp combat awards exchanged at least from the chinese sayyed pretty frosty. >> the only good thing you can say about that meeting is that it happened for a few years now we've been in a position where the chinese defense minister and other chinese military officers wouldn't talk to the us with all and the only reason that that's important is that if you had a crisis underway and you needed some crisis communications to deconflicted us and chinese forces. you want to have some kind of opened. >> i channels. >> but the fact of matter is it just last week, the chinese did some pretty aggressive exercises all around i want even on basically the far eastern coast furthest from china and that was a demonstration of force after the inauguration of the new taiwanese president i would say that at this point, the military relationship is pretty bad. but better to have them talking than not yeah. >> sure thing regarding the war in gaza as you know, president biden on friday called for an e

in a moment, part of my interview with secretary of defense lloyd austin from normandy. but first, here is peter alexander. >> reporter: 80 years later where youthful bravery landed, today these last surviving heroes returned. [ "taps" playing ] just above the shores where 150,000 allied troops wade into the surf and were met by an endless barrage of nazi bullets, from the president a solemn tribute. >> it's the highest honor to be able to salute you here in normandy once more, all of you. god love you. >> reporter: fewer than 200 of america's sons who stormed these beaches on d-day to help reclaim the continent from nazi germany are still with us. the commander in chief today greeting many of them, most wearing their uniforms, some in wheelchairs and over 100 years old. president biden touting the unified front of western allies that succeeded on d-day. >> it was a powerful illustration of how alliances, real alliances make us stronger. a lesson that i pray we americans never forget. >> reporter: on this anniversary, the president also harnessing the heroism of that day

in turn, us secretary of defense lloyd austin, who gave his press conference after the nato secretaryattitude towards these proposals on the part of the russian president. putin illegally occupied sovereign ukrainian territories; he is not in a position to dictate to ukraine what it needs to achieve peace. we don't want to see this kind of behavior. we do not want to see how, waking up one day, the leader of some country decided that he wanted... according to him, the role of nato is of course great, but at the same time, in his opinion, it is necessary to get countries to accelerate the strengthening of the assistance they provide to ukraine. however, according to the document that the defense ministers discussed today, in this way the north atlantic alliance wants to protect the volume of assistance that is currently being provided to ukraine from the decisions of the new washington administration if donald trump wins the elections in the united states, nor sec nato, nor the head of the pentagon. did not disclose details of who exactly pledged to transfer additional air defense syst

it's my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the secretary and chairman will deliver opening remarks and time to take a few questions. please note i will moderate those questions and call on reporters and ask you to limit your follow-ups and give your colleagues to ask questions. >> good afternoon everybody. thanks for joining us. we have come from another highly productive meeting of the ukraine defense contact group. this is our 23rd meeting. and every time we gather, i am impressed by the resolve of more than 50 countries helping to support ukraine's self-defense. today the contact group heard directly about the battlefield situation from the minister and his delegation. ukraine forces are holding the line in the face of russia's assault near kharkiv and ukrainian troops are inflicting significant cost on the kremlin's invaders. president biden signed the national security supplemental, renewed u.s. assistance is reaching ukraine at a steady pace. and last week, president biden announced a new assistance security pa

now i understand us secretary defense lloyd austin has also been at the conference and meeting with china plus other countries more aligned and allied with united states. any significant results from that engagement. i think even part part of the speech of austin really was that despite the conflict in the middle east, despite the importance of the conflict of ukraine for world security, he said uh the we uh, the u. s. is primarily uh priority uh, photos off in the end of the in the pacific at remains the priority theater of operations. where is works. so uh, in particularly for instance of the south china sea and i had the chance to talk to a number of security experts on the, on the sidelines of the security conference. and many emphasized that the ssl is trying to see where flash, what's happening happening between a filipino and the chinese coast guards is, is a potential threat to of security that has to be taken seriously. a claims president vladimir zalinski is also in singapore. i don't believe he's headed this far east since the start of russia's invasion of his country. what's h

it's my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin and chairman of the joint chy and chairman will deliver opening remarks and time to take a few questions. please note i will moderate those questions and call on reporters and ask you to limit your follow-ups and give your colleagues to ask questions. >> good afternoon everybody. thanks for joining us. we have come from another highly productive meeting of the ukraine defense contact group. this is our 23rd meeting. and every time we gather, i am impressed by the resolve of more than 50 countries helping to support ukraine's self-defense. today the contact group heard directly about the battlefield situation from the minister and his delegation. ukraine forces are holding the line in the face russia's assault near kharkiv and ukrainian troops are inflicting significant cost on the kremlin's invaders. president biden signed the national security supplemental, renewed u.s. assistance is reaching ukraine at a steady pace. and last week, president biden announced a new assistance security package through another drawdown of our st

now i also understand that you're a secretary of defense lloyd austin, has also been at this conference meeting with china and other countries more aligned and allied with the united states. any significant results from any of that engagement. i think of interesting part was that he really emphasized of the importance of alliances in that region. and he did so because he made clear that despite the fact that ro, currently everybody's looking at ukraine and the middle east, of course, the conflict between by the students and he's raised the raging war there. he's, he made clear that the in the pacific remains our pri priority theater of operations. and that he particularly emphasized on the south china sea here and, and made clear that this is important business, whether us wants to provide a security of for the region a to avoid the major comes conflict. here, there was a side kick at china, which of course is in a major rivalry for influence. a competition for influence is key in the region with the united states. and then i think it, what is interesting here is i talked to a number of

now i understand us secretary defense lloyd austin has also been at the conference and meeting with china plus other countries more aligned and allied with united states. any significant results from that engagement i think even part and part of the speech of austin really was that despite the conflict in the middle east, despite the importance of the conflict of ukraine for world security, he said uh the we, uh, the u. s. is primarily uh, a priority of photos off in the industry since the in the pacific at remains the priority theater of operations. where's works? so uh, in particularly for instance of the south china sea and i had the chance to talk to a number of security experts on the, on the sidelines of the security conference. and many emphasized that the ssl is trying to see where flash, what's happening happening between a filipino and the chinese coast guards is, is a potential threat to of security that has to be taken seriously. a claims president vladimir zalinski is also in singapore. i don't believe he's headed this far east since the start of russia's invasion of his coun

he met secretary of defense lloyd austin, and you mentioned secretary of state antony blinken, and the the cia. he will discuss the next phase of the war in gaza but also the increasing tensions on the lebanese border, a huge concern for the americans because of what that might open up in the middle east. the top prosecutor for the international criminal court has requested an arrest for mr. gallant, alleging he is responsible for war crimes in humanity. crimes agains the u.s. has rejected that. they see mr. gallant is a very crucial voice, a very crucial ally, especially because mr. gallant says he wants a day-after plan for gaza once the war is over and a plan that does not involve the israelis occupying gaza, which is what the americans want. that is at odds with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and there has been some tension with him and mr. gallant, tension with mr. netanyahu and the u.s. administration,, in terms of lebanon, as i mentioned, the escalating tensi there is a huge concern not just to the israelis, but to the americans. he could end up a nightmare scenario.

caitriona: he is scheduled to meet secretary of defense lloyd austin to stay and the national security on wednesday. the visit comes against the backdrop of continued hostility in different parts of the middle east. in, israeli strikes on monday killed 11 palestis. israel has not commented on that strike. it diday an overnight strike killed a senior hamas commander. on israel's border with lebanon, tensions are growing between israel and hezbollah. primminister netanyahu say forces based in gaza may be mobilizedorth, warning of a full-blown war between the two des.r middle east reporter has more on those tensions and on mr. gallant's visit to washington. reporter: there were three issues the israeli defense minister will be discussing with senior officials, u.s. officials. both tonight and over the next couple of days. they are what happens next in gaza? we have been hearing from benjamin netanyahu, in his words, the intense phase of the fighting is coming, but the war is not. also, what is going to happen with the cease-fire? the cease-fire laid out for three -- the three phased propo

caitriona: he is scheduled to meet secretary of defense lloyd austin to stay and the national securityn wednesday. the visit comes against the backdrop of continued hostility in different parts of the middle east. in, israeli strikes on monday killed 11 palestinians. israel has not commented on that strike. it did say an overnight strike killed a senior hamas commander. on israel's border with lebanon, tensions are growing between israel and hezbollah. prime minister netanyahu say forces based in gaza may be mobilized north, warning of a full-blown war between the two sides. our middle east reporter has more on those tensions and on mr. gallant's visit to washington. reporter: there were three issues the israeli defense minister will be discussing with senior officials, u.s. officials. both tonight and over the next couple of days. they are what happens next in gaza? we have been hearing from benjamin netanyahu, in his words, the intense phase of the fighting is coming, but the war is not. also, what is going to happen with the cease-fire? the cease-fire laid out for three -- the three

us secretary of defense lloyd austin announced an additional military aid package for ukraine after the 23rd session of the format. in brussels. the head of the pentagon said that such support from partners is vital in order to ukraine continued to stop putin. yes, ukraine is strong, and together we also remain strong in order to be loyal to ukraine and help it deter the aggressor for decades to come. we continue to increase our efforts in order for ukraine to receive what it needs and exactly when it needs it, so air defense systems and the ability of ukraine to cover its skies remain a top priority. ukraine is waiting for positive decisions during the nato summit in washington, said the minister of defense of ukraine rustem umyerov during a joint briefing with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. he also thanked the head of the alliance for supporting ukraine. stoltenberg stated that... the current struggle of ukrainians is important not only for ukraine, but also for europe, because it is a struggle for common values. we and our allies have already announced new aid packages that

lloyd austin met with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky today in singapore. this happened on the sidelines of the final day of the shangri-la dialog security summit. pentagon says during the meeting, secretary austin reiterated the us's unwavering support for ukraine during the war with russia. the us recently relaxed restrictions on the use of american supplied weapons to strike targets inside of russia. now, following today's meeting, president zelenskyy wrote on x he was grateful to president biden for that decision, but he also spoke on what he calls a total disregard for human life and constant terror being carried out by russia, according to zelensky, russian troops have carried out close to a thousand strikes just this past week alone. today, ukraine imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country after ongoing russian attacks on ukraine's power grid in recent weeks. well former president donald trump sat down with the host of fox and friends weekend for the first time since being convicted on all 34 counts in his hush money case, president sa

lloyd austin actually does not call his russian colleague andrei belousov, but then he picks up the asks to connect. and the press release published following the conversation on behalf of the ministry of defense, hardly conveys the full intensity of the conversation. june 25, 2024 at the initiative of the american side. a telephone conversation took place between russian defense minister belousov and us defense secretary austin. the defense ministers exchanged views on the situation around ukraine. belousov pointed out the danger of further escalation of the situation in connection with the continued supply of american weapons to the ukrainian armed forces. other issues were also discussed. pentagon spokesman patrick ryder added that secretary austin, in a conversation with andrey belausov. noted the importance of maintaining communication between the military departments of the united states and russia. communications are, of course, important, but at the same time american missiles are hitting our cities. russia, of course, will not accept this. in the meantime, we are understand

. >>> secretary of defense lloyd austin met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in singapore last night. the meeting took place on the sidelines of the shangri-la dialogue security summit. later in a press conference austin said that u.s. material support was crucial in staving off a russian victory in ukraine. the u.s. recently relaxed restrictions on the use of american-supplied weapons to strike targets inside russia for the first time. >>> the middle east is on edge as israel keeps distancing itself from a ceasefire proposal endorsed by president biden n a speech friday mr. biden said the proposal originated with the israelis. the senior israeli official tells -- this morning tells nbc news that, quote, it's not accurate. the anonymous source told our raf sanchez that israel's goal remains the elimination of hamas as an organization.letterman ha >> reporter: israel and hamas are under growing pressure to clinch a ceasefire deal with thousands of protesters taking to the streets of tel aviv over the weekend demanding that prime minister benjamin netanyahu say yes now to a

. >>> a program note, tomorrow i'll interview secretary of defense lloyd austin from normandy on the global challenges america faces here and abroad. >>> republicans in the senate today blocked a bill that would have protected access to birth control. the effort by democrats was aimed at highlighting the party's differences over reproductive rights ahead of the november election. laura jarrett has more. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the bill had little chance of passing, which may have been the point. the right to contraception act would safeguard access to birth control nationwide, but failed today to meet the 60 votes needed to pass in the senate. just two republicans voted for it. many dismissing the effort led by democrats as a stunt as contraception remains legal across the country. >> it's not a serious attempt to legislate. this is just a show vote in anticipation of the election. >> this is continuing the campaign of fearmongering we've already seen. >> reporter: democrats not hiding their intention to focus on reproductive rights heading into november and draw

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at a press conference following another ramstein this week, defense minister lloyd austin avoided answeringn of whether ukraine could use american air defense systems to shoot down planes that bomb. kharkiv kabami from the russian territory. the us continues to play a dubious game called de-escalation. according to some military experts, it was because of this strategy that ukraine and its allies missed the chance to inflict a strategic defeat on russia in the fall in 2022. as president zelenskyi noted, the military decisions of the event are delayed by a year. and these delays cost ukraine human lives. and territory. see this week in the judicial control program with tatyana shustrova. judicial reform and ukraine's path to the eu are under threat. if there is a failure of any european integration for us, then we will be in this limbo for an infinite number of times. but why does the supreme court leave unscrupulous judges in their positions? i bought it for what, but i sold it. greetings, this is a program of judicial review, and as always we are talking about basic reform, on which... our

, lloyd austin, on friday. they, they were the 1st face to face told, between the 2 defense chiefs in 18 months for following the event in single post, patrick, fall, key joys us. now from the venue penetrating the chinese defense minister sharing beijing's vision really full global security at the shangri la dialogue. what more can you tell us about what he's been saying? that's right. so don't gen talked about a new security partnership of safeguarding the reason, essentially one that is determined by the region itself and referencing the u. s. and its efforts to build alliances as a deterrent against the use of military force. he said that small circles targeting other countries, the trees wouldn't make the region safe. i also had to buy fire rewards on side. one is that it was the st. good issue for china and state for the, for the chinese ministry. and the accused to try one's lead is all trying to achieve independence. in for mentally he said that this was a betrayal of china and a betrayal of the ancesto

of defense lloyd austin at the opening of the 23rd meeting in the rammstein format, which is taking place on the sidelines of the meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels. according to the head of the pentagon, today at the meeting they plan to discuss new support for the ukrainian army. austin also reported that argentina has now joined the contact group on the defense of ukraine. the kremlin continues intense shelling ukrainian cities and the ukrainian civilian population. so ukraine urgently needs more air defense systems to protect its skies. the ukrainian armed forces continue to amaze the world with their skills. they repel a new russian offensive in the kharkiv region and at the same time remain strong on the front line. plus two countries at the summit of the group of seven countries, the president of ukraine will sign security agreements with japan and the usa. this was announced by volodymyr zelenskyi himself. he also thanked the partners for their faith in ukraine and its victory. norway will transfer ammunition worth almost 42 million euros to ukraine - it is about

. ♪ >> bret: defense secretary lloyd austin is pleading with israel's government to avoid escalation with terrorists. austin meeting with israel's defense minister today as fighting along the northern border with lebanon increases. correspondent trey yingst is in tel aviv tonight. >> smoke billows from southern lebanon. after an israeli strikes. hours later, hezbollah drones are launched into northern israel. it's another day of cross border fire and another day closer to a larger war. >> if there will not be an arrangement through diplomatic means, everyone understands that there must be an arrangement through other means. >> israeli officials are becoming increasingly inpatient with hezbollah's continued rocket, mortar and drone attacks into their country. a staggering 5,000 such strikes have killed killed nearly two dozen israelis according to the foundation defense of democracies. gallant met this morning counterpart. secretary of defense lloyd austin to discuss a path forward for countering the iran-backed group with american support. >> the united states will always support isr

. >>> and a program note tomorrow, i'll interview secretary of defense lloyd austin from normandy on the global challenges america faces here and abroad. >>> republicans in the senate today blocked a bill that would have protected access to birth control. the effort by democrats was aimed at highlighting the party's differences over reproductive rights ahead of the november election. laura jarrett has more. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the bill had little chance of passing, which may have been the point. the right to contraception act would safeguard access to birth control nationwide, but failed today to meet the 60 votes needed to pass in the senate. just two republicans voted for it. many dismissing the effort led by democrats as a stunt as contraception remains legal across the country. >> well, it's not a serious attempt to legislate. this is just a show vote in anticipation of the election. >> this is continuing the campaign of fearmongering we've already seen. >> reporter: democrats not hiding their intention to focus on reproductive rights heading into novembe

meeting on the sidelines in singapore, president zelensky thanked us secretary of defense lloyd austinhe commitment to help ukraine win in its war against russia. we can go to the editor in chief of foreign policy. it was a surprise appearance by volodymyr zelensky. a surprise appearance by volodymyrzelensky. he a surprise appearance by volodymyr zelensky. he took aim at china, saying beijing was working to stop country is coming to the peace summit in switzerland. he also accused it of supporting russia and prolonging the war through supplying components used in weaponry. it's fair to say we have heard that latter point made before. do you think there is anything president zelensky can say that will change where china positions itself in this war? ., , , ., china positions itself in this war? ,,,_ ., �* war? probably not. but in the immediate — war? probably not. but in the immediate term _ war? probably not. but in the immediate term at _ war? probably not. but in the immediate term at least, - war? probably not. but in the immediate term at least, the | immediate term at least, the

lloyd austin on... the most important thing is that zelenskyy said that china is not going to the summitzerland, and all the countries that it has influence over, that is the global south, are also reducing their representation at this summit, or they are not going to negotiate or talk about peace at all. the main argument that there will be no russians at this peace summit is about what yuriy lutsenko thinks about this story and... how the chinese are now trying to outplay, or, let's say, to create an alternative peace summit with the participation of russia , we will talk about this during the next hour, well, of course, the top topic of all world media is the permission of the event for the use of their weapons by the armed forces of ukraine in strikes on the territory of the russian federation, more countries declare. their permission that their weapons can fly in the direction of the russian federation, this creates, of course, nervousness in the kremlin, in moscow they are talking about the fact that... that they will definitely give an answer to all this, but no matter what, here

meeting on the sidelines in singapore, president zelensky thanked us secretary of defense lloyd austinn the war against russia. we spoke to the editor in chief of foreign policy. it was a surprise appearance by volodymyr zelensky. he took aim at china, saying beijing was working to stop country is coming to the peace summit in switzerland. he also accused it of supporting russia and prolonging the war through supplying components used in weaponry. it�*s fair to say we have heard that latter point made before. do you think there�*s anything president zelensky can say that will change where china positions itself in this war? probably not. but in the immediate term at least, the peace summit being hosted by switzerland, there are reports that china and russia have been pressuring other countries in asia to not attend. you mentioned 106 countries have so far signed up to attend this particular summit, which ukraine thinks is necessary for it to push its case to try and increase and further nuclear talks to ensure it gets back some of the ukrainian children being held in russia. among othe

, lloyd austin and the two according to a readout from the pentagon discussing ukraine's most urgent battlefield needs, including their desperate need for additional air defense systems to really fend off the massive missile barrage. has that russia is launching ukraine on a near daily basis. and importantly, president zelenskyy also wanted to thank austin and the united states and president biden from making that policy decision to finally allow ukraine to use american made weapons to strike into russia itself, to try to defend itself against those attacks that russia is launching from near the border. the ukrainian city of kharkiv. now, the big theme though, and the reason why zelenskyy came here to singapore was to try to rally asian countries behind you, frame try to get behind ukraine's fight against the russian. so not side with the russians and importantly participate in a very important peace summit that ukraine has it's been organizing over the last several months in which is going to be held in just two weeks time, a peace summit that aims to develop some kind of formula to

he'll be meeting at defense secretary lloyd austin, kind of like meantime the video that we have been reporting extensively on open ended, palestinian mine strapped to the front of an israeli military vehicle in the occupied westbank. there's been a response to that video. a. this indeed is the state department spokesman. matthew miller was specifically about that video and he described it as shocking. he continued to say that the practice was absolutely unacceptable. human. it should never be used as human shields the idea as he calls the israeli army, should certainly investigate what happened. hold people accountable. so a strong reaction from the us state department. at the same time, he did acknowledge the use riley on the statement that these soldiers would not operating according to po, to go. they would not operating under orders. the action is being investigated and a prop and measures will be taken and they will be held accountable in the secretaries of the the state department spokesperson. i thought i'd be satisfied with these is really assurances that the state department

today, us defense secretary lloyd austin met with zelenskyy on the sidelines of a key security summit in singapore. last week, the us granted permission for ukraine to use american made weapons inside russian territory. >> this is a big shift in us policy. cns natasha bertrand is in singapore at the defense summit. natasha allison, president's zelenskyy of ukraine. he met with a number of different leaders here earlier today in singapore, including secretary of defense lloyd austin and the two, according to a readout from the pentagon, discussed greene's most urgent battlefield needs, including their desperate need for additional air defense systems to really fend off the massive missile barrage. has that russia is launching at ukraine on a near daily basis. and importantly, president zelenskyy also wanted to thank austin and the united states and president biden for making that policy decision to finally allow you ukraine to use american made weapons to strike into russia itself to try to defend itself against those attacks that russia is launching from near the border with ukrainian

. >> since switzerland, during his trip to singapore, zelenskyy also met with us defense secretary lloyd austin. he thanked the us for giving limited permission to fire us weapons into russian territory. but said, washington needs to live more restraints. so ukraine can properly defendants so from russia's constant attacks on how to kyiv as if to prove his point, russian airstrikes in the kharkiv region killed one person and injured two more overnight ukrainian officials say a recreation center, recreation center was struck in that attack we'll see you in a national security cause one and natasha bertrand joins me now from singapore so natasha, mr. zelenskyy says that he's grateful for us permission for limited airstrikes inside russia, but he's not entirely happy as he with those limitations he wants the ability to strike further afield. so it bring us up to date on what was an important visit for the ukrainian leader that's right. >> so secretary of defense lloyd austin, he actually match with president zelenskyy yesterday and they discussed it this very thing. i mean, for the most par

he also met with us defense secretary lloyd austin in singapore.or giving limited permission to fire us weapons into russian territory. but he says washington needs to lift more restraints. so ukraine can properly defend itself. sin and national security correspondent natasha bro trial and joins us now from singapore, what chances are there for zelenskyy to convince them, the americans to be more flexible tasha well, look, i mean originally it was a red line for the us to allow ukraine to use american made weapons to strike inside russian territory at all. >> and now we see that they have loosened those restrictions after many of its european partners already did so, as well as amid pressure from nato countries and the neto secretary generals. of course it's possible that yet again, the administration at shifts its posture to allow ukraine to strike deeper into russian territory using american made weapons or simply in other areas along the border. but for now, the us says that its policy has not changed, that they do not want, ukraine to speak to

lloyd austin, where the discuss ukraine's most urgent battlefield needs at the moment, including theiresperate need for additional air defense systems. but importantly, zelenskyy also wanted to take that opportunity to thank secretary austin, as well as president biden for that very important decision that the us made just last week to finally allow ukraine to strike directly inside russian territory in order to help defend itself against russian strikes that are coming from just over the border of ukraine greene inside russia itself, a real game changer that ukraine has been pushing the united states for, for quite some time now, this is a lente repeatedly. thanked united states for that decision, but one of the major reasons who's actually here at this forum this weekend was to speak directly to the chinese who had been accused by the united states and by the uk of directly supporting russia's war effort in you framed by bolstering its defensive sector and zelenskyy told reporters earlier today, the he tried to meet with chinese officials while he was here today, but the chinese actu

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we're live in singapore with details of his meeting with us defense sector great lloyd austin, plus mexicanoters head to the polls today, how the threat of violence is looming over, or what is all but certain to be a historic result? >> live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim grew zuber protesters and israel are reaching out directly to joe biden to break the deadlock over freeing hostages held in gaza. have a look. this was the scene from just one demonstration, a massive banner. you can see they're asking the us president not only for help getting those captives out but actually saving them from prime minister benjamin netanyahu some protesters clashed with police after voicing anger at the government in this rally demanding that netanyahu resign and that elections be held all of this coming after biden laid out what he calls a new israeli ceasefire proposal, the un, the uk, france, saudi arabia, and the uae are all expressing support for the plan with mediators in qatar and egypt calling on israel and hamas to finalize the details now, joining us sow is journalists lie gucken in

let's hear from us secretary of defense lloyd austin first.ude air defense interceptors, armored vehicles, anti-tank weapons and artillery systems. i am proud that our contact group has already allocated more than $98 billion since february 2022, our coalition continues to find innovative and sustainable ways to meet our most pressing needs. we are making a concerted effort to do more in this area. we will also donate over a thousand combat drones. during my visit to president zelensky in odessa 14 days ago, we discussed strong support, for example, in the field of small arms, in particular sniper rifles. we will quickly organize their transfer along with anti-tank weapons and new components for artillery equipment. well, it’s not a very impressive package yet, no, not very impressive, because it has its own tasks. nato is being transferred to ukraine, where we will successfully civilize them, they will transfer the weapons that they have now to these countries for a full price, and they themselves have launched the entire complex of their rea

meanwhile, us defense secretary lloyd austin is this meeting with washington's key partners in the regionhere is in the past hour with malaysia's defense minister. and on friday, secretary austin held rare talks with his counterpart from china. cnn's i would want some 22 now live from singapore. so i've in the news just came down about zelenskyy speaking, what are we expecting to hear from him? what's his goal? here well, this is a surprise announcement. >> he was not scheduled. there was no ukrainian delegation that it's formally attending this annual security conference here in singapore. and what we're anticipating is with his arrival, he will be bringing europe's deadliest conflict right here to the heart of asia to an annual gathering which is attended for the most part by defense chiefs from around asia and dominated by the ongoing rivalry between the us and china. so you've had the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin meeting with his chinese counterpart here yesterday. there are clearly disagreement it's when it comes to the war in ukraine, for example, this morning we heard a ch

thank you very, very much joining me now the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, he's joining us from the american cemetery in normandy, france on this d-day anniversary, mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us. and of course it's a very powerful moment. it's been 80 years since d-day president biden says democracy is more at risk now than it has been since the end of world war ii what do you see as the greatest threat to democracy right now well, i mean there are a number of leaders who lean towards autocracy and there. >> and so i think that's the greatest threat. i think there's also a threat of us forgetting what this is all about what we can never forget we can never forget to be grateful for those who have gone before us and sacrifice so much and being here is a reminder of the tremendous sacrifices that our troops paid to ensure our freedom and it's it's those sacrifices that really gave birth to the rules-based international order that served us so well for so many years. and we ought to protect that we have to work hard to protect democracy is worth, worth having. but it

>> well, secretary of defense lloyd austin did meet with president zelenskyy earlier today and they discussed ukraine's battlefield needs as well as the most urgent things they need to defend themselves against the russians, including additional air defense systems, which are so key and which are running really in short supply in ukraine, but also as zelenskyy wanted use the opportunity during his meeting with austin to thank him to thank president biden for that major policy shift that we learned about last week where president biden agreed to allow ukraine to use american made weapons to strike inside russian territory itself. a major shift and something that we have not seen the us allowed before over the course of this war. that's linsky has really been pushing for and has said as pretty much a game changer because of the fact that it's going to allow them to actually hit russia where they are launching these attacks right across the border inside russia. but ultimately, this was an opportunity for zelenskyy to come to meet with asian leaders here in singapore. and importantly to try to s

joining me row the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin. he's joining us from the american cemetery in normandy, france on this d-day anniversary, mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us. and of course, it's a very powerful moment. it's been 80 years since d-day. president biden says democracy is more at risk. now than it has been since the end of world war ii what do you see as the greatest threat to democracy, right now well i mean there are a number of leaders who lean towards autocracy and they're, and so i think that's the greatest threat. >> i think there's also a threat of us forgetting what this is all about. well, we can, we can never forget we can never forget to be grateful for those who have gone before us and sacrifice so much and being here is a reminder. the tremendous sacrifices that our troops paid to ensure our freedom and its bow sacrifices that really gave birth to the rules-based international order that served us so well for so many years. and we up to protect that we have to work hard to protect democracy it's wo

yoav gallant is scheduled to meet with secretary of defense lloyd austin on tuesday, and national securitytility in different parts of the middle east. in gaza, medics said israeli strikes on monday killed 11 palestinians. israel has not commented on that strike, but did say an overnight strike killed a senior hamas commander. further north on israel�*s border with lebanon — tensions are growing between israel and hezbollah. prime minister netanyahu says israeli forces may shift its focus to the north — warning of a full—blown war between the two sides. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. lucy letby has told a jury she has never intended, or tried to, harm any baby in her care. the former neonatal nurse is being re—tried over the alleged attempted murder of a baby girl, known as child k, at a hospital in chester in 2016. a verdict could not be reached in the case last year. leading economists have accused labour and the conservatives of not being transparent about the need to either raise taxes, cut spending, or increase debt in the next five years. the institute for fisc

. >> us secretary of defense lloyd austin met with israel's defense minister at the pentagon today asension between israel and hezbollah continues to rise. crossfire on the israel lebanon border has become almost a daily occurrence since hamas attacked israel back on october 7th. secretary austin telling his israeli counterpart that he's growing concerned over the increased tensions. >> i also remain extremely concerned about the attacks by violent israeli extremists against innocent palestinians in the west bank. and so i look forward to discussing how both of our governments can work with the palestinian authority and our regional partners to increase security in the west bank and bring stability to gaza by credible planning for postwar period and by moving on a path towards a two state solution. >> the us military has reopened a floating pier built to deliver aid to gaza. soldiers have the $230 million pier running again. operations resumed last week after it had to pause four times, all because of rough seas. the military says about 6200 metric tons of aid have been delivered to g

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secretary of defense lloyd austin and we discussed the key issues the defense needs of our country bolsteringthey have 16 coalition, and drafting of a bilateral security agreement. i am grateful to potus for making a decision regarding defensive strikes with american weapons on enemy territory to effectively counter russian attempts to expand the combat zone. sort of a reminder that this administration, like others before it, being forced to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> yes, and there are some parallels. biden and tony blinken, secretary of state, across their own redline and allowing american weapons to be used in some instances on russian territory. i cannot emphasize enough how detrimental it was to ukraine, the boycott and affect the speaker of the house engaged in in terms of not sending weapons to ukraine, not approving a budget for ukraine. that had set them back in a time when they were making progress in the war. president zelenskyy is doing a tap dance to try to make sure that he gets the weapons in time to stop the russian offensive. again, all wars always end in the same