u. s. well, a saint or country with a single fiscal policy, so it can really provide money very directly in the you, it's much more dispersed across different programs. and one of the most difficult things about the european approach is that we have a lot of administrative processes, certain outcomes for companies. the strengths of the u. s. approaches. companies know exactly how much money will be able to get out of the inflation reduction act . so one part of the european response is also really about simplifying rules. i'm making them more and more. but if that is a very good thing, it's interesting that you mentioned that point, that it's not just about spending because when you look at the numbers, the u. s to spending almost $370000000000.00 on subsidies. china subsidies are double that of europe. so how do you see europe competing with the u. s. in china when it comes to the green economy? to start with, maybe if we look at the number of the us, the 370000000000 us been reported very exte

u. s. well, if the you thinks that what it should be doing is making appeals to washington to spear the european industry and economy. and to make some benevolent gestures with regard to the laws, the subsidies that the united states gives to you as companies on its territory, which makes european competitors and viable a deuce. the french economy minister said quite some time ago that electricity prices for businesses in europe are 4 times higher than in the u. s. that alone is something. and president macro said recently that they would ask the us to make adjustments to provide some discounts exceptions. so i suppose, asking is what they'll be doing for you to rush. you can, should he has already gone that to ask to no avail yet. that's why i don't take much interest in what the e. u was debating. i hear they're also planning to invite zalinski. i don't know whether he supposed to be there via video link or in person, but we will hear about it. they've decided long ago to make zalinski, the ma

u. s. well, let speak to out of madigan sir james bass. he's acrosta's 4th in munich. james and another opportunity here for a show of support for ukraine. it seems yes. so range of issues as you say, is ever at the munich security conference and obviously with the u. s secretary state had neglect lincoln, the u. s. vice president cobbler harris, and the senior chinese foreign policy, official, y, and z. there'll be some focus, i think on us china relations after the downing of that balloon tensions continue over taiwan. but i think the main issue above all others, as we approached the 1st anniversary of the invasion of ukraine is going to be the wore in that country. let's discuss this further. i'm joined by tanya fi and she is the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of slovenia. so almost the 1st anniversary. how do you see the war in ukraine? who's winning in slovenia? we are following the war with great concern. we see every day, lots of civilian, that's we see the destruction of civilian infrastructure. we have a nuclear power plant. so these are reasons fo

u. s. well, it seems mister hush article that there was quite a lot of collaboration between the us and european made to allies if so, and i mean, i should say so far, we've only got one article. however, that article contains the standing amount of detail. but if so, i would expect the reaction, as i said, to be one of the dallas most of the parts of the government. but i think the same applies perhaps to a lesser extent, to base norway, denmark, and anyone else who may have been involved. no one has an interest in mixing all verify these reports because it be an added to the mole. but i'm pretty sure you're a p and people who as i say, during a cost of living crisis, paying incredible amounts for their energy on this accentuated dot issue. of course norway is not really worrying about the they're selling more than the ever before. in terms of gas to europe, but german consumers, other consumers of western europe are so will not have to be raised. now the issue will the discussion between a, yo

u. s. involvement in latin american affairs? well, depends on the country in nicaragua, the government is completely sovereign and they have now expelled many of these people who were funded by the u. s. government to try to violently overthrow the government. they've also closed down some of these organizations that were involved in the coup attempt. nicaragua is an example of a country that has been able to defend its sovereignty, but unfortunately, across the region, there are governments that haven't been able to be as sovereign where the same tactics are used. and these organizations that are funded by the u. s. government to try to destabilize the government. we saw something very similar in bolivia, in 2019 with the overthrow of the president. even with allies we saw something attempted in cuba, which didn't succeed. and of course, in venezuela, the crew attempts have been completely non stop going back to 2014, 20172019 with one boy though. so that destabilization attempts never end, but the responses of the government has be

u. s. as well as 10 non permanent members, which reelected every 2 years. and i speak to the un india no to the foundations of the u. s. c. i outdated and widely perceived as deeply on fact. we spoke to foreign affairs expert, dr. swati, rob, who believes india is fully eligible to be a permanent member. i think in just a bit credibility to who can reinstate faith in these though, you know, google institutions because india has been doing such still work when it comes to how it's so staring the policies, you know, i'm in the g 20 right now. beach and g 20 as well as the operation organization. so that one's into is a correct candidate. that's one. the 2nd thing is that, let's also understand that united nations security council is not reflective of the current global auto because united nations security council in many ways is still reflective of the world that was there after the 2nd world war. so it is an institution which is kind of frozen in time. again, i think that's a quality concept unless i'm listen until it reforms, it will really lose it. so, you

u. s senator as well. the u. s. federal reserve has raised its target interest rate by quarter from percentage point central bank continued to promise ongoing increases and boring costs as part of his battle against inflation. and his statement, the fed said inflation has ease slightly from the 40 year highs hit last year, but it says rushes worn. ukraine was still adding to global uncertainty. ah, a russian rocket has hits an apartment complex in ukraine's eastern city of chrome tours, killing at least 2 people and entering 7 others rescue as well on the scene to comb through the rubble of trying to find any survivors. the city is indeed on. yes, the region where russian bank fighters have held significant territory, including the largest city since 2014 some feet most intense fighting in the war. and ukraine has taken place in the eastern city of bar moot. and believe both russia and ukraine have lost large numbers of troops and talks about the spoke to the brother of one ukrainian soldier was killed in the battle

u. s. as well as china, or ident ives, that investment firm wed bush, talking about that a race. thank you. stood out of some of the other global business stories, making headlines, legislators and the german state of hassan. want berlin to stop is ill. frankfurt. han airports were russian investor, pharmaceutical billionaire effect or care. a tonin has signed a deal to buy the insolvent airport care torn is not on the you sanctions list, but has reportedly strong links to florida. a futon, russian business dealings in europe are facing heightened scrutiny due to the ukraine war. anti corruption monitor transparency international says more than $50000.00 properties in britain are owned by anonymous investors, including some with close ties to the kremlin. that's despite laws seeking the stop dirty rush in cash after the invasion of ukraine. the buildings are worth more than 7000000000 euros and include many luxury homes or joint delegation from france and germany continued its efforts to soften the blow of major u. s. climate legislation on tuesday meeting with treasury secretary

well, the veteran journalist us, i see more show, reveal the top us officials were divided on their plans. the u. s. f also proposing, well, an aerial attack with bombs, naval forces were actually pushing for what they were calling some sort of a submarine attack. now the ideas were turned down in favor of a secret service plan involving a covert operation. a u. s. officials themselves had previously made no secret of their intentions. don't listen to me ever listen to this. if russia invades, then there will be, there will be no longer a north stream to we will bring it into. i am. i think the administration is very gratified to know that north stream too is now as you like to say, a hunk of metal at the bottom of the sea. these pipelines that is more streamlined from 2 we're not pumping gas into europe. that offers tremendous strategic opportunity for, for the years to come. site has used unnamed sources to reveal, draw cities that they have to deny this, and they have to try and smear isiah sh. because what he is saying in effect is that the biden administration is responsible for perhaps one of

well that's what the u. s. is saying. of course, we have to look at china as a rival as as we've already mentioned, um marina how big a threat do you think uh are we talking about right here for the united states? so she jinping is um an authoritarian leader and he has a very precise agenda and he has stated this agenda on various occasions in speeches and it is the chinese dream and this chinese dream includes that wants china to become the number one in technology globally, but also it wants, quote unquote that china rejuvenates, he always uses what it's an enenglish translated into rejuvenation. what does this rejuvenation entail? it? is that taiwan becomes again part of china, it is part and parcel of cheating pigs agenda of a strategy. and he wants to reach this of china, it is part and parcel of cheating pigs by 2049, why 2049? because it's the 100th anniversary of the founding of china of communist china. and so i think this plan is real and we have to take it seriously, but the question is, how will this reunifica

u. s. aerospace. however, the u. s. government saying the presence of this balloon in us, aerospace is a clear violation of us sovereignty as well as international law. and it is unacceptable that this has occurred and after consultations with our interagency partners as well as the u. s. congress. we have concluded that the conditions are not right at this moment. for secretary blake in to travel to china, president voted me as lensky says, ukraine will fight to hold onto the eastern front lines. city of buck was, he dodged western allies to supply long range weapons to help keep push russian forces out of the don bass region. us president joe biden says his economic plan is working. after a surprise, serge and new jobs, despite high inflation and rising interest rates, the unemployment rate dipped to 3.4 percent not the lowest level since $969.00. the head of the roman catholic church has arrived in south food on pope francis has been a vocal advocate for peace and reconciliation in the wilds. youngest nation. he's been joined by the leaders of the anglican church and the church of scotland and what they calling a pilgrimage o

well, meeting with thought americans in moscow, the u. s. has warned china against providing material support for russia's invention of ukraine. accountants war on ukraine, sparks fear in many former soviet bloc countries that they could be next. what is nato doing to protect its eastern flat heat? the somber carnival is back again. brazil. cobra 19 worries are 18 of the past as part of years. once again pack rio streets and stadiums. ah, i'm pablo, folio yes, thanks for joining us. russian president vladimir putin has said he looks forward to deepening the partnership between russia and china in a meeting with beijing's talk. diplomat, wang ye attend to talks with the kremlin and told him that relations between beijing and moscow would not be influenced by other countries. the meeting took place just days out from the one year firstly of russia's invasion of ukraine. also said he was looking forward to a visit to moscow by president changing thing somewhere in the which it was much. right, well let's get there a little bit more analysis on

u. s. military bases, even storing nuclear weapons or from your perspective, how much of a threat is this alleged to spy balloon? for the u. s. security. well that in our, in itself, it's not such a big threat at china's collecting intelligence and use this balloon to get clear of pictures to be able to hover over military sites to get sensitive data. and you know, the balloon has certain advantages over satellites, but i think it still says a lot about the, the state of chinese american relations. because the reaction inside of the united states for the very harsh air, the public air, very much, it is extremely critical of china. i think we really and have reached new heights an anti china sentiment in the united states. and then of course, no one can ask why now, why was there balloon sent over the united states? was there an intention from the chinese part or was this just pure happenstance? and then of course, you know, like, how does their story now unfold? the chinese air, you know, a do not necessarily take the position of saying that's true, we're collecting survey and they're still pretending that this is a and whether i'm a balloo

u. s. as well, of the economies that you see and part of asia, for example, where everything seems to be booming. and here is what it recently concluded about who is up and who is down globally. this is the type of story you probably won't get anywhere else, but here, unless of course you happen to be one of those people like me who reads nerdy info from time to time from intel sites. so where is the headline? here it is. the economies of the asian pacific countries will expand and dominate growth when measured by g. d, p in 2023. while the us and europe will likely be in recession. expansion, recession says s and p into the estimate is that asia accumulative genie p will grow by 3.5 percent grow by 3.5 percent. why does s and p and tell make this prediction? well, they say it's because of the regions free trade agreements because of their efficient supply chain because of their competitive costs are interesting criteria for expansion, right? free trade agreements. what a concept. so what is it say

well, tell us a little bit more about that because the u. s. is actually accused china providing russia with weapons. so what, how likely is it that this topic is actually gonna come up in this meeting? he please do soon. yeah, i mean, just from a rational point of view, it's not in china's interest to make itself a target for, for west and sanctions, and really cross that red line and deliver a weapons. however, that were already several reports in the last weeks that, you know, i did to, you know, chinese state on companies a might be delivering some, you know, small parts for fighter jets to russia, et cetera. so i think what the u. s. was basically sending out was a signal don't cross that red line. it was a warning. and so far, both the chinese side and the russian side, hefty night, any a weapon deliveries towards russia from china. and i don't think it's very likely. but i mean, who knows, it's also em though. i mean, we just don't know yet, but i think this will also be discussed. a father president vladimir putin announced a suspension

u. s. position on libya? well, you know, for many years we had a u. s. air base in libya and this was what we use. well, we were planning to use in case we needed to intervene in the middle east or in africa. and so that was our highest priority. we and as long as the libyan government didn't bother us, we didn't bother them we, we just operated our air base and then did exercises there. how would you characterize the, the u. s. libya relationship for all those years prior to gadhafi is death? well, i wouldn't close friendly actually, it was it was not friendly. after cadaver, he organized a terrorist attack in berlin. it was a u. s. army social club there and he organized a. busy test attack against the you, the americans and it was 2 americans killed. so at that point, the united states became very hostile and took it to harvey and we, we bombed his, his whole, we sent, we said the us, us air force planes from england to bomb his home. and there was a death, there was a death of could out fees adopted child, and this caused him to be very, very angry

u. s senator as well. the u. s. federal reserve has raised an target interest rate. i caught the percentage point his central bank continued to promise ongoing increases in or in cost as part of his battle against inflation. in a statement the fence and inflation has ease slightly from the 40 year highs hit last year, but it says washes, worn. ukraine was still adding to global uncertainty and, and such as were on this the rise and interest rates of one quarter of one percent is very much in line with expectations. it is the smallest rise since almost a year ago. but it still takes the interest rate here in the united states to around 4.75 per cent, the highest. it's been in 15 years. no, the fed back in december was talking about possibly raising rates to 5 percent or above. they haven't felt the need to go that far, because they think that the rate of inflation is slowing down and we know are the inflation crisis has hit millions of families across america with increased prices . the fed chairman jerome poll acknowledges that things are improving slightly, but it's

u. s participation financially. if argued, look, this is an open ended blank check. is that a valid argument and when should the financial support come to an end from the u. s. well it's not an open ended blank check they are. i mean, there's auditors. there's people look at all this stuff, and there's about 800 state department personnel by reports that are in ukraine that are monitoring how all this money in aids being moved in there, so it is being watched very closely with that said. it's a war and it's a major war. now what i will say is having being a veteran of a couple of wars wars are very expensive. and i have to tell you compared to what it would cost for our own troops are fighting russia. it's a considerably less doing it this way, but also mentioned though 500 million today out of what's already been allocated, but japan stepped up and said they're sending $5.5 billion worth of aid to, uh to ukraine. so it's a whole international effort that's going in there because, frankly, the cost of ukraine losing to russia. is truly unbearable for not just europe, but for the international system the world is participating in the world is watching retired lieu

well, the u. s. has previously sought to influence, ukraine's domestic and foreign policies are recently resurfaced leak recording shows that vice president joe biden pressuring a form ukrainian president to nationalize a bank into that could be financial consequences if his advice was followed. ortiz kennimore ben. how's the story? investigative journalist goes by clam das. time has shaken up social media once again. this time reminding people about the leaked phone call that took place between them, vice president joe biden with them president of ukraine. poor shank, back in 2016, the american vp was on the phone with for a shank discussing aspects of ukraine financial system. biden have some very specific demands regarding certain banks i'm in or where or when you think about before. so any right or wrong or i or i last that's apparently sounds a bit like a threat. this is the way you would expect the sovereign leaders of 2 independent countries to speak with one another. why is it that joe biden

u. s. now they really need to be felt that, that, that network to cover other places like co cutter and tonight into the u. s. and also europe as well, 47 flights to week, as opposed to en route, for example, which has over 100 flights a week from to buy it to the u. s. it to 11 gateways more than 11 gateways. that's the big difference. devise a small market so that taking that chunk of traffic away from india. so in this area is trying to do, it needs to build up that level of confidence with the order the new aircraft can open up numerous bilateral committee and really make, make a go for it. so it's sort of, it's will have to improve at the end of the day as well. ready and that there's a big task force internally within a range of looking at service. look, you have a market that their operations look at how they sell their operations. look at the distribution and distribution assets they have in terms of who they sell for travel agents online direct the website. the website still has a long way to go to improve that level of service. but the task force, there's a number of task forces within that transformation program, looking

u. s. versus russia to contain control, destroy russia in some way. we can russia, we have, we have the rand documents to show that that's the objective. but the military understands, well, the u. s. military today knows, well that they can't take on russia. we, a nato understands the nato officers understand they cannot take on russia. so this, this is kind of a fantasy that they're all kind of, you know, the emperor has no clothes and everyone is notting o body, so beautifully, so powerful, you know, but i think they understand the reality. but the problem for me is the concern that i haven't, i think people should have is that because this is an emotional, ideological kind of conflict on the american side and among nato and great britain and, and even ukraine. that winning a war may not be. well, winning a worse winning the war on their site. that's not possible, but damaging russia causing the amount of chaos that we don't even want to talk about. obviously, chemical nuclear, major destruction of human beings of human life. that is still possible for us, nato and ukraine. less so ukraine, probably the u. s. in nato, to, to conduct an operation like that to cause gro

u. s. is well aware what i'm talking about because we're not an instrument to break out yet another war. america has already twice let war begin from german soil and it's enough to protesters from germany, but not just germany. also switzerland and france gathered here at ramstein military base to demand an end to weapons shipments from germany and the west to ukraine. it's important to keep in mind that this is a highly symbolic military base. ramstein is not only an american base for operations in europe and africa, but it's also a base for a nato allied command for aaron space operations. it's also the focal point of a community of about $50000.00 americans. it's the largest community of americans outside of the united states. it's called little america. and um, it's also you might remember the sight of these defense group meetings among western military and defense officials to discuss weapons shipments to ukraine. there was talk in the western press after that, that there was a bit of a ruse o

u. s. as well, of the economies that you see and part of asia, for example, where everything seems to be booming. and here is what it recently concluded about who is up and who is down globally. this is the type of story you probably won't get anywhere else, but here, unless of course you happen to be one of those people like me who reads nerdy and.

u. s. air space. however, the u. s. government saying the presence of this balloon in u. s. air space is a clear violation of your sovereignty as well as international law, and it is unacceptable that this has occurred and after consultations with our inter agency partners as well as the u. s. congress, we have concluded that the conditions are not right at this moment. for secretary blinking to travel to china. so this is the position of the u. s. government. we should also point out that to the u. s. president spoke in the last hour or so, but he did not speak to reporters about this incident. he would only speak about the u. s. jobs report, and he ignored report as questions about this, leaving it to the state department to handle. this is not sitting particularly well with us law makers who are really looking for answers from u. s. government about why this was able to creep into u. s. air space. how this balloon, which the chinese government says is a weather balloon. and the pentagon is saying is anything, but in fact is a collection and intelligence collection device used for floating over some very sensitive military sites.

wants to continue as well, because not only is it targeted against a yamini movement, which he's dedicated to fully restoring the sovereignty of their country. but the british and the u. s. government also see this as a war by proxy against iran, as well. the profitable nature of the british armstrong, the saudi arabia is there for all to see if you just look at the sheer numbers involved. but more than that, this is about the british government using an alliance with the saudis, to maintain the fluence over these regions, which they can't directly occupy any more. and this is why the arm sales will continue that in the, you know, the enormous amount of money being made. and it's why they won't back off this war in yemen. so it say, what is actually going on here is a very brutal, cynical calculation of. busy britain still operating as an imperial power in the region. the russian presidents has joined celebrations in vulgar grad, formerly stalingrad, mocking the 80th anniversary of victory in one of the most decisive battles of world war 2. stalingrad saw the armies of nazi germany defeated with the red army, then going all the way to berlin, but even put in delivered a

u. s. government to know the consequences. well, that's returned to our top story, not for some live reaction that's of legendary american award winning journalist seymour hersh, claiming a u. s. norwegian operation was in place of the talking russian gas pipelines in september saying that the bombing had been planned for 9 months since 2021. last cross live now 2 pulitzer prize winning from a foreign correspondent for the new york times chris hedges. joining us from new jersey today, you're most welcome, chris. both you and seymour hersh work for the times at, you know, both dig into and question mainstream narratives despite the blow back that you get . so do you feel we can trust mr. hurst? his article? yeah, i worked with seymour for many years. he has broken story after story as a, i don't think he's ever broken a story that anyone's discredited. going all the way back to the meal i massacre broke the story on the torture and apple grave. i used one of the premier investigative journalists in the united states. indeed, i would

u. s. u. k. and canada enough. well, we're finally getting somewhere with these sanctions and they've sanctioned individuals rather than the overall myanmar oil and gas enterprise. but this is a start. this is a beginning building on what was done previously by the european union, which sanctioned the, the entire enterprise. so i'm hoping that we're going to now see some real progress . this is a real shot across the bow for the me and my military, hoosier, that their financial lifeline is really missed. but one needs to ask why the, why the western mission needed to wait 2 years to initiate this action? well, it's an excellent question. we were calling for this in the 1st month after the military coup, because everybody recognizes that the oil and gas revenues are the most important financial lifeline for the military junta. so, you know, all they, all they would say to us is that we have to start lightly and then we'll add more. our attitude was actually go the other way around, should hit them hard, the very beginnin

well as through sustainable development needs, especially in the global south. the un security council was founded in october 24th 1945, establishing 5 permanent members, china, france, russia, the u. k, a u. s. as well as 10 non permanent members which are reelected every 2 years. however, india while addressing the un said the foundations of view and a c, r al, they sit on perceived as deeply unfair as get more details on this, this cross live to foreign affairs expert, dr. swati rob. any thanks for joining us on the program this evening, it's nice to see you. so should you just explain to us the significance of india's possible edition as a permanent, a u. n. s. c member and what effects that might have? right. good evening. nice to see you. oh, see, the 1st thing that comes to my mind to the minute you say the united nations security council am to what addition will india get out of that? i think if you just turn it around and say that what addition would, the united nations get out of it is because, you know, united nations over the years has become an institution. because, you know, there's been a general waning of the influence of multilateral or institutions all over the world, wheth

u. s. army analyst is well versed in the complex history of u. s. soviet cooperation. and the 2nd world war years you have stolen rise up and quite an effective leadership role under, under war 2 and counteracting the german advances. franklin delano roosevelt. the 32nd. you as president ned the country from 1933 to 1945. franklin roosevelt came from an extraordinarily wealthy family, a very high elite socialite family, dating back to the 1600s. the roosevelt family. the delano family were old money that had built their fortunes in merchant ah, ship building other trades. roosevelt was a pragmatist. and when it suited american interests was prepared to cooperate with the soviet union. it was under his rule that you eso via diplomatic relations were established in 1933. franklin delano roosevelt is recognized by many in the american historical and academic and political ranks as one of the greatest for term presidents in history. the only president to ever, sir. 4 terms, in fact, for his work in resuscitating the united states after an economic depression that occurred