o. u. s. defense secretary lloyd aust, it has made an unannounced trip to iraq on tuesday just days before the 20 year anniversary of the us led invasion. austin met with a rocks prime minister and stated that washington wants to strengthen the partnership between the 2 countries. do i look forward to continuing to consult with our valued iraqi partners and to advance nurture and trish and to improve the lives of the iraqi people? i am optimistic about the future of our partnership and united states will continue to strengthen and broaden our partnership in support of iraqi security, stability and sovereignty. to go further and up on this list, cross live now to david swanson, executive director of world beyond war. david, it's great to have you on the program today. now, what do you make of the pentagon chief statement that the u. s. wants to help iraq? all of a sudden, isn't that a bit rich coming from the nation that destroyed the country? to begin with here. well presumably part of the reason he's there is to pressure the iraqi government to keep the u. s. troops there, there are still

u. s. o. defense secretary lloyd austin has held talks with his israeli counterpart way. he basically reaffirm washington's i'm kind of commitment to israel security. however, during a press conference, when asked about a recent suggestion by and his railey official to wipe out a village in palestine, austin seemed well less committed to a secretary and the current is really government is the most far right. it's been in its history one if it's minister is called for a palace in palestinian village to be wiped out. and that was during the about meetings. do you feel comfortable working with and trusting a government that has individuals who have these beliefs? thanks, leaders i at the top, your religious let me say i refer to my colleague here to comment on the readiness of, of the israeli forces. but in terms of our ability to work together. and you've heard me say a number of times in various places that our commitment to the security of israel is iron quiet. but they have been great partners throughout and they will continue to be great partners going forward and our c

u. s. insist the drawing was over international waters and posed no threat. the kremlin says relations with the u. s. o. in a lamentable state. the defense ministry denies that its jets came into contact with the aircraft. the incident, the 1st such direct encounter between the 2 military power since the ukraine war began. whitehouse correspondent committee health that has more on the us reaction the you know, spokesperson for the national security council, john kirby speaking to the american public, but also to the broader global audience. talking about what was conveyed by the united states to the russian ambassador to the united states as he was summoned on tuesday. and it was a very, very strong message, essentially, following that incident in the united states defended its mission to saying that there in us national security incest interest, that they are perfectly legal over international waters. and that they will continue doing so. and that russia needs to be more careful in the eyes of the united states. with regard to the recovery of that m q 9 to rail and strong. according to john kirby, it may never be recovered. that's becau

the head of tick tock was on the defensive in washington speaking before a u. s. congressional committee. c. e. o. show chew faced intense questioning by law makers who fear that beijing is using the app to hoover up sensitive data on millions of americans. to said that the aps owner bite dance as a private company that does not work for the chinese government, but admitted china based employees would be forced to cooperate with state intelligence. agencies. should have an siemens has been following the story from washington for us, and dan ives, as a tech analyst from wed bush securities should have. and let's start with you. set the scene for us. how did the hearing today go for mr. chu? well, it's re, frank, i don't know anybody who wanted to be in the shoes of mister shoe. i for sure, wasn't willing to do this. why? because it was really aggressive. it was a proverbial blood bath almost. um i, i think he didn't even stand a chance and why? because there were some really unified democrats, as well as republicans in this committee drive to really almost put this into absurdity at some point. it

u. s. as it did. thank you very much, my candor in washington. thank you, mike o pavel falcon harris, our defense analyst and columnist, the russian newspaper and havoc as yet. and now he says that this incident is unlikely to liter a spike intentions between washington and moscow. basically, this is not very good, but it's the good news is, this is not the beginning of world war 3. this is sort of dry wrong because no was apparent, we were lost a so b, m, m, you 9 is not a very expensive, overly expensive drone. it's about 20 times lesser costs than the american global hawk that was shot down over the persian gulf a by the uranium several years ago. when i, when developments the russian president, writing a person says he believes state act as will bind last year explosions on north stream gas pipelines. he dismissed as nonsense. recent reports that are pro ukraine group sabotaged the pipelines which carry russian gas to europe. but to, to soon look to the teacher who's interested theoretically the united states is interested in stopping the supply of fresh and energy carries to the european ene

o a power. the proof is to say is anti democratic. these protests are so widespread, they disrupted the visit of the u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin. he was supposed to arrive on wednesday, but that was changed at the request of these rallies. meetings like this would normally take place at the ministry of defense. instead, the venue was televi tv's main airport and prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his team had to be brought in by helicopter. after the meeting, the prime minister treated saying they spoke about the threat of iran. and it was a united front on iran, as well as both the u. s. secretary of defense and the israeli defense minister spoke to the media. you on aims to gain nuclear weapons and threaten not only as well but the entire wall. it is worth noting that iran insisted it's nuclear program is strictly for civilian purposes. u. s. secretary of defense however, did bring up the issue of the recent violence in the occupied west bank. i remain concerned about what we're seeing in terms of or urge escalation of violence. and i did discuss her those concerns with her with my colleagues. ah. and we're

u. s. bank since the 20 o 8 financial crisis. and francis controversial plan to reform the pension system has moved a step closer to becoming law defense senate has approved the plan. that would be weeks of protests against the changes which would raise the retirement age from substitute to $64.00. and those are the headlines. the news is going to continue here on al jazeera, after the listing post. goodbye. in the pool, rhinos tight is looks to new extinction. now the army is using community groups that brought them back from the break, or 11 east investigates on how to soon reputational damage from murdock. on down for fox news, the stolen election lie could prove expensive car bombs court cases and word games, the hazards of journalism in russia, and china versus taiwan. a geopolitical mismatch, the comedians are play for laugh hello arbiter, disparate during the listening post where we provide explanatory journalist about generous. when a news organization presents claims, it knows to be false, that is a breach of journalistic ethics. fox news is arguing otherwise. the american network that for years provided a platform for former

u. s. under secretary of defense, have a shrug off the loosens as propaganda by russia's close. devil, i think partner china, former u. n. o evans inspector scott ritter says the claims of having oversight over the money being spent on ukraine or earning to pacify american taxpayers. i had to laugh when he said, you know, dealing with ukrainian corruption is at the top of the list notes at the bottom of the list. because if it was at the top of the list, you would never have given you train any money because you can't account for it. but the fact of the matter is, there's little doubt that 6070 percent of the financial resources that the united states provided to ukraine has disappeared, isn't getting to the intended target has been, you know, sequestered by the innumerable corrupt hands that are reaching out to, to be padded by american dollars in on the military side. you know, again, noticed the, the non answers and, you know, we were investigating, we don't have an answer. if you've been on top of this, from the very beginning, you'd have an answer. there are no answers because we're not on the top of it. and the reaso

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