oft's why we say the issue the alliance, any issue of the alliance including the troop presence in our country is a matter for our allies to discuss and not to be put on the table with north korea. >> our next question. >> hello. i have two questions for each of you. >> we only have time for one. one. -- one fr minister or hour minister. was it discussed in your by lateral talks today and washington, d.c. talks, will come of coordination have you made between the -- for the meeting? between theig gap u.s. and [indiscernible] did you actually discuss the and how do you nearer the differences and do you think he is willing to give up his wmds? >> there was no talk about usfk atg u.s. of k -- all. a discussion about it is discussed between our two in the in alliance, not north korea and talks, which was confirmed by secretary pompeo. along the way, president trump and president moon have a close relationship and trust with each other and played a key role. in the run-up to the north korea and u.s. summit, the two leaders will play a key role in preparing for the talks. we are making our b

and the alliance problem? does it present a problem for the nato alliance? secretary wilson: no. i don't connect those problems with the nato alliance. we want our allies to have equipment that is interoperable and doesn't propose a threat. we have that anoer places but sometimes, it is the u.s. that is the problem. we have other allies that are trying to purchase unmanned aerial vehicles for remotely-piloted aircraft. we won't sell them hours because of export controls, so we force them into a situation where they want to buy unmanned aircraft or even reconnaissance aircraft that are built by china. well, that creates problems. sometimes we need to figure out how to be better allies and do things like we are trying to do aircraft,ight-attack buildings that are designed to be exportable from the very beginning so we can all operate out of the same equipment, rather than create problem's for an american aircraft sitting on to amp next chinese-built reconnaissance aircraft. so some of it is our own fault, and we have got to fix it. host: i think you had a question, right here in th

five star movement and right wing northern illegal came together in a populist alliance unprecedented for your party told to basically the story of yes it is up but. it's been two and a half months around about since those elections took place in italy and it's taken all this time for the two parties that's leg and the five star movement from the left and the right of the spectrum to come together to form what they would like to do which is to create a coalition government with the leaders of those parties have been meeting with the italian president today putting forward this name of the person that they would like to be the next talent prime minister well his name is just picante he was put forward as a candidate by five star movement and the league who both said that they wanted him to be the next italian prime minister what do we know about him well not very much we know that he's a professor of law and he's also the author of the five star movement justice program during the election but he is the man that will now lead italy possibly over the next few years where the two parties

hasway the alliance evolved, both nations have developed capabilities that contribute to the alliance. each countryat, has not had to develop certain other capabilities. it is less about gaps, more about optimizing capabilities of both militaries to defend the republic of korea. it is interesting to note in the 19 83 mutual defense treaty, -- in the 1953 mutual defense treaty, there are two words not used -- north korea. specifically the treaty said desiring to publicly declare, the common determination to defend themselves against external armed attack so no potential aggressor could be under the illusion that either of them stands alone in the furtherarea, desiring to strengthen efforts for collective defense for the preservation of peace and security, pending the development of comprehensive and effective system of regional security in the pacific area. that is from the preamble. there are six short articles, less than two pages, the entire treaty. it is to defend the south against external aggression. it talks about thie pacific area. preservation of peace and security pending the

might continue to strengthen our security alliance. before we start, and before i introduce our keynote speaker i want to recognize three special guests. we have coming from tokyo, the peace foundation chairman, nobio tanaka -- >> applause -- and also from tokyo, the u.s.a. president and sasakawa director, june. and also i want to recognize former secretary of agriculture, dan glickman, doing a beautiful job promoting congressional exchanges. he is somewhere in the audience. [applause] >> and finally before we start our -- i wanted to mention authorize twos tweeting we have a twitter handle #usjapan security. now i'd like to introduce our guest and keynote speaker, ambassador, who is ambassador extraordinaire of japan to the united states united of americad arrived here on saturday. he has a -- you have his bioin your -- bio in your materials but let me mention he has extraordinary expertise on a wide range of issues. he has served his country in seoul in washington, in cairo, so he has an expertise on the middle east, on northeast asi

let me say a few words about alliance security which will require more about the alliance deterrence capabilities. this is at a critical juncture this year as we formulate new national defense program guidelines and midterm defense planning. setrime minister objet has new guidelines that will be based on honest assistance of the aggravated security situation that japan finds it off in. at sea, air, and on the ground and even new domains like space and cyber, we have ongoing cooperation between our two countries. i actually met with general generals and am about to see everybody in these four forces. we are escorting marine assets based upon the new law which was approved some time ago. we are working together in missile defense and are about to introduce a new system. we are conducting joint trainings and exercises as much as we can given today's security it is really of the utmost importance for us to have a functioning. i've every time i speak about such things i try to express my governments deep appreciation the as sjdication of to the security of japan and the entire region in m

the transatlantic alliance system is whether the number of storms during its seventy year history we are told this is because of sustained american leadership because the same one mayan system survived the storms named trying. to. join me every thursday on the elec so i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get off of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. still fifty. feet. from him. the headlines here on r t the u.s. secretary of state issues twelve demands to iran threatening unprecedented financial pressure if it doesn't comply. these will indeed end up being put stronger sanctions in history we believe. italy is on course to become the only country ruled by euro skeptics as two populist parties come together to present the president with their radical program. going after donald trump claims that the f.b.i. infiltrated because two thousand and sixteen election campaign the justice department's inspector general expands an investigation into whether inappropriate surveillance plane. you can find those stories all over on our website will be back wi

deutsche welle saying can it have the transatlantic alliance survive trump but i'm fortunate we have all been here before you know during the eight law in the bush years books were being written comparing the u.s. to mars and the e.u. to venus and talking about their differences and we had similar break up with reagan when there was all just there was a coalition quote unquote of the willing when it came to the invasion of iraq i mean there was but if they did pull it off the plane the time will be germany said no at that time and they actually sided with putin and you know we remember we're going to go but we're going to go to the russian angle on this here go ahead well i mean it was venus who has the bomb believe it for example it was the french president who decided that one. you know he had some very reliable information on. yes president sarkozy. reliable information for all my better not only be that you know. this. also who just went to leave it talked to a few insurgents and said that we need to save these muscles he said going to ward off much of what the soviet troops in o

let me say a few words about alliance security which will require further strengthening of the alliance's capabilities. japan, for its part, is at a critical juncture this year as we formulate new national defense program guidelines and midterm defense planning. my prime minister abe has said the new guidelines will be based on an honest assessment of the aggravated security situation that japan finds itself in today and in my region. at sea, in air and on the ground and even in new domain like space and cyber, we have ongoing cooperation between our two countries' forces. i actually met with general mattis, and i met with the marine corps general, and i am about to see everybody in these four forces. the s-14 u.s. air and marine assets in mission are based upon the -- [inaudible] activated law which was approved some time ago, just quite recent, we are working together in missile defense. we are about to introduce our missile system as soon as possible. we are conducting joint trainings and exercises as much as we can. given today's security challenges, the role of u.s. forces in japan,

oh it's a new populist euro skeptic alliance has met the country's president proposing political content as prime minister before the meeting the leaders of the two parties in the coalition stressed that in the new government. must come first. but i limit. only to you tell you aren't even going to put the money on you cause. president is expected to decide on tuesday whether you accept as prime minister to formally go to rivals the go to establishment five star movement and right wing northern league came together in a populist alliance unprecedented for europe skews got more. to know half month since the italian election and we finally have the name of the next tally in prime minister he has been approved by the italian president and his name is just said be he was put forward as a candidate by five star movement and the league who both said that they wanted him to be the next italian prime minister what do we know about him well not very much we know that he's a professor of law and he's also the author of the five star movement justice program during the election but he is the man tha

is and anyissue about how solid hour alliance is and any issue or discussion about us fk or the alliancet between north korea and the us which was confirmed by secretary pompeo. may the 22nd is the day when the us president and the day when the us president and the south korean president will meet again and along the way, president trump and president moon had a close relationship and trust with each other and it plays a key role. in the run—up to north korea and the us summit, the discussion between the two lea d e rs summit, the discussion between the two leaders will play a key role in preparing and setting the tone for the talks. we are making our best effort to best prepare for the summit. your question was about were details discussed? we had quite a conversation about it. i'm not going to share that year, we're not going to share that year, we're not going to negotiate the details of the agreement in this setting. —— share that here. we will do it in conversations between the leaders and the working teams who are hard at preparing for the summit. i'm confident we have a shared und

so basically i think that a moment of talk about a rift in the transatlantic alliance you know there is not such a big disagreement over iraq but like a new thought that it did instruct them well i'm going to even though i just don't think there is a me go to alex here because i mean the threat of sanctions against european companies here i mean not only is there a looming trade war and we can talk about the specifics of that but now you know basically going at the end threatening the european companies there and the europeans have reacted with a blocking measure i mean this is different gentlemen this is very different than we've had in the past go ahead alex you know this is very different because i think we're seeing the neo liberal honeymoon is definitely over. and i was eight years with obama where you had obama and cameron and merkel and all these people with this new rat pack of buddies that were you know running the world you know doing whatever they wanted to do and you're seeing that come to a very decisive end with trump and trump is very much like it or not trump is keepi

, but alliances need care. think that the public and private synergy that is trying to be established in elements of the government what about the future role and what can be done to facilitate the leadership that is needed to bring forward? >> we describe the kind of world wthat we live in in which we are confronting a number of challenges, we talked of cyber and the new technologies that are being developed. the united states cannot be a world power unless we have leaders who are educated and understand the new technologies, the new kind of war that we are going to be fighting. russia has developed a hybrid war in which they are using cyber and proxy troops and the ability to undermine other countries. we are going to have to be able to deal with them and the potential of major power confrontation. all of that is going to demand leadership. it's in the business of protecting national security but the business of developing those leaders, and that's why it's critical to our ability to have a first rate nationa

stern hooter in early april followed a fierce and intense bombing campaign the pro-government alliance then use the threat of military action to force rebels in the color enclave northeast of damascus to bring about their surrender the same tactic was used on opposition armed groups in southern damascus rebels in the district. agreed to leave some seventeen thousand people fighters their family members and others who were involved in opposition activities are leaving in the nearby iso controlled districts of yarmouk and how the fighting continues between the armed groups and government forces but in those districts there were a few hundred fighters belonging to him. the group formerly known as el nostra they surrendered and were moved to northern syria the opposition continues to control the province of idlib in the northwest border with turkey they also hold parts of the southern provinces of daraa and sway the close to the borders of jordan and israel in recent weeks the process government alliance has been focusing on recapturing besieged areas close to its strongholds northern homs

we have improved and strengthened nato and the nato alliance. the partnership we have forged increased member state contributions. the secretary-general has been working on that for a long time. more progress has been made in the last year and a half than has been made in many years. weare delighted to report witnessed the single largest increase in defense spending and a quarter of a century. is quite a spectacular achievement. i congratulate you and congratulate you very much. many respects,in but that was a big one. we have countries that were not paying what they're supposed to be paying now. most countries are. not all. i think you will be able to handle the ones that aren't, right? i have confidence. i want to thank the seven nato nations who will meet their 2% nato defense spending. we pay much more than 2%, which is probably unfair and unfair to the taxpayers of the united states. whole and,er is .atvia, lithuania, greece they paid, they were on time. they paid the number they are supposed to pay. we have some that do not. they will be d

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the way you deal with those is through alliances. the ability to work with our allies, to put pressure on these different situations, so that we are taking action and doing it together. >> kim jong-un just spent the last day sitting down with china. because he knows them well he needs china on his side sits down. the united states ought to be doing the same thing with south korea and with japan and the other countries in the pacific like australia and others, to build the kind of alliance that says we stand together here in this negotiation. >> if i could, just say one thing about alliances. if you look at what george h.w. -- first of all, i tell people this is the textbook example of how to fight a war. you tell the world what you will do, then you get the world behind you, and then you can do exactly what you said, no more no less. bring people home, then get other countries to pay for it. [laughter] that is what we did. paid $10 million for the iraq war, and others pay $65 billion. i was in the budget committee, and i told jim tha

but, alliances need care and feeding. have to tend to them all the time. >> if you think about the public-private synergy that is trying to be established in numerous elements of the government, what about the future role for envy you? what about the future role and what can be done to facilitate things going forward? >> look, we described the kind of world we live in in which we are confronting a number of challenges. we talked about cyber. we talked about the kind of new technology being developed. the united states cannot be a world power of less we have anders who are educated ,nderstand the new technologies the new kind of wars we're going to be fighting. my god, russia has developed a hybrid war in which they are using cyber and proxy troops and the ability to undermine other countries. we are going to have to be able to deal with that. we're going to have to be able to deal with the potential of major power confrontations. all of that is going to demand leadership. nvu is in the business of her texting national sec

and the last election in two thousand and nine it was the pro western approach saudi alliance headed by saddle that won the majority of seats in parliament since then iran's influence has been growing not just here in lebanon but across the region and it has been at the expense of saudi arabia. saudi arabia used to play a major role in lebanese politics. for the better. i would be arabia was busy with other conflicts in the region like yemen the war there is a priority for riyadh. saudi arabia was aware that there are laws in lebanon where no longer united and they couldn't be a force to confront hezbollah but will not leave the ground for iran. for now however there is little indication that lebanon is heading towards political instability lebanese politicians are talking about putting their differences aside and now that the election is over. beirut. hezbollah is a shiite muslim political party in lebanon with a military wing the islamic revolutionary guard corps in eat on the help form has ballinger in lebanon civil war in the one nine hundred eighty s. hezbollah published its pol

that that was on voters' minds and the other issue that really perhaps helped the opposition alliance win votes is the rising cost of living there was really a lot of anger among the electorate at the rising cost of living and they blamed the goods and services tax which the government posed three years ago on that and mahathir and his opposition alliance policies had campaigned on the platform of promising to remove that tax within one hundred days of coming into power i will thank you very much from kuala lumpur floor it's really staying across the latest as we wait for confirmation of that election result donald trump says his highly anticipated meeting with north korea's kim jong un will not take place in the demilitarized zone on the korean peninsula has more details about the meeting will be announced within days three americans who were being held by pyongyang are traveling back to the u.s. with secretary of state mike peo at you to land within an hour trump says he will meet them at andrews air force base in maryland their release is seen as a gesture of good will head of the

poses that will make their daily life better if you look at the alliance that is formed by this the h p s p good party and the democratic party we see that they come from very distinct ideological backgrounds this will be perhaps their biggest challenge to maintain their coalition on a sustainable basis rather this comes out as a very as a call ition that is. coming out as a desperation against a party and a president who has claimed to have claimed victory for the all the elections past decade and a half. yemeni security officials say the united arab emirates is amassing a troop presence on one of its islands is seen as being strategically important it lies in the gulf of aden along important oil trading routes it also provides access to nearby regions including the horn of africa the yemeni prime minister paid a visit to troops on the island on weapons day and shortly after that official say the u.a.e. unloaded soldiers tanks and armored transports into the area the yemeni troops were reportedly expelled the iraqis have been expanding their influence in southern yemen a part of the

i am a member of the san francisco alliance of black school educators. i'm over the banquet. >> good evening, i am the cochair for the scholarship. >> so this year, we had 13 scholarship applicants, and they all won. thank you. thank you very much. simpson is from john o'connell. he'll be going to san francisco state. another from john o'connell. raven is from mission high. she'll be majoring in chemistry. victor is galileo. he is going to san jose state. he is majoring in astrophysics and astronomy. mike gregory attended john o'connell and transferred to bishop, but he was our emcee for the honor roll for two years and the last three years, he was the chairperson for the black student union summit held every october. he is going to ucsf. wwe have tatiana going to dillad university majoring in criminal justice. we have kayla here. she goes to mission high school. she will be attending uc merced majoring in psychology. we have kiante jones from washington high school going to sacramento state majoring in business. we have sheldon here -- shelton. she atte

the guardian focuses on britain's new drive to strengthen an anti—russia alliance.ing the local elections make many of the front pages, so let's have a closer look. digby, we have the daily mail, big front page about the breast screening scandal, it's the sort of scandal, the more details are beginning to emerge after the announcement yesterday. it heads into every individual who will ever read a newspaper because it's a female, but it might be a male who is white, mother, daughter, sister, whatever, living here, the paper has picked up on his ministers knew about this a year ago and said nothing. i was in the lords this afternoon when the statement was read out about the government saying this is what it was about, this is what we are going to do about it and it started under the other government, the labour government, this was not a party, tribal issue. i understood from that why this is a bit misleading because they were saying look, we found out about it but we did not know the scope of that, how extensive it was, where it hit, for instance, wales have the same

israel alliance on this is stuart day and i thank you for letting me be a part of me. thank you mr deputy secretary has just been watching the u.s. deputy secretary of state john sullivan speaking there at the inauguration of the u.s.s. new embassy in jerusalem after its relocation from a television event a we've been talking about this here in our studio with shiny was honest and our source spondon says in east jerusalem is tanya kramer and my actuators outside the embassy shop in china just want to start with you very quickly because we heard solomon there say this is a day of pride and also a milestone for peace is this going to bring stability to the region well doesn't seem like it i mean what the trumpet is really station is finding pride in is the fact that the saudis have been very quiet about this move sort of giving their quiet consent definitely not being against america and they see it as a as another proof of the possibility for an alliance between the moderate forces in the sunni world in the arab world against of course iran this is also something that n

but now that we know about the election alliance for position parties will form an alliance at the palm entry level and we know the candidates for the presidential election as well many people here got actually more excited thinking that these elections are going to be much more interesting than we thought and they're hoping the election and the opposition candidates can force miss out on into a second round of voting at the presidential level and that they can break the majority in parliament. is really a hand in istanbul thank you very much that's the scandal that refuses to die in the latest twist in volkswagens diesel emission fraud case u.s. authorities have issued an arrest warrant for former c.e.o. martin venter caught on the embattled executive was at the center of the diesel scandal which saw u.s. regulators suv e.-w. for cheating on emissions test for rental car and the one time king of german industry it's been a long haul. this is the village in munich where mountains into court has been living since he left fox falcon in twenty fifteen his v.w. c.e.o. he was the highest pai

we will make nato and the nato alliance stronger.need fairness, we need to be reciprocal, counttries have to be reciprocal what we're doing. unfair some countries pay and some countries work and other countries are loyal and other countries aren't. we can't have that we're working on that together. great honor to be with you, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you so much, president, hosting me and my delegation at white house. great to see you again. in uncertain times we need strong nato. also like to thank you for your strong commitment to our alliance. last time we met your main message was that nato had to do more in the fight against terrorism. and more on the defense spending. all nato leaders agreed and now we are delivering. we are stepping up our efforts in the fight against terrorism. in afghanistan where we are increasing the number of trainers and support for the afghan government and also in iraq. we're also plan to launch a new training mission at the summit, at nato summit in july. on the defense spending i w

the strength of nato alliance does not depend on military alliance alone but the history that long united our civilization. now we must renew these ties and rededicate ourselves to our shared heritage. our heritage. we want a heritage of peace. strength, but peace. strength, but peace. i want to thank you, secretary general for joining us at the white house of it is a great honor and for working with us to fortify the nato alliance which has proudly stood for seven decades as the bullwork of freedom prosperity and security, together we will make nato and the nato alliance stronger. we need fairness. we need to be reciprocal. countries have to be reciprocal in what we are doing. unfair that some countries fay and some countries work and some countries are loyal and terrific and other countries aren't. we just can't have that. so we are working on that together. a great honor to be with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you so much, president, for hosting me and my delegation here at the white house. it's great to see you again. and in uncertain times we need a strong nato. i

and to fight alliance against terrorism.all over the world, no matter where you go, places ten and 20 years ago you wouldn't have even thought about it. i also discussed with secretary-general saltonberg our commitment to stopping nuclear p proliferation, including the denuclearation of the korean peninsula. my administration is committed to working with our allies to halt iran's nuclear's ambitions. no matter where you go, where there's a problem, there's iran right behind it. we're not going to have that any longer. our nations must be strong from within to defend ourselves from threats outside. the strength of the nato alliance doesn't not depend on military mite but the deep highs of history, culture and tradition that have long united our civilization, now we must renew these ties and rededicate ourselves to our shared heritage. and we want a heritage of peace. strength but peace. strength but peace. i want to thank you, secretary-general, for joining us at the white house. it's a great honor, and for working with us to

how we might continue to strengthen our security alliance. before we start, and before i introduce our keynote speaker, recognize three special guests, coming from tokyo, mr. tanaka. [applause] >> and also from the peace foundation usa president and executive director. [applaus [applause] >> and i wanted to recognize former secretary of agriculture, dan glickman who has done a wonderful job promoting congressional exchanges, i believe he's somewhere in the audience, too. [applause] >> and finally before we introduce the keynote speaker. for those of you tweeting we have a twitter handle #usjapansecurity. if you're tweeting about the events. and i'd like to introduce the ambassador, ambassador extraordinary and plententiary. he has a long career in the foreign minister over 40 years and i think many of you have his bio and i'm not going to read everything he did because that would take a half hour. let me mention he has extraordinary expertise on a wide range of issues. he's served his country in seoul, in washington, in cairo, on middle east,

america's strain is founded in large parts on its alliance we have alliances around the world that preventto leverage our strength. they take care and feeding. we need to do a better job of caring for them and feeding them. them and feeding them. david: today, as we look at the problems the current president has to deal with, let's talk about those for a few moments. a nation you were deeply involved in, the middle east peace. what do you think is likely to happen? james: i am very pessimistic. i think the stars are misaligned badly. i don't see any chance of anything in the near term, frankly. it is very sad. it is sad for the people in the region. it is sad for the palestinians. it is sad for israel. she should not have to be a nation perpetually at war. there needs to be peace. i used to think it would happen in my lifetime to i'm not so sure now. david: what about korea? james: i don't know. in 1994 in the clinton administration where we changed the policy of resolve and determination to one of conciliation and tried to by north korea off with aid and assistance. we were never able to

but now that we know about the election alliance for position parties will form an alliance at the paula mentary level and we know the candidates for the presidential election as well many people here got actually more excited thinking that these elections are going to be much more interesting than we thought and they're hoping the election and the opposition candidates can force missed out on into a second round of voting at the presidential level and that they can break the majority in parliament did overs yulia han in istanbul thank you very much. to bring us league of football and i'm joined by tom gennari from our sports desk to talk us through the penultimate set of games it's a big day on saturday yesterday wasn't it so it was a very big day yeah now as usual for the penultimate in the final match then going to be one of the games kickoff aside a three day so it was makes for a very exciting and dramatic couple of hours. who've had a fantastic run out this season had a big chance to guarantee their second place finish in the table they played away from home i was booked and we're

our alliance coordination between the japanese military, defense forces, and the u.s. force in japan was excellent. good communication. however, we should realize how complicated the old command of the united states in case of a korean contingency. eventually, the u.s. had a combined command. think there were basically to theaters in east asia. one is the korean theater of operations and the other is the japanese theater. the command is basically by the pacific command. however, what u.s. forces in can tell to the japanese counterparties are very limited, because they did not share with u.s. forces in korea. with regards the information agreement, that practice was not so, the japaned team being a contingency from time to time, so frustrating. that oh, we don't get direct information from the counterparts south korea. and even u.s. forces in korea. such a dialogue was solved. i asked korea, let's set up a meeting. between military and japan, that was smooth and set up. u.s.,n south korea and already set up. but on our side, it was not formalized at this moment. however

in parliament to enable these alliances these cross party alliances to come together so that the smaller parties can circumvent the ten percent threshold to secure representation in parliament i think that there is sufficient. motivation among the four party alliance which is called the democracy alliance to at least to stay together for the election for the upcoming elections that will take place on the twenty fourth of june and what other the landscape more generally do you think the fact that it's been brought forward this election means that there is a kind of innate disadvantage no doubt they are in an innate disadvantage present here don't completely dominates the media scene in turkey he has also the a lot of substantial financial resources to fight those election also he's the incumbent president and carries a lot of gravitas among a significant segment of the turkish electorate nevertheless the fact that these four parties have come together from which should represent a cross section of the turkish political spectrum although from the secular left to the conservative and nation

i was, therefore, glad to see last may, nato adopted an action plan recommending the alliance to thend to fight against terrorism which is now becoming a fight all over the world no matter where you go. places that 20 years ago you wouldn't have thought about it. i also discussed with the secretary general our commitment to stopping nuclear proliferation including the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we want a future of safety, security and peace for all koreans and for the entire world. my administration is also committed to working with our allies to halt iran's nuclear ambitions and their destablizing activities all across the middle no matter where you go, no matter where there's a problem, there's iran right behind it. and we're not going to have that any longer. i have said before our nations must be strong from within to defend ourselves from threats outside. the strength of the nato alliance does not depend on military might alone but also the deep ties of history, culture and tradition that have long united our civilization. now, we must renew these ties and rededic

why do have the u.s.rok alliance? or do we have the u.s.-japanese alliance? why do we pay this money if the threat is getting worse and there is a danger of a crisis. so i think that by using this kind of foresight, it really helps to inform the nature of the situation. second, the opportunity, and a think it's great that many experts seem to appreciate. from my reading of literature in washington in particular, analysts seem to have reacted a lot of analysts seem to have reacted negatively every time the trump administration took a discontinuous policy approach. when there was a lot of increased rhetoric last year regarding the threat and regarding possible military action, most analysts said that this was really not helpful, this is not a good thing to do. when the trump administration agreed to have a face-to-face meeting, most analysts, a lot of analysts said boy, we just gave , this is really not a good idea. i hear a lot also of this has been tried before. we have been down this road -- this is typical north korean propaganda, and this is the same old t

we need to develop and empower the community alliance. we do it in houston, texas. we have layered officers. most people have never heard of constables. we have them in texas. the rangers. we still have the rangers with historic history. of course, we have our police in the different cities, counties and small towns. and then we have the deputy sheriffs and sheriffs in our counties all throughout. and many of these organizations do public service and barbecues and certainly we all gather together when we have a person fallen in duty and as well we continue to work when there's a tragedy dealing with civilian as well. so we must do everything we can to improve the law enforcement between law enforcement and the communities we reserve and research shows in order to succeed, we must extend the resources needed to improve communication and collaboration between law enforcement and the public. there will be many officers up this week. we should see all of them and engage in a friendly and welcoming way, and we should reinforce the value of having a nation of laws and tho

thank you to all the dedicated workers at the children's advocacy alliance and dedicated law enforcement this year 160 participants peop being those superheroes for kids in need. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the university of arkansas at little rock's new men's basketball coach, darell walker. a former razorback, mr. walker was drafted by the new york nics in 1983 and played -- new york knicks in 1983 and played professional basketball for 10 years before assuming an assistant coaching role for toronto raptors. over the past two decades he's demonstrate add high level of competencecy and -- demonstrated a high level of competency and competitiveness. serving as the head coach for the toronto raptors from 1996 to 1998. more recently he was head coach for two seasons at clark atlanta university, amassing a 45-18 overall record. excellence and leadership and hard work are evidenced by the accolades and career accomplishments. i look forward to following his success at home at excellence a rock during his time as head coach of such a dynamic community. this

the party alliance run by the prime minister is going to lose a few seeds. it is important to point out that when we say a majority, that does not directly mean each party has a majority. it is system and lebanon, evenly divided between christians and muslims. among those, all the seats are divided up among the different sects. when we say that has a lot alliance is going to get a majority, that is where they're going to be a line from all different sects around the country. although the prime minister -- his alliance has clearly lost seats from where they were before, he is still going to be the main candidate. you'll probably hold onto the prime minister position. the prime minister has to be a sunni. hezbollah getting some more influence their. they have not completely lost out. the second has to do with the christians. right now, it is not an immediate issue. it will be an issue in four years time when they elect the next president who has to be a christian. the current president has lost some seats. one of the other parties has gained quite a lot. in fo

policies that will make their daily life better if you look at the alliance that is formed by the c.h.p. s p good party and the democrat party we see that they come from very distinct ideological backgrounds this will be perhaps their biggest challenge to maintain their coalition on a sustainable basis rather this comes out as a very as a call ition that is. coming out as a desperation against a party and a president who has claimed who have claimed victory for the all the elections past decade and a half iran says it will exercise its right to respond if the u.s. withdraws from a twenty fifty nuclear deal phone message of us or a philip at the statement online days before president trump deadline on whether he'll pull out of the deal let me make it absolutely clear once and for long we will need to outsource our security nor will we negotiate or add on to it we have already implemented in good faith to put it in realistic terms when you buy a house and move your family in or demolish it to build a skyscraper you cannot come back two years later and try to renegotiate the price the u.s.

policy moves are revealing cracks in germany's longtime alliance with the u.s. pushing the iran nuclear deal and trade barriers to the top of her diplomatic checklist. in the. red carpets on the guard of honor in china at least the old rules of diplomacy still apply. the. good news for anglo american who amid card global headwinds is looking eastward for a friendly face on the way. from the iran nuclear deal to fending off u.s. trade tariffs. and find themselves side by side. you know. we have the view that we should be getting an unlimited exemption from these tariffs we are in discussions with the american government as the chinese government also is. there and we work together well in the area of steel within the framework of the g twenty steel forum and could really solve some of the problems. well we we agreed to maintain multi-lateralism and rules of free trade. so we agreed to promote trade liberalization and investment opportunities through the. chinese door is open to you for help and will be open even wider. for. the reception here is a far cry from me

stories making news around the world for turkish opposition parties have sealed and it looked or alliance and challenging president are the ones ruling party he called a snap general election for late next month the opposition alliance says it's seeking a return to freedom of speech and the press and an independent judiciary. a coal mine explosion has killed at least eighteen miners and injured several others in southwest pakistan rescue operations have been concluded according to authorities the blast was caused by a buildup of methane gas. the. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been released from custody after being detained yesterday at an anti putin rally in moscow some one thousand six hundred activists were arrested in other demonstrations across the country against president tetons inauguration for a fourth term as president on monday. it's a scandal that refuses to die volkswagen's diesel emissions fraud case the latest twist us authorities have issued an arrest warrant for former c.e.o. martin winter corn. this is the village in munich where martin venter core has been

that we had to have these permanent alliances like nato. - this treaty is a simple document. the nations which sign it agree to abide by the peaceful principles of the united nations. - and like our pacific alliance with australia, and japan and south korea, to safeguard the united states, because we had forces overseas, and had commitments and allies overseas, who were willing to defend us. it worked marvelously. - kennon and nitze disagreed. kennon said, play it for the long run, use all the instruments in your foreign policy quiver, hold the arrows in that quiver. nitze tended to emphasize the military arrows in the quiver. he was pressing more for a more active buildup, in terms of the military. - that was the point in time in which the military institutions became more powerful in american government, than the diplomacy and foreign assistance institutions. (suspenseful music) - [narrator] after the postwar demobilization, american defense spending climbed, as it refocused to counter the communist threat. (suspenseful music) - after world war ii, given this sense of a gro

that's the party that's the former ruling alliance they won't be enough they won't have enough seats to take over the government. opposition alliance has one hundred thirty seats i mean unless there's some sort of defections that we see happening and there's no indications of that they should really be forming the next government. florence thanks very much. plains immigrant still to cover for you here on al-jazeera including a hostage situation at a prison and into the museum has ended we'll have an update. and a financial aid package with the i.m.f. is causing anger and concern in argentina. from a fresh coast to breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. how i once again we're still struggling to shake off the shabby weather across the middle east we've got a fair amount of cloud pulling out of iraq into iran up towards the caspian sea and look how that cloud just runs its way down into the gulf as well for good measure it will not a little further north which in the east was as we go through thursday ahead of that the warmth setting in now for a couple of about thir