o d w ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, u. s. president joe biden announces the death of the alleged masterminds of the 911 attacks my direction. united states successfully concluded nurse and co op amsterdam, i killed the mirror, a little car came on our john strike in the afghan capital killed the 2nd in command of al qaeda. also coming up tensions over a possible stop over in taiwan tony's. me the report that us how speaker nasty

philosophy will visit the island during her trip to asia, despite warnings from china and to the day humanities. just when you understand being when you scope pollution away from nuclear, elation stop warning from the head of the united nations at talks on nuclear non proliferation in new york. ah, i'm really mohammed walking to the program. i'll kind elidah, i'm in also watery, has been killed in a drone strike in the afghan capital. kabul u. s. president joe biden made the announcement a short time ago of the winery allegedly carried out a key role in counting the 911 terrorist attacks against the us. alongside osama bin nodded. this comes the air after us forces pulled out of afghanistan. oh, well,

well, yes, he is a us president joe biden speaking l u r t o is community located is our hear you earlier this year, he had moved to downtown kabul to reunite with members of his immediate family. after carefully considered a clear and convincing evidence of his location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. this measure was carefully plan, rigorously minimize the risk of harm rather civilians. and one week ago or to revise the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get it. and the mission was a success. none of his family members were hurt. there were no civilian casualties . well, taliban has responded on twitter saying the islamic emmert of afghanistan strongly condemns this attack on any pretext, and calls it a clear violation of international principles and the doha agreement. a louis

spoke to roger shanahan. he is a middle east security expert at the know we institute in sydney, australia. he says the killing of i'm and also watery in the afghan capital is significant. yes. so it's very interesting. i think that the bolus we get, we know that our washington has been looking to target al qaeda at the most interesting thing about this, i think is the fact that he was found and killed in downtown cobble, which is not very good news for the for the taliban because was ashamed that he was somewhere in the hinterland, but the fact that he was able to live in the middle of cobble is could, is of concern for chic, scary. she in afghanistan, you served in afghanistan with the australian military. how surprised were you to find out that he was located in cobble yeah, listen, i think that was i. yeah. not only in cobble but from what be no. i will to do

residential area in cobble. you kind of been there without the knowledge and the imprimatur of the taliban themselves, which would be a yeah, a highly risky venture. you would have thought on the part of the taliban. the u. s . got intelligence earlier in the year and waited until the conditions were optimum to do that. but personally, and i think most people who are looking at this issue find it are quite disturbing that he was killed in downtown cobble. and how much of a blow is this for al qaeda and obviously potentially other arm groups operating in afghanistan? well, it probably shows you there's probably 2 issues around this. first of all just shows you that at the u. s. as bane, i had him on the target list for the best part of 2 decades and it finally comes to pass it. they got the person though a tagging so just shy she that evening democracies with changes of administrations

in the u. s. am patience is still a feature of the counterterrorism landscape. i think the other issue is organizations like islamic state, like al qaeda. they understand that the leadership is a high priority target for washington. and so they will bay, i succession plan that has been put in place. well before this in the case that at the me was killed, ill take some time for that become public. i shoot, but those probably the, the 2 issues. we shouldn't assume that this will. i'm upset al qaeda's operational rhythm too much. but at the same time, it says pretty clear message to all of those kind of terrorist groups that washington ah, if it takes 20 years, it takes 20 years before they'll target the ladyship. so are we likely to think more drone strength in afghanistan despite the taliban voicing against it? well, i think guy though, be a judicious use of dry strikes

o doha records. really do give us the ability to do that against islamic state targets. the u. s. says that the taliban brushed it in terms of al qaeda target. so i think if there is a similarly high value target, al qaeda target in afghanistan will say that in the future they'll certainly bay those against his lemming state targets when i have the opportunity. so this probably might be the last but against al qaeda targets probably used more judiciously, i would argue, or just shanahan at the know institute in sydney. thank you very much for your time . my pleasure. the top white house official is wanting china not to manufacture a crisis over a possible visit to tie one bye you as how speak at nancy pelosi taiwanese media report that pelosi will visit the island during her asia till the chinese government says to will view a visit by pelosi as a provocation. adult a warrant that beijing would take strong counter measures in response and defend

the sovereignty and territorial integrity highway. when he glazer is the director of the asia program at the german marshall fund of the united states and she has more on policies potential visit to taipei. i think it's very likely that speaker pelosi will go to taiwan. she was supposed to go this past april, she contracted kogan and she had tend to lay her visit. so this is a reschedule on a previously plan visit. as speaker pelosi has been a supporter, strong advocate of human rights and democracy for many, many decades and very much of a china hawk. and so i think that this is, this visit is important to her. and what kind of response i'll be likely to see from china, china, i think, is going to try to thread the needle. they want to demonstrate resolve and strength . seizure pain does not want to be soft on any issue that pertains to trying to

territory or integrity in sovereignty, especially in the run up to the 20th party congress that will take place this fall . but he also does not want to have a military confrontation with the united states. and so i think that we will see some military actions knocked an effort to shoot closest plane out of the sky by any means. we might see some economic and political measures taken particularly against taiwan, which is usually the target of punitive actions by china when they are dissatisfied with what the united states does to support taiwan. and it seems that china is not concerned about sorrowing relations with the united states, or is this just an illusion? oh, i think that beijing does not want to say further deterioration of relations with united states. and we saw in a phone call that secret paying had with president biden just about a week ago that the 2 leaders talked about the possibility of meeting in person,

maybe later this year. and some people believe at the g 20. i think that c h and ping also has to demonstrate domestically that he can manage relations with united states. having this relationship spin out of control is certainly not with c. j. peg prefers. now we're the u. s. secretary of state's anthony lincoln said that a potential visit to ty, one by miss close the would be entirely up to her decision. do you see a disconnect here amongst the us officials when it comes to dealing with china? well, i think that the united states has announced its china strategy. tony lincoln himself is given a speech. he and others have said that the united states still has a one china policy and does not support taiwan independence. beijing of course, thinks that some of trying is deeds don't match its words. and sometimes that is

true that there have been statements, rhetoric from the bind administration, as well as some actions taken that are not very consistent with the one china policy of the united states. and it is important for the united states to have a clear, consistent, and deliberate judicious policy, i think, in managing the cross street relationship. so i, i would like to see greater consistency. i think that recently the biden registration has been making some efforts in this regard. funny case, i thank you very much indeed for your time and the analysis. thank you. all his look at some other stories making headlines around the world. authorities in california say to bodies were found after a blaze that broke out on friday, the so called mckinney wildfire has forced at least 2000 people to evacuate. fires have ortho broken out in the western states of oregon and montana. police in

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pals of grain from its ports since russia invaded in february. urine secretary general and 20 good terrors has warned the world is closer to nuclear annihilation that at any time since the cold war, he spoke at a un conference on reducing the spread of nuclear weapons. the non proliferation meeting was postponed for 2 years because of the pandemic. the stakes are high as the month long conference gets underway at the united nations headquarters in new york. russia put its nuclear forces on alert after it invaded ukraine. the u n's chief said the threat posed by nuclear weapons today hasn't been seen since the cold war. and he issued this morning. we have been extraordinary lucky so far, but lucky is not the strategy, nor is it. the shields from geopolitical tensions barling over into nuclear, conflicts to with

a humanity is just one misunderstanding. one miscalculation away from nuclear, at any lation. we need the treaty of non proliferation of nuclear weapons as much as ever. germany's foreign minister accused russia of reckless rhetoric and reminded signatories of their obligations to the non proliferation treaty or n p t. we are here to defend the rules based international order. the entity is not just the piece of paper. it embodies some of the most fundamental commitments of human kind to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to ensure nuclear weapons. i never used again and to work towards our common goal of a word free of nuclear weapons. in a letter to delegates,

moscow said nuclear war should never be unleashed, and there could be no winners. the treaty is the cornerstone of global efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. over the following weeks, participants will discuss a consensus on future steps. japan is spearheading talks as the world's 1st and only country to be hit with atomic bombs. the push for agreement comes days ahead of the $77.00 diverse 3 of those nuclear attacks. and the he has a quick reminder of our top stories, the sour u. s. president joe biden says the leader of al qaeda has been killed in an ass strike. the alleged mastermind of the $911.00 attacks was targeted by an american drone in the afghan capital cobbled taiwanese media report that us house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan as part of her current asia trip to

china has repeated its warning of a potential military response if hello fi goes through with the visit, well that, that you're up to date stick around though because coming up next is doc full looking at moldova. and if uncertain situation displacement thesis lean red alert for the blue climate. ah, we're going to have some epic. moreover, water heater is becoming a scarce commodity global struggle for water thirst starts august.