the us secretary of state anthony blinken is in london for a g7 meeting with foreign secretary dominice first face—to—face talks since the pandemic began. the premier league is bringing in a new owners�* charter — to stop future attempts to establisha breakaway super league. it follows protests at old trafford yesterday. which disrupted yesterday's match. and on a similar theme, coming up in half an hour: a special programme looking at the three turbulent days of the european super league forming and then failing. hello, good afternoon. the prime minister has said that social—distancing — the advice to stay at least a metre, or two feet, away from others — stands a good chance of being scrapped onjune the 21st in england. that's the date when the remaining legal rules on social contact are due to end, and when it's hoped that the last closed sectors of the economy will finally open. borisjohnson also said today that while some foreign travel may resume after may 17th, "we have got to be sensible". our political correspondent jonathan blake gave us more details. yesterday, the foreign s

secretary of state anthony blinken speaking to his british counterpart ahead of the g7 gathering in londonvid, afghanistan, russia and china on the agenda. craig some pleased with had an opportunity here today -- >> and india's supreme court has ordered the government to deliver oxygen to daily. will talk to an ex parte about wendy country second waf covid -- when the second wave of covid may begin to subside. ♪ welcome to those of you watching on bbc world news and on pbs in america. there's passionate disagreement on whether non-essential travel to europe should resume. this is the view from the top of the european union. >> commission is proposing to ease restrictions to take into accountelopments in the situation worldwide while addressing variants. among the main changes we propose to allow you to that you for non-essential reasons not only for persons coming from countries -- but for all people who have received the recommended dose of an e.u. authorized vaccine. >> for its part, england is set to resume its national travel for the 17th of may and is going to use a traffic light syst

state anthony blinken we heard calling for deescalation but what position has the biden administration taken here. well a very cautious one quite frankly it's very clear that the by the administration does not want to wade too quickly too deep into what is widely seen here in washington as a volatile situation and one that could be changing very rapidly so what you've been hearing out of washington all day on monday is essentially what you heard from anthony blinken deescalation deescalation trying to get everyone to to to to remain calm and lower the temperature if you will we heard that from the podium of the press secretary. and then we also heard from multiple other officials including the spokesperson at the pentagon who said that the rocket attacks into israel were unacceptable and also said that the u.s. would back israel in whatever way that needed to be done as israel's right to defend itself but most notably did not. single out in any way shape or form the israeli aggression against the palestinians that we've seen in recent days bottom line here is is that the biden administ

anthony blinken they have talking very much about the you know needing to deescalate the violence do we get any idea of how much pressure the u.s. might actually be putting on israel which of course it's one of its closest allies in the world to actually be quite proactive in the escalating violence. we're getting a clearer picture now of just how far this white house has been working so what privately as well as publicly in terms of public statements in order to get israel to work to bring down the temperature but it appears that nudge as the administration called it just a day ago does not appear to be working just the opposite and so that's why we heard from the secretary of state that not only has he reached out calling the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu but now they have sent one high level official to the region in order to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders the white house press secretary jim psaki telling reporters earlier that $25.00 calls including the national security adviser have been made in recent days in order to try and discourage some of the violen

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secretary of state anthony blinken is asking for both sides to cease the violence let's go live to our white house correspondent kelly how could is in washington what more do we know of what they the secretary of state had to say. well the latest is actually coming from where here at the white house the white house press secretary jens psaki speaking to reporters just moments ago giving us the latest on some of the diplomatic efforts to bring about the deescalation that this administration has been calling for for days according to the white house press secretary in just the last 24 hours roughly there have been 25 high level calls and this is included the efforts by both the qatari and egyptians to work with individuals in the various palestinian israeli leadership roles in order to try and bring down the temperature of the conflict the move again to deescalation this is the word the by the administration continually is using we also know that included in that reach out effort by the united states has been the national security adviser has also called his israeli counterpart now one t

mike so you're section of state anthony blinken again calling for the immediate deescalation what glee make of the u.s. response so far. yes indeed will that call for deescalation from the state department echoed that made from the white house earlier in the day both the state that apartment and the white house insisting that both sides must stand down you heard the the type of balance that the biden administration is trying to keep israelis have the right to self-defense on the one side palestinians have a right to peace and security on the other. qualities between the 2 sides which many observers believe is not the case but it must be understood that the by that that ministration is attempting to recalibrate its relationship with israel that was a relationship that got very close under the trumpet ministration. to the point where trump ordered the removal of the embassy to jerusalem something which effectively put an end to any hope of resuming negotiations between israelis and palestinians and yes there have been some moves from the biden administration to take a stronger line we un

on a trip to the country, anthony blinken warns that america is monitoring russia's behaviour very closelylls have closed across england, scotland and wales in the biggest test of opinion since the uk general election of 2019. as the us sees a record number of migrants crossing the southern border, we follow one family hoping for a better life. hello and welcome. there's no end in sight to india's surging coronavirus cases. the country has seen yet another record rise in infections — more than 400,000 new covid cases in less than 2a hours. but that figure is almost certainly an underestimate. the virus has spread from india's cities to the countryside, where hospitals are poorly equipped. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has travelled to varanasi, in uttar pradesh, and a warning, her report contains distressing footage and flashing images. in less than an hour, we saw 13 funerals here. the government says there were just seven in the whole day. and this is prime minister modi's own constituency. the human cost is being suppressed. this is the reality all over india. we'll never know how man

secretary of state anthony blinken is asking for both sides to cease the violence let's go live down to our white house correspondent kelly how kids what's the administration saying about this right now. it's clear that the white house has been working very hard in the last 24 hours doing an enormous amount of our reach to both israeli as palestinian officials at a number of different levels within those organizational structures in order to convey one singular message and that is de escalation and what we know now from the secretary of state anthony blinken is that if you order to try and achieve that because it appears that those public as well as private statements to nudge israel to deescalate specifically have not been effective as a result the secretary of state announcing that the deputy assistant secretary of state for israel and palestine affairs is headed or will be heading very shortly to the region to meet with israeli as well as well as palestinian leaders in order to try and achieve containment of the violence to get it to stop and now we also know al-jazeera has spoken

laura, let me pause, anthony blinken - can defend itself.itself. laura, let me - pause, anthony blinken did not meet with the representative from hamas because americans do not have a relationship with hamas, they see it as a terrorist organisation. i thought it was interesting in that press conference, he made a point of saying we will be giving money to gaza to help in the rebuilding effort, channeling some of it through the united nations, but we don't think that money is going to empower hamas. is there a concern in israel that that is what will happen, giving the palestinians tens of millions of dollars to rebuild gaza going to hamas, effectively? edi gaza going to hamas, effectively? of course that's very much the concern. people _ course that's very much the concern. people here — course that's very much the concern. people here would say it's basically hamas— people here would say it's basically hamas siphoning off reconstruction money— hamas siphoning off reconstruction money to— hamas siphoning off reconstruction money to make rock

secretary of state anthony blinken and he was just speaking about the situation it's been playing out in the palestinian territories. in israel he said that the rocket attacks on israel should stop now and all sides need to take steps to deescalate the situation obviously there is concern about that being a further violence and more tension there in gaza 20 palestinians were killed in israeli strikes those as strikes in response to rocket attacks fired against israel and then earlier on the israeli security forces and to the al aqsa mosque compound again for the 2nd time in the space of a few days the palestinian red crescent saying that more than $300.00 palestinians were injured when the site was stormed. but we just want to turn to some other stories now on the afghan government and the taliban say they will both observe a rare 3 day cease fire for the muslim holiday of aid later this week it comes after a deadly weekend topped off a surge in violence across the country the latest explosion killed 11 people traveling on a bus in the southern province of zabul charlotte ballasts rep

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, will hold talks later with the new us secretary of state, anthony blinkenon his first visit to london sincejoe biden became president. the discussions take place before britain hosts foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations in what will be their first face—to—face meeting for more than two years. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. america's top diplomat arriving in london for the first time since team trump was swept away by team biden, and while the politics and style may have changed, when it comes to world affairs, the message remains the same. what we have witnessed over the last several years is china acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. it is the one country in the world that has the military, economic, diplomatic capacity to undermine or challenge the rules—based order that we care so much about. and it is defending that international order that will be top of the agenda as g7 foreign ministers meet face—to—face for the first time in two years. above all, how to protect open societies fr

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secretary of state anthony blinken is hoping to bolster it in his first visit to the region.s will need to chart a better course. starting by making real improvements in the lives of people in israel, gaza and the west bank secretary blink and reaffirmed u. s commitment to israel's security, but blinken says they also want to rebuild the country's relationship with palestinians and the palestinian authority. to that end, he says, the u. s will reopen a consulate in jerusalem. which former president trump had closed after he moved the american embassy to the city and secretary blanket announced roughly $112 million in new humanitarian and developmental aid for palestinians. across these efforts, way will work with partners to ensure. that a master's not benefit from thies reconstruction efforts. meanwhile republicans are doubling down on their support of israel, especially in the wake of several antisemitic attacks throughout the country, which they say progressive democrats have done little to condemn, perhaps because israel has become a strangely controversial issue on the f

secretary of state anthony blinken speaking out of his meeting with the jordanian foreign minister a man safadi tell us about his remarks. yeah it was essentially a deescalation that's what we've been hearing from washington out of washington all day on monday some variation of the theme of deescalation anthony blinken the secretary of state did meet with his counterpart from jordan the meeting was pre-planned it was not to schedule because of events going on in around jerusalem nevertheless anthony blinken is the highest ranking u.s. official to speak out on monday and this is a little bit more of what he had to say. and so what are the one of the plans now because obviously there there is a concern about there being a wider conflict speaking to there in occupied east jerusalem the indication is that there is a an operation as strikes that could continue in gaza for at least a couple of days already 20 civilians of loss that lives must be fears or at least concerns there washington about. being locked in an escalatory cycle. yeah that's right the biden ministration has made it very

secretary of state anthony blinken has arrived in london for the 1st in person meeting of the g 7 group of leading nations in 2 years top of the agenda is developing a rapid response mechanism to counter russian dissin from asian british foreign secretary dominic rob says the west needs like minded allies to work together. for astronauts have returned safely to earth after spending nearly 6 months aboard the international space station their dragon capsule touched down off the coast of florida in the 1st night time splash down in half a century it was also the 1st crew mission run by private company space x. on behalf of nasa. this is news from berlin you can find more on our web site d w dot com. i am. the prize winner is a woman and a muslim. saudi won the competition to design $29.00 stained glass windows for the church at ole abbey the oldest monastery in germany. in. the. leave it now comes the moment of truth you only know the final effect of stained glass windows when they're installed. it and will get it all to. feel old like makes a big difference in however vividly i imagine t

the day before the inauguration anthony blinken went to the senate and told lawmakers there he agreed with them the nord stream two pipeline was a bad idea not for the environmental reasons that have led this administration to cancel pipelines here in the states already. instead, because it would give russia an advantage in the region. the but, tonight, the biden administration is going to waive sanctions on certain officials that will make it possible for this project to be completed. and anthony blinken is sitting with russia's foreign minister right now in iceland making nice. >> president biden has demonstrated that in both word and deed not for purposes of escalation, not to seek conflict, but to defend our interest. >> this foreign policy decision tonight has the top foreign policy democrat in the senate furious. bob menendez writes the administration has said that the pipeline is a bad idea and that it is a russian maligned influence project. i share that sentiment but fail to see how today's decision will advance u.s. efforts to counter russian aggression in europe? as preside

britain's foreign secretary, dominic raab, will meet the us secretary of state anthony blinken, on hisirst visit to london sincejoe biden became president. the pair will discuss transatlantic relations at an in person g7 meeting. we have been carrying on with diplomacy through the pandemic, but there's nothing quite as effective as face—to—face diplomacy, and that's why having a covid—compliant face—to—face g7 meeting is so important. sporting and politicialfigures have condemned the violence against police during a protest at old trafford yesterday. when you get fans breaking into stadiums, when you get fans hurting police officers, when you get fans smashing glass to get into the hospitality, then that is not the way to do it. the queen sends a message to the people of northern ireland marking the country's centenary, and praising the "continued peace" as "a credit to its people, upon whose shoulders the future rests". and coming up, the first non—socially distanced gig for over a year, last night in liverpool. research from the pilot event in sefton park will help to show how concer

into the conflict zone with tim sebastian american secretary of state anthony blinken was in ukraine last week visiting the families often words of comfort and support for the country but the russian troops are grasping huge numbers close to the border my guess is weak easy craze for newest to be true cool a box get out of the booth so what was your 1st. conflict zone. in 30 minutes on d w. o. m a skill that my work that's hard and in the end is a me your not a lot of the year and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance and. what's your story. 'd 'd on what numbers and women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trained all with to understand this new culture. for you are not a visitor another yes you want to become a citizen. in 4 migrants your platform for reliable information. her whose car was of the more. i can arts. because you know war isn't love. in those slowly slowly. only a slow the. slow. no love. for the workers. doesn't. seem to hurt. a. small. this is deja vu news live from for let i

anthony blinken, america's new top diplomat, at the g7 meetings in london — re—engaging with the worldt for all the warm words, he was cautious about a us—uk trade deal. as to a trade agreement, what we're doing now is, our trade negotiatorjust got on the job, so she's taking the time to go back and review everything that was discussed, and that's taking some time. and there was a gentle warning that britain's relations with the eu, disagreements over trade rules in the irish sea, should not threaten peace in northern ireland. we want to make sure that whether it's with the united kingdom and the european union, whether it's anything that we're doing, that we make sure to the best of our ability that the tremendous gains from the good friday agreement are sustained, and that the economic as well as political wellbeing of northern ireland is taken fully into account. his message was that america was back on the diplomatic stage. the us, he said, wanted a more stable relationship with russia but would respond to aggression. it didn't want to contain china, but could not accept further br

secretary of state anthony blinken has arrived in london for the 1st in person meeting of the g 7 group of leading nations in 2 years top of the agenda is developing a rapid response mechanism to counter russian dissin from asian british foreign secretary dominic rob says the west needs like minded allies to work together. for astronauts have returned safely to earth after spending nearly 6 months on board the international space station their dragon capsule touched down off the coast of florida in the 1st nighttime splash in half a century it was also the 1st crew mission run by private company space x. on behalf of nasa. this is news from bell and you can find more on our web site's d.w. dot com. welcome to our new special edition of check him this time we invite you to join us on a trip around the globe from south africa to brazil from the kruger national park to the waterfalls of course are. attractive destinations that are all suffering from the travel restrictions of a coronavirus and demick. places that we hope to be able to visit again soon without restrictions. what could be be

secretary of state anthony blinken to come here. jordanians and palestinians to talk in the next couple of days and shore up the cease-fire that is holding so far. >> holding so far. what night next inflame tensions? >> reporter: unfortunately, there's always a pretexts and things that can always spark further violence. we know ostensibly one of the original sources for this late jest outbreak of violence was the controversy over the court case of the potential eviction of families from the shake jarah area. that was a court hearing postponed to come back before the court within 30 days. that is expected to happen at some point in june. it could be further delayed. and there's also, you know, talk, we were just seeing the finance minister on one of the local stations here in israel talking about the possibility for a kind of more comprehensive rehabilitation of the gaza strip. that would require the work of two civilians being held by hamas. it's important to note that the backdrop now that the latest fighting is over, eyes are turn

anthony blinken saying the shocking ability perpetrated by the regime endangered the lives of more than hundred passengers. there was a military jet force the aircraft to change direction. including u.s. citizens. blinken goes on to say suggesting the report of belarus military aircraft es urt coming the plane. and the european commission president sent note. it looks as though this morning as far as what i saw in a brief window, there were not nie u registered planes flying over belarus air space. it might be an immediate reaction. we've seen it happen in the past. there was a turkish airlines plane and chinese planes flying over that particular air space. but we may possibly see moves by the international air traffic association who also strongly condemned in a statement this particular incident and the u.n.'s body, the icao are going to look into it, too. it could potentially make limiting landings and not fly over belarus air space. something challenged in the time ahead. most importantly, it's sanctions here. they had a limited impact, it seems, on the thinking of the president in

secretary of state anthony blinken has criticized china for acting in what he called increasingly adversarial ways but he stressed that a military confrontation would be against the interests of both nations secretary lincoln arrived in london on sunday for a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers with china one of the issues on the agenda. in manama states nationwide rallies calling for others to join them in the spring revolution witnesses say security forces shot several demonstrations instead and a series of explosions rocked the city of young gone it's been 3 months since the military seized power. thousands of residents along kurdistan's border with stan have been returning to damaged homes days after being forced to flee from clashes more than 30 people died in a flare up of tensions between the 2 former soviet states a ceasefire now appears to be holding. the police here in germany say they have shut down a major internet platform that shared images of the sexual abuse of children official said the site on the circle dr net was one of the biggest in the world with more than 400000 members a

secretary of state anthony blinken has arrived in london for the 1st in person meeting of the g 7 group of leading nations in 2 years top of the agenda is dealing with. counter russian this information british foreign secretary dominic rob says the west needs like minded allies to work together. residents along stance border with to deepest on have been returning to their damaged homes days after thousands were forced to flee from clashes more than 30 people died in a flare up of tensions between the 2 former soviet states a cease fire now appears to be holding. colombian president has withdrawn a proposed tax reform after a violent protests and opposition from lawmakers the measure was supposed to be offset deficits caused by the pandemic but opponents say it leaves many people worse off with or she's have sent in soldiers to protests. israel has observed a day of national mourning for the $45.00 victims of a stampede at an orthodox jewish religious festival funerals have been held for the dead including children and teenagers the event was authorized for 10000 people but 10 times that

new sanctions against belarus, anthony blinken called it shocking and accused bell aarus endangering everyone's life on the plane. including some american. >>> a volcanic eruption sent a wall of molten lava a half mile wide toward the city of goma, and the lava stopped just outside the city limits and destroyed 17 villages along the way. dozens are killed and many more missing. electricity is out, the airport is closed and deliveries and aide has been blocked. >> as the night time sky turned a fiery red, panic spread across goma. >> reporter: i remember we saw the same signs where. we don't know what to do. there's no information. just six miles away, the volcano eauto rupted again. spewing hot lava snaked its way to the lake side city, home to at least 2 million people. those that remember the last eruption were terrified the deadly tragedies would be repeated. that disaster left 250 people dead and 120,000 homeless. >>> in the absence of official communication, nobody waited around to see what would happen this time. and so, they fled. heading for higher ground or the nearby ruwand

is putting focus on reconstruction and humanitarian aid in gaza right now but anthony blinken insistshere has to be a prospect of peaceful solution. >> president biden is committed to two-state solution, it's only way to ensure israel's future as jewish and democratic state and give the palestinians the state to which they're entitled. i hope everyone understands if there isn't positive change and particularly can't find a way to help palestinians live with more dignity and more hope, this cycle is likely to repeat itself. >> humanitarian aid is beginning to flow into gaza. palestinian officials estimate reconstruction will cost tens of millions of dollars. israeli air strikes left many structures damaged and unuseable. visits resumed to temple mount, the noble sanctuary. clashes between the palestinians and israeli police helped to trigger cross-border fighting earlier this month. with the latest. >> reporter: that tension is on gaza, trying to rebuild, reconstruct and assess the destruction that's befallen it. hundreds of trucks of aid finally flowing into gaza and tens of millions

in a moment my is exclusive interview with secretary of state anthony blinken. but the deep division of the republican party on full display with liz cheney making a clean break from republican leaders who have succumbed to donald trump. she is aware that leaders are planning to purge her because of her personality and says that history is watching. >>> and on coronavirus, officials expressing optimism that we are turning the corner with nearly 150 million americans receiving the vaccine. but hesitancy at home and death in india makes officials fear the alarming news to come. >> and farm topics, dealing with china, potential of new talks with iran, future of afghanistan and the most critical topic here in ukraine, russian aggression after four years of donald trump. >>> first of all, vladimir putin said he would with draw. he has not. he has left troops, tanks and artillery on the border, a continuing threat to ukraine. what is your message? >> i am here with a message for the ukrainian people and partners. a big part of that message is our commitment to ukraine

house where george floyd's family are to be meeting with president biden us secretary of state anthony blinkennians to rebuild gaza, as the ceasefire holds. the united states is committed to support that effort and doing our part.

ministers from the g 7 nations their 1st face to face meeting in 2 years you know secretary of state anthony blinken is attending the meeting in london hosted by u.k. foreign secretary dominic rob rob and blinken held sideline talks singling out russia and china for criticism it is not our purpose to try to contain china or to hold china down what we are trying to do is to uphold the international rules based order. and when any country. china or otherwise takes actions that challenge or undermine or seek to erode that rules based order and not make good on the commitments that they've made. to that order we will we will stand up and defend the order. colombia's finance minister has resigned after protests over proposed tax reforms took place across the country at least 17 people died and hundreds were injured during the violent demonstrations that continued for several days the tax proposal included a sales tax on public services and some food the president even duke a withdrew the tax proposal on sunday but says reforms are still needed to stabilize colombia's economy. and andrew brown jr a black

eric: secretary of state anthony blinken will be on his way there for several meetings this week with israeli and palestinian leaders. between israel and hamas in gaza it appears to be holding at the moment jewish worshipers in jerusalem were allowed to enter the holy area earlier today for the first time in weeks, meanwhile in gaza city rebuilding efforts underway as groups are delivering much-needed food and water for the hard-hit areas. trey yingst live on the ground with much more. >> good afternoon the united nations announced a major campaign to get money and aid flowing back into the gaza strip after this 11 day conflict as you mentioned there is a cease-fire underway and it appears to be holding for now you can see the devastation across gaza not only military sites but civilian homes hit during the last round of conflict, updating the media and locals about plans that they have to rebuild, there was a media chief and a coordinator here today in gaza city talking about how 40% of gaza's population lacks access to pipe water, the agency described the conflict of having a more i

today secretary of state anthony blinken said gaza is in a grave humanitarian situation following the 11 day conflict between israel and hamas militants. hundreds were killed, most of them palestinians. blinken is expected to travel to the region this week. the u.s. has pledged support to help rebuild the territory. cbs's holly williams is there. >> hamas celebrated the ceasefire with a victory parade. state they governed the gaza strip andheic ha helped bolster their image as the defenders of the palestinian cause. but the people of gaza bother the brunt of this conflict and they're still sifting through the wreckage of splint erred homes and lives. this used to be the gaza international hotel. >> so this was the lobby. >> owned by afaf abu jaber and her family, they built the business up over 25 years. until an israeli air strike targeted the multistory building just next door, shattering the hotel. >> i don't want to cry but when i saw this, i'm very cried, in my heart. >> israel is also claiming victory saying it killed over 200 militants. but 12 civilians in israel were killed by

airlines have canceled flights to tel aviv as the tensions escalate secretary of state anthony blinken as we're mentioning a little earlier saying it said that he will send a diplomat to urge israelis and palestinians at the calm the violence to be very clear again we strongly condemn the rocket attacks coming out of gaza that are targeting innocent israeli civilians and israel has a right to defend itself. palestinians have a right to live in safety and security. and the most important thing going forward now is to take down the violence to deescalate and that's exactly what we're working toward when i can as live from washington d.c. on this i mean i guess the americans trying to put some a kind of pressure this really the last thing that the biden administration needs right now. very much so well the biden administration has been conducting intense diplomacy in recent days we're told by the white house more than 25 calls and meetings have been held between biden the administration officials and the israelis and indeed other countries there has been contact from the state department

secretary of state anthony blinken is hoping to bolster it in his first visit to the region.ders on both sides will need to chart a better course starting by making real improvements in the lives of people in israel, gaza and the west bank secretary blink in reaffirmed u s commitment to israel's security, but blinken says they also want to rebuild the country's relationship with palestinians and the palestinian authority. do that, and he says the u. s. will reopen a consulate in jerusalem, which former president trump had closed after he moved the american embassy to the city and secretary blinken announced roughly $112 million in new humanitarian and developmental aid for palestinians. across these efforts, we will work with partners to ensure. that a master's not benefit from thies reconstruction efforts. meanwhile republicans are doubling down on their support of israel, especially in the wake of several anti semitic attacks throughout the country, which they say progressive democrats have done little to condemn, perhaps because israel has become a strangely controversial

this is our new secretary of state anthony blinken who is featured on "60 minutes" last night wearing worry, doesn't he look tough? there are plenty of tough questions on china, it's his answers that were weak. >> red line with china, then what is? >> there are real complexities to the relationship. >> the chinese have stolen hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars of trade secrets and intellectual property from the united states. that sounds like the actions of an enemy. >> certainly sounds like the actions of someone who is trying to compete unfairly and increasingly and adversarial ways. >> and so did president biden tell president xi to cut it out. >> president president biden made clear that in a number of areas we have real concerns. >> china's gross domestic product is expected to surpass the united states as early as 2028. >> well, it's a large country. it's got a lot of people. >> pete: joining me now mike pompeo former secretary of state, fox news contributor and probably not the owner of a baby bjourn although we will look into that. mr. secretary, thank you so mu

section of state anthony blinken has spoken with israel's foreign minister to reiterate a message of deescalation the state department also condemned the exchange of fire between both sides. israel has the right to defend itself and to respond to rocket attacks the palestinian people also have the right to safety and security just as israelis do we are also deeply concerned about the reported loss of life in gaza and israel including the deaths of children as well as many innocent civilians injured similarly in jerusalem where they reportedly have been hundreds of palestinian palestinians injured as well as israeli police we call on all sides to exercise restraint and to exercise calm let's go live now to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so the u.s. sect of state anthony blinken again calling for an immediate deescalation of violence what do you make of the u.s. response so far that. well what we heard there from secretary of state was also heard from the white house or call for deescalation at the same time almost equating the positions of each of the sides saying that israel has

secretary of state anthony blinken is hoping to bolster it in his first visit to the region.h sides will need to chart a better course starting by making real improvements in the lives of people in israel, gaza and the west bank secretary blink in reaffirmed u s commitment to israel's security, but blinken says they also want to rebuild the country's relationship with palestinians and the palestinian authority. do that, and he says the u. s. will reopen a consulate in jerusalem, which former president trump had closed after he moved the american embassy to the city and secretary blinken announced roughly $112 million in new humanitarian and developmental aid for palestinians. across these efforts, we will work with partners to ensure. that a master's not benefit from thies reconstruction efforts. meanwhile, republicans are doubling down on their support of israel, especially in the wake of several antisemitic attacks throughout the country, which they say progressive democrats have done little to condemn, perhaps because israel has become a strangely controversial issue on th

six, secretary of state anthony blinken says.ourse for the middle east. i mother rivera and washington with more on h five. agree betwed hamas militants who ruled gaza. the 11 day conflict killed more than 250 people before the truce was reached boxes. madeline rivera is in washington now, with more details on secretary blink ins visit. humanitarian aid is now flowing into gaza after israel allowed supplies to enter the region. so far, the cease fire that ended 11 days of fighting between israel and hamas militants is holding. i'll be it fragile. secretary of state anthony blinken is hoping to bolster it in his first visit to the region. leaders on both sides will need to chart a better course starting by making real improvements in the lives of people in israel, gaza and the west bank secretary blink in reaffirmed u s commitment to israel's security, but blinken says they also want to rebuild the country's relationship with palestinians and the palestinian authority. do that, and he says the u. s will be open a consulate in jeru

secretary of state anthony blinken says what is happening amounts to ethnic cleansing. but the u.s.'t ready to declare war crimes are being committed just yet. >> we are keenly aware of the need to determine whether the conduct meets legal standards for atrocity crimes. >> we are acutely awaiting that determination now. many of us believe these are in fact war crimes and crimes against humanity. and i understand the concerns of such a designation, but we cannot turn blindly away when such things happen in the world. alan: ethiopia has been warned it faces strong economic sanctions if the fighting continues, but dismissed u.s. interference in its internal affairs. the u.s. envoy to the region is headedack there next week, hoping strong messages from washington might force a change on the ground. alan fisher, al jazeera, capitol hill. barbara: israel in the u.s. have rejected a vote by the top u.n. human rights body, backing an international investigation into violations during the recent 11-day conflict in gaza. earlier, the u.n. human rights chief said israeli targeting of densely-p

on a trip to the country, anthony blinken warns that america is monitoring russia's behaviour very closely the us sees a record number of migrants crossing the southern border, we follow one family hoping for a better life.

. >> good evening and while he was traveling overseas today, secretary of state anthony blinken was calling his counterparts in an effort to calm tensions in the region. this, a day after president biden spoke to both israeli and palestinian rulers. a defiant prime minister, netanyahu, defended his country's attacks on gaza, in an exclusive interview on face the nation. >> we will do whatever it takes to restore order. we were trying degrade their will to do it again. it will take time, i hope it will not take long. it's not immediate. >> reporter: israel's attacks and the rising death toll in gaza, including dozens of children are drawing global outcry. israel is being criticized for the bombing of a high rise that housed international media organizations. including the the associated press. those journal ists receiving an hour's notice. >> we cannot have the targeting of buildings with press organizations and continue to see the loss of civilian life. it these come to an end. >> reporter: netanyahu claimed that the building housed hamas assets. >> here's the intelligence that we had, it's

russia is still messing with the border of ukraine despite pulling back some as secretary of state anthony blinken promises to defend ukraine from any threat he spoke with andrea mitchell. >> reporter: u.s. officials say russia has 80,000 troops on the ukraine border instead of withdrawing most of its forces by may 1st as it claims, the secretary of state on russia's alarming show of force. will the u.s. defend ukraine if vladimir putin invades >> what we've seen, andrea, there was a massive buildup of forces on the ukrainian border some forces have pulled back, some remain. some of the heavy equipment has been pulled back, but other heavy equipment remains. they can turn that around quickly. >> reporter: secretary blinken is warning of ramping corruption. >> doesn't it show that ukraine has proven it cannot reform. >> ukraine has aggression coming from outside from russia but also inside in terms of corruption that potentially eats away at democracy. corruption is a tool that russia uses to erode sovereignty from the inside. >> reporter: the total failure dealing with the pandemic. with a populat

secretary of state anthony blinken has criticized china for acting in quote increasingly adversarial ways but he stressed that a military confrontation would be against the interests of both nations clinton arrived in london on sunday for a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers china is one of the issues on the agenda. young activists in miramar have staged nationwide rallies calling for others to join them in a spring revolution witnesses say security forces shot several demonstrators dead a series of explosions rocked the city of young gone it's been 3 months since the military seized power in a coup. residents along kyrgyzstan's borders with to have been returning to their damaged homes days after thousands were forced to flee from clashes more than 30 people died in a flare up of tensions between the 2 former soviet republics ceasefire now appears to be holding fast. police here in germany say they have shut down a major internet platform that shared images of the sexual abuse of children officials said the side of the so-called darknet was one of the biggest in the world with more th

the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, has said washington does not yet know if iran is serious uld produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon within a few months. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. antony blinken, america's new top diplomat, at one of his first major international meetings this week, letting the world know the us was back on the diplomatic stage, ready to engage after four years of america first. but will he and the us agree to lift sanctions on iran in an attempt to revive the agreement that curbed the country's nuclear activities, a deal known by diplomats as thejcpoa? i think we've demonstrated our very seriousness of purpose in terms of wanting to get back into the so—called jcpoa, compliance for compliance. what we don't yet know is whether iran is prepared to make the same decision and to move forward. he also warned that the longer iran remained outside the deal, the time the country could take to produce weapons—grade nuclear material, known as the break—out time, would get shorter. right now, unfortunately, iran has itself lifted man

the us secretary of state anthony blinken is in london today to meet g7 foreign ministers.weathliest countries and this is the first in—person meeting these foreign ministers have had in two years. here is mr blinken with the uk's foreign secretary dominic raab. top of the agenda was china, in particular the way in which the us handles its diplomacy with beijing. is not our purpose to try to contain it china or to hold chinatown, once we are trying to do is to uphold the international rules based order that our countries have invested so much in over so many decades to the benefit, i would argue, notjust of our own citizens but people around the world, including china. secretary blinken also spoke about the growing challenge from china in an interview with cbs's 60 minutes. what we've witness over the last several years is china and more oppressively at home and more aggressively abroad. as well as the g7, foreign ministers from the so—called quad are taking part. the is japan — already in the g7 — plus australia, south korea and india, they also attended. these countries a

secretary of state anthony blinken said the u.s. has received further intelligence on the bombing of gaza's high rise that house media outlets like the associated press and al jazeera. but that is not detailed. information. well, coming up next on the kron 4 morning news as the bay area. welcome back. visitors. >> there's a push to clean up the streets of san francisco. the new effort to make market street safer. a marine county has declared a drought emergency conditions up. there are being described as something people haven't witnessed. >> and a century water storage levels local reservoirs are at the lowest level since 1984, the marin county board president says drought conditions the worst. they have seen in more than a 140 are in farm is up there struggling to grow food, feed their livestock. warren county agriculture commissioner says everyone needs to do their part to safe water. >> just the beginning. and you know, the concern is what's going to happen next year. and so we have to prepare for the worst and again, the commun

issue of reconstruction, saying the suggestion of the secretary of state of the united states, anthony blinkenat any reconstruction efforts coming through the u.s. or its allies should invade hamas and be done through the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank. he said that was a trick to divide the palestinian people further. however he also said any reconstruction would be welcome, that hamas would not take a single penny of it. on the issue of the cease-fire, he confirmed it was unconditional, but he wanted more to be done by the international community to rein in the activities of israel in jerusalem, on the compound and in shake derive an occupied east jerusalem. here were some of his recorded remarks that he began the news conference with. >> if the whole world does not move to stop and put a, limit to the practices of the occupation, it will be a reason to ignite a big religious war in the region and the -- and bring in a state of worry in the middle east and the whole world. harry: israel says the large number of civilian deaths on the street was an accident, that it was targe

west would have done for you algae additional system is in bad shape american secretary of state anthony blinken was in ukraine last week there's an apparent need to offer words of comfort and support for the country after russian troops of massed in huge numbers both with border my guest this week from here asking ukraine's foreign minister to me troops pulling about what did he get out of the visit and what with you asking to give. them each of course labor welcomes a conflict zone good after the u.s. secretary of state was visiting kiev last week and said he stands strongly with your country what do you understand about to mean standing strongly with you that means political and military and reforms our support for ukraine we count on our partnership with the united states as much as we count on the partnership with the european union and its key capitals your president was clear that he wanted more than that a few days before being going to arrive to posted a tweet calling for a clear signal about the european and euro at low to prospect in other words a clear signal about your big for membe

secretary of state anthony blinken has said the u.s. wants stable and predictable relations with russia speaking ahead of the g 7 foreign ministers meeting in london secretary blinken went on to say that the u.s. would respond if must scale acts recklessly or aggressively the funeral for andrew brown a black man shot and killed by police deputies has been held in the u.s. state of north carolina attorneys for his family called his death unjustifiable and are demanding the release of the body cam footage of the shooting. today is world press freedom day and what better day to reveal the winner of use freedom of speech award this year we're honoring an investigative journalist from nigeria her name is to boree award and from an early age she stood up for women's rights and called out injustices i'll speak to her in just a few minutes but 1st here's a look at some of her most challenging investigations. a few things excite today of 40 more than finding a good story. of fame is hiring 8 the right to probe one line through. through our law i

secretary of state anthony blinken has criticized china for acting in what he calls increasingly adversarial ways but he stressed that a military confrontation would be against the interests of both countries secretary blinken arrived in london on sunday for a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers with china one of the issues on the agenda. thousands of residents along the stans border with the g q stan have been returning to damaged homes days after being forced to flee from clashes more than 30 people died in a flare of tensions between the 2 former soviet states a ceasefire it now appears to be home. israel's government watchdog the state comptroller has said he's office will launch an investigation into friday's deadly stampede at a jewish festival 45 people were killed in the crash which was the deadliest civil disaster in the country's history government independent agency said it would have could have been present prevented. police in germany have shut down a major internet platform to shed images of the sexual abuse of children officials said the document such as one of the biggest in the