on that a d, w dot com ah, if it was the escalation you were looking for you shortly, didn't get it at china's national people's congress. after months of growing tensions between washington and beijing, chinese leaders use the stage at the annual meeting of their rubber stamp legislature to slam and threaten the u. s. in almost unprecedented ways. the toughest talk was served by china as new foreign minister, who warned of catastrophic consequences in washington didn't change course. china's wolf warrior diplomacy was on full display with beijing portraying itself as the victim of western suppression, staunchly defending russia's invasion of ukraine, and blaming the u. s for causing the dispute over taiwan. the white house insist that this doesn't change their approach to its systemic rival, but it may well be a new lo and us china relations. i'm nicole fairly kimberline and this is the day

ah, we have on if the united states does not hit the brakes, it continues to speed down the wrong path. it will surely be conflict and compensation. we've been very clear in our approach. it's not change. we want an approach of competition, not conflict, please. i'm a, don't you? why does the united states asked china not to provide weapons to russia? why don't keep selling arms to taiwan jones and ultimately it's their choice to make, and we really strongly urge them to make the right choice. the more unstable, the world becomes, the more imperative to china and russia to steadily advance their relations. also on the day, russia moves to implement even more draconian laws against domestic criticism of

its war against ukraine for the the skull statements. even if it's just one sentence or single piece of information that is judged to be false, even though it's very likely to be career or such statements, a given huge prison sentences. we haven't seen anything like this since the 1950. all of a shortage over go. ah, welcome to the show. could china and the u. s. b headed for an all alice confrontation of china's freshly appointed foreign minister chin gong is to be believed. the answer is yes. at his 1st press conference in the post, he slammed washington's approach of competition without conflict and war. and that the current dynamic threatened global peace. speaking on the side lines of the national people's congress, china's rubber stamp parliament chin defined those expecting

a more rare conciliatory tone after the recent spy balloon incident. and blame the us for the war in ukraine and rising tensions over taiwan. let's listen. it will be a font if the united states does not hit the brake, sushi general, and continues to speed down the wrong path. no amount of guard rails can prevent derailing yet, and that will surely be conflict and confrontation. there'll be continental who will bear the catastrophic consequences financing the hope. this is a reckless gamble window with the stakes being the fundamental interests of the peoples of our 2 countries and even the future of humanity. naturally, china is firmly opposed to all of this moral. it's 2nd with a ration she covers china at the eurasia group. miss n. good. see you again. now we just heard the new chinese foreign minister sending barely veiled threats towards washington at his 1st public appearance in the post. how much of an escalation is this?

thank you again for inviting me to the show. although mister chin did use very harsh rhetoric when talking about the us, i don't think this is as ask literary as it seems. this is merely a reflection that aging is deepening is recognition that the competition with the last will last for this year and beyond. and it will pose negative external risks to china's development. as you know, china is really focused on economic recovery. but there are a lot of us policies that are coming out of washington that are restricting it's you know, objectives to reach self reliance in technology such as the export control. mr. shit made short to make and found a lot more threatening. now he was until december, china's ambassador to washington, he knows the us very what has he always been such a hard liner?

i think mr. chin is more of a complex figure. so under, you know, seating thing, thought in chinese war policy, china is expected to be assertive to maximizes interest on the international stage . and that mr. 10 is expected to be assertive and be ready to push back against us claims of china doing certain things. and so mr. chins remarks in this press conference is certainly very harsh. but also if we see at the end of his term as the ambassador to the us, he actually posted some pretty friendly twitter post in terms of asserting his belief that the u. s. people are good and that he has faith in

a friendly us trying to relationship, but because of the balloon incident and also reason us allegations of china provisioning, considering provisioning weapons to russia. there are certain obstacles for us. china relations to meaningfully stabilize this year. and the outlook of this year for us, china relations is fairly dire. yeah. you make them sound like a sheep in wolf skin there in a way. i want it to take apart a couple of things. he did say that made this sound like the these relations were on track for a further escalation. he said, the more unstable the world becomes, the more imperative it is for china and russia to steadily advance their relations . how much of a headache could this deepening friendship become to the rest of the world, including of course, the united states. yes,

china is going to continue. it's friendly relations with russia, but it is likely to deliver lethal mil, military aid to, to russia because there will be there, there will certainly be a very harsh us sanction response as a, along with a hardening attitude toward china and europe, which is what aging does not want to see, and so china wall is that continue to support russia in economic terms, delivering not lethal but dual use items such as drones or chips to support russia . because china cannot and does not want to see russia collapsed by, by the war and from its strategic calculus. it does not see that it is saying it's off from russia will bring any sort of good, well from, from the u. s. and if they're not planning it going to be grand,

are opting either of china is not planning on delivering weapons or providing military support to russia. then why are they saying so? mr. mr tunes remarks did not indicate that china will send mil, military weapons to russia. it merely indicated that china will continue its close diplomatic relationship with russia and those, those 2 things are different. gen also kept drawing parallels between ukraine and taiwan, saying that the u. s. keep talking about ukraine sovereignty, but ignores what he called sinus territorial integrity by supporting tiwana. these are obviously 2 very different situations. are we watching beijing set the rhetorical groundwork for an invasion? i don't necessarily interpret to be so because the chinese and his

a session was that was already passed in 2005 and has, has been in existence for almost 2020 years at this point. and mis, mister chins mention of the law does not indicate that beijing is planning for an evasion this year, or in the next couple of years. china does not yet have the military capability to execute such an invasion. and also the president of the russian invasion of ukraine has a sober china to, to an extent that china will certainly face a harsh sanction or response if it tries to execute an evasion of taiwan. that's based on these factors. i think that the gene will not come to play about it in china and in taiwan, excuse me, this year i version of the year asia grew always great. speaking to you many thanks for your time. thank you. ah.

in russia, the crackdown on descent continues on tuesday. student activist dmitri ivanov was sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison. the 23 year old founder of an opposition social media channel was charged with spreading. what russian authorities consider false information about its military. and since the early days of the war, individuals perceived to have this credit at the russian army by deviating from the official government narrative, have been prosecuted and punished with draconian prison sentences. now the russian parliament has given initial backing to widen the law that made the crackdown possible. it will soon cover voluntary fighters as well, including mercenaries working for the notoriously brutal wagner group. anyone who criticized is russian soldiers in ukraine, whether they're fighting for the russian army or so called volunteer units could soon face alone. prison sentence. a law of punishing public defaming of the

military has been in place for a year now. but that slightly to be extended to include so called volunteers or mercenaries, was looked at with the but i was just, you know, who are these volunteers that are mentioned in the same breath as russian soldiers? super. no, let me some. but it's not clear, but you know, who's i mean? and then to talk with worries me a lot. let me bushings self install. the new law would cover private armies. yes, kenny precaution, the founder of the wagner mercenary group, once the russian parliament to add the term volunteers to the discredit taishan law of many of progression soldiers of former prisoners, he personally recruited. oh, right. we need your criminal talents just with you. i myself served 10 years in prison before i became of russian hero, held these ya careers and i have

a few more talents now that helped me a lot in life. i merged with my graduate lawyers complain that since the war began, the russian parliament has passed a series of bills aimed at stifling descent. took in his book. it's not just about the wagner group off at you. i think the idea behind the amendment doesn't restore is to broaden the scope of lower enforcement in general. well, you're well over soon. any criticism of military special operations will be punished won't be hon. ashmond, under the new law would be draconian. up to 15 years in the penal colony is vineyard from a legal point of view. this is simply absurd other statements, even if it's just one sentence or, or single piece of information that is judged to be false. even though it's very

likely to be correct. on such statements, a given huge prison sentences, we haven't seen anything like this since the 1950 and a half ago. the new amendment civil ready been fast tracked through parliament. later this month, the set to be approved by the upper house and signed into law by president putin. ah. however, in ukraine, an aide to president vladimir zalinski has the nike was involved in the sabotaging of the north stream gas pipelines, the undersea pipelines which brought russia natural gas to jeremy, were blown up in september 2022. the new york times reported earlier on tuesday, citing unnamed you as officials of us intelligence indicates, a pro ukrainian group carried out the attack. german media is also reporting that there is evidence pointing to possible ukrainian involvement. the german government

is still investigating the incident, but russia says that the reports show a u. n. lead international inquiry is needed. let's dig deeper and bring in just in chrome. he's a military veteran and ceo of the international intelligence and risk analysis consultancy sibling. he joins us from the u. k. mr. crump, good to see you again. now these newest claims do they fit into the picture of what we know so far about the north stream explosions? and there is a lot of theories during the rounds. it wasn't long ago, the ones respect to journalist seymour hersh reduced what he is a detailed expose of exactly how the u. s. government did it with the involvement of norwegians, for example, the russians play the u. k. but she's try out the event for conducting and this is the latest number of, of theories. as we say, it is still in intelligence information at the moment source for us to consider. but it does seem, as your correspond said, you know,

a fairly detailed amount of information that's come out about how this may have been mounted. but it was always in some ways, the least likely explanation that a non state group of actors, reva smuggle, a very sizable con, to explosives, undetected and get that to the scene to target this incredibly important pipeline. so although it's been postulated for some time, it's one of the theories, it was always the hardest to understand how that could have come together. and it suddenly suggests a sizable amount of money and a very interesting network behind an operation like this. you can imagine just driving a large amount explosive through germany in itself is something i think a germ population would be. i'm shocked to understand that if that was easy, so there's still a lot of questions raised for sure. this was one of the theories i was always the hardest to see, you know, necessarily being done, but it was never impossible. and which way to see overseas, more details merge and ukrainian president roland whereas zaleski says,

keep with absolutely not involved. and there is actually no indication to prove the contrary, but the evidence can apparently be traced back to ukraine. who's there, do you think could have had an interest in blowing up the pipeline? you know, i think if you look at the, say, some of the covers, maybe it's just as ukrainian or russian nationals opposed to vladimir putin is what is being said. and again, my stress, this is just reporting at the moment. none of us know the full facts that we're going to work or what, what we're seeing. but there are obviously quite a lot of powerful interests. i think within russia, within ukraine, obviously many ukrainians, exact in favor of love right now is war and happy to see things that ensure the national survival. i'm sure and oversee some with him, russia as well. i mean, let's not forget that the oligarchs with a powerful big is in russia right up until just about a year ago. when many of them fled or forced effectively into exile with russian actions in ukraine, effectively paralyzing their business interests overseas. so lots of very wealthy,

influential, and networks people would have political, financial reasons, essentially to help undermine peyton's war effort. recover maybe some of what they had lost serving as both russians in the ukraine. you could, you could look out. i do believe it's unlike at this point and you creating government was involved before the incident in the, with an old stream they had already. so i've been told, i think about some of the operations going on inside russia. you may remember the assassination of are do gonna, and other incident happened inside russia. i think the u. s. and tick, you are getting a bit concerned about because the spillover risk and the way you crime is potentially being portrayed as a result. and so understanding was ukrainian government was being careful at that time, not to do anything controversial. this would vary katie, you know, for within that scope. and so i find it hard to say that it was driven by them just in chrome. many thanks, always great speaking to you ah. in

france, tens of thousands have joined a fresh wave of open ended strikes against president emmanuel michaels. proposed pension reforms unions have bound to bring the nation to a standstill over the plans, which would see the minimum retirement age raised from $60.00 to $2.00. 64. the government says the measures are needed, but polls show most french citizens are against the proposed changes. the early hours final preparations are made for a day of disruption. the makeshift barricade set in place at a bus depot, just north of paris unions called on people to come out and force to protest against president manuel mc calls. planned to overhaul pensions. a controversial proposal that would see the age of retirement raised to $64.00. and they've done just that by lunchtime thousands of people had taken to the streets in cities right

across the country with one message. oh boy, i used this was on google. i don't want to work until i'm 6400 well enough already for the plumbers of it. for the moment there are only promises made and we don't know when it's going to end. oh, so it's better to fight now than to lose our gains. that's it. is only love it up, people likes allstate, people see around them that there are plenty of colleagues don't even make it to the current legal retirement age. so how can we expect them to make it to 64 he gets was we'll get unions hope by shutting down the country. the president might now start listening to them. demonstrators of targeted roads, public services, and key transport hubs for maximum impact. most train and metro services have also been cancelled and many schools closed. but despite all the disruption public opinion appears to be with those demonstrating why

should i support them? because it's the right thing to do that. doing this for us. i have to work, but if i could, i would have demonstrated with them to savage, if i could. this is a property. so if a can bring a solution to this never ending pension problem than i'm rather in favor of movement. the french prime ministers warned that a nationwide standstill would primarily impact the most fraudulent country. but as the standoff grows, the stakes for president michael on his flagship pension reforms continue to rise. ah, world wide one and every 3 women will experience sexual or gender based violence throughout her life. in circumstances of conflict, that number is dramatically exacerbated with sexual violence, often used as a means of repression. in a story move, the european union has placed sanctions, or 9 people and entities. it holds responsible for violations of women's rights around the globe. it's the 1st time ever the e. u as issued sanctions targeting the perpetrators of sexual violence in

a statement issued ahead of international women's day. the commission said, not only to day, but every day we stand united with all women to build momentum for their rights across the globe. we want to empower women to pursue their life goals unhindered to strengthen global accountability. the u has just adopted a package of sanctions against perpetrators of sexual and gender based violence. for more, we can talk now to our brussels correspondent, jack parrish. jack in 2014, the european council committed itself to quote, combating and eliminating all forms of violence against women. yet, this is the 1st time we're seeing concrete sanctions, but took them so long. it's taken awhile. hudson is a really interesting one because this says, the sanctions that has come out is related to an agreement from december 2020, which essentially gave the european union permission to sanction people on the

grounds of human rights abuses. they were really sort of looking originally at things like crimes against humanity, genocide, and for slavery, etc. but they also put gender based crimes and sexual based crimes in there. and this today is the 1st time that they've done that. and that's because in november 2022 last year, you government sat down together and said, listen, we need to start looking at this idea of crimes against women, especially in was owns in places where there is conflict. and that's why it's taking so long. essentially, nicole, it's procedure they've taken a while to get round to this bearing in mind that they've had other sanctions, regime for instance, against iran, bella, ruth, ukraine, of russia and the crimes that have been committed that. but they are quite pleased to have been able to announce that you saw that in the announcement by the european commission. they're pleased to have this sort of charted up on the human rights sanction this night. yeah, and there is a list now on the table who are the individuals and entities target what violations

are they made responsible for? so there are 9 people and 3 entities and it's quite a diverse sets of different crimes. for instance, 2 taliban ministers have been put on the list for banning women from from higher education, including the higher education minister and the minister whose title is for the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice. also, officers from the moscow city police who cracked down on protests and cracked down on women there as well as members of the russian armed forces. some student sudanese, malicious who have perpetrated some pretty horrific crimes against women in sudan, also cartridge prison in iran. as a, as an organization, the syrian republican guard and a ministry office in miramar, as well as a deputy home affairs minister in miramar, for cracking down on women and perpetrating gender based crimes. it's a relatively disparate list. but as i say,

the european union is it's sort of trying to show that it will use this sanctions measure to target perpetrators of crimes against women. it's not only a fairly desperate list, it's also quite short considering how widespread systemic women's rights abuses are around the world. why the limited scope i think for the moment, the fact is that they need proof and facts in order to substantiate the crimes. to put these people on the list and i think that's probably why it's taken a while. also this is the 1st time that this is happened, as we've said, european union. so sanctions and measures like this can take a while to get going. so now once they realize that they have an instrument, a tool like this at their disposal, then you can start seeing ministers and in the european union calling for this measure to be often. so do you think we're going to see that you take a stronger stance against the women's rights abuses or is this molly gesture ahead of international women's day? i think it is largely symbolic,

but it is also practical. but the question is, what can sanctions do? the people that are on these lists get asset freezes and travel bands the nor able to enter the european union. but deputy ministers in the mia mile government and taliban ministers aren't necessarily likely to enter the you ought to try and sort of take a holiday in france. right. but the question is, what can this do? it shines ally, it shows that the european union is using tools to do what they can. and they, as i say, this is the start, this is the 1st time this has been used and i think we'll see it being used again in the future. the sanctions, tech parent and brussels. thank you so much. that's our time, but make sure to stay informed. stay engaged and stay in touch. you can follow our team on twitter at the the way news and myself at nicole underscore foolish. for now though, from me and the entire team here on the day, thank you so much for spending part of your day with

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