in a dream you see, she gave me the ah, top stories and disturbing images. and the germans were a nice closing attack at killed 3 people and leaves and other 6 in june before being detained by police. probably figures in states resist calls, european power in france and germany with russia to prove that it is more important to maintain this agenda on russia, ties and proof of unity as division makes us weaker. and he was also on whether the post british tourist explorer and fame, france, germany leaving the colds, and the restrictions and putting pressure on force hotspots in southern europe to

decide ah, why the welcome you watching aussie international 3 has been killed in 16 years in the stabbing rampage in the german city of foot burg. please say they have detained the attacker. a 24 year old immigrant from somalia state interior minister said the man has a history of mental health issues. and terrorism is not a motive. when i have more, your correspondent peter oliver, in burly. well, before we come to images that we can show you from the scene, i must warn you that there are a disturbing images coming out from the city of void, spoke in the wake of this. while this attack that has taken place that's claimed a number of lives, the main and only suspect, please telling us in what seems to have been a rhetoric incident that taken place on friday afternoon. he was shot in the leg

and is now in custody. that's what we know about him. what he's left in his way is at least 3 people dead. according to media on the scene. 6, have been reported, has been injured after what is being called a knife rampage, and a pedestrian area of the city of bullets berg those. those images, particularly, particularly shocking, you seen the, the main suspect coming face to face with a member of the public brandishing is its fits, trying to push back the man who has a clearly has a knife in not 40 to the said the very much a developing story one that will be keep me on top of getting as much information. what we can tell you from the police in the very latest is that they consider this incident to prove no further risk or no way they looking for anybody else involved in what has happened on the streets avoids. but what don't seem to have happened is

a number of people being reported to 3 people have been killed on friday afternoon into friday evening. a number more 6 people were hearing, have been injured in a knife attack in the streets of the southern german city, a votes book. he has failed to come out of talk with a united physician on kick, starting direct relations with russia. despite his 2 leading men, this france and germany opened to reset. i'm wanting a summit. sanctions against moscow were also discussed with more his shown davinsky, confirmation that sanctions against russia by the you will not be prolonged. the sanctions have been in place since around 2014 following the referendum in crimea, that normally action didn't last for 6 months. those sanctions will continue. according to the council president, show michelle on areas such as energy,

the financial and industries, as well as personal sanctions against a number of russian individuals without announcement just came out, was off. the leaders signed a joint declaration on a number of issues, including looking at relations with russia in which they suggested to the e u commission that they wanted the commission to look at the possibility of further sanctions against russia. now it did seem as if the e u was putting on the united front, but already cracks are appearing. we know that some countries like france and germany, had gone into this summit saying what they really wanted was a summit with russia to open dialogue. but that was shut down by other countries including poland, who said that they didn't want that to take place as such. there isn't any mention of a summit in that communique. i just the idea of looking at relations with russia in

the future. i'm america, german chancellor still thinks that dialogue is the way forward to the song that the so i don't see these talks as an idea of giving the russian president any kind of reward. i would like to remind all of us that even during the cold war there was always the dialect and channels of communication are open and it's better if the commission and the council president have a channel of communication open with russia instead of individual countries going it alone, because after all, we would like to have a coordinated and concerted view that is express towards russia. i believe there is no drummer in the fact that there is no consensus on arranging the summit soon. it is more important to maintain this agenda on russia tired and preserve unity as division makes us wico despite their comments, the commission precedent. ursula vaughan delane is still suggesting that europe is putting on a united front. we are right now in a negative spiral,

and we need to brace for further downturn. so we agreed to push back. when russia targets the european union on what we stands for when it violates human rights. to constrain russia, when it attempts to undermine our interests. and we will engage russia when it is in our interest to do so to achieve our goals. for example, if we talk about climate change, or if we talk about public health, we'll russia for it's part had said it was open to the idea of a summit and it also believes that dialogue is the way forward. russia also saying that he's committed to improving relations with the european block. however, the idea of moving that summit off the table as a possible way food was described as not being particularly helpful by the spokes person for the russian foreign ministry. the russian federation. regrets that you

are structures evade professional dialect with moscow on the topics that caused them. concern for relations between russia and the you have been frosty for some time. diplomats on both sides have been expelled from various countries. and of course, those sanctions have been in place for a long time, as well as now they've the call for potential new sanctions against russia. all leaders may have signed that declaration saying that they know essentially looking for summit with russia in the near future. but it is clear that some countries may decide now to go alone and do their own thing. particularly with chancellor anglo merkel saying that for her dialogue was important. and even without summit, they were of the format that could be perceived and explored. russell space political on this professor, john brickman does say that conflict with russia also ends up hurting the. you should also look at the booster. you're saying we are now going to elevation we

pressure unless they give up on me or they give back to me. i do thing, which means that they want to have good relation to this guy coming. he said they will the end of the guy and i mean just never of it. so pretty good is be on believe disorders to the lack of diplomacy and also on the boat is nothing. it's really good. i don't think there is any going to make passionate behind that because it will be much better for them to question my call. you see my cost is more important to maintain the unity of but nevertheless, i'm going to evolution to be putting these. i want to so in fact, it just means that you have these making all of them. that's what it means. now, british holiday make his face a growing threat of spending last summer at home. europe with germany at the forefront again, is considering a t c. we quarantine for tours from the country, mid fears. the delta vary and there is spreading fast, but some of you aren't happy. shandey edwards dashti explains well, jose,

for brits abroad, may be in doubt. there some, despite the u. k. jesse yesterday, announcing more countries added to the case, greenlee stops now as the power lies totally with europe and quite fearful that the whole continent is almost treading on thin ice, with the rise of the delta variant. and they're blaming the bread for it. as a result, that questioning, contemplating and considering and forcing this mandatory quarantining for any british taurus, movement them off in our country. if you come from great britain, you have to go into quarantine. that's not the case in every european country. and that's what i would like to see. we must be vigilant because the much talked about delta variance is coming, which spreads much more rapidly than the other variance and affects people who are not the vaccinate did or who only have had one dose. for me, one of the issues of discussion is to be really taken coordinate to decisions in terms of opening borders to 3rd countries. so france and germany are leading that

person to try and punish britain for the spread of the dell to variant. and that also doing all the e u member states to follow suit as well, but it is raising eyebrows because yes, the indian delta baron is much more prevalent here in the united kingdom, but it's don't like it doesn't exist in those countries as well. in fact, the indian very accounts around 70 percent of cases in some parts of the region in france and many hotspots like greece, spain and portugal. they still have issues themselves with the delta v r, and yet they are still welcoming brits into the country. now portugal vo says it will do anything with the e. u decides wildes, countries like spain, hence it's even prepared for a bus stop with the blog. if it tries to deny brits entry, hopefully we can begin to receive british torrison. we don't have any restrictions and tories from the u. k. the moment they are the ones who are placing restrictions on people when they return. so as far as balance,

it may seem like it makes sense to try and impose this quarantine for british tourists. however, when we cross checks, things like the testing regime here in the u. k. with all the countries, it's totally in comparable. apparently the youth has testing around 10 times more people than in germany. therefore, inevitably, more people will be recorded as infected much less so than in other countries that are not testing as much. now these would be the you k testing program is of course the vaccination rollout as well, which is doing incredibly well at this point. around 43000000 people have received the dose of the vaccination with the government. still maintaining the vaccine rollout program is the ticket out of the pandemic. currently, it is down to individual e u. member states to decide on the rules governing that borders. we are moving its speed through vaccination program to help us cub this latest fair. and we will continue to have discussions with our european partners on the reopening of

international travel. but we're very confident that our vaccination program is providing a good way forward. so pressure on europe to kickstart their economy once again and of course tourism is very much the heart of it. but there's also a pressure on the european union to have a united front. and that could see the brits are going to have some counseled, again, was the chair of the institute traveling tours and to tell us he expects britain to fight for the citizens. right. to holiday abroad is very disappointing. germany, poland, and italy have unilaterally imposed currency and restrictions, and it is disappointing in the life of the the e u announcement of a new digital cobit passport. which is going to start on the 1st of july, which will enable any of the $27.00 countries or inhabitants of any of the country . 7 countries to travel with complete freedom and impunity from one country to

another. now billy went on part of the you, but i would very much hope that our government would be given the fact that we've, we've got the best vaccination role that our government would be pressing the you to say ok for our citizens that are, that are double jams please, please, please can we have the same? same recognition facility to travel the us media have become the world's least trusted and have seen 2 sharp falls in viewers and readers according to a study by persons oxford university. now the poll of almost 800000 paper around the globe did find that finland design. she leaped into top spot with 2 and 3 there . believing the media. by contrast, though, research is said that coverage of the pandemic by us, let's contribute to less than 30 percent of people, not trusting them, and not to collapse to mark a massive drop in just a few years. because just 4 years ago, almost 4 in 10 americans still have trust in the news organizations,

journalist and darcy host chris hedges says that u. s. media and puts pleasing its audience above telling the truth. the commercial model of the us media is to cater to a specific demographic with the rise of the internet and all turn it is sources. these traditional news outlets could no longer reach a broad audience because they didn't have a monopoly. and therefore, they decided to go after a particular demographic. and now what you've done is pit demographic against demographic, whether it's m s, nbc fox news, cnn. they've become partisan catering to their particular demographic and what it wants to hear, but often at the expense of the truth. well, the oxford university report does confirm that americans are deeply divided on each media left almost as many distrust cnn as trust the left leaning network. the

figures are almost identical to for its rival, m s m, b, c. and fox news suffers, one of the worst trust writings of all chris hedges. again says that policies are only making matters worse. it's going to get worse because the commercial model. and these are commercial enterprises depends on not only catering to that a particular demographic, but also demonizing, the other demographic. while these media outlets are designed to polarize the public, because commercially, they're designed to loop back to feed back to their viewers or listeners or readers . what it is they want to hear their own proclivities, their own prejudices. and that's the commercial model it's been created. it's kind of, you know, hate versus he, whether that sean hannity, one side, or rachel, matto, and the other. they all do the same thing,

but it's not journalism. it's just, you know, per last or vaudeville masquerading is journalism. watching. i'll say we're going to take a quick break. we'll have more stories in a couple of minutes. oh i i i use me ah ah, i use

ah lose. ah ah, the ah ah, welcome back and i was the last us troops pack up and prepare to leave afghanistan after 20 years of war. joe biden has hosted the country's president and his former faith. i've got a son's forces struggling to repel taliban advances as its partnership with the u.

s. enters a new phase where the gradual paula has already seen the taliban advance in multiple directions, seizing more slaves of land at the military side, control referred of the country, including areas surrounding the capitol and a border crossing in the north. the greek fritz reportedly also captured ammunition and weapons left by retreating forces and authorities have restored to utilizing volunteers to form ancy taliban militias. the un special representative for afghanistan has warned americans rapid pace neutral, does risk obsessing the country's political balance. the mid april announcement, the ball and international troops will be withdrawn in the coming months, sent a seismic tremor through the afghan political system and society at large. the withdrawal decision was expected, but its speed with the majority of troops now already withdrawn, was not more than 50. of afghanistan's $370.00 districts have fallen since

the beginning of may. most districts have been that have been taken. surround provincial capitals suggesting that the taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals. once born courses are fully withdrawn. will back when donald trump was still in the still the us commander in chief washington set the 1st of may. 2021 is the deadline to bring troops home. that statement came against the backdrop of talks between the african government and the taliban in doha, when joe biden, to go over, he postponed the complete polite, eventually, resetting. it's september the 11th this year, but the pentagon now says that that timeframe may be flexible as the u. s. defense . secretary continues to monitor the situation as we said from the very beginning while there is a schedule, we're mindful that that schedule could fluctuate and changes as conditions change

too. so i can't speak to any specific recommendations he's making about the taliban advances. but i can tell you that, that he's looking at the situation every day with a fresh set of eyes to see if we know the, the pace that we're setting is the appropriate pace for the kinds of capabilities that we think we need to. again, conduct a safe and orderly retro. great. okay. well, let's bring in that robert nyman now he's an independent consultant on u. s. foreign policy. and thanks for your time tonight, robert. what do you make of ish? would you expect the biden administration to leave troops for a longer period of time? no, i don't. i think the opposite is true that there, withdrawing us troops faster than the september 11th deadline, suggested that's what's been reported in the u. s brands and i don't see any reason

to think that these recent developments would change their calculus. why do you say that? because we've heard from the un envoy, they're saying that you know, it's and her opinion, they are withdrawing 40 fast because the taliban is making great gangs. well, it's easy, hurt to say that the fact of the matter is that the american people were done with this war a long time ago. there is no question that the u. s. is going to withdraw in the long run. one differences the mag, if they withdraw the us troops now or next month, or the month after that, it's postponing the inevitable. so i don't see any, you know, they may make a small adjustment, but i can't. there is no logic that says that there is a fundamentally different outcome if you withdraw the troops in

august or in september, which so why keep them there? john kerry, when he was a vietnam veteran, asked the senate foreign relations committee, who wants to be the last man to die for a mistake? isn't that the dynamic here? once you've decided that us troops are going to withdraw, when i get it over with, is that not part of the problem though? because if they do withdraw and the taliban do make great gains, does not look like a failure? well, it's already a failure. what's the alternative to keep kicking down the can down the road? so you don't never have to admit failure to, to have the slow bleed of losing, you know, a soldier today, a soldier, tomorrow soldier and the next day, spending more money, not achieving any change. is that better that? i mean, that's not a leadership. leadership says, you know,

i should take it as binds in this speech. i'm not going to kick the can down the road on this. been going on for 20 years. several us presence of both parties. at some point, somebody has to say, we've achieved whatever it was we're going to achieve. we've already achieved it. we're not going to achieve with 1000 or 2000 troops that which we couldn't achieve with a 100000 troops. the, the worst reason to keep us troops in afghanistan, exposed to danger of loss of life and endangering afghan civilians when they try to defend themselves. the worst reason is saving face if that's the, the argument. that's a terrible argument. would you anticipate, assuming you're saying is what happens in the u. s. does make a forward throw. what sort of picture would you anticipate for afghanistan? would you expect the taliban to take control if that happened?

what sort of impact would that have on global security? well, if the, i don't know that's partly up to people significantly up to people and they have dennis dan, after certain point, it's not the responsibility united states. but in terms of global security, it's only a threat to global security. you have to tell them have ambitions outside of afghanistan, or which they've never indicated. or if they're hyper al qaeda or similar groups that have envisioned outside of afghanistan, which they did before, 2001. now they agreed in the agreement, the trump administration, that they wouldn't harbor we'll see if they fall through it now. but even if they don't, or even if they've fall through it partially, there's still

a question of what is the reasonable, sensible us international response. if it keeping troops in afghanistan is that the most efficient, logical way to protect the world from any potential international threat or other means less costly, more effective. the question that we should ask, the assumption should not be that keeping us troops in afghanistan must be the default unless there's 0 threat from afghanistan. the right question is, what's the correct policy to minimize risk? we can't keep us troops everywhere where there might be a potential threat the united states some day. and it's not necessarily the most effective strategy. robert, really good to talk. you're going to have to leave it there. that was robert nyman,

independent consultant on us foreign policy. thanks. coming on. good speak with you by giving jobs to his nearest and dearest to get donald trump into a lot of hot water during his presidency. however, it does seem that the biden administration may not be a lot better despite claims to the contrary by the why tax party boy k takes a look. an impetus. that's true. why i liked nepotism. i wasn't a fan of the guy, but at least donald trump was on the knows about it. seriously, remember all of these new stories? the president was turning to his family to fill out his presidential staff administration, announcing talking, trump will have a new role as a presidential adviser, the president's son in law, jared questioner was given access to some of the country's most sensitive secrets. donald trump's golf caddy is the white house director of social media. now his long time body guard is the director of oval office operation. there is with the folks when it turns out things aren't much different in the bite and administration just

like the previous administration. current whitehouse office seemed to have few scruples about hiring their own progeny. take, for example, this guy, steve rich. jesse, he's a former obama advisor and an ex lobbyist who is now the counselor to the president . a pretty big job invited administration. presumably that's why the prolific were chessy has secured a government job but not one, not 2, but 3 of his kids, j. j, rich, etc. who graduated from college last year in 2020 has been hired as a special assistant in the office of legislative affairs in january shannon re chassis that the reject his daughter became the deputy associate director of the office of the social secretary at the white house. that's one hell of a title on don. your chassis that steve or jesse's oldest son, he's

a senior advisor in the office of the under secretary of state for arms control and international security. i'm. if that isn't enough, steve or kathy has a problem that she happens. i won't just hasn't been hired by the, by an administration. he is an uber successful washington lobbyist. wonder why jeff, just secured, i'm a client of critics say, the super rich etc. brothers pose a threat to biden, suppose it ethical image, but the chest is just the most glaring and the most ridiculous example of nepotism in the white house, cathy russell, the director of presidential personnel has gone unset a great example by at the very least of not stopping the hiring of her own daughter, sarah, don't alone on the white house national security council don't on graduated from college in 2019. so that's another lum jr. role, that's gone to

a staff as kids and get this sarah, don't alons, uncle and mum. kathy russell's brother in law mike don't alone. also happens to be a senior advisor to joe biden. and this isn't nearly saki operating in the white house who's saying jen has a sister, gold 70, who's been a senior advisor at the health and human services department since march. wait, wait. this is good. according to the washington post, a white house official reportedly said that all those hired had adequate experience and were well qualified presumably. so a lot of other recent college graduates whose mommies and daddies don't work for joe biden. the well qualified spiel is such b. s that is even the man that was in charge of ethics on the bar rack. obama walters job tweeted, i'm sorry. i know some folks don't like hearing any criticism of him, but this really sucks. i'm disgusted. a lot of us work hard to

t. m off to restore ethics, a government, and believe the promises. this is a real to us and government fx. and all this, despite the fact that joe biden used his 1st post election interview to declare that no one in our family and our extended family will be involved in any government undertaking, or any foreign policy say untreated to his wad. joe biden is actually the best behaved in his administration. he hasn't actually hired his own kids. but that probably was because by didn't crack brought me to a place that i'd never had been to before. i see people wouldn't believe watch naughty. that's your news rep for the service. i think the looking we're back again the at the top me

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