the, the, the, the news lies from by then 3 us troops killed in a drone attack in the middle east, us president joe 5 and promises retaliation. blaming durand based box militants for the strike on a minute. you've faced the border between joins and syria, both on the program. will country suspend funding to the u. n. agency for palestinian refugees as israel, and that just under a staff took pos and they how much the tax of october sent an anger in russia over the war in ukraine, wives and mothers. the front line troops called for an end to the fighting. and rita stella phillips. the

unforgettable. welcome to the program. the united states is promising lake close and very consequential response to a drone attack and killed 3 of its troops in jordan and wounded dozens more. us officials say this try catch, and military outpost known as tower 22 near the border with syria. it's the 1st time such an attack has killed american soldiers in the region. sense the start of the israel, how much for us president joe biden has blamed a run back to militant so iran denies involvement, a president, and i will not tolerate attack on us forces. and we will take all necessary actions to defend the us and our troops. laura bloom and filed as a middle east. i'm list best,

subbing ofa and the senior fellow at johns hopkins school for advanced international studies in the us. she joins us now. a welcome. i'm so let's start with this u. s. response. what he's not likely to look like. well, i have to say there are 3 reasons why the us military manners are taking a sort of sharp breath and we're much more complicated in the past. first of all, there's the military calculation. as you said, how do you achieve your turn so that all out more. the 2nd problem isn't for an election season in united states, and there's tremendous domestic political pressure, both from the right and on capital hill. congressional leaders were saying that bite in his blood on his hands and from his challenger from president, trump will be his republican challenger. and finally, the 3rd really risky factor here is regional fragility. everything is about to blow on the northern border between israel and syria, with the head board and lab and on. and the last thing america wants his original

counselor duration. so biden's challenge is to kind of be the leader that he says, you know, it looks like we're having a technical problem that uh yeah, it looks like the the line has the frozen to laura bloomed. felt which is a pity, perhaps we can return to that at some stage. in the meantime, let us to continue. i will stay in the middle east westbury and state media reporting that's on his riley asked dry kind of damascus. somebody has killed several people, including a rainy and advises sizing, a military source. the state news agency assess the assaults targeted several areas just south of the capital under the number of civilians were killed. israel hasn't commented on the attack. high ranking members of around the revolution we got killed in another alleged is may be striking, damascus early this month. here in union says it will wait for the results of

you. an investigation before deciding whether to suspend contributions to the one agency for palestinian refugees. the organization known as unwrapped is facing intense scrutiny since israel a q, some of its staff involvement and the october 7th. how must her attacks? several countries including italy, germany, i'm the us, have already suspended fund a telephone ross, a condo. so one of gulls as last lifelines so many here, these blue and white bags of flour, a little bit stand between them and still vacation. but with more and more of the agencies don't, is cutting off that funding. people here in the southern city of rafa. yeah, the west, that's what i work with. oh me in the stopping and runs 8 distribution is a catastrophe in the gaza strip. you know, like is it was a handout um main supports and if they still, there will be a famine like the one of the know that color is going to be much as i'm

a thought of somebody when i can isn't what kind of move on the ross don't helping us then i'll people will face death a minute by minute. who was helping on people who are hungry and suffering. if they stop, somebody will have no one on us side other than go to the details of these really allegations against monroe stuff has been slow to a much according to new york times such an adult ca provided to the us government. but he is really secret services. 12 workers were involved, some said to have participated in kidnappings and killings, while others provided logistical support. the agency has already filed several people and is about to thoroughly investigate the claims. but the un says the funding needs to continue while that happens. palestinian officials and occupied westbank have also urge donors to reconsider. of the companies that have, i know the suspension paid amounts to 70 percent of the time you went budget

of the united nation really fund work agency. this measure is extremely dangerous. i mean, it is our hope that this would be provide us with most calls ins, no follows from the homes, but the fighting people here. i'm more dependent on the agencies help whenever the head of unreal has wound that if money doesn't start flowing again soon, it's what will grind to a hold in a matter of weeks. let's get more of a you response from that correspondence. i tell you schultz in brussels welcome activities. so let's start with what the you were saying about it's funding for. and that's right. the european commission was under a lot of pressure to come out with a statement on what it's going to do with regard to its funding. and what it said today was that it didn't have any payments planned before the end of february. so

it said it wanted to get the results of the u. n's investigation into whether some of these employees in fact did take part in the october 7th, a tax and european commission set. it also wants to launch its own audit of the agency. it wants to look into not just these allegations, but how the agency is set up and how it ensures that it's employees cannot take part in terrorist activities. so really a lot of pressure now to find the results before the end of february, when another payment would be coming from the european commission. and it said, it's not going to announce at this point what it's going to do, right? i'm giving the if he's a major, don't add to this, you an agent. so you how do you think it is likely that the book would cost its contributions because of these obligations? well, i don't have any idea what they will decide to do about it, but you are right, that is a huge donor and it would be an enormous problem for on road with the united states is the largest donor germany itself is the 2nd and the european union is 3rd,

so if the european commission does decide to cut off this money, it is true that the agency would, would truly suffer enormously. but beyond these top 3 don't or is that i just mentioned, you've got your opinion. countries themselves cutting off their bilateral donations . we've already heard austria of finland, france, germany, lithuania, italy, the done not you, but the united kingdom in addition to the united states. so this is truly a catastrophe for ira. and as you mentioned earlier, some of the employees accused 9 of the 12 had been fired. but i think that the european union and these other donors will be looking for more action from unreal to ensure that this doesn't happen again. you know, there's already been a lot of pressure and the european union has looked into allegations that some of its donations have gone to fund to moss. and it's, it came out with the results that it didn't believe that had happened yet. but again, they're going to launch their own audit with their own experts to make sure that

this doesn't happen again, that there can be any such allegations that are a really damning for european aid to this agency. okay, thank you for that. tony dw correspondent terry schultz in brussels to take a look at some most doors, making headlines around the wells. the danish warships on its way to the ride sage, on the us by commission against who is the militants. the rebels back by iran have been attacking commercial vessels along the maritime routes because of the gauze of war. who states that claim to be taxing ships linked to israel. french farm is blocked, one of the main highways into paris that demanding a higher pay him less red type. in the face of environmental regulations, government planned to face out tax breaks was dropped the following weeks of similar protests. police prime minister, georgia malone is hosting an african summit. i am to boosting economic ties and covering migration. 2 dozen african leaders just got it in wrong. it looks,

pledging 5 and a half $1000000000.00 for health and energy and education project on the continental steep in the navy and ukraine security service, the s b uses. it has a cover the military corruption scheme involving $14000000.00 us dollars. the service claims officials from ukraine's defense ministry and manage as a ukrainian arms firm and best sold money em off to buy malta shells. 5 people have been charged on another. it was detained. well, trying to leave ukraine. women in russia staging protests demanding. there is the return of their husbands and sons from you, cried some claim to support the war, while others most skeptical, but all united, same man loved ones, have fought for long enough and should be brought home. i determined to get to as

a matter fact, marie andre events and thousands of the russians whose husbands for mobilized, wanted to lay flawless as the 2 of the unknown soldier. this isn't every too old but a protest is important as a husband. so i have been fighting in ukraine for more than a year to finally come home and do it. why not? there's a war going on. people are dying, they're just the average people. men who were called up during the partial mobilization. we can pretend that they're not dying, they're not to deal with these. so i need some new and you know, she calls a women's initiative the way home, maria, and very, very simply even took it to the campaign office of president vladimir putin. and he has a kremlin in motion. so right now i there should my husband come back for both? your husband is defending our homeland and what will i get back in man without legs

and arms using agency. good man. how are you talking about your husband? you don't even know what's going on because the women want to get through to pool with the i protest, the president, when the early january celebrated the orthodox christmas with a select group of completely different women. everything's there was harmonious night to you, as you know, and seen our brave, who really commends this to our boys to ski and the warriors of russia are fighting for the interest of our country even now that it was during the holidays to do so. that's what's going on because the initiative has been around for months. in the recent days, as the women have sharpened because they are tune at 1st, they will not explicitly against the civil only in favor of their husbands coming back. now is there a demanding an end to me at the seems to me, but almost

a few minutes or so it's symptomatic. we see similar ongoing, but the areas of society of young people are becoming increasingly dissatisfied. pension is, are increasingly worried about rising food prices. the walrus causing more amal consternation intentions of the show, and yet, but that doesn't mean that people are ready to take to the street from us suite to know what it means, you know, facing the situation that russia is currently in a different place to. so thoughts, if that's what i'm suggesting, cause i'm stuck with this turn into a big a movement of most of the problem is, is that russia is a very large country. those to, to organize an old russian movement. you need profit infrastructure process. these women have many, the infrastructure never lead them. you need to, they refuse to give up. the women now would take to the streets every such a day. not only he and most good, but also in st. petersburg limits. we have to come back again and write lots

of protest letters to exert massive pressure. now is exactly the right moment to at the so it's that's moment is the presidential election in less than 2 months time would be crammed and hasn't yet intervened. in the protests about defense, quick change, typically let me take you back to my earliest don't about the rest of some defense officials and managers as a ukrainian son of a corruption obligations, a w, a. collecting your case, executive director, i'll be entered corruption, action center, keys based non governmental organizations. a welcome to dw, how significant is this news and these arrests, or is this a very positive in use? it indicates that the new leadership of the minister of defense is coining opposite

previous practices, so where corruption could be present and then procurement. so the defense articles and so the case of the procurement for a minimum of a nation is nothing new to us. the worse here is of publications by investigative journalist about the fact that the m o. d had a contract with c crate him company which received 100 percent advance payments. and virus read abroad to some small walk on pricing companies, which didn't have actually any intention to provide the munition and the, the end ukraine, the didn't receive the required weapons and lost money and last time and these kind of practicing on it is unacceptable for creating people, especially during the large scale and reason, therefore for a year more than

a year, many, an investigative journalist will decide organization so good in our solves demanded, the change now moving and they've got the new minister. and it's got the new deputy ministers who are now cooperating with the law enforcement agencies and cleaning up the system. in addition to this case where the thirty's officials from m o. d, uh, were charged there is new, good news, the new code of them. so the defense procurement agency was being appointed today monday. the bassoon because she has very good background in the making procurements in a complex energy sector. she was in charge for the return. so for your opinion, stayed, company will go to level. so there was hope to, to, under her leadership,

this agency will fix the system of defense procurement to ensure that every saving yeah, of the ukrainian tax payers money is being so kind of factually to make sure the dollar and versus have everything the so it's, it sounds like a group has been got on the defense procurement is that, is that the west of the crime unit, a corruption or all the other areas to be looked at. the defense sector is spending most of sleep training and taxpayers money. so half of our budget, even more, which is just full sold by ukraine taxpayers is been spent on defense. and other house is been spent on the other issues and salaries and 1st aid workers and it's morally been funded through the international technical systems through support from our partners where it is very hard to steal. and it's very hard to

perpetrate corruptions, games, and deals. and where there is a very comprehensive system sense of checks and balances and control, right. how about the problem? 5, interrupting. but it does seem all that given the checks and balances that you've mentioned that that's when a country spending off of its g d. p on a hot war. it is $56.00, but the ons of those thoughts of um, checks and balances. when people are rising massive checks for bombs. the 1st of all, they saw notes checks from international in progress. the money which we are receiving, the amount of where the money is coming from is just it's, it's not gone to the right place. and i, i think that it's, it's a surprising but given the size of these checks, but there was no checks and balances, or very few by the sound of what you've said. it just surprising that it was not in the top priority, failed the previous mentorship, m. o. d. however,

despite the old old that's a bad things, investigate your journey. was exposed wrongdoings and exposed procurements for inflated prices. first of all, it was cool down. it was weapons and demanded change. now they have to deliver. so the good thing that the change is happening, the best thing is that the defense sector is mano the least reformed in ukraine because of these secretive nature. because a trade and of weapons is very complex. and it's hidden by view of state secrecy, right? and so it was never a priority of international waters to reform badge. and because of some nature roles, they secrecy. we, as it was decided, we could not to go deep into about, try to understand demand. thanks for to history about a battery to come out and you know, from the i'm to corruption action center in key. thank you.

of course in hong kong was ordered, one of china is the largest real estate developers to liquidate its assets a china advert. grand has been in trouble with the creditors for 2 years and has failed to come up with a plan to restructure its depth. the ruling is likely to send ripples through the country's crumbling financial markets as policymakers scramble to contain a deepening crisis. i will grant no more the world's most trouble proper to develop a symbol of china's rapid growth is finally on the brink of the be to rent at home . concord has ordered the liquidation of china, edward grant, or at least its overseas assets for a company that was once the pride of the chinese real estate sector. it has been a dramatic downfall. but what happens now? it's probably likely that the company will be forced to sell

a lot of this red available assets. for example, the property management part which is relatively received in different dia, like the ongoing, the money and the properties that already exist that people need to surfaces. so, um this quite likely to uh, everything will be broken down into smaller companies, you know, being shared a pressure is by other, um, like investors. but for advert gordon itself is basically at the mice of it's, you know, on a business model. let's just remind ourselves of how bad things got for every brand . it became the world's most heavy, the inductive property developer, its ultimate direct liabilities of over $300000000.00. to put that into perspective, that's more than rush us and tie a national debt or equivalent to 2 percent of china, st. jude edward grants collapse, could cause chuck waves across china. and ripple effects would probably be fed globally. i suspect that the chinese government will manage this liquidation process very carefully and why that does that cause major problems for the child on

is economy. in other words, it's not a layman mother, it's like we saw a back in 2009. that said, it does tell us that the property processing chandra, is far from out of the hold up. and it will be an ongoing drag on chinese economic activity. experts believe that potential uncontrolled come up. so for every grant could deal a serious blow to the chinese economy and the world's progress time, he likes the new governments next month against the background of rising militancy practice down off of the claims its neighbors. afghanistan, and iran, and india for violence incited support. as these governments have long accused miller since based impact, a stock of targeting a bad temperatures will be keeping a close eye on the elections and the implications for the national security focused on isn't the group of fatigues trustees, surgeons of terrorism in this recent attack, militants get sick security office of just last year,

around $1000.00 people were killed emitted into tax buckets on plains. its neighbors have gone to sun for many of these incidents. it accuses of gone, live and government of supporting one of the most dangerous militant groups are focused on. they to get down to bonds focused on or the, the, the be. the major issue is that, but that the government that boxed on wants it to control, or can they adapted with these off black box on it done by a groups which have taken a shifter and a lifestyle pockets? don't have to put it nearly half a 1000000 of guns in recent months, underscore and get the strained relations with koppel. i didn't response to frequent board to disputes, buckets on sometimes shot fits crossings, but i've done this done, causing millions to suffer economically. and it's not only on it's a western border, the buckets on faces,

a hosted by neighbor on its eastern border is the regional economic bible house and focused on our tribal india and white the, to a new clip all was have not recently seen board disk on the sheets or a meter conflict relations remained largely unfriendly. in the last 5 minutes, turn it in there won't be, sees no incentive and engaging, but the neighboring lift emission of focused on the i thought, according to the next few months. and it seemed that a bad family, some of these said the indian nationalist party, i would guess that would have been the type time. so it all depends activity. how does india, bradley, slowing biography. we've never bought the stock. we are not in a state of war, but grass and, but that is not that one cannot say at this stage, the beast and the tide region for buckets dawn, it's 900 kilometer border with 8 on this month. it strikes between 8 on and focused

on the truck relations which are generally guar due to a new little loss. but even though there are no signs of the escalation long running low level insurgencies remain active on both sides of the border. the days one country in the region which, which focused on does enjoy a strategic relationship. china so we have no, it's not on any defense relations with ghana but also have a strong trade ethnic drama commission that so that i think i'll be on the next. the, what was the equity? this relationship is part of this fact that despite the fact that there has been a lot of pressure on boxed on to discuss that is a big funk. and i, i don't think any government is boxed. i would do that as far as done hits into elections. it's likely the country we continue to see if it's been political

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