the the, the strange similarities in the new orleans las vegas that tax balance is according to nevada police, with both soft spect curbing syrup at the same u. s. military base and use the same car sharing company to stage the rest of the details continue to emerge in the las vegas cyber truck explosion for the non finite debt inside the vehicle syrup and an american special forces unit, which provides training, pointing frames and the officer is the leadership withholds a ton, the friendship quite literally some of the top, the beloved to visit the most gets. the trip is still king fresh tensions with frances, on board, reportedly, or to us, bach furnished militants to all night intentions. he's in the hoard of african,

after neighboring somalia and the c o p. i agree to sprint and ties including working together to come by the insurgents and move ends a year of hostilities, sparked by the lockers toys to recognize the break away territory. the from us go to the world. this is your archie. hello, and welcome to the news drop. my name's you the u. s. police have revealed about the suspect in the las vegas cyber truck. explosion served in the armies 10th special forces group. now that unit is known for facilitating military training to washington's allies, including ukrainian troops in germany. my colleagues, marina cost driven, and nikki, are and discussed what's known about his background, the old ones again. and we see that there is a violence incidents in the west and that the perpetrators seems to have links to

ukraine in the past. we saw, for example, the recent past how one of the drums, one of the assassins had legs to ukraine, even travel there. i tried to recruit volunteer american soldiers in this case. first of all, one thing about people spotted right away was that the man in question last the, the attack or he was seen wearing a t shirts where the ukranian nationalist symbol that said glory to you, crane that was picked up right away. then they saw that on his length in the account, for example, he had recently replied to a military contract opportunity, which offered $550.00 per day for a 30 day. uh, contract there uh with the free launching and travel provided. and he replied, saying that he had someone in mind that he had sent them their way now to move in on another link is of course his military background, which he just brought up, for example, that he was part of the 10th of special forces, a group who have trained thousands of ukrainian soldiers in poland elsewhere,

including germany, which as we know, this is where he was stationed on active duty before he was allowed to leave and go back home, presumably for the holidays. but as we heard from it, his wife that he, she hadn't seen them. so it's on clear then also people online sort of say, well perhaps that is the legs because as we know were heard from donald trump because this attack happened outside of his hotel. that he said that he plans to end the war and ukraine. so are these 2 things related? again, we know that he was a highly decorated, he was greenberry operations saw just and this is a task force that his passport flight and terrorism abroad. so it's baffling, but he would come back home on the home soil and do this as far as his military background. it's been confirmed by d o. d that he was indeed in the united states army. he was also a green gray operation. sergeant has spent most of his time at fort carson, colorado, and in germany, he was it on approved leave from germany,

where he was serving with the 10 special forces group. he was also previously in the national guard and the army reserve. now there, i've also been reports in the media that he may have actually served in ukraine back in 2016 thoughts. those reports have not been verified the item we're expecting to hear more. so we have these 2 incidents and both occurring on new year's day. well, not mine is a us army bachelor and another was an active duty soldier. and one of the similarities can you tell us about and these 2 incidents both served in the army. they were both actually at the same military base at one point. and also both of them were deployed, so of got us started so they could have overlap the at the military base maybe and have gotten this done for, we don't know that yet. we just know that as a fact they were there at the same time at the base and also an advantage start. also what's really interesting, aside from the fact that the attacks happened hours away from each other, the fact that they run. so if the car from the same app, they use the same,

i have to rent their respective cars that they when once and unleashed this, this violence and even the police even though there say that there is no definitive link. but even they are baffled by the similarities. so the question is how we work into rule in or rule out any connections to the new orleans of it. and the answer to that is every tip and lead that comes in every piece of evidence that comes in. we don't discount it, we work it through it. you know, it's a interesting thing during these kinds of investigations that if these turn out to be fully similarities, very strange similarities to have. and so we're not prepared to rule in or rule out anything at this point. you know, science similarities indeed. and as he just said, they are looking into it so far. we haven't heard anything concrete aside from perhaps it's a coincidence, but they're looking into that and we're waiting here what they, what they say at the end, the data becomes more curious. the more details of the much about this or the wrong . these striking power allows,

although it could just all turn out to be co incidence, but just how frequent all the cases of the act table full makes us for us military service men or women. the roads like this, what violence, some veterans is becoming more and more of an issue in the united states. so much so that there was even a study conducted a few years ago in 2019, if i'm not mistaken. looking at mass shootings in particular and the background of their perpetrators. and what they found is very interesting is that 26 percent of mass shooters over 6 decades have had military service or framing. and that's compared to 7 percent of the general population. also free of the 10 most popular this last few days in the us. more than history or at the hands of veterans. and just to go through some of the most recent attacks. my shootings by veterans, we have in 2023. when demand detailed eights and people in may in the later salt himself 2018, the man shot people out of bar and california. 2017 and sutherland springs. 26

people that 201210 people showed that at a temple in wisconsin again by a veteran. and this study also something interesting they found is that it seems that when it comes to my shootings and veterans, those veterans tend to have served in either iraq and of dallas dogs. which as we know both of the men were talking about right now. they closed for deployed and they've got us on those so they turn to return, of course with the p t is the mental health issues. and also the study found that what's interesting is that, that's today in american veterans today. i'm more likely to suffer from p p as the and mental health issues. and they're also at the highest risk of suicide in the us because they are, uh, they have legs here simultaneous as well. um, towards that they fall, for example, in of gotten this done in iraq. and also we're talking about multiple deployments.

so they're, they're fighting more more times of their sense of active combat. so as an active, for example, the tesla cyber truck explosion, the attacker behind that he was deployed, says gattis done 3 times. so does that also have something to do with this? and that's why there are people in the us sort of saying that something needs to be done. and actually, donald trump has pointed that out in the past and said, we need to look into this and why veterans are committing violence lines. and also something to bring up is that veterans seems to be joining more and more a domestic extremist organizations. just to add to that piece, former us defense department contractor, kevin miguel, let's see. total dar t, washington has failed to support his veterans. i'm that's encouraged on risk to spread on the home front. you go back and we get a lot of this coming out of the military, especially recently, back in february we had a, you know,

an air force di set himself on fire outside these really embassy. so these pro tests are becoming more and more in the united states and particularly by people of served in there are forces and you. busy the us medical for veterans, the v administrations medical really is said to not be very good long wait to see doctors and i think they're just not getting the treatment they need. you know, if he even extend this to other math should be in the united states, high school students, a young man, the guy price issue is, is this all just people who need psychological help that aren't getting that in the

united states going back no to the incidence in las vegas, the mind found in the call that this is mass. the levels bug is also pictures of him surfacing on the internet where he's wearing a t shirts saying slaugh for ukraine oversee associated with that new nazi slogans in ukraine. do you think that that will be an interesting link to the investigators? i think it couldn't be, and i'm not sure what the link would be, maybe some psychological effects of being in ukraine and hearing their propaganda about median support. and. ready or weapons, you know, we hear a lot of this with american vets that do support ukraine. the other kind of conflicts with the fact that this guy was a flipped supporter and taught this, been talking about cutting funding, being an indian,

the conflict during his entire campaign up to was the election. so it's a kind of a conflicting thing. no, the foreign ministers upfront in germany have arrived in syria. one month after is the miss forces sees power. they're the top diplomats are on the mission to build bridges, but the country's new leadership had all the trip. germany's lena bear, bach said she'd be traveling to damascus with an art stretch tons a gesture that literally was not returned by serious h t. s. officials. its chief mohammed al gilani made no effort to shake the german minister's hand seemingly because she's a woman. he readily embrace her male french counterpart, however. well, the diplomatic trip kicked off with a new less controversial start with both officials visiting said not at present. that purported torture sights was recently swept up in immediate storm after a cnn correspondent was accused of filming

a fate political prisoner released there for a bulk. and you'll know i'll borrow, were accompanied by white helmet members. again, a controversial risk groups accused of staging reports in syria. the french ministers had part us as seeking to get on board with the countries new militant leadership on, reportedly or executive opposition. kurdish forces to do likewise. yeah. a little less than a month ago. new hope was born thanks to the mobilization of syrians, the hope of a sovereign stable and peaceful syria. the hope that the aspirations of syrians can be fulfilled. it is a real hope, but it is a fragile hope. today, more than ever, france stands alongside syria and the syrians to make this hope a reality. mm hm. well, we spoke with curtis journalist, i'm sorry, and civil war veteran or i'm counselor who said such calls could leave some of the west biggest allies in the region, feeling alienated, i'm discarded. a. it's a kind of a double faced statements,

2016. the position of the french government was 12, highly different at the end of the 2017 beginning of the 2018 that was at verizon authoration and the french. and if i choose, was joined to the, the international call. i do see that the back of the time fight against i. c e. the ice is all successful at the back of the time the europeans group, c d, starting this on the door step. so they enter nation us for the diets at the back of the time was very crucial. but now today we can clearly see that coach is being left alone. the fight against i sees as well as the and move in terrorist groups such as h t s. and also s n 8, seen the syria. so that means to me, basically add the nato as to a keys and nato ally is getting involved in this without any eh,

got on to or read out on the eh and base. and the coach will not lay down the guns and all the world knows that the french government is not looking for a building up at demo for i teach, teach them in syria. and that's the reason why they go. and they having a meeting with a person that is on top of the terror organizations leased and is being wanted by international powers. now the new year passed broth with it, a potentially historic did taunts in the horn of africa, somalia and e. c o p r. by cooperating tensions had been particularly high between them. ever since, if you a signed a port deal with the brick with territory of somali land last year, but the neighboring states are not teaming up against estimate in search. and the discussions reaffirmed the commitment of both countries to work together to ensure

a peace and stability in somalia and the region. the 2 countries agreed to collaborate on the african unions mission and strengthened bilateral relations minister of state for foreign affairs. highlighted the shade, significance of pacing, ethiopia and somalia, and stressed. the importance of ensuring that conflicts do not hamper the development agendas of both countries. the federal republic of somalia underscores the importance of these high level bilateral discussions which represent a significant step toward consolidating and promoting regional stability, enhancing mutual trust and re affirming respect for the summer and t. i'm territorial integrity of the federal republic of somalia. the small, the 1st high level bilateral visits is the relation solid of a controversial naval base agreement with somebody land. and it all comes just off that we saw a number of negotiations being held towards the end of 2024. those towards

culminated the break agreement that reaffirmed the territorial integrity of both of these nations will also outlining a plan if you will appear to gain secure maritime axis and the somalia, suffering framework. and this compromise aims to address if you p as need for trade route. so without undermining somebody is national unity. and right now we all seen that to those agreements, being solid, defined by this official looking visit between the 2 ministers in somebody. i would remember that tensions escalated a year ago when ethiopia signed a pre many, we deal with somebody land which is solvent to create a ton of us regional somalia. the agreement to propose the leasing a state. so if somebody lands coast line to, to the old yeah, for a naval base and commercial port in exchange for potential. because mission of some islands indicate smoking issues which view somebody that doesn't need to grow part

of it. still retreat condemned the deal avenue as an act of aggression and threatened to expound if you'll pay us troops from some on the east, just above but did not to renounce the agreement. you would also know that if you will be a military presence to somalia is estimated at about $10000.00 troops and it is vital in the fight to case also above so the full out made the 2 months a hostile and inconclusive international mediation efforts. and very v, since the progress has been made just last the same, but with some of the ad you'll feel free to work together to resolve their differences into it. yeah. and that's, agreement has really for the mortgage issue and i just about this relationship. and very importantly, it has reduced the media to risk off of military escalation. it is a win for both nations because if you'll pass it off, was it pulse way to explore new maritime access options, which could ease its reliance on distribute to for trade and for some of the f,

the focus analysis to come back to the persistent city to pose by also bible whose insurgency really means a d stapling force across the country. and even though the agreement is speculated to potentially these unresolved questions, that could re ignited questions or as the to says the later on. if not addressed, especially that to if you feel p has a memorandum of understanding with small even if you could also face a task balancing act on how to maintain its relationship with somebody. i was also in a to somebody that but because the horn of africa has long been played by 2 political, 2 inches and the tutorial dispute the agreement. and so coming to get off these 2 nations is a really a win for the region. ok, i want to turn 2 developments in the ukraine conflict. no. a lot of years lensky has finally admitted that an increasing number of his troops are fleeing from

combat. as disorders, it follows reports revealing that more than 1700 french trained ukrainian soldiers abandoned their brigade and never saw any action. kids investigate a bureau chief has alleged that abuse of power in this so named delete unit is to blame for the most non power flight. that's as ukraine's mounting losses are forcing the authorities to mobilize. even more civilians, fresh from the drum line shows, men being snatched off the street, spying recruiters with some citizens trying to find some graphic images from the buffer. feel the head as well. you may find them distressing. these are still some of the viral videos that the picks i close come, but fight to the death between a russian. i'm the ukrainian soldier. despite all the high tech nuances of the conflict, such face to face, confrontation still occur. the russian came right victorious. and this particular jewel, which took place last year or 2,

spoke exclusively by phone with the service made themselves both the clash that software on the boils. do you realize that he couldn't do anything and asked me to let him say good bye to his mother? he said, you've already killed me. and then he said something like, you are the best fighter in the world. when i let him go, he said, thank you and let me say good bye. we russians could have been taught since we were kids. that one should remain human in any situation since childhood. we've been to this and it helped me a lot. he moved professionally. it was clear from the start that he was technically sound. and when we engaged in hand to hand combat, he acted professionally. as soon as i started firing, i knew he was moving expertly. immediately he threw a grenade while on the move, he was better than me. i was sure of it. but i was not going to give up. i knew i would not surrender. extraordinary testimony there and she main well, isn't it?

will it all comes of russian troops make steady gains across the front lines. lost furious or most good, in fact, secured the most or 3 since the 1st months of that conflict, close to $200.00 residential areas were lost by caves forces. despite all the western support received. ortiz remind cost red. how's the extended breakdown now on how nate? to has been unable to achieve its stated goal of the feeding rush on the bottom of the little over a year ago in the final days of 2023. as the hard to create in cash or offensive have clearly failed vicky every, he was still hopeful that 2024 would reverse the tide and bring about it's not a victory, but at least substantial leverage for peace talks and their way from friends slash

sponsors. yep. the whole life, russia will not prevail, ukraine will prevail and will continue to stand by you every step of the way. so let's take a look at what they achieve. despite all efforts may so supply the weapons permission to strike deep into russian territory. and it's few titles you've ation of russia's cursed region. ukraine continues losing territories on a daily basis. rough estimate to suggest that 6 to 3 percent of the territory of the domestic people's republic, 70 percent of the here, southern region, 72 percent of the roads, your region and 99 percent of the goss people's republic had been liberated. the incoming trumpet administration is suggesting that ukraine accept the reality on the ground and recognize rushes in service or east. main for membership would also be off the table out of that sense of mental giving up the territory. if it's also echoed by other, nasal and european officials, what's in america's best interest is to accept ukraine is going to have to seed

some territory to the russians. and we need to bring this war to a close name. the c c does not have to think that russia won't withdraw from crimea . it is not you have to think that russia will withdraw from any territory. it controls in 2024 the world. so the so called game changer, american abram staggs answer the battle in addition to other nasal weapons that continued support and then his southern birding or captures and later displayed for the public. now, after months of keys, begging american f sixteens from the netherlands, and denmark also finally made their way to ukraine. those jets, those jets will be flying in the skies of ukraine this summer. to make sure that ukraine can continue to effectively defend itself against the russian aggression. but so far they haven't made much of an appearance. let alone in fact, perhaps out of fear of the repeating, the abrams this fate. cost of their things,

including lift guards are burning, they are burning, and they have $16.00. we burn as well. there is no doubt coal source of salt coal. so for weapons had been poured into the key of regime no gains, but a ruined reputation. we provided the tanks, we provided the f sixteens, we provided the hi maurice, we provided the patriots. we provided many of the things that you said earlier, we wouldn't provide and it's not back then. it's rather today that ukraine finds itself in a more challenged position on the battlefield, suggesting that there's not a straight line between those weapon systems and how it does on the battlefield. where is the straightest line between you, between ukrainian performance and in ports. it's on mobilization of manpower, thousands of you, great, and then went into hiding and even fled the country to avoid the possibility of becoming the keepers seems. next cannon fodder. desperate to replenish troops on

the front lines, officers responsible for mobilization, have resorted to ensue named tactics to say the least in april of 2024 zalinski signed the law that lowers the mobilization age from 27 to 25. for the sake of getting more us money, as soon as possible was the ultimate goal to drop the age all the way down to 18 years old. our us partners argument is the, was during the us war on vietnam. soldiers were drafted from the age of 19, therefore the americans are hinting that western weapons alone are not enough. and mobilization is needed from the age of 18. and of course, there are people ukraine who wants to take even more extreme measures because it took me pretty good. the main thing now is not to lose, to avoid losing draconian methods are required, as i see it total mobilization of the entire male and female population from the age of 18, but not necessarily the drafting of convicts for combat actions. was the arrival

of donald trump to the white house, the whole book, keeping washington's check book wide open is phasing as vitals saw more. the market leader said she wants peace and his team coming in has been critical of ukraine all the way. and we continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deals zalinski. ukraine is not a paragon of democracy. this is a country that has banned 11 opposition parties. it is consolidated all media into one state to the media arm. that's not democratic, it is threatened not to hold elections this year unless the us forks over more money. that is not democratic. it is celebrated a nazi in its ranks the comedian and cargo pants and men called zelinski doing it in their own ranks. that is not democratic, though, we've seen the full flowing river of dollars a year old, shrink throughout the year 2024 in an attempt to reverse the trends and

bring back west her love, key of organized as summer, offensive into rushes, cursed region, killing and pillaging. along the way, the military experts questioned the purpose of this escapade as it weakened the main front lines in the southeast, in order to console a small piece of russian woods and swamps while losing troops. m. s. do i think that ukraine use this offensive as a way to capture backs the media attention? yes, absolutely, absolutely. what a stupid tactical decision to make, despite suffering massive losses in the incursion. is it ask you, received a tap on the back from his western masters. what i think about 1st really, really came to make sure the calls like escalades before the shop moves back to the

oval office, the outgoing vice, and i've been his face and gave t of the green lights to use american long rage attack comes mishandled deep into russian territory in response to attack and strike center demonstrates what it means to be in cross hairs. russia use it's you irish snake hypersonic ballistic missile system. so i think they use marsh benefit of industrial plants in the ukrainian city of never. well, the state of the art weapon is able to carry a you clear warhead, if carried a conventional one during its 1st flight in november. and it's impossible to intercept the rush stick with any western air defense system at speeds exceeding mark 10. it would take 12 to 15 minutes for the missile to reach warsaw or berlin, and just 20 minutes to reach london or paris for many in the west. this was a wake up call. this was a new type of leave full capability that was employed on the battlefield. so that's

certainly a concern to us. on the 30th of december 2020 for us treasury secretary jet it together and said us authorities are transferring $3400000000.00 to ukraine. she explained that this is the last payment for key to from the funds allocated by congress in 2024. from now on that as key must negotiate any new subsidies or assisted is within you whitehouse administration. now, all along the campaign trail, trump, i made a promise to and that you create in conflict in 24 hours. now, as the president select these floating, the idea to freeze the conflicts at the moment, it's all, it's all complex. when he takes off this of january 20th, she'll have to find the articulation plan. keep in mind rushes conditions. the principal is uh no, none of the deluxe staples. so feel free. and we will be ready to be part of the

group of countries who would provides collective security guarantees. so, no, no, no, no, they don't absolutely know me that 3 basis, no mean a 30 minute 3 exercises on the granules. so it will be as participation of 4 in foreign troops and people here in boston all across russia. whole, that's 2025, will find that they bring them victory and peace, vermont. call for of archie. and that's group public not former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott richard returns to archie next as he offers his view and whether makes those actions and piece in ukraine are compatible in any way. that's right. ahead in an early 2025 edition. of course the .