has told congress his report did not exonerate president of obstruction of justice when i was testifying at 2 different hearings about his investigation into russian interference in the 26th presidential election it's the 1st time he's on said questions publicly since the inquiry patty cohen reports. democrats in congress had hoped this would be a huge day they wanted former special counsel robert mueller to lay out in plain english contacts between the trump campaign and russians and 10 different attacks that could be seen as the president of starting justice what they got was a whole lot of this i refer to the report on that i'm not to speak of that again i'm going to pass on that what was a question muller kept it brief but he did confirm that the democrats wanted the american people to hear the president has not been telling the truth about the investigation so the report did not conclude he did not commit obstruction of

justice. that is correct and what about total exoneration did you actually totally exonerate the prez you know now in fact your reports expressly states that it does not exonerate the person it does republicans fiercely defended the president when he said donald trump is not above the law he's not but he didn't i'm sure shouldn't be below the law which is where volume 2 of this work puts him and he knows he's innocent he's not corrupt really acting in order to see that justice is done what do you doing is not obstructing justice he is pursuing justice the former special counsel did seem to indicate the president could still face trouble from his report could you charge the president with a triumph after he left office yes you believe that he committed you could charge the president on stage with obstruction of justice after he left office yes. and muller had a message for the american people the russian interference is real and it continues

and when the single attempt they're doing as we sit here and they expect to do it. during the next campaign the democrats were looking for a theater a moment strong enough that it could break through and move public opinion for now it doesn't appear that they got that the both sides will be looking at public opinion polls in the coming days to figure out their next steps now the moeller has spoken. al-jazeera washington. a president trump and senior u.s. democrats have been reacting to miller's testimony mike hanna has more from washington. both parties are claiming victory following robert miller's appearance in the house among them president trump who carried out what he saw as a victory lap on the lawns of the white house taking questions from reporters insisting that he was not fully vindicated by robert muller's evidence in the course of the day repeating this assertion that the whole investigation was

a witch hunt a phony cloud that had been looming over his presidency this is what else he had to say. so we had a very good day today the republican party. our country. there was no defense of what robert muller was right to defend it offers to robert muller whether is performance was a bad one or a good one i think everybody understands that i think everybody understands what's going on there was no defense to this ridiculous hope this witch hunt that's been going on for. a long time but democrats all robert miller's appearance very differently they insisted that he had high lying to details about the mill investigation that could prove critical in the ongoing investigation into president trump and in particular in relation to his campaign robert mueller himself insisted

the most important message he wanted to give was that the russian investigation the russian involvement in the u.s. electoral process was real and continues to happen this directly rebuking and repudiating president but the house democrats say that this is an important step in the ongoing investigation that could end in impeachment if we have a case for impeachment that's the place you will have to go at that the fact that why i'd like it to be a strong case is because i don't it's based on the facts that fact. in the law that's what matters not politics not partisanship just patriotism while both sides continue to claim victory one thing is abundantly clear the ongoing investigation into president trump will not end with robert miller's appearance before congress certainly not in the view of democrats a president trump has vetoed

a measure to block arms sales to saudi arabia over the war in yemen while expressing his concern for civilian casualties in yemen trump says congressional efforts to block weapons sales would damage the u.s. saudi relationship in may he bypass congress to sell more than $8000000000.00 in weapons to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. still ahead when we come back all funded by civil war how syrian children struggling to survive after the rest of their family was killed by an ass trying. to logon to welcome back to international weather forecast what we have seen a big problem with the rain here across parts of southern china leading to mudslides as well as landslides take

a look the forecast map as we go towards thursday we do expect to see more rain across much of that area but it is going to be dry out here towards the east with food show seeing attempt a few of $36.00 degrees down towards hong kong it is going to be the middy that is the problem with a temperature of about $33.00 really not changing as we go towards friday as we go down here across much of southeastern asia we're going to see quite a bit of rain across much of malaysia over the next few days the philippines heavy rain few anywhere from luzon all the way down here across much of the south temp wise for manila about 31 degrees for you there but down across indonesia it is going to be fine and dry with a tempter jakarta about $32.00 degrees there very quickly i want to take you over here towards india the rain has been a big problem with a month's sunil's season kicking into full gear we're going to see very heavy rain across much of the northeast that is where our deadly flooding has been over the last several days up here towards the north though new delhi the rain is going to be on the increase few with attempted there of about $29.00 in kolkata at about $33.00 degrees down towards the south though for tonight the rain is going to be

quite heavy as well 33 degrees for there but colombo a break from the rain with a temperature of 29. whether sponsored by qatar or. the palestine national locust was 1st founded in the 1930 s. but has had to be revived in 2010 all was a very important thing in palestine now musicians from all over the world come together to perform in the occupied territories. it's like every palestinian living in the us felt it was the 1st time they performed using their identity al-jazeera world hears music as a force for unity the diaspora orchestra. again

you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour boris johnson has taken over as the u.k.'s prime minister pledging to get a bold new briggs's deal but he says the u.k. is prepared to leave the e.u. without a deal if brussels refuses to renegotiate. north korea has fired 2 project hours into the ocean off its east coast japan says they were short range ballistic missiles it is the 1st military action in north korea since donald trump met kim jong un at korea's demilitarized zone last month. former u.s. special counsel robert muller's told congress he did not exonerate the president of obstruction of justice and he said donald trump could be prosecuted once he's out of office. other speaker puerto rico's house of representatives says it started impeachment proceedings against governor ricardo resell oh he's been on the

mounting pressure to step down often nearly 2 weeks of mass protests demonstrators have been calling for his resignation often messages showed him making sexist and homophobic comments again joins us now from san juan so gabriel events moving fast there what's the latest. yeah we're in a old san juan the old part of the city just a couple of blocks away from la fortaleza the governor's mansion we actually had to move a couple blocks away this or so many thousands of protesters on the small cobblestone streets we had to get some room to even just bring you this report here there's a standoff right now there's thousands of protesters here calling for the governor to resign the governor's inside the governor's mansion they said he was going to speak to address the puerto rican people 3 and a half hours ago but he still has not done that we have no idea if he's going to announce he's sick nation or if he's going to announce that he's not going to resign we just simply do not know but this is certainly become an incredible

political crisis the worst this island has ever seen in its history and tonight it is all reaching across sendo if you will with the puerto rican people overwhelmingly against this governor demanding he steps down and the governor simply holed up in a mansion just a couple blocks behind me with no idea what he's going to do there have been heavily armed riot police that have encircled the governor's mansion adding some tension to what is now the 12th straight nights of protests here. gabriel thanks for that care elizondo live for us in san juan. our u.s. judge has attempted to block tightened immigration rules the court in san francisco issued a preliminary injunction but earlier in the day a washington based judge ruled in favor of the restrictions the measures introduced prevented us asylum applications for anybody who had travelled through another

country 1st least 14 civilians have been killed in airstrikes on syria's province comes just 2 days after one of the worst attacks on the rebel held area when several strikes on a market in saddam left at least 41 people dead syria's government began an offensive to retake the province almost 3 months ago when a hoarder has more. is struggling to police. after being trapped under rubble for hours he still can't get enough oxygen. none of his family can take care of this 3 year old. his 7 year old sister is also in intensive care they were severely injured when their home collapsed after it was hit by an airstrike tool and as much parents and their younger sister were killed. they were among $41.00 syrians who died on monday when airstrikes hit

a popular market and surrounding areas in the opposition controlled town of band and southern. these 2 children were brought to our hospital after the massacre not an out of their cases breaks your heart they were in a very bad condition when they are god willing they will get better but they are worried about it was that. it was one of the deadliest attacks against civilians since the russian backed syrian government offensive began almost 3 months ago. the neighborhood was repeatedly hit making it hard for best killers to evacuate the survivors. the 1st strike here so i arrived as a neighborhood to see what happened i saw destruction and bodies on the streets then we heard on the walkie talkie that the planes are back i was with 2 other

people they ran in different directions for those who went to the left where i hid in a store and that is why i survived. no man is home to more than 100000 syrians among them internally displaced from other parts of syria it's not the 1st time it has been hit and people there expect the indiscriminate bombardment to continue but for many leaving is not an option. and you all and i am in the same situation as others if i leave there's no place to go is densely populated the borders with turkey are closed people prefer to die in their homes instead of a life with no dignity. syrians are being killed every home's the tools and much family were sleeping when the plane dropped a bombs. on her cousin and they are now left alone. keeps asking for his father i don't know what to tell him he keeps crying of talent to hard on.

tools are now our hands and the war means many other syrian children will share a similar fate. people. are turkey's foreign minister says a landmark migrant deal with the european union will be cancelled. says the block has failed to deliver on its commitment to provide visa free travel for turkish citizens under 2016 agreement turkey agreed to increase restrictions on migrants it was billed as a solution to the rapid influx of refugees coming into europe most of whom pass through turkey and sudan's military says it's for the coup attempt seeking to abort the people's revolution military chief of staff was among a number of high ranking officials detained it comes one week after a power sharing deal was signed by members of the military council and civilian coalition the mechanically mochas the military forces were able to uncover the

details of the plan and the participants led by general hotshoe to leave are made the military joint chief of staff and a number of military officers and senior members of the national intelligence and security service this is in addition to leaders from the islamic movement and the national congress party they have been taken into custody. here morgan has more on this. the chief of staff is not the only person who has been arrested are so full of the top army officials were arrested as well including the head of the armored division and the head of the popular defense forests now that that defense force was a force that was established by the former president on what it is you who was ousted by the military council on the 11th of april it's now clear the reasons behind of the arrest and people are saying that the minute sources in the military are saying that there were coup attempts that was organized by the chief of staff along with several other top generals at least 18 people happen to rest have so far some of

those have been forced into retirement and it's now clear to waiting for a statement from the military council to explain why these arrests took place but it is worth noting that the chief of staff for someone who was appointed by the military council after they came to power on the 11th of april so he's very much somebody of their choice and so clear if they would basically believe that he would try to stage a coup against the military council several officials as i said have also been arrested as well we understand that they are being investigated and there are concerns that what the military council is trying to do is to crank the consulate did its power to keep only the loyalists people who are loyal to the military council for positions of power and the military. boeing has announced its largest quarterly loss on record following the grounding of its 737 max aircraft company lost $3000000000.00 in its 2nd quarter and sales fell by more than a 3rd the 737 actually it was grounded in march after 2 crashes in 5 months killed

346 people a problem with the software caused the planes to repeatedly nose dive when it was meant to stabilize the aircraft christmas salumi as mourners from new york. boeing sold $104.00 fewer planes than it did last year in the 2nd quarter revenue is down 35 percent the announcement sent share prices tumbling the $737.00 max remains grounded as the company works to fix a software glitch blamed for those 2 fatal crashes boeing expects to have that taken care of in the coming months but it will still be up to federal regulators to determine when the $737.00 can return to flight boeing c.e.o. says the company might shut down production if the plane's return is significantly delayed beyond the company's october forecasts the company has said it expects to pay some $4900000000.00 to compensate airlines for the downtime it's also facing lawsuits from the families of the $386.00 victims of the 2 flights experts believe

the company will rebound it's just a matter of when and boeing has been the leader that we need them to get back on their feet and struggling again we've still right now there's a question of trust there's a question of winning the regulators and the government and everyone on board because that's what the airline business is all about having the trust of the people while the company did suffer its largest quarterly loss ever that was offset somewhat by gains in the defense and service contracts facebook's been fined 5000000000 dollars by the u.s. federal trade commission for violating its users privacy it is the largest ever penalty of its kind imposed by the f.t.c. facebook now is to create a special committee within its board to put an end to privacy decisions being made solely by chief executive mark zuckerberg.

this is al jazeera these are the top stories for us johnson has taken over as the u.k.'s prime minister pledging to get a bold new brigs it deal but he says the u.k. is prepared to leave the e.u. without a deal if brussels refuses to negotiate and it is of course vital at the same time that we prepare for the remote possibility the brussels refuses any further to negotiate and we are forced to come out with no deal not because we want that outcome of course not but because it is only common sense to prepare. for north korea has conducted its 1st missile test since u.s. president donald trump met kim jong un nearly a month ago south korea and japan say 2 short range ballistic missiles were fired earlier this month north korea warned military drills in south korea could be rail

nuclear talks with washington from a pride has more from seoul or i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have many plays in its playbook to keep itself dominating world affairs this is away from north korea to say look we're still here we still want to go see oceans of they probably see in donald trump their best chance of trying to get the lifting of these sanctions and the clock is ticking of course because we are coming up to election year he might not be president a couple of years from now former u.s. special counsel rubble miller has told congress his report did not exonerate president donald trump of the destruction of justice while i was testifying at 2 different hearings over his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections the 1st time results and questions publicly since the inquiry. sudan's military says it's for the coup attempt the military's chief of staff was among a number of high ranking officials detained it comes one week after

a power sharing deal was signed by members of the military and civilian coalition those are the headlines in iraq today we're back in half an hour right now it's inside story. can china be a military superpower and beijing has outlined its defense plans that include a modern and advanced on me it's also accuse the us of undermining global stability so how will this defense policy play out school in the asia pacific region and beyond this is insight story.

hello and welcome to the program i'm home he is in kabul military competition is on the rise and china believes it's lacking behinds beijing says the u.s. has increased its defense budgets modernize its weapons and develops its capability in cyber space and space itself but the chinese government wants to catch out its details how it intends to do just that in a national defense paper released on weapon state beijing has declared it wants greater modernization of its own forces and weapons it says its ambitious plans are peaceful but not if taiwan tries to achieve independence from the mainland china's defense ministry has warned it's ready to go to war to safeguard its national unity and says it will take all necessary measures to defeat those that call separatists

let's hear what china spokesperson had to say i would up with on to. the building and growth of china's defense capability is based on its own justified security demands its growth has always been the growth of perforce for world peace the white paper has clearly demonstrated china's policy of not pursuing had to money. the theory that a strong country must seek hedger many will never apply to china no matter how china is developed in the future we will not threaten anyone neither will we seek fears of influence noble emotional there are still big gaps between china's defense expenditure and its demands of maintaining the national sovereignty security and interests complementing its obligations as a major power and maintain the progress of its own defense level we will continue to keep a proper and stable growth of expenditure. well the island of taiwan is self rules but china sees it as part of its own territory the u.s.

has angered beijing by approving sales of weapons to the island this month sales worth more than 2000000000 dollars well china says it wants a lie the island to splits from the mainland will not leave much money we are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity and efforts however we have to be very clear that seeking taiwan independence will meet a dead end if anyone dares to separate taiwan from china the chinese army will certainly fight resolutely defending the country sovereign unity and territorial integrity. well the mainland affairs council taiwan's top policymaking bosy on china condemned beijing remarks in a statement it says we are paging authorities to renounce irrational malicious acts such as the use of force and soon prove cross streets relations and handle issues including hong kong rationally can be

a responsible regional member. well let's have a look at china's military power china's people's liberation army is the world's largest military force with more than 2000000 soldiers on the ground in the air and at sea president says he wants to transform the pioli insue what he calls a world class force capable of winning wars anywhere by 2050 china has cut the size of its land based on me by around 50 percent and significantly boosted its naval and air forces as parts of that plan and it's investing heavily in modernizing its military equipment china's defense budget is the world's 2nd largest after the united states its military expenditure for this year a set at more than 100 and $75000000000.00 president donald trump has demanded the u.s. 2019 defense budget be increased to $750000000000.00. well

let's bring in our panel in bangkok via skype we have john provides he's an analyst at jane's spy office markets it's offense and security consultancy in d.c. it we're joined by lawrence korb he served as u.s. assistant secretary of defense and is now a senior fellow at the center for american progress and and berlin we have adam need he search china research or korean aversive see in sydney in a visiting fellow at the university of hamburg welcome to you war i'd like to start and berlin if i could with that to me what would you say we've learned from this white paper. i think the white paper does is a strong play because statement. didn't present any real strategies or any surprise forty's of us that watches china's military but it's

a very strong political statement about how china sees its regional and international environment. how he sees at the role played by the us which is counterproductive and they stabilising in the view of beijing but as well as some other bits which i think are critically important and one of these is. how internal security has become such a big part of china's national security that it's being that it's being elevated to the top of beijing's priority for its armed forces but as well as a focus on political loyalty of the armed forces as well and if they thanks very much for that adamant let's cross it to war since in d.c. and lawrence korb we heard that this is china's statements of defining its rule in the world what would you say china's message is with this with this

document and how is the u.s. likely to interpret. well china's message is that unlike our own document they're not a strategic competitor us worldwide is that they're basically protecting their own interests and also that their military is getting more and more powerful particularly in their region what we call the indo pacific region and they will protect their interests and again as they've been doing ever since the revolution that taiwan is part of china and we're not happy with the united states continuing to provide military assistance there and if you should think about you know becoming separate we will use our military force to prevent taiwan from doing that even if the us aids them do you think lawrence korb this is a shot across the by then

a more emboldened china. to say we are raising at this point to take military action and it's time for the u.s. to back oh oh. well basically they are saying that you know better they're on their way to doing that and they said by 2050 they're going to be a world class military but the fact of the matter is in their region they're also very very powerful they also know mention they complain about the u.s. being a global power and messing around all the world they don't talk about their belt road initiative which is destabilizing a lot of parts of the world ok that reason to very interesting points there lawrence korb the belts and roads initiative and their perceptions of the united states i want to raise these 2 issues at during the course of our discussion but jump of that if i could just come to you how do you interpret this white paper in the states meant from china on the state of its military in the direction that it's

going and what's the main takeaway for you well i mean the statement so far right in as much that this shows china's determination to. retain its sovereignty over taiwan and control that situation and also the message to the u.s. but there's also a lot of holes i think in the white paper that was issued today there's a lot of there's a lot of ambiguity and there's a lot of areas that china doesn't really come provide any d. many details on for example military bases international military bases it talks a little bit about the one in all of africa but very nothing else. other examples include the scope of military modernization and capabilities that that china is looking to deploy very little information about the main thrust certainly is that that taiwan aspect that the taiwan situation was not apparent in

the 2015 white paper. only passing reference and so this is. the real mind to take away in this in this 2019 white paper and the reason for that is because the united states has played a much stronger role as president trump i think in certainly in supporting taiwan. and that is the main message here a lot because so there is a number of ambiguities in the white paper you know trying to use is the white paper i think really to show that it is becoming more transparent more open about its military objectives but i think it doesn't really it's failed to do that i think certainly. i think it will be a notice of all aspects of it in the united states and abyssinia if i could come to you you mentioned that the focus on this white paper it has. the contrast with the

previous white paper in 2015 which is more focused on an external perspective now the focus one could interpret it as being more in sorrow one focusing on china's domestic stability what it uses its territories do you think in some way there is it signals a new determination for the chinese to take more concrete action when it comes to taiwan or is this more of a tie fashion or a tactic to focus more on the internal and domestic policies for quietly expanding influence overseas. i think certainly in the domestic aspects has become top of patients agenda. if you look at the 25th defense white paper taiwan tibet and is not explicitly mention of it is implied. but in this case they have been incorporated into the

tasks and missions of the chinese military so it's very clear that this has elevated importance for the chinese party state the other thing is that there is at it language with reference to maintaining political security maintaining social stability so very much code language for maintaining the control of the party ok one of the other big messages from this was at the fact that the u.s. is undermining global stability i'd like to examine that. same with you in what way is the u.s. and so many global stability according to this white paper in this report. yes so in beijing's view the u.s. is pursuing what it what it called hedge monism so essentially security a security at the cost of others and being able to exercise a degree of power that is sees as illegitimate. but also in the

region in beijing's view that the united states is increasingly antagonistic towards beijing whether that be in the south china sea a with reference to taiwan and indeed rainfall sman of the us alliance networks and deployments and other forms of intervention in the region and beyond its unilateral ism as well. in henchmen of its military capabilities so all of that threatens beijing and is perceived by beijing as potentially threatening of its national interests at lawrence korb which here are with the u.s. accept these arguments that it's america's. might in global stability now obviously the united states feels that it's in the region because they're asked to be there why our allies the japanese the south koreans the australians and

they're there we're there to help protect them for example if the chinese try and take over or some of the islands that traditionally have belonged to japan we would we would prefer prevent that and obviously we would come to the defense of taiwan if for example the chinese aside that that they waited long enough and they had to use force to to unify the unify the island so we are feel that we're there to provide the stability and the chinese are the aggressors i think it's very interesting now we've tightened our toys with india it's not used to be the pacific command now it's the indo-pacific over. dan and india and china have been traditional busy law rivals in the area. jumped out at me were which we're seeing the teen ira civs here from china has perspective the u.s. is threatening global stability from the u.s. perspective they're merely defending allies in the region and china is becoming

more of a de stabilizing factor as they can both these things be true. yes i mean china there obviously sees its military modernization and its military investment it's not a military. activity such as the belgian road initiative which are aimed at getting strategic and economic influence primarily all these go hand in hand and are part of china's. strong development that we've seen over the past few days and this will continue and so this kind of this white paper is part of the process of blank down the foundation and laying down the marker as to where china's position in the global in the global between the global powers is it it's saying to the u.s. we're here where we're dominant player in the region and we will continue and

expand our power over the coming over the coming decade and the and the lines that it's put in the sand today with this white paper certainly in terms of taiwan. is a is a is a warning that will be you know understood in the u.s. but the u.s. all of a see not stand down so it means that there will be a requirement for diplomacy. for discussions and negotiations and also. threats and concerns about misunderstandings in some of the region so that so that there is you know there is a place for. but it requires a certain level of diplomacy because neither of these 2 powers the u.s. and china are going away any time soon in this region and beyond are those they're certainly not in it and it gives rise to. to the question how likely are we to see

some kind of military intervention because already the us and china are in the middle of a trade war neither side looks willing to back down. does this increase the risk of a military confrontation not no not not immediately i don't think because there is an understanding that what's happening at the moment in certainly in areas like the south china sea where china's military power has grown to such an extent that it's terence there's also grown which means that it's the chances of military engagement have decreased. china's military power has decreased the increase to such a right that the but bigger the chances of any real military conflict has probably decreased with some certain regional players however that's not the u.s. and that's where the complication is and the real danger i think is misunderstandings miscalculations about patrols in the air is that they do patrols

about that that is probably an area that is of concern but diplomacy will be a key aspect going forward for these 2 notions as a me just how far do you think china is prepared to go with regard to taiwan we heard in that press conference the spokesperson saying we are willing to go to war do you think we can take that statement at face value. i think it's hard to judge their i mean. china has been consistently saying for a long time now that it's willing to go to war. over taiwan but i think ultimately the cardinal principle that animates chinese behavior at home as well as policy abroad is the need to keep the chinese communist party in power so if it comes to taiwan or the collapse of the communist party then i think

they will go to war butting in other scenarios you can imagine where the chinese communist parties legitimacy is threatened and has been putting to a really tough spot where feels that military action is its only way out so i think that's the kind of scenario that would potentially have escalation implications and very tragic consequences lawrence korb a similar question to you how far is the u.s. prepared to go when it comes to support for taiwan given these red lines and markets have really been drawn in the sand with this white paper. oh well there's no doubt about the fact that the u.s. would call the taiwan saide if the chinese should be foolish enough to try and integrate it using military military force obviously nobody wants that because nobody's going to win if that if that happens similarly the united states and china

have to be careful they don't have an accidental escalation when we're conducting patrols in the area they're trying to you know bill run why runways on these islands that they're that they're that they're claiming and i think that's the real danger as well as the fact that something could happen in north korea given what's what's going on there their missile build up the fact that we're putting. missiles in south korea theoretically to defend against north korea but the chinese see them as on to my name their nuclear deterrent so those are the things i think you have to be very very care careful careful about and make sure that we maintain lines of communication so an accidental encounter does not spiral into a conflict that nobody really wants absolutely but things lawrence korb the seem to

be deteriorating in terms of the rhetoric building up with this trade war going on the chinese using very much more robust rhetoric when it comes to outlining their position in this white paper do you think this will be ringing alarm bells in washington the release of this white paper do you think in the u.s. there is a recognition that the are not going to be the only superpower in time. well you know i think it will reinforce our the american national security strategy which said you know when you have 2 major strategic competitors china and russia and china is the is the more potent one and that's why we've had to increase our defense spending which in real terms even if you control for inflation is higher than at the height of the reagan buildup or during during world war 2 so it will feed into that narrative and make it hard for people who say we're focusing too

much on defense and not enough on diplomacy to win the to win the day as in the think we are looking at and you chinese military superpower already china's very strong economically is this the next frontier. indeed i think. she jumping has made a abundantly clear that china is looking for a superstar power status when it comes to its military force the wipa clearly highlights that the people's liberation army is not where beijing wants it to be knowledge is that tremendous modernization reform has already happened but it also says that it's still lags behind while leading militaries and i think that's what that's what china's military were working towards and it's got ma stands in 20202035 of cause to become the world's leading. leading military by

2050 so indeed we're looking at china's pursuit of that military superstardom it's another matter to kind of evaluate whether that is possible in the frame in the timeframe given by she in pain ok i see you. were coming to the end of our discussion just give me your thoughts are we looking at 2 military superpower as the u.s. and china or will the u.s. remain dominate in this regard. at the moment the us is dominant in this regard i'm well more ramon so for the foreseeable future certainly for the near term and as was stated just now the chinese military has certain goals that it wants to achieve by the 20 mid twenty's thirty's and 20 fifty's and i think by that time. on the trajectory that china is on at the moment with the investment that china has committed is committing to military modernization there will be

a different scope and a different level of military power available to the chinese government at that period. at the moment the us is in a head in terms of capabilities and technology is an understanding but the china chinese is rapidly improving its capability to this very quickly well lots of food pfeffer thought that i'd like to thank all of my guests john lawrence korb and adam in the and thank you to you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website that's al to 0 dot com and for further discussion just head to our facebook page that space picked up come forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at inside story you can take it or at the at our my he for me when i and the whole inside so i think it's by.

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without a deal and it is of course vital at the same time that we prepare for the remote possibility the brussels refuses any further to negotiate and we are forced to come out with a deal not because we want that outcome of course not but because it is only common sense to propound and north korea has conducted its 1st missile test since u.s. president donald trump and kim jong un nearly a month ago south korea and japan say 2 short range ballistic missiles were fired earlier this month north korea warned military drills in south korea could derail nuclear talks with washington from mcbride has more from seoul. i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have many plays in its playbook to keep itself dominating world affairs this is a way from north korea to say look we're still here we still want to go see asians

we probably see in donald trump their best chance of trying to get the lifting of these sanctions and the clock is ticking of course because we are coming up to election year he might not be president a couple of years from now a former u.s. special counsel robert mueller has told congress his report did not exonerate president donald trump of obstruction of justice when i was testifying at 2 different hearings about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election it's the 1st time he's asked said questions publicly since the inquiry report did not conclude he did not commit obstruction of justice. that is correct and what about total exoneration did you actually totally exonerate the press. now in fact your reports expressly stated it does not exonerate the person it does so we had a very good day today the republican party. our country. there was no

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oh we'll always that you're my lad if you mean for instance. we lead. the sad little head into the sadness. i don't know charlie i have to tell you my name is mamma and i know i caught it in it. about e-mail so that gives a coincidence between how to make something is cause like but i seen an orchestra in the orchestra and you're back to sydney and you are charlie chart and we know your family so we will we love to enjoy in the circus and you can meet the other by sunni and maybe from different countries mohamed it's nice to meet you mike i'm charlie as you know and i live in los angeles i'm so glad that you contacted me so

this is sounds like such a wonderful opportunity come up to palestine to perform with my my fellow musicians and probably some relatives as well you know my father and my uncles all grew up in jerusalem and it's just such a treat to be able to go back finally thank you so see see you soon i think ok sounds great and both they already have ready ringback ready. had a talk about it have just won it and. dismantle artists from the city you live in ca when fear. and no no well yeah but then again i'm here did that he checked the family mess and then before the feedback from us to. hit you had a little earlier it was

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