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that press conference by us defense secretary lloyd austin, that he was joined by the chairman of the joint chief of staff, the highest military position in the us. and i still have our political correspondence. i'm in the out here in the studio, simon. and to wrap it up, what stood out for you in that statement from austin. i think the via us defense secretary was trying to sound rather as if it was business as usual. he, he, he talked about this group of countries to 50 nations in the ukraine contact group and said they've been meeting and coordinating of a months. and they're still doing that very well. and they stand behind the principles of ukraine sovereignty and back in ukraine. and he listed there is some of the bigger items that have been delivered, you know, javelin sting is how it says high mas, some of these are systems, the names which we've become a bit more familiar with over the past year. and i think what stands out is that, you know, there's, at least in those words is an attempt to say we are totally on track. we have got $230.00 tanks delivered to the ukrainians. w

this is his second meeting in the pentagon with by the us minister of defense, lloyd austin, was held for the first time a year ago at the beginning of a full-scale war in ukraine, so lloyd austin recalled the successes of the ukrainian army during that time, in particular. providing the usa with hi-mars aris systems and other types of weapons and emphasized that the pentagon is satisfied with how these weapons fall into the hands of ukrainian defenders, that is, they are satisfied with the transparency the use of american aid lloyd austin assured that he will continue to convene a group in the rammstein format and will continue to provide security assistance to ukraine through the purchase of weapons, as well as from his own stocks, i will continue to convene a contact group on the defense of ukraine to coordinate support for ukraine's urgent and long-term needs, and will also continue to quickly to provide security assistance through procurement and from our own stockpiles we also retain a commitment to support and supply your forces with the required numbers spare parts and mainten

and here is the answer of the minister of defense of the united states, lloyd austin, who the day beforel telephone conversation with the ukrainian colleague oleksii reznikov they have a great plan to start with and only president zelensky and his leadership really know all the details of this plan they have a lot of resources that they need to continue to be successful in the pentagon's secret documents there are intelligence data not only about ukraine and russia but also a number of other states friendly to the united states, in particular, with their leadership, they have already talked at the highest level, said secretary of state blinking, that is , the americans actually had to explain this , to put it mildly, unpleasant and delicate situation partners and assure them of friendship and protection of intelligence or thank you olga actually a correspondent of tsn in the united states olga koshelenko and with the latest news about the investigation into the leak of secret documents from the pentagon well, then about the electronic concentration camp in russia, there they are urgently

western allies, me to boost support the fight against the russian invasion. us defense secretary lloyd austin riley's western partners and nato insist ukraine will join the alliance once the war is hope. also on the program. no let up in the fighting. instead on more than 400 people have now been killed as the regular army battles power military rivals, most of the victims are civilians caught up in the conflict. and the last 8 years have been the hottest on record according to a new report by the world mitchell logical organization. rising temperatures are changing life as we know it, especially in asia and in sports, chelsea fans, chelsea robert are in crisis with fans comparing their owner to hapless tv car to ted last so could former by a munich force julian nuggets might be the manager to sort it all out loud and more in sports. ah, i'm good. how else? as well come to the program? we begin with a meeting of ukraine's western our sac ramstein abbeys. here in germany, u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, at top us general mark milly, have stress that ukraine's partners stand united on

who's behind it and for the first time since the leak, we've heard from the us defense secretary, lloyd austinmore while the justice department department's investigation is ongoing, but we take this very seriously and we will continue to investigate and turn over every rock until we find the source of this and the extent of it. and the us is taking this investigation seriously because officials say this leak is a risk to national security. so let's look closer at what's in those documents and the impact they may have in the us and abroad. here's the bbc�*s barbara plett usher. there's been an alarming hit on us intelligence, dozens of apparently classified documents from the defense department, some of them are top—secret, circulating on the internet. so what's in these documents and what impact will this have a national security? there are maps, charts, and photographs, and they paint a detailed picture of the war in ukraine, including its air defences. there is also sensitive information about other american allies and it seems that many of the documents from daily pentagon intelligence bri

working visit to washington , first of all he met with the minister of defense united states, lloyd austin, the head of the defense department at a meeting with the prime minister , certain that the united states will increase the production of military equipment and provide for ukraine's needs, at the same time, prime minister denys shmyhal thanked the us for its support and called for ukraine to receive more weapons, including f-16 fighter jets and long -range missiles. we also maintain a commitment to support and provide your forces with the right amount of spare parts and training for technical service at the same time we will continue to invest in our own defense and industrial base to further increase production, so i am sure that we will meet ukraine's defense needs during the spring and beyond, and as the president has repeatedly stated. we will support ukraine as long as it takes, we will win this war, but to achieve this faster and with less losses ukraine needs intensive military assistance more resistant air defense to minimize the effect of russian air gifts more heavy artille

. >> martha: we're moments away from lloyd austin and antony blinken.y have a lot on their minds. they're dealing with a -- 53 documents that leaked that are embarrassing and raise a lot of questions about who our allies are, what our national security is in this country. they also have designated evan gershkovich as wrongly detained. we think there's some interesting q&a here. we'll keep a close eye on that john kennedy has agreed to keep an eye on this with us and give us his reaction to what we learned in this press briefing moments away. we'll be right back. ♪ when pain says, “i'm here,” ♪ i say, “so are they.” just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. aleve who do you take it for? age is just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv our customers don't do what they do for likes or followers. their path isn't for the casually curious. and that

secretary of defense lloyd austin remarked on the sidelines of the meeting that the primary focus iso strengthen ukraine's ground-based air defense. he is right. allies need to supply more munitions and systems to make up for the loss of soviet produced systems that ukraine has been using to date and where munitions are running low. the question about western fighter jets, it is something that allies should tackle early on, and supply timeline for these very complex systems. it will be many months or years, that training pilots, and setting up supply chains and lines for ammunition and spare parts for the aircraft's. it's an undertaking. but if the decision is taken early we can see in effect further down the road. brent: what you make of the german defense minister announcing that there has been an agreement with poland to set up a repair hub for tanks? >> i think it is a really big step forward for ukraine, but also for german/polish relations which had not been good in recent years. it makes me happy, as an analyst and a european, to see those two governments can collaborate effec

ukraine. officials say some of the documents, it has to have been altered. us defense secretary lloyd austin has vowed to turn over every rock to find the source of the week. and i have directed an urgent cross department effort. and we referred the matter to the department of justice, which has opened a criminal investigation. now, i can't say much more while the justice department's investigation is ongoing. but we take this very seriously. and we will continue to work closely with our outstanding allies and partners. and nothing will ever stop us from keeping america secure. rosin jordan has more in this now from the us state department. well, when a reporter questioned the secretary's apparent lack of awareness of these documents, apparently being on social media for perhaps several months. the secretary of defense lloyd austin, told that reporter and a waiting press conference that the information he was given a week a week ago on thursday. april 6th was that the documents that were shown on social media were dated february 28th and march 1st. so less than a month ago, not several month

the defense secretary lloyd austin, told reporters on tuesday that he was going to make brief comments about the proverbial elephant in the room. the report at leak of classified paragon documents onto social media. i was 1st brief daily reports should m at arise disclosure of some sort of unclassified material on the morning of april 6th. and since then, i've been careening senior department leaders daily on our response and i have directed an urgent cross department effort. the u. s. justice department is investigating this leak, which is said to be perhaps the largest. since the wiki league scandal of 2013, the defense secretary for his part reportedly has ordered a look into how this leak happened. and this may involve trying to figure out who might have out access to these documents, assuming of course, that they are legitimate. rosalyn jordan, l g 0, the state department, un secretary general antonio gutierrez, she's in somalia for what his office has described as a visits of solidarity during them was the month of ramadan. he says the international community has failed to help t

in ukraine, but he was wrong - said the secretary of defense of the united states of america, lloyd austin, at the opening of the meeting of the contact group in rammstein. of support for ukraine, the head of the pentagon reminded that in general, the members of the contact group provided ukraine with aid in the amount of more than 55 billion dollars, that no country in the world has the right to decide for other countries their future because steal other people's territories and rewrite borders by force, on friday, during the conference of the party of the free democrats of germany, its leader and one of the finance ministers of the country, christian linder, said that, according to him, the countries of the west today are more united than ever in their position of condemning the russian invasion of ukraine and should now make every effort to isolate russia and thus force its leadership to end the war and withdraw all its troops from the territory of sovereign ukraine , the united states of america announced the next package of military aid to ukraine in the amount of 325 million dollars

united states, he has already held a meeting with the minister of defense of the united states lloyd austinnia , the head of the ukrainian government thanked for the already provided support, in particular, for the formation of the tank coalition and asked for the extension of aid to provide ukraine with veliky radio judge missiles and f-15 or f-16 fighters, the aid to ukraine will last as long as it is needed for a certain island, the next meeting of the rammstein group under his chairmanship will take place on april 21 in germany the world we will win this war but to achieve this faster and with fewer casualties ukraine still needs intensive military support for air defense systems that minimize russian air strikes more heavy artillery ammunition we also ask you to review the possibility of providing ukraine with missiles with a larger radius actions and about the largest-scale leak of pentagon secret documents since wikileaks, the american authorities at the highest level confirmed the documents with the seal full secretly got into the internet in an unknown way . how could it happen, ac

ukrainian perspective on this robin of how we'll build those promises that we've just heard from lloyd austin and all sorts of historians, the germans herdsman is how will that translate on the battlefield? what's the view from keith there? well, we do not know all the details at this moment as we speak o for ukraine. it was important to get more ammunition for its air defense systems . and, and ukraine was also hoping to hear something about possible deliveries of f. 16 fighter, jess, we haven't heard anything of that so far. so maybe you can, you can, we'll still have to wait more for, for those announcements. but what is important, and what we can talk about at this moment, is that that promise a by the united states to start delivering abrams and one main battle tanks to germany for ukrainian soldiers, to train on them to start the training in the coming weeks. and then in the coming once or probably by the midsummer, all in the 2nd half of the summer that he, those m, about 30 of them. tanks could be deployed on the battlefield. which is of course very welcome for you. because those tank

defense secretary lloyd austin said today the training on u.s.ms" tanks will begin soon in germany. austin met today with other defense ministers in ramstein air base in germany. he said the tanks mark a major step in arming kyiv. >> all of this is huge progress, and i am confident that this equipment and the training that accompanies it will put ukraine's forces in a position to continue to succeed on the battlefield. >> american-made "patriot" missile batteries have also begun arriving in ukraine to defend against russian air attacks. president biden signed an executive order today to make environmental justice a high priority. the white house rose garden created an office that will focus on protecting poor and minority communities from pollution and other environmental harm. the order also requires public warnings when a federal facility releases toxic substances. and, on wall street: stocks made fractional gains on this friday. the dow jones industrial average added 22 points to close at 33-thousand-809. the nasdaq rose 13 points. the s-and-p

p talk about the significance of what secretary austin, lloyd austin, defense secretary of the unitedes is calling the largest ever war games exercise of its kind in the south china sea and what this means to you? >> good evening from manila. the recent war games and ongoing military exercise in the philippines is intended to project u.s. power in this region. it has a very provocative nature , the tensiobetween u.s. and chin the u.s. once ovokedhina and fothe first time they're doing live exercises where they're going to simulate the sinking of a ship in the philippine sea. this is on top of having disbanded police, especially near taiwan and near the south china sea. it would raise tensions in the region and trigger an arms race between u.s. and china. in that scenario, the philippines would be caught between two opposing giants. it is not in our interest to see the conflict escalate. we want peace in the region. we want respect for our sovereignty. we don't want incursions from cha but we don't want to be used as a staging ground for u.s. military and hegemony in the region. we do

lloyd austin has not been arrested for committing that crime. instead, the only man who has been taken into custody or likely ever will be is a 21-year-old massachusetts air national guardsmen who leaked the slides that showed that lloyd austin was lying. he revealed the crimes, therefore he is the criminal. that's how washington works. telling the truth is the only real sin. now our news media exists and have constitutional protection for slice e in order to push back against this grotesque standard. the only job is to tell the truth. and yet tonight the news media are celebrating the capture of the kid who told americans what is actually happening in ukraine. they are treating him like osama bin laden, maybe even worse, because unlike al qaeda, this kid is a racist. here is cnn. >>> the washington post as you know reviewed video of this suspect yelling racial and anti-semitic slurs. >> he's a dangerous person, this air guardsmen who has been taken into custody. he talked about being a gun enthusiast. he's a member of the military. >> he is the

cartoon nato secretary general yen sultan burg is in germany, along with you as defense. secretary lloyd austin there at ramstein air base that discussing the war in ukraine with the ukraine defense contact group. austin says the us will provide more it offenses and ammunition and promised to support key for as long as it takes ukraine is still standing strong and our support has not wavered. and i'm proud of the progress that we have made together. in total, the members of this contact group have provided more than 55000000000 bowers and security assistance for ukraine. that's a tenfold increase. since we 1st met just in the past few months, we provided the equipment and training to support in additional mine armored brigades for, for ukraine that has already strengthen ukraine's position on a battlefield. i said in key of yesterday and that the ukraine said future is in the euro. plant, the care of family, an all nay. dollars have agreed that, that the ukraine, i will become a nato, a member, a, but the main focus now a. so of course, on, on how to ensure that ukraine a prevails because witho

s. defend secretary lloyd austin, has vowed to turn over every rock to find the source of a leak of classified documents. national security agencies and the justice department are investigating this off to dozens of files were found circulating on social media last week and said to include sensitive information on security and relations with other countries including ukraine. this might be the most damaging release of u. s. government information since the wiki leaks files of 2013 official say some of the documents appear to have been altered and i've directed an urgent crunch deportment effort. and we've referred the matter to the department of justice, which has opened a criminal investigation. now i can't say much more, a wall of justice department investigation is ongoing, but we took those very seriously. we will continue to work closely with our outstanding allies and partners, and nothing will ever stop or firm keeping america secure. rosalind jordan has more in the south in the state department. well, when a reporter questioned the secretary's apparent lack of awareness of these docume

we turn to defense secretary lloyd austin answering tough questions about classified pentagon documents leaked and posted online. what those papers reveal about russia and what they reportedly reveal about ukraine and what the defense secretary acknowledged today that they still don't know if there's more to come. terry moran again tonight. >> today for the first time dfense secretary lloyd austin addressed the massive leak of classified documents that has rocked the pentagon, exposing top secret american military intelligence to the world. >> we will continue to investigate and turn over every rock until we find the source of this and the extent of it. >> the documents were posted on the internet weeks ago but austin says he only found out about the leak last thursday. >> they were somewhere in the web and where exactly and who had access at that point we don't know. we simply don't know at this point. >> the documents some of which were posted on twitter, telegram and other social media apps include dozens of secret briefing slides for hundreds of top officials, involving a host of gl

the secretary of defence lloyd austin was speaking in germany earlier today when he was meeting with and he did discuss the linked documents... as i discussed this issue with allies— as i discussed this issue with allies and _ as i discussed this issue with allies and partners, i've been struck— allies and partners, i've been struck by— allies and partners, i've been struck by your solidarity and your — struck by your solidarity and your commitment to reject efforts_ your commitment to reject efforts to divide us. and we will— efforts to divide us. and we will not _ efforts to divide us. and we will not let anything fracture our unity. it will not let anything fracture our unity-— our unity. it does not sound like this _ our unity. it does not sound like this issue _ our unity. it does not sound like this issue has _ our unity. it does not sound like this issue has divided . like this issue has divided allies but from what you have seen, is this going to be an issue of trust among allies, especially with ukraine? we're certainly going _ especially with ukraine? we're certainly going

the us defense secretary lloyd austin has vowed to turn over every rock to find the source of a leak of classified documents. national security agencies and the justice department are investigating after dozens of files were found circulating on social media last week. they said to include sensitive informational security and relations with other countries, including ukraine. it might be the most damaging release of government information since the wikileaks files and 2013. officials say some of the documents appear to have been altered or directed an urgent crunch deportment effort. and we've referred the matter to the department of justice, which was opened a criminal investigation. now i can't show you much more, a wall with justice department investigation is ongoing. but we took those very seriously. and we will continue to work closely with our outstanding allies and partners. and nothing will ever stop which form, keeping america secure. good afternoon or then jordan joins us live now from the state to paula. what else did defense secretary launch austin say about the leaks? w

the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, says more tanks will arrive ahead of schedule, to help trainudes ammunition for himars rocket systems, long—range artillery, and anti—armour weapons. our sumi somaskanda dives more into the latest. john kirby, is the communications coordinatorfor the wh national security council. good to see you. i want to start with and announcements we saw from the defence department saying the abrams tanks that the us has promised to deliver to ukraine, they will get to the battlefield by this fall. that is earlier than expected. do you think these tanks are going to be enough to counter offensives from russia? we're also providing hundreds of other armoured vehicles and we're providing what we call combined arms training for ukrainian battalions outside the country to get them ready for the fighting that we expect and that they expect they will be doing in the weeks and months ahead. it is notjust abrams tanks, they will get there too the year year but we're also already taking possession, ukrainians are of leopard tags that are produced by germany and othe

to fulfill its anti russian fantasies for a this, that figure comes from us defense secretary lloyd austin, lex. that's a huge beneficiary of that aid. so you have to wonder what promises and all this particularly when the downside risk on financial packages. the u. s. inspector general for the reconstruction officials don't go there and see what's happening. right this summer we will surpass all the money. we spend full reconstruction, which will surpass all the money we spent from marshall plan to rebuild all of europe afterward in there soon. he's going to see pill fridge. it's called financial assistance. will it have to be paid by billions and security aid? and of course, those packages that rural, since february last year, the u. s. has spent a $113.00, bent on afghanistan over a full 2 decades. let's show you all their dollars have gone to afghanistan just under half of that on both economic and humanitarian aid. the u. s. saying that even after 20 plus years, the lack of monitoring, we're paying the salaries of all ukrainian civil servants who. ready most of them pay the salaries b

background the consequences of the leak of american intelligence documents yes us secretary of defense lloyd austin answered the questions of journalists about how much the leak of classified data in the us will affect the tactics of the expected ukrainian counteroffensive listen they have a great plan to start but only president zelenskyi and the leadership really know all the details of this plan so they have a lot of capabilities that they need to continue to be successful, we've trained a lot of troops, we've provided a lot of platforms, and so i think he feels that they are in a fairly good position and we will focus on continuing to create opportunities for security support so that they can continue to succeed when they decide to start offensive operations, well, the air is on, oleksiy hetman, a military analyst, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, will join him and we will discuss the counteroffensive that the ukrainian side will also announce and as we see, american , do you hear me like that? my greetings. well , today we heard a statement from denys shmagal, he is the prime minister,

s. defense secretary lloyd austin has vowed to turn over every rock to find the source of the leak of classified documents. they appeared on social media last week. the files are said to include sensitive information on security and relations with other countries, including ukraine, to by the administration, has proposed water cuts to 3 american states to prevent the colorado river's reservoir for dropping to critical levels. southern that you are states rely on the colorado river for its water supply. colombian authorities are warning that the nevada del release volcano could explode any time. putting hundreds of families at risk. smoke has been billing from the crate or the indian volcano for days. yet thousands of fathers are saying, put, many of them are a farmers that work in these high mountain nav farms. they raise their cattle and they usually work in a potato fields and so far for it. and they don't want to leave because they fear what would happen to their animals to their work after investing so much they told us earlier to, to get to their point where they are, they don't

but lloyd austin has not been arrested for committing thaty ma crime. instead, the only man who has been takenn into custody or likely ever will be is a twenty one year old mastercharge cits air national guardsman who leaked the slides that showed that lloyd austin was lying.he he revealed the crimes, therefore, he's the criminal. >> that's how washington works.h telling the trutow wash is the only real sin. >> now our news media exist and have constitutional haverback aprecisely in orde gato push back against this grotesque standard. they're onlyesque job is to tell the truth. d ye and yet tonight the news mediato are celebi aiding the captureo of the kid who toldtold americans what's actually happeningha in ukraine. they are treating him like osama bin laden, maybe a little worse, actually . n laden,because unlike al qaeda, hererently this kid is a racist .s >> here's cnn, "the washington post". as you reviewed video of this ti suspect yelling racial and anti-semitic slurs, is this a dangerous person? >> thi inrsons air guardsman who's now been taken

this is what us defence secretary lloyd austin said, at the start of the meeting. this contact group is as united as ever and more global than ever. our support for the forces of freedom in ukraine, holds a strong and true. i am nowjoined by emily harding in washington, who is deputy director in international security at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for being here on the programme. we were saying they have that ukraine again pressing for f-igs, that ukraine again pressing for f—16s, what likelihood of any sort of progress on that when we hear from those leaders in the next while? j from those leaders in the next while? ~ ., , ., , while? i think that is to be determined. _ while? i think that is to be determined. the - while? i think that is to be determined. the main - while? i think that is to be i determined. the main point while? i think that is to be - determined. the main point of this particular conference is to talk about a defence and ammunition. this war has quickly become a war of attrition when it comes to the amount of

the beginning of the visit in the morning, the prime minister had a meeting was arranged with lloyd austin and the head of the pentagon. he met the ukrainian delegation. look at the porch of the famous building. well, then there were negotiations and we had the opportunity to be at the beginning of in the very middle of the building, inside the room where the negotiations took place, so i can talk about everything responsibly, say what i saw. i saw with my own eyes, in particular , the key deputies of the guests, who were also present. lorak cooper was there - this is the person who is the contact person for kyiv on all issues that connected with the provision of new packages of western aid. well , while the press was present, while the cameras were allowed to be in the house , the most important words were heard, the words of the secretary of defense of the united states about that what kind of aid is ukraine receiving, it will not stop, it will not decrease , let's listen, i am sure that we will provide for ukraine's defense needs during this spring and in the future, and as the presiden

solidarity for ukraine from its western allies as the war continues to rage. us defense secretary lloyd austin praised the group's efforts so far for announcing washington's latest contribution. we've also expedited argument, abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability and coming much in the morning. so ukrainians will use for training or arrive here in germany in the next few weeks. and all of this is huge progress for their part, germany and poland announced the creation of a tank maintenance hub. it's location just over the polish ukrainian border would enable tanks to return to the front line more quickly after repair. it is mostly i will see every piece of equipment that is supplied in this war where the tank, so combat support tanks and other equipment such as how it says or patriot systems is subject to wear and tear. especially when they are in continuous use in combat. or the more so i am very pleased that together with my polish and ukranian colleagues, i was able to sign a memorandum of understanding when we'll set up a joint maintenance hub in poland for the ent

s. defense secretary lloyd austin is about his stolid listening. shake your assistance with this with that secretary. thank sir frederick. good afternoon everyone. nearly one year ago, i 1st convene what became the ukraine defense contact group right here at ramstein . our goal wants to improve the coordination of our support for ukraine. as it fought back against russia was reckless and lawless invasion. over the past year, this contact group has become an extraordinary community of action. and together, we have rallied to defend the principles of democracy. and freedom and sovereignty . so we're all back here at ramstein a year later to build on it for impressive progress. over the past year, the members of this contact group had provided tremendous capability to ukraine. right after russia invade it. we surged in javelins and staggers. and then we provided ukraine's defenders with howitzers and high mars in other artillery. and we continue to rush in ground based air defense capabilities and munitions to help you crane control it sovereign skies. and to help ukraine defend its citi

m one abrams tanks, coming from the us 31 arriving by the end of may said lloyd austin and along with the training of ukrainian tank crews, that's due to take about 10 weeks. so the us defense secretary said that he believed that back equipment and the training would really make a difference. putting ukraine in the position to continue and prosecute. it's more successful in the european countries doing something similar with smaller promises or for of tanks and heavy equipment will serve munitions of training, of logistical support, the whole sort of pipeline of support that's needed. and so there is an impression i of concrete support that's still going through. but of course at the same time it's perhaps not exactly as much as and of the quality that key as president zaleski have been asking for. they would like even more modern battle tanks and even more up to date aircraft across there was also was often that press conference about fighter jets. and he said it wasn't a priority as well. he just missed those questions. he said that if anything, the, the, the focus as far as the air

s. defense secretary lloyd austin, said his department is launching review of intelligence, access, accountability, and control procedures. but u. s. president joe biden, who's currently on a visit to the republic of ireland, great. was came to play down, his worries over the potential fall out. are you concerned about the way the time to go? we get a little concerned about the ladies. i'm concerned that there's nothing contemporaneous where but while the main suspect may be in custody dozens, more documents and their explosive content may yet come to light. germany's foreign minister adelina bab oak has held talks with senior chinese diplomats over taiwan and beijing human rights redcoat and she called on china's leaders to help and the warn you cry. german foreign minister anna lena, bear back on her inaugural visit to china after landing in the port city of tianjin on thursday. burbock put the tough topics on the table in beijing. the war and ukraine is high on berlin's agenda. bear bought called on china to use its influence with russia to end the invasion as, as good stuff. he knows it, that

western allies made to boost support in the fight against the russian invasion. us defense secretary lloyd austin rallies western pablo's on may to insist ukraine will join the alliance once the war is over.

s. defense secretary lloyd austin said on thursday, his department is launching a review of intelligence, access, accountability, and control procedures. ah, say you want to, but you as president joe biden, who's currently on a visit to the republic of ireland. the law was king to play down his worries over the potential fallout credit i am concerned about to leave the time to go get a minute about the ladies i'm concerned with looking contemporaneously, this is the boston cult house, where the allegedly cur, is set to appear on friday, but while the main suspect may being costed a dozen small documents, a mere explosive content may yet come to light. did away a correspondent. i'm in s as it is in washington dc, and he told us more about the suspect. well, 1st of all, nicole, he's very young, just 21 years old. probably just had his 1st legal drink of alcohol here in the u. s. i. he was an airman, at the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard. that's a branch of the air force, and now that is the 3rd lowest rank airman 1st class in the air force, some very low ranking.

now lloyd austin said the most needed ground-based system on this issue, uh, and uh, stressed that the has completed the training of 65 ukrainian operators of air defense systems pret tatyana regina thank you was our european correspondent regina sevastyanova, she spoke about the results of the meeting of the contact group on ukraine today in moscow , the supervisory board of the state fund for supporting participants of the special military operation and their families gathered for the first meeting , the defenders of the fatherland discussed how best to organize work. for example, there is a proposal to create a single standard of assistance. what else was discussed today, we will find out our correspondent alexander perfileva, she is in direct contact with us alexander hello again like that, what was on the agenda today. hello , a lot of questions have been discussed. now i will gradually tell about everything. the meeting ended just a few minutes ago. and, of course, i want to first of all tell you about the purpose of the defenders of the fatherland fund itself. first of all. this