the said that have gone on must not be home to terrorism and cannot be a source of now lastly, anthony blanket was asked whether he brought up the issue of democracy, human rights minority rights with the indian government, given the indian governments back sliding was seen as back sliding on these issues at anthony lincoln. he defended what he called and the democratic values and said that no democracy is perfect. 3 american soldiers have been killed during fighting with a very forces and happened in the going to cut about the region where countries where the countries fought a war last year. as a, by john defense ministry accused armenian forces of what he called provocations, and said it's ami would continue to retaliate. terrorism president, elect federal castillo, has suffered a setback just prior to him being sworn in opponents in parliament of blocked his party. candidates from forming the new leadership in congress, members of custio's free period party were ruled out on a technicality. castillo, different party wants to rewrite the constitution across if it has concerned decision poli

willing to hand over responsibility to whomever the president chooses us. secretary of state anthony blanket has urged that you know the president to respect democracy in a phone call. he asked kyle said to maintain dialogue with all sides. heidi joe castro has more from washington dc. lincoln told side that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician. people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the us has been hesitant to call this a coo white house spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a qu, then you as a to, to need could be on the line. sol says the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to restore communication channels and improve relations. the agreement follows the exchange of several letters between south korean president to maintain a north korean. these are kim's own. the 1st person to fa

top diplomats reiterated the only past piece in afghan astonished negotiations. secretary state anthony blanket made those comments in india. he is there on his 1st visit, is joe biden, to the office, held a meeting with his count junker, and is expected to meet prime minister mode and moody in the coming hours. what we're seeing on the ground in the last week is the taliban and making advances on district centers. challenging some provincial capitals. we've also seen these reports of atrocities committed by the taliban in areas that it's, that it's taken over. ultimately an afghan, a stand that does not respect the rights of its people. an afghan, a stand that commit atrocities against its own people would become a pariah state. joe biden has warned that significant cyber attacks could trigger a war us present, made those remarks. while speaking to intelligence personnel, cybersecurity become a top priority for the binding administration. after a series of high profile hacks. you know, we see how cyber threats, including ransomware attacks, increasing they're able to cause damage and disruptio

and that's what anthony blanket stands for. if the assange prosecution goes forward, the every journalist will be threatened with a similar. ringback legal charges and espionage is a very dangerous thing. espionage god could land you a life sentence and a maximum security prison. so that will definitely have a most serious shilling effect america as a country that has completely lost the ability to engage in any kind of self criticism whatsoever. it's a, it's a global viewpoint, is distorted by a narcissistic person. national personality on the part of the political lead, which sees everything through a pro us lands. the u. s. is always right. everybody else is always wrong. so the u . s. never persecutes journalists on the other countries to do. but the reality is quite different. 7 states in floods in central china with at least 33 people killed and another 250000. it's actuated from their homes. and what is said to be the heaviest rains in a millennium through the me what does break down exactly, what's happening? all across

your secretary of state anthony blanket has urged.

now while us officials said ahead of me saying that anthony blanket would be raising issues of democracy and human vice. but what they said was that the 2 countries have more in common on those funds than they don't. and some people can actually began his visit to india by meeting representatives of civil society organizations. but then he also tweeted that you know, that the u. s. and india that they committed to democratic values. they share democratic values. and that is part of the bedrock of the relationship that it's reflected in the as society. and so while us officials have said that things that u. s. government bodies themselves have criticize the indian government when it comes to democracy, human rights, minority rights from the public statements. we're here and from the us secretary of state. it doesn't seem like any criticism of the indian government that even if it is any criticism of the indian government, certainly will not be made public. thanks so much, elizabeth. per on an afghan president, i shall money as given a major policy speech in the countries future direction.

that are listed by the un under the sanctions committee to be de listed your secretary state anthony blanket and is that iraq's foreign minister in washington dc topping the agenda. the potential withdrawal of combat troops by the end of the year. this may allow the us military to take on an advisory role, including training and arming iraqi forces to fight iso friday's meeting is to lay the groundwork for president jo biden's in person meeting with iraqi prime minister and stuff. roe call me on monday or from patty co haines state department, iraq foreign minister came here to the state department to meet with the us secretary of state. and they spoke to the media, but they didn't really make any news that's expected to happen on monday when her ex prime minister heads to the white house to meet with us president joe biden. they're expected to announce that they will take all us comment troops out of iraq by the end of this year. but the foreign ministers been telling the press that he still needed the us military to do intelligence and surveillance. do training to fly for air power. air po