u. s. secretary or u. s. general christopher can volley said this week of western tanks, quote, there is not a particular weapon system that is a silver bullet. a balance of all systems is needed. so these statements by actual u. s. military experts clearly diverged from the ideologically driven take of politicians who keep framing western tanks as some kind of magic solution for military victory for ukraine over russian forces. but even joint us joint chiefs had general mark. milly said last november, he was at this press conference to on friday by the way, ballasa member. he was saying the probability of ukrainian military victory defined as kicking the russians out of all ukraine to include what they claim is crimea is not high militarily and mili added at the time, quote, president biden. and president zalinski himself has said that at the end of the day will be a political solution. but on friday, zelinski made a direct request for the new tanks to the nato defense ministers meeting in germany . poland prime min

u. s. general christopher can volley said this week of western tanks, quote, there is not a particular weapon system that is a silver bullet. a balance of all systems is needed. so these statements by actual us military experts clearly diverged from the ideologically driven take of politicians who keep framing western tanks as some kind of magic solution for military victory for ukraine over russian forces. on friday, zalinski made a direct request for the new tanks to the nato defense ministers meeting in germany . poland prime minister, mateus moore wiki even said that either warsaw gets berlin's permission to send its leopard tanks to ukraine. or they'll just go ahead and do it calling consent, a quote to secondary importance. nice example of european unity there when it comes to being careful about potential escalation. apparently it's okay to run around off leash as long as their hearts in the right place. it's like the drivers slams on the brakes, trying to play hero to pedestrian waned acros

u. s. government to the detriment of all americans who are forced to pay for them. the u. s. marine corps have re opened their base camp laws on guam island. u. s. general david burger says bolstering the military presence in the pacific region is aimed at promoting regional defense. we don't want to fight to get to the fight. we want to already be inside. so if there's a conflict, the stand in forces are already forward the role of the marines in guam on that side of the international dateline as to reinforce the policy of deterrence, which is the underpinnings of our national defense strategy. camp laws is under construction still and will reportedly become fully operational in 2024. up to $5000.00 marines will be stationed there for a price tag of nearly $8000000000.00 with japan contributing $3000000000.00 to the project and the u. s. the other 5, the u. s. as recently also bolstered its military assistance to taiwan, promising to provide extended military training to the taiwanese army to deter a legit chinese aggression. the bided administration is also set to reopen its embassy on the solomon islands. also, a region of dispute between washington

u. s. generals who resisted sending the maintenance heavy machines. the abrams have been in use for a half century at russia's aware of the tanks, vulnerabilities. since february, the u. s. provided ukraine with more than 27000000000 and security assistance, the white house insists issues of training and logistics, including getting the jet fuel needed to operate the abrams tags to the battlefield could be overcome through training. it means to be seen how well the ukrainians will able to absorb this hardware and use it. it may take at least a quite a while before they they can do it in before it has an impact on the battlefield. still, president biden insist the addition of the abrams tanks will make a strategic difference as ukrainian forces rapid to defend territory in expected spring counter offensive. kimberly help hit al jazeera, the white house, or japanese decision to send tangs to ukraine, follows weeks of intense pressure from its allies. dominant came, explains from berlin. the leopard too, is one of the most widely used tanks in europe, man

u. s. president joe biden is under investigation over his miss handling of classified government documents. the u. s. attorney general has no appointed a special counsel to conduct the prob, i concluded that under the special council regulations, it was in the public interest to appoint special council. as i've said before, i strongly believe that the normal process sees on this department can handle all investigations with integrity. but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. this appointment under scores for the public, the department's commitment to both independence and accountability, and particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions. indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. the president himself said he intends to fully cooperate with the u. s. justice departments after the latest 2nd cash of documents refined in his garbage at his private home. in delaware, the 1st batch of classified documents were discovered in early november by lawyers for the president's in an office for a washington think tank that by not

u. s military, that's the stark warning from the countries navy secretary has arms continue to flow to embarrassment for the white house us. the u. s. attorney general appoints a special council to investigate joe biden, after caches of classified government documents are found in the american president private possession ah, from moscow to the world. this is our team. my name's unit leila, and you are welcome to the program, our top story. the kremlin say's out a quote. successful mission in taking control of the crucial strategic city of solid are in the done yet. republic is the beginning of a greater military advance. a really massive job has been carried out in solid, absolutely selfless, heroic actions. and not only insulted, but in many areas where offensive actions are being conducted, they will continue. it's not the time to stop, it's not the time to rub your hands. the main work is still ahead. well, let's go through why solid are is a key strategic importance in the ongoing military conflict. it's capture a paves the way for russian advances on the major city of watch and offs nearby here known as a back move in ukraine. it's a vital tra

u. s. general christopher rivoli and not even being a silver bullet for turning the tide and ukraine's favor. so a lot of thanks germany is getting from its so called european allies for footing, the bills all these years. and now being treated like a pariah because it won't cave to their whims. lavolle in a group has confirmed that it has repeatedly hold americans special. so as agencies hood for 2 lines, assassination attempt is the goose was formed for all these request. more than once, we've caught armed groups and employees of the american special services who tried to harmed the wagner group and organized assassination attempts. each time we gave them a kick in the butt, fed them lunch and dinner, and let them go in peace. there are plenty of video materials. well, the question that he post to him was, why now is it that the united states has chosen to label or designate wagner as a criminal organization and a mr. precaution, the head of the private military company. wagner said that the ques

u. s. general christopher rivoli and not even b silver bullet for turning the tide and ukraine's favor. so a lot of thanks germany is getting from its so called european allies for footing, the bills all these years. and now being treated like a pariah because it won't cave to their whims. cave is faith tools within russia. ukraine that were held and bo russellville, for the corporate, began to wipes harm for ukraine with no intention of diplomatic solution that was admitted by the head of you tradesman until it starts with in his latest interview . the main task we set for mr. careers was to delay the process in order to buy time since he personally knew to people in the negotiation process, who represented the russian side was. this is quite a revelation. here we have a senior ukrainian official, openly admitting that it was participating in peace told with russia in bad faith. kev's defense intelligence chief had said that he tasked the negotiated a. he said and his curve with heading to bella l

u. s. general christopher for volley as of not even being a silver bullet for turning the tide in ukraine's favor. so a lot of thanks germany is getting from its so called european allies for footing, the bills all these years. and now, being treated like a pariah, because it won't cave to their whims, cave used pre filled with in russia and ukraine, but they were held in bella luce, surely off the cof. it began to buy time for you. crew with no intention of a diplomatic solution that was admitted by the hand of ukraine's main intelligence direct through it. in his latest interview, the main task we set for mr. careers was to delay the process in order to buy time since he personally knew to people in the negotiation process who represented the russian side. while this is quite a revelation, hey, we have a senior, ukrainian official, openly admitting that it was participating in peace talks with russia in bad faith caves. defense intelligence chief has said that he tasked the negotiated a. he said,

u. s. general christopher rivoli and not even being a silver bullet for turning the tide in ukraine's favor. so a lot of thanks germany is getting from it so called european allies for footing, the bills all of these years. and now being treated like a pariah, because it won't cave to their whims. archie contributor rachel mars then. thank you. rachel. ukraine security service has launched an investigation into corruption within the ministry of defense in what media claims to be the worst corruption scandal to engulf the armed forces. since the beginning of the ukrainian conflicts, ukrainian media accusing the defense ministry of buying overpriced food for ukrainian soldiers. having signed a deal, i prices $2.00 to $3.00 times higher than current rates for incense eggs, which cost around $19.00 us cents, and a shop having been contracted for $0.46. instead, the deal signed with a local firm in december is estimated to be worth $30000000.00. ukrainian defense minister alexi resident called denied th

first of all, this general is a war monger and what he is saying and telling his troops is the very dangerous thing for world peace and stability. secondly, it's fortunate that the u. s pentagon has 2nd guest or this general saying whatever he sent, a does not represent the official position of the pentagon, and the u. s. government in general, has also denied that his general represents the official position of the united states, these army china. now secondly, i hope washington will realize that war is not and should not be an option between china and the united states. 2 countries armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons, because a war between china, the united states will soon get out of control and lead directly to armageddon. and eventually, to will not only be a disaster for the united states and for china, but for mankind as a whole. therefore, generals and admirals, both in china and the united states, need to be exercising maximum restraint and need to really listen to their political leaders. rather than using their own judgment about the war or peace, they need to stand firm for peace rather than agitate for war. war is not an option between washington and

u. s. hasn't changed that much over the generations. why does the u. s. both are having a debt ceiling? yeah. that the levels of spending a taxation delta g to have been roughly the same. but unfortunately spending has always exceeded the level of revenues and taxes. and so what you find in the case to not states is that you are finding it difficult to finance more and more of this debt because the rest of the world and us citizens in general, are less willing to hold on to the stead because of concerns about not getting paid off. now, as i said earlier, by definition u. s. is able to pay off it's, that's with you was dollars. and by printing more us dollars, we can always pay off the debt. unfortunately, one consequence of doing that would be higher and higher inflation, which is a consequence that no government's willing to accept. so. so one of the things that we have to consider in managing the levels of us that would be what is sustainable . and at the i m f, where used to work, there are formulas that are used to calculate sustainable levels of debt

the m one, a bronze tank is a 3rd generation battle tank, named off through a u. s. army general the it was created for homage ground warfare during the cold war for more than 40 years later and following significant upgrades. it's the u. s. army main battle tank. the abrams has seen action in numerous military conflicts around the world, including iraq and afghanistan, weighing more than 60 tons. it's one of the heaviest tanks in service that makes it bulky, but it's well protected against most anti tank weapons. it's $120.00 millimeter main gun has a range in excess of 4 kilometers. what makes the m one a bronze unique is its gas turbine engine, which uses a type of jet fuel. although it has an impressive performance, even washington has acknowledged it has very high fuel consumption compared to traditional diesel engines. the u. s. also admits the tank system is hard to maintain and expensive to run. just 2 of the reasons why washington has been reluctant to deliver this battle tank to ukraine. for months, ukrainian forces have been locked and bloody battles agai

u. s. attorney general mary garland. he's just announced the appointment for special counsel to investigate presidential biden's handling of sensitive government documents that special council will be a robert her, he's been named as the counsel in the biden documents prob, so the us attorney general making that statement after 4 course classified documents were found in his private residence in delaware. most recently let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins. she's joining us from washington d. c. so a sorta but perhaps effective statement from mary garland this is certainly something that is designed to try restore public trust when public trust in government institutions really is at an all time low in the united states in a divided united states where people really have very little faith in their government and the feeling that oh, really can't be any trust in investigations. what this attorney general is doing is trying to restore that. so what he has done is appointed the special counsel, and

u. s surgeon general taking a stand against kids on social media, saying 13 is still too young personally based on the data i've seen believe that 13 is too early and i think that it's a time you know early adolescence where kids are developing their identity, their sense of self abc news medical contributor, dr alok patel says research shows the surgeon general is right brains are still developing, and we have enough research to show that constant social media scrolling can actually affect brain chemistry. and these young kids . there's plenty of research to suggest that social media, especially social media, addiction, can have a negative impact on teens. mental health, increasing risk of conditions such as anxiety, depression body is murphy at disrupting sleep schoolwork. teams are even exposed to misinformation, hate speech, cyber bullying and predators out there who want to manipulate teens and get their identity and their privacy. this team told us images she saw on social media left her feeling stssfulneicret's just so that has ts to popular social media apps ar ag. 12 and up. only

u. s. attorney general has appointed a special con, so to look into president job biden's mishandling of classified documents. but if you run medications after that, the u. s. liter earlier commented on the scandal. people know i take classified documents or classified material seriously. i also said were cooperating fully completely. the justice department's review, as part of that process. my lawyers reviewed other places, word documents and my of from my time as vice president were stored and they finished the review last night, they discovered a small number of documents of classified marketing of storage areas in file cabinets in my home, in my, in my, my my personal library, this was done in the case of the biden pens, is that this was done in the case of the buying penn center. the department of justice was immediately as was done. the barbara jones was immediately notified and the lawyers arranged for the department of justice take possession of the document. a lot of reactions starting to emerge, as you can imagine, following the news. an essay whistleblower among the med studen

u. s. army general mark milley, chairman of the us joint chief of staff. do you think that that played a role? i wish that i thought that. um but i don't think that, i mean putin at any point if he were interested in talking to the west talking to the u s. um could there's regular exchanges between you know, the highest levels. also the defense minister, secretary of defense and defense minister um level so the doors are open when they want to talk. um i don't think i don't think this move was about that. i think this move is you know trying trying someone a to have a new fall guy and be maybe to have a better strategy because certainly the current one hasn't been very successful i mean all this discussion over whether we will see a change in russian military strategy that comes after russia has been bombarding city across ukraine and critical civilian infrastructure you might have recently seen that leveling of an apartment block full of residents during a major missile attack on new pro now following that attack in his evening video address, ukrainian pr

u. s surgeon general taking a stand against kids on social media, saying 13 is still too young. i personally based on the data i've seen believe that 13 is too early and i think that it's a time you know early adolescence where kids are developing their identity, their sense of self abc news medical contributor, dr alok patel says research shows the surgeon general is right brains are still developing, and we have enough research to show that constant social media scrolling can actually affect brain chemistry. in these young kids. there's plenty of research to suggest that social media, especially social media, addiction, can have a negative impact on teams mental health, increasing risk of conditions such as anxiety. depression body is murphy at disrupting sleep schoolwork. teams are even exposed to misinformation, hate speech, cyber bullying and predators out there who want to manipulate teens and get their identity and their privacy. this team told us images she saw on social media left her feeling inadequate. it's just so stressful to pick one picture that has to be perfect

u. s. politics in general? yeah, i mean for the to your peers it's, it's really an open question. i mean, many of these freedom caucus people are form or from support a strong asked them to vote for mccarthy. they didn't follow. so they kind of distance, they freed themselves from him, but staying in the house here, i think it's also was talking a little bit why it is also meadows for an international audience. because if there is no speaker in the house who kind of can conduct some reasonable politic making, this would have an impact, for example, in the support for countries like ukraine because they wouldn't be able to organize the majorities for booths like that. so this whole fight is much more than an inner u. s. a kind of craziness of fight within the system. it really matters for the rest of the world. thank you so much in his full sitting tight there in washington, dc for us. and here's a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. today. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a unilateral 36 hours these fire on the crane in frontline. it will take

u. s. secretary general austin is hosting. why do you think 2 of you crimes closest allies, the finding it so hard to agree on what is needed here? and is there a solution to break the deadlock? well, it's very clear that it amongst the western countries, there's no real clear consensus about how the war should end. i mean, yes, i mean every, everybody wants the ukrainians to keep, to be able to defend themselves. but no one is really clear about how the war ems is a repeat treaty to the ukrainians. keep fighting until they can recapture all their last territory including crimea. i mean, if you're talking about a ukrainian defense that retakes crimea, that's probably gonna end up with an endless war that will go on for years and maybe even the ukrainians won't be able to win it. so it's, it's, it's more problem that how people see this war ending. and that the, the uncertainty about that, which is, is not gonna be resolved very soon. and that is, that is why, you know, people are really the trust western wines are reluctant to

u. s attorney general merrick garland. the a g appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings. founder president biden's home in delaware and at an office in washington. i think congress has to investigate this. here's an individual that's been in office for more than 40 years. here's an individual that sat on 60 minutes that was so concerned about president trump's documents locked in behind, and now we find it just as a vice president, keeping it for years out in the open in different locations, the appropriate thing to do. um, and again, i will reserve judgment until we hear you know what the circumstances were on that we know because of court filings and donald trump's case, he was asked multiple times to return. the documents refused to return the document. there's still a dispute as to whether he's returned all of the documents, so to me, the most important question here is intent. president biden says he is cooperating fully and completely with the justice department in