secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan. pened just hours after president biden confirmed all american troops will leave the country by september 11. blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's commitment to the country. he told the afghan president that their partnership was changing, but enduring. president ghani said he respect the decision and expressed gratitude for sacrifices made by u.s. troops. as u.s. and nato troops prepared to exit afghanistan, there is concern about a possible security breakdown and resurgence of the taliban. many afghan women are especially worried about what could happen next. reporter: this woman is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital of kabul. this is her dream job. but now, she fears her career and entire life are under threat. >> today, they told us not to go too far from our homes. what will happen when foreign troops leave our country? it will be especially hard for women. >> we won't be safe, even within our own four walls. reporter: from the outside, nothing much

secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th mr blinken search his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan president ashraf high. that their partnership was changing but enduring mr heidi said he respects the decision expressed gratitude for the sacrifices of u.s. troops. well as the u.s. and other nato troops prepare to exit of gonna stand there's concern about a possible security breakdown and a resurgence of the taliban many of gun women are especially worried about what could happen next. parvana samani is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that is. she at the home today where they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't think. from the outside nothi

secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan a day after washington said that it would pull its troops out by september 11th he says the u.s. remains committed to the country and will keep up its humanitarian support. but in iraq at least one person has been killed after an explosion rocked the capital baghdad it happened. in the southern city area police say that it was a couple. of. defense lawyers for a former u.s. police officer outlining more of their case in minneapolis derek chauvet is accused of killing george floyd in may last year by kneeling on his neck for all the 9 minutes or wednesday a defense witness blamed heart disease and drugs floyd's death let's go live now to minneapolis to sirius john hendren is covering the trial for us john what can we expect today. well day 14 of this murder trial of derek children is the 3rd day of defense testimony so we can expect a continued battle of the experts and we expect a medical expert on behalf of the fence to come out and support the case the defense's argument is that derek show of and did not

support despite a full withdrawal of troops by september secretary of state anthony blinken met with president musharraf conning and chief executive of beloved elaine kabul lincoln says there will be a new push for diplomacy but it is time for u.s. troops to return home the taliban has been demanding an immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops will maintain the american tradition of providing humanitarian assistance for those most in need including women girls and refugees. i shared that message in all my meetings today with president danny with chairman i believe with representatives from civil society who are working for change every single day in their communities throughout the country the united states will remain afghanistan steadfast partner we want the afghan people countries in the region and the international community to know that fact it's also a very important message for the taliban to hear and link in their wireless filioque entre for explains from kabul the message over a a sure and has a stop concerns that the country is heading towards a civil war. this announceme

troops from afghanistan yesterday, on wednesday, on thursday anthony blinken is in afghanistan talking about the enduring commitment from the u.s. government to the nation of afghanistan, which nobody should think is undermined. it almost suggest that the president and the administration put some thought into this, they didn't just come up with the idea of ending for war with the spur of the moment. because he needed something to put in a tweet. planning. coordination between different elements of the federal government, consultation with allies, consistent messaging, things spelled right, i still can't get used to it. it's like having a professional government. weird. but that move from the president, the announcement about the war, the end of the war in afghanistan, followed today in the early morning hours that the secretary of state had arrived in kabul, which was followed by another big move, a piece of big news from the new u.s. president. you might remember that the very first person who was confirmed in the biden cabinet the only cabinet member who was confirmed was the directo

secretary of state anthony blinken says nato allies will coordinate it would draw the forces from of gonna stop the president biden is due to announce he will pull out all remaining u.s. troops by september the 11th that means pushing back a deadline set by his predecessor donald trump the police officer in a mania.

secretary of state anthony blinken has hinted that they may well they may leave as well. together we have achieved the goals that we we set out to achieve and now it is time to bring our forces home we will work very closely together in the weeks and months ahead on a safe deliberate and coordinated withdrawal of our forces from afghanistan but even as we do that. our commitment to afghanistan to its future will remain followed by germany its defense minister says she'll meet with officials from the u.s. u.k. and france to coordinate their exits a delay in the withdrawal raises questions about talks with the taliban and afghan government which are set to resume in turkey the taliban has said it won't take part until all foreign troops leave but bring in political hay who's joining us from inside the u.s. pentagon a hi there patty so do we expect the president to speak in about 2 hours time what do we expect him to say. well we think he's going to say look i'm the 4th president to rule over a war in afghanistan i will not turn this over to be a problem for the 5th he's bas

secretary of state anthony blinken tells us he will head next week to ukraine, which has been shaken by a menacing buildup of russian troops on its border. we asked blinken about it in a wide-ranging "60 minutes" interview. president putin has amassed a very large force at the border with ukraine, more than 100,000 troops. what is putin up to? >> huh, you're right. there are more forces massed on the border with ukraine than at any time since 2014, when russia actually invaded. i can't tell you that we know mr. putin's intentions. there are any number of thingsai that he could do, or choose not to do. what we have seen in the last few days is apparently a decision to pull back some of those forces, and we've seep some of them, in fact start, to pull back. >> o'donnell: well, our interview with secretary of state anthony blinken will air this sunday on "60 minutes." well, tonight there's lots of cleaning up to do in oklahoma and arkansas after a round of severe storms blew through. some neighborhoods were completely swamped by six inches of rain with flooded homes and washed-out roads

sector state anthony blinken says the sanctions against the i.c.c. were inappropriate and ineffective how significant is this move and why is the u.s. changing its position now do we think. well it's a very significant move for the united states and i think it's part of the basically 180 degree reorientation of u.s. foreign policy under the new buy ministration that follows along with many other initiatives like rejoining the virus accord i think the u.s. is trying to send a signal to 3 audiences here and i think 1st and most importantly perhaps our u.s. allies many of whom are parties to the i.c.c. statute and who saw this move as complete sort of overkill in response to an investigation it would almost be like putting sanctions on the u.n. secretary general for just doing his job secondly i think the u.s. is trying to send a signal to be more positive relationship with the i.c.c. that it treats the i.c.c. is a serious mechanism for accountability and it's going to begin to engage and cooperate with the i.c.c. stander it think it sends a message to

move forward, anthony blinken says the u.s.f the world fight the virus. >> i think we have a significant responsibility spchlt we are going to be the world leader in making sure the entire world gets vaccinated. >>> a top official in china admits the efficacy of the country's vaccines is quote not high. they are considering mixing vaccines to the to give ate boost. almost half of all covid infections can be found in five states, new york, michigan, florida, pennsylvania and new jersey. corey kaufman joins me from new jersey. how concern ready health officials there about a possible, again, another wave. >> richard, this is something that is high on their radar. i mean from those five states, 44% of the cases. but they make up just 22 percent of the population. there is a clear correlation here. they are looking at several fact oars as to what could be driving surges in these states. one is the uk variant is driving infections to grow faster than vaccinations are going out. an official here told me this. >> we don't know if it i

reporting it is still very precarious a terry defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are in brussels meeting with nato allies mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we've reached our goals i mean how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. yes the u.s. forces are now only about a quarter of the 10000 international troops in afghanistan but the thing is they possess all the best capabilities necessary essential capabilities for the rest of the more than 30 nations who are there alongside u.s. troops so basically even if some countries wanted to stay they couldn't they would not be able to operate safely for for their own efficacy and their own protection without the u.s. capabilities and so when president trump former president made this deal with the taliban which was conditional on several things at that point he also said that nato troops would leave because everyone acknowledges they want to have the choice to stay even if they wanted to i'm not hearing that they would want to later frankly i spoke to some sources and they said

on little rock a very warm welcome to all of us secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to of got a stand after president joe biden confirmed that all american troops will leave. by september 11th when mr blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's on growing commitment to the country he told the afghan president i should have a fanny that the partnership is changing but the partnership itself is enduring a mr heinies said he respects the citizen and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices made by the u.s. troops in. afghanistan at a critical juncture the fate and rights of afghan women are in the balance according to some we can talk to but durrani she is an education activist and the director of a learn an afghan non profit that advocates for children and women and she joins us i believe now from khandahar. probably. do we have missed the santa. barbara is the mining is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. to. the whole to do they told us no

secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country. like the us president biden has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats it's in response to alleged interference.

and also anthony blinken touching down in kabul, this after president biden announced he sending america's longest war. they're pulling out all of the u.s. troops by september 11th. we're hear from the adviser in just a moment. but let's go to adrienne broaddus in minnesota. good morning, adrienne. a second-degree charge of manslaughter against kim potter. >> reporter: that's right. it carries up to a maximum of ten years in prison here in minnesota or a $20,000 fine. when protesters learned about that manslaughter charge, some of them snapped their fingers and cheered, but the celebration was brief and it was followed up with this is a step in the right direction, but we want more, people in the community saying daunte is gone, he can't come back. his family will never be able to hold him again. and so the community wants to see a murder charge. meanwhile the officer who spent years building her career here was booked into the hen pip county jail, which is about eight miles from here. about six hours after she was taken into custody, she bonded out on a $100,000 bond. ben crump, he's one

secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th lincoln said his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country. u.s. president biden has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats it's in response to alleged interference in.

and look, we don't really know, maybe the new secretary of state, anthony blinken is also using foreign officers as his personal task rabbit services. but so far, he seems to be putting his head down and doing the work like everyone else in the biden administration appears to be. today after that surprise visit to afghanistan the secretary of state was back in washington for the first in court visit by a foreign leader to the biden white house. president biden visited -- they had a joint press conference they said mutually supportive things about each other's countries. it was pleasantly uneventful, which can be nice after the last few years. the biden administration today did what's seemed like a kind of inexplicable political and policy screw up, during the campaign, candidate biden had promised to lift president trump's partial show limit of a number of refugees allowed in the country. trump had cut the number of refugees allowed to its lowest number ever and biden described the commitment to refugees as a more necessity. but today the white house announced that president biden would

support the support of full withdrawal of troops by september secretary of state anthony blinken met with president ashraf ghani and chief executive of the love below in kabul lincoln says there will be a new push for diplomacy but it is time for u.s. troops to return home former police officer derek show ven has chosen not to testify in the trial over george floyd's death both prosecution and defense have rested their cases closing arguments will start on monday. meanwhile the us police officer who fatally shot a young on armed black man has appeared in court. wright was shot on sunday after being stopped by police for a traffic violation officer kim porter was charged with manslaughter and released on bail the incident reignited days of protests against racial inequality and police brutality police say the officer mistakenly drew her gun instead of her taser. and india has recorded more than $200000.00 new corona virus infections in the past 24 hours its highest daily tally yet it's now the 2nd worst affected country for total infections behind only the united states several states

secretary of state makes an unannounced visit to afghanistan anthony blinken arrives in kabul to brief afghan officials on plans to withdraw all u.s. troops by september just hours after the u.s. president announced he will end america's longest war also on the show and out of control doctors say brazil.

deal and without any conditions with no strings attached now we understand secretary of state to anthony blinken is in afghanistan today trying almost to reassure the leadership and the people of afghanistan that the relationship is just changing what did she make of what he had to say were you reassured. well the relationship is certainly going to change however the reassurances from secretary of state. at the present moment doesn't come with any sort of concrete measures or concrete guarantees we've already seen aid but civilian aid and financial support for the afghan national security forces which have declined over the last few years and they've already declined compared to last year and the national security forces which are on the front lines of the of not only the the fight against the insurgency but also on the front lines of the global war on terrorism really require the support and so we're not seeing anything concretely the to show us or give us a sure and that this new chapter is going to bring about. more positive or proved scenarios for the country as it stands now with the americ

secretary of state anthony blinken is in brussels meeting with nato allies and earlier today he essentially said for the u.s. it's mission accomplished what do you think we can expect and how this withdrawal is going to be coordinated. this is a huge question sumi and it's the question that struck fear in the hearts of allies when president trump was making unilateral decisions about how to pull out u.s. troops and when and this is because while 3 quarters of the troops on the ground now in afghanistan are not u.s. forces the u.s. has all of the capabilities that these forces need to to maintain their own security much less the security of afghans on the ground and so the u.s. really needs to keep these enablers as they're called in place in afghanistan until the rest of the forces the other nations have pulled out their own troops and this is something that is going to have to be coordinated very carefully and it's very difficult to to figure out the order in which you can pull out resources to keep the others on the ground safe ali you know this is being called the paradigm shift so give

secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced trip to afghanistan. he's meeting with troops and those in that country. leaders in that country to sell president biden's withdrawal plan in washington, rashad hudson, back to you. >> thank you for that report was shot. coming up next on the kron morning news. the u.s. is dealing with 2 major crisis right now. the pandemic and drugs while lawmakers are pushing for even more action to put a stop to drug addiction. welcome to jack in the box. hey, jack, i heard your chicken- who told you that? it was jimmy wasn't it? no, i heard your chicken comes with classic and spicy in the same box, so i don't have to choose. ah yes. best of both worlds. my 50/50 popcorn chicken. only at jack in the box. ♪ refuse to choose and get my $6.99 50/50 popcorn chicken with both classic and spicy for the best of both worlds. only at jack in the box. and spicy for the best of both worlds. opioid abuse despite during the covid-19 pandemic. the cdc issued a warning in december about a concerning uptick in drug overdose deaths wit

in brussels terry we understand that the defense secretary late austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are in brussels meeting with nato allies where you are mr blinken earlier essentially said mission accomplished we've accomplished every single goal that we had how will this decision impact coalition forces in afghanistan. leyla while the u.s. only makes up about a quarter of the some 10000 troops that remain in afghanistan they do possess all the necessary capabilities for helping the other some 30 countries in acted their operations and their own protection in fact so it's always been true that if the u.s. decided to leave the other countries would have to follow and in fact just today even before we hear the formal announcement germany and the u.k. have said they'll definitely follow the u.s. and start pulling out their troops so once the u.s. and its key enabling capabilities leave everyone's going to leave everyone is going to leave i mean just barely 2 months ago and the nato secretary general you know stoltenberg said no permit woodrow so does this change of heart review a bit

such as technology innovation and education but then in certain areas like climate change stay anthony blinken said that the u.s. is falling behind china in the race to seize opportunities created by climate change so one can actually warn that china's distinction as the largest producer and exporter of renewable energy technologies such as solar panels wind turbines batteries and holding a 3rd of renewable energy patents that threatens the state of the u.s. and these markets so this speech came ahead of president biden's virtually hosting 41 of the leaders this week probles summit on climate change and he warned that if the u.s. doesn't catch up america will miss out on the change on the opportunity to shape the world's climate future and lose out on countless jobs for the american people now obviously lincoln apparently underscored the push by the administration to invest the 2 trillion dollars domestically into infrastructure and technology in a way to reduce the u.s. its own greenhouse gas emissions and also to become a leader and exports of such products and technologies to other countrie

secretary of state anthony blinken wrote to president garvey at the beginning of last month it was later leaks he said after american military withdrawal i'm concerned that the security situation will worsen and that the taliban could make rapid territorial gains. well still ahead here on al jazeera iran says it's about to carry out what would be the most significant breach of the 2015 nuclear deal. in the spring surgeon coronavirus cases in south korea will tell you what austerity is blaming for that increase. it's time for the perfect jan in the winter sponsored by qatar airways. now at the moment threat arabia is generally cotton finest turned phrase humid recently around the gulf states in qatar bahrain and the eastern side of society but that normally plays and probably reduce the humidity it's warming up the sun is out now on the coast of for example lebanon beirut sees a temperature rise above the average about $25.00 over the next 3 days which is very pleasing it's been rather cool sherry just recently the last the snow has gone from the sun caucasus but it's still there in afgha

the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, said the sanctions would send a message to the military tol says it will tell the international criminal court that it won't co—operate with its investigation into possible war crimes committed during the israeli—palestinian conflict. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said his country would make clear that it didn't recognise the tribunal�*s authority. us intelligence agencies have warned of political volatility and possibly more global conflict by twenty forty. in its latest report, the national intelligence council says that people will become increasingly distrustful of leaders and governments will struggle to find solutions. a medical expert in the trial of the former us police officer derek chauvin says george floyd died from a lack of oxygen, due to the way he was restrained. mr chauvin was filmed kneeling on george floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest last may. this is what dr martin tobin was asked in court by the special assistant attorney—general. have you formed an opinion, to a reasonable degree of medic

for example the press secretary at the white house expressing concern the secretary of state anthony blinken going one step for further warning on sunday that if russia acts recklessly or aggressively there will be costs there will be consequences what is he talking about what could that mean. well the fact that he doesn't spell out the costs and consequences again makes clear how difficult the situation is every single time the alliance does anything to reassure ukraine to to train ukrainian forces russia calls it a provocation and says this is more justification for building up these troops on the border russia portrays this as a potential effort to invade russia so it's a very very fine line and certainly nato's plan a b. and c. is deterrence so when that's not working they really have to get together and decide what to do there are nato forces in the baltic countries and poland that have been built up since the 2014 russian invasion of ukraine nobody expects to have to use them but that's that's why they're there just in case i expect that the nato secretary general will be getting some

responsibly in an unannounced visit to kabul hours after the withdrawal announcement secretary of state anthony blinken assured afghan politicians that the united states remains committed to their country the united states will remain afghanistan steadfast partner we want the afghan people countries in the region and the international community to know that fact. it's also a very important message for the taliban to hear but with violence rising across afghanistan in the absence of a peace deal between the government and the taliban it is not clear what this commitment will look like for the 1st time in 20 years and so with foreign troops leaving afghanistan will have to defend itself alone and many people are questioning whether it would certainly forces can do that the president said of ghana's stand security forces are fully capable of defending the country up and did its combat operations over 5 years ago and the afghan security forces conduct over 95 percent of all combat operations yet they still heavily reliant on u.s. airpower and are trained by nato troops when a few months will also be gone t

secretary of state anthony blinken wrote to president garvey at the beginning of last month it was later leaked he said after american military withdrawal i'm concerned that the security situation will worsen and that the taliban could make rapid territorial gains. or use of force expert testified that day trayvon was justified in pinning george floyd to the ground barry broods said that because of what he's described as frantic resistance it contradicts the testimonies of several top minneapolis police officials including the city's police chief who said that trayvon used excessive unjustified force. on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes during an arrest last may. i felt that derek chauvin was justified and was acting with objective reasonableness following minneapolis police department policy in current standards of law enforcement and his interactions with mr floyd so the judge in an office and after his conduct it's more of a challenge to again put yourself in your after shoes to try to make an evaluation through. they're feeling what they're sensing the fear they have and then mak

secretary of state anthony blinken and u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin are giving a news conference about this very topic joining me here in. i'm very grateful for your strong commitment to. return so. your presence here today is a continued demonstration over the importance of the concept that the bomb and not the states is commitment to consulting with its nato allies. today we decided to get there on the future or persons in afghanistan. we have enough go on this on for almost 20 years ofter we invoked article 5 of our founding the for the 1st time in support of tonight that states off to do rethink $911.00 terrorist attacks standing shoulder to shoulder we have paid a high price in both logged on in treasure thousands of troops from allied on many partner nations and from afghanistan have paid the ultimate price. many more have been wounded we are grateful to all who have served and the owner all those who have sacrificed so much for our shared security. together we have prevented buffed on the stone from serving as a s

us at your site anthony blinken has flown into afghanistan has been hoping to reassure afghan leaders a day off to the u.s. and nato announce that they're pulling out or troops. will maintain the american tradition of providing humanitarian assistance for those most in need including women girls and refugees i share that message in all my meetings today with president danny with chairman i believe with representatives from civil society who are working for change every single day in their communities throughout the country the united states will remain afghanistan steadfast partner we want the afghan people countries in the region and the international community to know that fact it's also a very important message for the taliban to hear. state department correspondent resident jordan. well certainly this is the sort of visit you would expect after the u.s. makes a major policy decision about a foreign in military engagement but it does come in the middle of the us as our efforts to try to help the afghan central government and the taliban broker a peace accord it's also raising a lot

. >> secretary of state anthony blinken stayed today the u.s. needs to focus its geo political energy outside afghanistan. >> we have other very important items on our agenda including the relationship with china. >> but cbs news has confirmed the president's decision to withdraw all u.s. forces by september 11th was opposed by senior military advisors. they warn that without a residual force on the ground, it could be harder to stop a resurgence of terrorist groups. >> i can tell you that president biden has no intention of sending forces back to afghanistan but at the same time he has no intention of taking our eye off the ball. >> those same top advisors also oppose setting a deadline for the u.s. withdrawal and wanted to keep some forces on the ground while negotiators tried one last time to broker a deal between the taliban and the afghan government. last time to broker a deal between the taliban and th >> it is imperative that the announced its withdrawal thers taliban tweeted it will not be attending any meetings on the future of afghanis

in brussels, the us secretary of state anthony blinken and a ukrainian delegation discussed the issuewould increase its military presence increase its military presence in the region. nato has called the russian troop build—up unjustified and unacceptable, and warned moscow to withdraw. we are seriously concerned by ongoing developments, and nato is monitoring the situation very closely. in recent weeks, russia has moved thousands of combat ready troops to ukraine's borders. the largest massing of russian troops since the illegal annexation of crimea in 2014.- the illegal annexation of crimea in 2014. more than 13,000 crimea in 2014. more than 13.000 people _ crimea in 2014. more than 13,000 people have - crimea in 2014. more than 13,000 people have been| crimea in 2014. more than - 13,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 2014, but after months of relative calm, things have escalated of late. ukraine reporting troops being killed with increasing regularity. but why now? many believe this is about vladimir putin reacting to tougher language from washington and attempting t

secretary of state's anthony blinken has made and i'm sure will visit to afghanistan he's met afghan president ashraf ghani and top afghan negotiator abdullah abdullah on monday president joe biden announced that u.s. troops will leave afghanistan by september 11th. yes. i think you're. going. to. what. we have heard. is changing but. as we've been discussing i think. that. we have a new challenge but it's the right. talks aimed at reviving the iran nuclear deal have resumes in vienna delegates have been arriving at the venue in the austrian capital u.s. president joe biden says he wants to rejoin the agreements but 7 must 1st reverse its violations so iran wants u.s. sanctions lifted discussions have been progressing but are under the shadow of an attack on iran's main nuclear facility and he has recorded more than 200000 new cases of covert 19 in a single day for the 1st time experts say the surge is partly being fueled by super spreader events including religious festivals and political rallies it's the 2nd worst affected country in the world for numbers of infections protesters h

secretary of state anthony blinken has been equally blunt our relationship with china will be competitive one should be collaborative when it can be an adversarial one it must be there had been hopes that under president joe biden the relationship would be less confrontational that it had become under his predecessor biden and chinese president xi jinping met many times when the 2 vice presidents analysts say that biden's china strategy is based on a stronger alliance with allies i think he's done a very good job of messaging. which is to say to the chinese that the the old rules of the past one apply anymore. and and they've been very tactically astute economic diplomatic and even military tensions between the 2 rival superpowers are continuing to rise relations are fraught on a number of issues the south china sea dispute the well documented evidence of human rights abuses in shin jiang china's tightening controls here in hong kong and taiwan the nearby island republic over which china claims sovereignty. and biden has lowered expectations of a breakthrough on another friction point wit

secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country. u.s. president biden has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats it's in response to alleged interference in last year's presidential election and the hacking of u.s. government agencies russia's foreign ministry has condemned the sanctions saying a response is quote inevitable. germany's coronavirus vaccination program is picking up pace thursday thursday saw a record number of daily vaccinations with nearly 740000 people receiving a 1st or 2nd dose but the country is also seeing the biggest rise in new infections since january health officials are warning of a dramatic situation in hospitals as intensive care ward fill up this is the news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website that's d.w. dot com and also on our social media channels. the u.s. expelled 10 russia

secretary of state anthony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan comes after the u.s. confirmed it would pull out all of its troops by the tended longest war in u.s. history by september 11th other nato countries including germany will also withdraw from the country. to washington only news live from berlin you can get the latest on our web site that's t w dot com i'm always thanks for joining us. do you feel worried about the plan. to come i'm neal host of the on the green fence post close to me it's clear remains true. join a critique of the green transformation for me for you for the council. of. thailand where buddhist tradition meets the urban future and nothing embodies that better than thai boxing known as. the traditional martial art has been thailand's national sport for centuries. i was long considered a sport for real men where women rarely took part but not anymore women and the clear community are claiming a stake and more time they say thai boxing shouldn't be exclusive. and they're ready to fight. i. play bangkok the capital of thailand with a population

secretary of state anthony blinken wrote to president garvey at the beginning of last month it was later leaks he said after american military withdrawal i'm concerned that the security situation will worsen and that the taliban could make rapid territorial gains. a police officer who fatally shot a black man in the u.s. state of minnesota has resigned on a rights shooting has sparked protests in a minneapolis suburb where the incident happened despite the office's resignation demonstrators were on the streets again ignoring a curfew a report from. a 3rd night of protest hundreds of people on the streets of brooklyn center their anger clear and draw as the clock ticked towards curfew time the police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly and pulled people to clear to. the fire tear gas and moved in in large numbers all in riot gear they were met with water bottles fireworks and contempt. they've been a peaceful vigil for done to right the 20 year old shot dead on sunday more than $600.00 gathered some travelling a long distance to be there the hundreds here say this is no longer jus

the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, said the sanctions would send a message to the military toas deployed more troops on its border with ukraine than at any time since 2014, when russian forces seized control of crimea. the white house says discussions are taking place with nato allies about the troop movements. brazil has registered a new daily record of covid—i9 deaths. 4,249 people died with the virus in the past 24 hours and the health ministry has confirmed 86 and a half thousand additional cases. the country has seen more than 13 million cases since the pandemic began. here in the uk, scientists at imperial college london say, they have new evidence about the effectiveness of the vaccination programme. england's health secretary, and several medical specialists, have spent the day giving reassurances about the vaccine following yesterday's announcement, of a link between the astra—zeneca jab and rare blood clots . our medical editor — fergus walsh — looks at the risks and benefits of the vaccine. business as usual in north—east london. headlines about blood clots didn't p

secretary of state anthony blinken called in said that it called into question iran's seriousness of purpose in these talks in vienna which of restarted on thursday he called it a provocative announcements will iran in the last few hours has said that it is delegation in vienna has been holding intensive talks with the european delegations for the last 2 days and we're hearing from russia from their representative in vienna that they believe that the j c p a way the nuclear deal struck in 2015 is quote the only viable solution which can bring the iran nuclear program but to the agreed parameters let's not forget the agree parameters with 3.6 percent 3.67 percent enrichment of uranium iran moved to 20 percent in january now it's saying it will move to 60 percent purity and in fact u.n. inspectors went to that natanz facility in the last 24 hours said that iran is almost ready to start that degree of enrichment but the iranian government is saying that it will pull back if it receives positive signals all along it's been saying it wants the sanctions lifted before it will actually come

the us secretary of state anthony blinken has visited afghanistan to reassure leaders there of america's biden confirmed the withdrawal of all remaining us troops in afghanistan by september 11. mr blinken said the us would do everything it could to pursue peace. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: paint supplier blinken is accused of a whitewash after removing a series of social media posts mocking one of its clients, tottenham hotspur football club. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock. and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. shouting. q

secretary of state anthony blinken is in brussels today for talks with his nato partners just a short while ago he gave this brief statement on the planned withdrawal from afghanistan this is an important moment for our alliance almost 20 years ago of the united states was attacked on 911 together we went into afghanistan to deal with those who attacked us and to make sure that afghanistan would not again become a haven for terrorists who might attack any of us and together we have achieved the goals that we we set out to achieve and now it is time to bring our forces home let's take a closer look at the story now we can speak to journalist who is in kabul and we have a band recruit standing by for us in brussels welcome to you both band let's start with you in brussels antony blinken there essentially saying what sounded like mission accomplished and this will be the top of the agenda today in brussels with that big nato meeting schedule that we mentioned what do we expect to come out of this. the foreign ministers and the defense ministers of nato it was certainly endorse the americ

to investigate american troops for potential war crimes in afghanistan but secretary of state anthony blinken says that washington still disagrees with that and other investigations steven rattner is a professor of law at the university of michigan and he says it's another strong message from the biden administration to its international partners. well it's a very significant move for the united states and i think it's part of the basically 180 degree we are in taishan of u.s. foreign policy under the new by an administration that said follows along with many other initiatives like rejoining the paris accord i think the u.s. is trying to send a signal to 3 audiences here and i think 1st and most importantly perhaps our u.s. allies many of whom are party to the i.c.c. statute and who saw this move as complete sort of overkill in response to an investigation it would almost be like putting sanctions on the u.n. secretary general for just doing his job but secondly i think the u.s. is trying to send a signal more positive relationship with the i.c.c. that it treats the i.c.c. is a serious mechan

. >> reporter: anthony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin is in brussels for a meeting with nato indicate nato troops leading afghanistan at the same time of us forces. jillian: thank you. carley: climate envoy john kerry heading to china ahead of president biden's virtual climate summit, he will talk to the top climate negotiator as the us intelligence community sends china working on militarizing space and exceeding us technology. a report from the director of national intelligence says beijing has counter space weapons capability. iran is retaliating after an attack on one of its nuclear facilities, tehran is ramping up uranium enrichment to levels higher than ever before raising it to 60%. that is only 30% short of what is needed to develop a bomb. the country's president calling it an answer to evilness after a power blackout on sunday damage centrifuges iran's may nuclear site. between heightened tensions with iran, withdrawing forces out of afghanistan and creating a crisis at the border senator lindsey graham says president biden is think of diplomacy. >> joe biden has be