now we see china and russia grow more an tag particular and aggressive. china in particular has used the pandemic to lash out in every direction. they antagonized and harassed the taiwanese, the vietnamese, the vessels in the south china sea and used every tool that they could do to harass them. what they're doing in the south china sea, and i did witness this, they did something most people don't know is going on in china, is actual little built seven islands. when you see what they have on these, they don't hide it. it's as if they're preparing for world war iii. we saw 20 indian soldiers, they're dead, killed by what are essentially baseball bats with spikes where the chinese conducted a military incursion in territory claimed by china. that just happened. i called and talked to their ambassador and gave them our condolences, but that's what china is capable of doing. meanwhile russia continues to crop up the murderous assad regime. putin sent mercenaries to libya and throughout africa. both countries have been supporting the corrupt maduro regime in ve

anything new anything is possible but challenges between russia and china really have to be resolved and in regards to india russia has put itself forward so all of the parties concerned as a mediator as a british because russia is telling china india and 3 and a half that leslie was so for all. less fuel cells for the soul the difference is that who is going to benefits it is going to be america last russia acts and as a mediator has not worked so far because china and india came to blows. questionis tension is growing that's free in china and finance and the chinese know who breaks out in strange china and india or china and 3 and a half chinese soldiers who die and die behind last may's weapons and those options are on incident safe india and so i do hope this challenge can be results you know but i think i think that given the case of ok having difficulty resolving these issues ok it's that these are very clear here but the other the other gambit is is to trust washington and i don't see that's possible i think that george you really i saw you nodding your head i mean the thing is

policy toward china and russia amid the coronavirus pandemic. e carnegie endowment for international peace is the host of this discussion. >> welcome to today's program, u.s. china and russian china pandemic. in the 1951 sci-fi classic, the day the earth stood still, a planets is visited by an alien spacecraft bearing a giant robot and an emissary with a very sobering message, mend your differences or face obliteration. the movie concludes with world leaders pottering their choice. it would be wonderful to believe whether in the form of a global pandemic or a threat to modern space that in fact the world would mend its differences but by the looks of things the rivalries and disputes have only grown, certainly magnified in the time of the pandemic and are likely to continue. they are accelerating pre-existing patterns of tension and competition. nowhere it seems is or are there tensions more evident than u.s. relations with both, rising china and declining russia. both eager to reassert themselves both regionally and globally. it may well be that

because of these investments, china and russia have grown not justca the size of their milita, but that capability as well. last october, china. the hypersonic weapon i remember so well because it was live on tv. we thought it. i saw it on television. state-of-the-art both offense and defense and they had it up there some people said maybe they were faking it, but i believe they did. it was in the parade and showed something we don't even have. their investments are not restricted by their borders. i seem to develop an action across the world. one example, china recently built at first overseas military base in djibouti. and throughout africa. there were a lot of chinese prisons but not ain military operation. it's like historically the military operations from china have always started and where eminent in their own city limits. the i actually flew over the area so there they are where they've never been before, and not just here but also southern tanzania. so that is what is going on right now. now we see chinaat and russia growing more and more antagonistic. they have the pandemic to

straight to washington where do you w correspondent is standing by with the story col why would russia and china allow one border crossing but not to well this vote has been a battle of who can push through their will basically russia and china or the western nations on the u.n. security council russia and china support the assad regime and they have been saying that humanitarian aid should come from within the country rather than from neighboring countries like turkey so they have been opposing this idea from from germany and belgium that there should be 2 border crossings open to get humanitarian aid into the rebel held northwest's and they are now only allowing this one border crossing. at the turkish syrian border so this means the western nations had to back down from their original proposal had to go with only allowing one border crossing and this is mostly considered a win for russia and china. what will this mean for the people on the ground in northern syria. for the 2800000 people roughly who are in this in this northwestern region off syria that is held by rebels this this could turn

russia could be there was enough military force in china one day it could strengthen the national security of the russian federation now all that said i see the relationship between russia and china continue in syria blossom in the future but there are very serious challenges cigarettes you know sure he really has when it didn't have to be this way this wasn't an inevitability here this relationship we can put ever whatever adjective you want to put in front of it but this is basically the makings of washington i mean and and they did they did it with eyes wide open go ahead george yes without question. what 3. since the end of the cold war has been a massive expansion of nato something the russians would be to blame warned they didn't exist then read. the united states with the growing brown key military agreement with russia most recently from the i and the but before that from the a.b.m. treaty and now so they're planning with a group of the open skies agreement. and now you know it could be that the new start treaty has also put history so that one thing well the other thing which is o

off any threat to their state funding and this side perhaps unsurprisingly they've taken a at russia and china the b.b.c.'s mean competitors or the world funded state backed actors of russia and china who see news as an extension of state influence and its will for democratic disruption very easy of course always to raise the specter of nefarious states abroad trying to infiltrate and influence politics here of course the b.b.c. never engaging in that type of behavior but the chairman of the b.b.c. also going on to sing the praises of his organization and what he says is their commitment to impartiality as a public service broadcaster not a state broadcaster it has been a beacon of journalistic impartiality and a lifeline for millions living in fear uncertainty and captivity worldwide while perhaps the few shared by the chairman is not the same as that shared by many people in the u.k. i mean for a start the b.b.c.'s embroiled in a number of its own difficulties and scandals in regards to for example sexism and racism and how it treats staff and how it deals with pay between men and women for

the microsoft accused russia china and iran of trying to meddle in the us elections through cyber attacks on the trump and by campaigns all 3 countries denied the allocation. 25 from the russian capital this is also the international welcome program. a frost story for you the job the parliament has held a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of alex you know vall me the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks i'm recently emerged from a coma and several jump politicians are calling for action to be taken against mosco our europe correspondent peta out of a husband across this. fiery debate in the in the strike on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexis there was some voices questioning the official german government line that there weren't many and that really if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from our security service

and how china views russia. i would just like to make the point that china has been waiting for many years for the u.s. to turn sites on it and be concerned about china's lives. i think at the beginning of the 21st century, china had expected actually because of its size and the u.s. had this position. in chinese college cold war thinking that the u.s. when in time come to focus on china as an external threat. and probably pleasantly surprised that in the period of the george w. bush and ministration, did not come to pass. the s became preoccupied with the counter terrorism efforts in the global crisis. they see this as part of a structural inevitability. george w. bush and obama would've liked to have pork with china more on various international issues with china was already at that point to invest in global public goods. it was focused on developing a its economy. the technet strategic opportunity. they coined the term peaceful rise to make people think that it was not interested in being externally aggressive

china. every russia and china expert seems to roll their eyes at the very mention of the prospect or any fundamental change in relations with washington. will anything change depending how the wheel turns in november? who would russia and china want to see is the next president and why? as usual, more questions than answers but fortunately, we have three extraordinary folks here to answer them. forave the vice president studies at carnegie where he oversees research in washington, beijing and new delhi. 2009, he heldnd key positions dealing with south asia, central asia and at the department of state for china. we also have the director of carnegie's russia-eurasia program is a former national intelligence officer for russia-eurasia. and susan thornton is currently senior fellow at yale law school and former assistant secretary for east asia and pacific affairs at the department of state. all three have had deep experiences in their field and i think they have a unique capacity to approach russia, china and u.s. policy with just the right altitudeith the medic on one hand and granular on the other h

on a about the russia china role. not so much i mean ok china can do something in the economy buying oil from. iran and selling things russia head has its own problems economic problems we yes we could do maybe more but we tried but you know you have to understand in our system also our big companies are so much afraid of the u.s. sanctions against them when they continue to do business with iran that we only have a few small companies and others which have exported things like medical stuff and others to to juran but it's not the same it used to be but again it's it is the hammer of the american sanctions which our companies are more afraid of they're now anything else so even if the governments will encourage them to continue under the new system to do a certain limited business but we have indeed we have to wait we have to be patient for the next what is 4 or 5 months to see whether we have then a better deal on the american side with the new president where we could then continue to to revive the discussions on the

crossing points were essential especially during the coronavirus pandemic but the veto powers russia and china argued that the north west of syria can be reached from within the country. we could have arrived at least result much earlier. ones most important but across that is what russia was because he says the very beginning. in this elite the u.n. aid mission had included access to syria from jordan and iraq those crossing points were cut in january also due to russia and china. and for more on this we're joined from beirut our correspondent and child for her and she what will this decision mean for the people who rely on that aid what i think what it means is that a 1000000 plus in the inner city and who are internally displaced are not willing to get the aid that they will actually so windy city has of war ravaged economy the currency had dominated. it to you most of the force if you're not writing the $3000.00 the u.s. dollar now there are more job people don't have to eat so what they eat is the stuff that they get anybody international agencies the best meals again. sent by internation

put down their their what they see as their possible rivals in russia china and iran. it's a it's a sad situation but that's how the empire is acting all right ken stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war hopefully as this crisis continues you'll come back and talk to us as we try to cipher thanks for being with us here in our international my pleasure. all right italy has recorded its highest single day increase in deaths due to cova 1627 people passed away on friday bringing the total to more than 4000 and a large scale loss of life has put a strain on funeral homes and one of the worst hit provinces some mccrimmon toria have said that they may not even be able to take any more coffins due to overcrowding. and obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. for us to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space. meanwhile as italy remains in lockdown soldiers are pa

this is the position that russia backed by china wanted and they have now got it there were some other things that russia and china want to do and that's why in the end in the vote they abstain didn't vote for it and that was on sanctions they wanted some language condemning the sanctions on syria particularly the sanctions by the u.s. and they said at the time of economic hardship in syria it was not the time to pursue those sanctions that language didn't get into get into the final version of the resolution although russia wanted it in there and that's why russia and china abstained there's been a high turnout in hong kong for primary polls that are being held by pro-democracy

china. iran has relationship with russia. even with the sanctions in place china is still among the larger customers of iranian oil and gas. do you think iran has become more emboldened by it is relationship with russia and china, and do you see a durable, russia, china, axis forming as all three powers continue to challenge the united states in different ways? >> absolutely the case each of them presents some challenge to the united states but in very different ways. the efforts we're making to push back, to counter the iranian efforts are very different than what we're doing with respect to russia and china today. that is appropriate. given the national security strategy. but with respect to crude oil, the iranians were delivering under the nuclear deal some three million barrels a day and getting rich. shia militias, the bullets they're using, pay soldiers are getting, putting americans at risk are direct result of bad nuclear deal. the fact that europeans were permitted to trade. america provided billions of cash to ayatol

roadblock russia and china vetoed security council efforts to continue sending food and supplies to civilians in rebel held territory in syria aid workers warn this was the 1st millions also on the program. becomes a mosque again the president says all faiths are still welcome international critics describe the move was a provocation. i'm fogel welcome to the program russia and china have again vetoed an attempt by the un security council to continue humanitarian aid deliveries to rebel held territory in syria friday is the last day that aid agencies are allowed to bring food and vital supplies over the turkish border to rebel held areas of aleppo provinces 13 countries voted in favor of extending the aid but permanent members of russia and china opposed the resolution humanitarian groups say cutting off the aid could spell disaster for millions of people. the food deliveries a lifesaver for the food the families who found shelter here on the turkish border . they fled homes destroyed by asterix very few of them have enough money for food they'd be lost without help from outside. obama it's o

and microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to imagine the us elections for cyber attacks on the trump. campaigns all 3 countries denied the allocation. hello and welcome from the whole team here at all th to moscow glad you could join us to see what's been happening around the wall well let's start with this one the job of parliament tell'd a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of alex in a follow me the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in but then for miss 3 weeks on recently. and several job politicians are calling for action to be taken against. our europe correspondent peter all of the eyes across this for us. fiery debate in the in the stack on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexis there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many and. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a

and microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to meddle in the u.s. election through cyber attacks on both the trump and biden campaigns all 3 countries deny the allegation. they live on worldwide with headline news 247 this is r.t. international one calling broke the big stories and reaction that we're across here in the moscow newsroom 1st within the past couple of hours the german parliament wraps up a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of. the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma and several german politicians are calling for action to be taken against moscow let's get a handle on this now with our europe correspondent peter oliver. take us through what happened in the bundestag this friday. fiery debate in the bundestag in this special session on friday evening the majority of german lawmakers pointing a finger of blame at russia for what they say was an alleged poisoning of alexei. there was some voices in the chamber questioning the german government's version of

russia china and iran of trying to. deny the allegation. here in moscow i'm calling brain these are the headline stories were across at r.t. right now the german parliament has just held a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of. the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks now and recently emerged from a coma several german politicians are calling for action to be taken against moscow let's go live to europe correspondent. tell us about what's been said in the. it was a fiery session on friday afternoon into early evening here in berlin in the german bund the stock the majority of those who spoke with pointing a finger of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei novelli christophe martin shoes a senior figure within the social democratic party saying that the future of the relationship between russia and germany would have to be completely rethought following what he described as this attack on mr novelli there were some voices that question

microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to meddle in the u.s. election through cyber attacks on both. campaigns all 3 countries deny the allegations. on friday evening here in moscow and call them bright welcome to this i was world news for international 1st the german parliament held a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy the russian opposition activists been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma and several german politicians are calling for action to be taken against moscow our europe correspondent peter all of us across developments. fiery debate the strike on friday night with the majority of pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexis there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many. if the kremlin really regrets this sasa nation intent on alec's in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from our security services political murde

they're doing it because a divided city in sovereignty but actually isn't is russia and china trying to juggle not a systematic of the us cannot impose sanctions all the city and regime and make it difficult for that ally bashar al assad to survive economically while they continue to send aid and as. the syrians who are against us of the product of a month or supportive of the rebels continue to what they're trying to say that they do think that we need to act the united nations security council as leverage member russia and china are waiting for that aid either waiting to cash in when sitting in reconstruction began with the u.s. have the sympathy for cesar act which just sanctioned entities ghostbuster on assad is also affecting anyone in any way that is groups the fault of the regime and the rest was ok thank you so much in beirut for us. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. 4 people have been killed in protests in the mali and capital bamako clashes erupted as demonstrators called for the resignation of president abraham boubacar cape t

microsoft excuses russia china and iran of trying to metal in the us election through tax on the child under 5 campaigns all 3 countries denied the allocation. bringing you your news every hour of the day this is all the international very welcome from myself the whole team here. while stops and us off the job in parliament has held a session dedicated to theologic poisoning bollix in a file name the rush not opposition activist has been in hospital for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma and several job and politicians according for action to be taken against moscow our europe correspondent peter all of our was across this for us. fiery debate in the in the stack on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexa there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many and. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a secur

so for power, but of course china and russia are not best in the international seats. [inaudible]. former allies themselves, they have crisis in their own relationships. vaguely, they share confession of what constitutes their own fear in their own backyards. including china moves through western and central asia. they find themselves in what russia continues to be its influence. "russia is now being granted by china is essential in several regions. and as china's power needs to grow, russia's role to diminish and relative is immediate - so we see these power shifts provoking pressures between russia and china unnecessarily tomorrow or next year. the five - ten years from now . and with the foreign policy, not just in the characterize russian china's main anonymous and sort of a newborn terry tim allies. that perhaps they might have this between them. [inaudible]. we are not suggesting some form of cold war lifestyle but recognizing there are fundamental differences buried and they might be exasperated over time. in the foreign policy gives them the chance to deal with it. bill: ano

division over syria file this vote has been a battle of who can push through their well basically russia and china or the western nations on the un security council russia and china support the assad regime and they have been saying that humanitarian aid should come from within the country rather than from neighboring countries like turkey so they have been opposing this idea from from germany and belgium that there should be 2 border crossings open to get humanitarian aid into the rebel held northwest and they are now only allowing this one border crossing. at the turkish syrian border so this means the western nations had to back down from their original proposal had to go with only allowing one border crossing and this is mostly considered a win for russia and china. taking a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of ball garion have protested for a 3rd day in a row they're demanding the resignation of the center right government and the country's chief prosecutor prime minister boy born resawing has resisted the call saying the opposition socialists would

on microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to matalin the us election through cyber attacks on both the trial i'm fighting campaign all 3 countries denied the allocation. making sure you never miss a story this is artsy international glad you could join up this. story for you the german parliament has held a session dedicated to the allowed to poisoning of alec's involve me the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently a coma and several java politicians according to action to be taken against moscow while our europe correspondent peter all of us has been across this. fiery debate in the in the stack on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexa development there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many and. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a security s

china, not russia, especially china, are they going to print millions of dollars using the exact same paper, using the exact same machines and are they going to print ballots and then hand them in and all of a sudden, it's the

to stop thewe need disinformation campaign from china and russia because in the council when this is discussed, when anything is discussed about syria, it just doesn't seem, we can't make a move without china, theia trying to mitigate votes of the other countries. i really stress to people, we need to go to the countries that we know are being heavily influenced by russia and china. we need to see, we need to talk to them and tell them what the u.s. is doing and what we are doing for their country. heather: can you give us examples of some of those countries that are buying into campaign ofmation the things russia and china are saying about the battle in syria? ambassador craft: sure. i think they believe assad is fully equipped to handle this crisis on his own. obviously they would like to see the ngos delivering humanitarian regime and thed areas that assad dedicated to be able to accept the humanitarian aid. that can't happen because it is not going to reach the people. whether it is the african countries within the council, we have south africa, niger, different countries that i f

got bogged down in the wars in the middle east while china came up it got bogged down in the wars in the middle east while russia got back on its feet and so these 2 other major centers of power china and russia big enough big enough economies and strong enough militaries and large enough population wise of those 2 countries have come up now both russia and china said look let's make this when when our growth our development doesn't have to be your include the american government doesn't see it that way you know that's such a fascinating point you know because james with rising powers they could potentially in a way we have to stress the word potentially be a threat to the unit polar moment i mean would it be kind of maybe a better idea to engage them instead of you know turning them into hostile rivals and that's exactly what. we have seen happen. so a rising power by definition is a threat again that is a historical when you could look at a number of times through history where rising powers you have to accommodate the international system why because it works for everybody you this what we have now it's in wa