antony: stay tuned. and as far as the american citizen found today, i can't give you any details, but we're wanting to bring him home and because of privacy reasons i can't tell you more. reporter: any update on austin tice? antony: only to say every day we're working to bring him home and making sure the word is out for everyone this is a priority for the united states. reporter: are you concerned at all of israel's widespread air strikes and their maneuvers inside this buffer zone that created angner the arab world among u.s. partners. secondly, i'm wondering what your message would be to erdogan and kurdish forces who lost territory against other militias? antony: first, when it comes to the buffer zone that came from the 1974 cease-fire agreement, what israel has said is that the syrian forces that were on one side of that buffer zone abandoned the area and israel is concerned that vacuum could be filled by terrorists and extremists, so it moved forces into the buffer zone and it told us and told oth

that is antony blinken, let us - antony blinken, let us talk more about what may happen next in syria a senior associate fellow and an expert in geopolitics and security. thank you for being with us. we saw extraordinary scenes in syria today, huge celebrations, lots of optimism and joy, but there are still concerns about what the victorious rebels will do know that they are in government.- know that they are in government. know that they are in covernment. ., ~ , ., ., government. thank you for havin: government. thank you for having me _ government. thank you for having me on _ government. thank you for having me on your- government. thank you for - having me on your programme. yes, there are those concerns but i think syrians have seen a huge amount of suffering over the past 13 years. they have also seen other transitions failed in the region, so i think all of the concerns and worries and the caution that is being expressed from so many quarters further afield, they know these concerned, they share many of these concerns, if not all of these concerns, and i think that they are pr

us secretary antony blinken says they have met direct contact... prince andrew says he "ceased all contact" with a businessman accused of being a chinese spy — after the uk government raised concerns. hello, i'm kasia madera. a former manchester city footballer has been elected in a vote in georgia's parliament, despite condemnation from the incumbent president and the pro—eu opposition that the process is illegitimate. mikheil kavelashvili is a former mp from the increasingly authoritarian ruling georgian dream party and was the only candidate for the job. it comes after 17 days of pro—eu protests across the country's towns and cities. this was the scene outside parliament earlier. the four main opposition groups have rejected kavel—ashvili and have boycotted parliament, insisting that the elections held in october were rigged. our south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhan demytrie has been outside parliament in the georgian capital, tblisi, where protestors have gathered. she told us what they are saying. these protesters, kasia, they

so, sebastian, antony blinken, echoing that word chaos there.f what he had to say? well, i mean, he signed ajoint statement with the arab minister, as well. turkey, of course, has played a very, very big role in the past, but particularly in supporting hts. i mean, i think of all the outside powers, turkey was probably the most proactive in what's happened in the past two or three weeks in the removal of president assad from power. and i mean that message, yes, it's the one that we've been hearing again and again. but if you look at the us record — i mean, move away from syria for a moment, look at gaza. we've heard from antony blinken many, many times, he's made many visits to the region with plans, with pressure, and he hasn't really achieved anything. desperately trying to get a ceasefire in gaza — has been unable to do that. so, i mean, we have to look at this on the level of, as he said, principles. but there's an element of wishful thinking. the one other kind of interesting thing that he said there was that the us has been in touch with h

antony blinken echoing the word chaos. what did you make of what he had to say? he chaos.what he had to say? he signed a “oint what he had to say? he signed a joint statement _ what he had to say? he signed a joint statement with _ what he had to say? he signed a joint statement with the - what he had to say? he signed a joint statement with the arab . joint statement with the arab foreign ministers and also at the turkish prime minister. turkey has played a very big role in the past, particularly in supporting hds. i think of all the outside powers, turkey is probably the most proactive and what's happened in the last weeks in removing president aside from power. that message yes, it's the one we've been hearing again and again —— president aside. if you look at the us record, move away from syria for a moment and look at gaza. we've heard from antony blinken many times, he's made many visits to the region with plants, with pressure. he hasn't achieved anything. desperately trying to get a cease—fire in gaza, has been unable to do that. we have to look at this on the leve

antony blinken and he sent us these comments. . ._ antony blinken and he sent us these comments...ents. .. this leg of his tri- these comments... this leg of his trip to _ these comments... this leg of his trip to the _ these comments... this leg of his trip to the middle - these comments... this leg of his trip to the middle east - these comments... this leg of his trip to the middle east wasj his trip to the middle east was surrounded by secrecy because of the security concerns there still are for american diplomatic trips here to baghdad so we landed in a dc 17 military transport plane here. mr blinking and senior officials were taken into the airfield and put on a flak jacket and was taken by helicopter and flown into central baghdad to the us embassy and then on by motorcade to meet the prime minister. that a very critical set of talks here for the americans because remember how important iraq is to what goes on in syria. there is a shared interest between the us and the iraqis basically around trying to keep the islamic state group contained and degraded in the desert areas o

of course, antony blinken, the — also jordan? of course, antony blinken, the region, _ also jordan?linken, the region, jack - blinken, the region, jack sullivan, the advisor in the white house in israel — this american moves in the region at the moment are trying to end the moment are trying to end the rule or the... for biden�*s time in the white house in a calm situation at least in the middle east. they are trying to make sure to be in communication with the new rulers in syria to make sure that the situation would advance in a stable way, and they want to ensure also that they want to ensure also that the ceasefire with hezbollah is holding, and they are hoping to do a ceasefire also in gaza. figs do a ceasefire also in gaza. as ever, thank you very much indeed. lovely to see you again. let's speak to sahar razavi, director of the iranian and middle eastern studies center at california state university. hello and welcome to the programme. many people are starting to look at what a new syria will look like. i mean, where are we? what are the main priorities that are going to have

and e ej antoni. tony antoni. tony antoni.onald trump stock market rally. this was dan clifton put it out today, since bessent named treasury secretary long term yields have fallen and since donald trump run the election we have a massive historic rally. i know market is sloppy today. everyone is hitting record highs. bessent for bonds, trump for stocks what do you make of it. >> the fact that markets whether equities or bonds are reacting to the professionals back in charge. trump is great for. and nobody knows i think fixed income side and sovereign debt side like bbessent does. >> david malpass, i think, scott bessent is a bril brilliant guy he is building a very good time, mike faulkender is out there. he will be deputy. two under secretaries, very important. the whole economic teamsome category together. kevin hassett will make a great necdirector, working with scott bessent. i think david, your take, it is a very capable competent grouch t -- group that will make good on president trump's promises to cut taxes, cut regul

antony blinken, is he calling for israel to stop? not even indirectly, in the waning days of of the biden administration, i think directly with hts is probably not a wise, not a not a wise approach. the problem, of course, is the us cannot accept, with certain waivers begin to funnel humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to syria with without a de—listing. and that's going to end up, i think, being a decision that whether or not they'll agree to delist is another matter. so a challenge there. of course, you were the former us state department official adviser on arab—israeli negotiations. we heard antony blinken there say that he wants syria to have good relations with its neighbours. we also know that israel has been targeting various former with a very uncertain situation in syria. the assad government was many things, and clearly no one can not be happy that, in fact, it's gone. the israelis, however, will now be dealing with perhaps a more fractious syria and islamist elements, notjust isis, but hts. now, whether hts is goin

let�*s take you like, we can see the us secretary of state antony blinken, here�*s talking injordan, partners about what is happening in syria. about what is happening in s ria. �* , syria. and fulfil its aspirations. - syria. and fulfil its aspirations. also l syria. and fulfil its - aspirations. also critical to unlocking international recognition, support that syria very much needs after decades of dictatorship, conflict, corruption, isolation. i have had many calls over the last days with partners in the region and everyone is in agreement on the need to have a unified approach to advance many of our shared interests, and so here on the ground in the region we are working to build up and build out that unified approach. that was the basis of my conversation with the king today here injordan. i will continue those conversations with resident erdogan as we had turkey going forward. we will also be very focused on banning any actor inside or outside the country from putting their interest ahead of the syrian people, especially in this delicate moment. that includes a course isis, wh

leaders from the arab world, along with the us secretary of state antony blinken, have been meeting injordan to discuss the future of syria. more on that in a moment. first — nearly a week after the overthrow of the syrian president bashar al assad, more details are emerging about the extent of human rights abuses committed under his rule. the bbc has visited a military base, bombed earlier this week by israel, which revealed evidence of torture being carried out there. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, went to the base in damascus, and just to warn you her report contains details you may find distressing. the men who protected president assad have gone, the control room at mezzeh military air base scarred by the moment control slipped away, its abandoned assets now targets for israeli air strikes. israel has been systematically destroying the military equipment left by the assad regime, worried about who might end up using it. russian—made aircraft, israeli bombs, militia backed by turkey, iran, the us — this was neverjust syria's war, and outside powers still have a stake her

us officials have been in, quote, direct contact with the rebel group now in charge of the syria, antony blinking commons the 1st public consummation of american dialogue with h t. s. designated as tara risk by the us, since the ousting of bush are also coming up from you. protesters in georgia for apologies to postpone the switch on christmas lights on the tree outside parliament. us and the rows over the election of a new president the monica jones. good to have you with us us secretary of state and to the blinking says american officials have been in, quote, direct contact with the syrians, april group. hi, it's toyota alshaun. that despite h t is being on the us terrorism list, lincoln has been in jordan for talks with officials from several arab countries tacky as well as the d u d u. and they've agreed to support a peaceful transition process and syria and edge. the country's new rebel lead us to protect citizens rights, the as long as move h t. s. has promised to govern inclusive play off the top thing for short, all upsets dictatorship a week ago. so let's just listen to what ent

s. officials has been in direct contact with the rebel group now in charge of syria. antony blinking his comments on the 1st top, the consummation of american dialogue with h t, as designated as the total risk by the us. since the ousting off of the bus and pro you protesters in georgia port authority to postpone the switch on our christmas lights on the tree outside parliament is and the growth of the election of the new president the i'm going to jones, welcome to the program and with staffing in south korea, where the countries opposition has edge the constitutional court to quickly give its ruling on the future of president june suck your on saturday, south korean lawmakers, those are to impeach the president. overhead. boxed marshal, no attempt has been suspended while the country's top court decides whether to remove him from office opposition. lead a lead. jamie only said in a press conference that a switch position by the court will help alleviate as a national, a mile radius of a more on that story, i'm joined by joel, he john, in sole she's professor of low at hong kong uni

happening right now on capitol hill, secretary of state antony blinken is testifying before the housethdrawal from afghanistan during which a bombing outside the airport in kabul killed 13 u.s. service members and 170 afghans. in his testimony, blinken addressed the gold star families who lost their loved ones that day. >> i deeply regret that we did not do more and could not do more to protect them. to those families who are here with us today, you're in my thoughts. and my prayers. i wish that with us today. i'm deeply sorry that she's not. >> what you heard there outside were pro palestinian protesters shouting outside the house chamber. joining us now is nbc's courtney kube. good morning, how is that hearing going, and i think it's so important that the secretary of state recognize and talk about and shine a light on those 13 service members that lost their lives that day? >> reporter: and specifically speaking to the family of one of those, we believe it to be nicole g, one of the women killed in the abbey gate bombing in august of 2021. that was a powerful moment. it's not one t

us secretary of state antony blinken meets with turkish us secretary antony blinken says they have metndrew says he "ceased all contact" with a businessman accused of being a chinese spy — after the uk government raised concerns. hello, i'm kasia madera. a former manchester city footballer has been elected in a vote in georgia's parliament, despite condemnation from the incumbent president and the pro—eu opposition that the process is illegitimate. mikheil kavelashvili is a former mp from the increasingly authoritarian ruling georgian dream party and was the only candidate for the job. it comes after 17 days of pro—eu protests across the country's towns and cities. this was the scene outside parliament earlier. the four main opposition groups have rejected kavel—ashvili and have boycotted parliament, insisting that the elections

antony: who is counting. michael: he's a long time friend of the council and we're delighted to have him. michael: we are meeting where there have been tectonic shifts, we have this unprecedented competition with china and the rise of the global south and we have pandemic preparedness and all sorts of climate change issues. it's not working? hello? can you hear me? sorry. is that ok? michael: i'll speak more loudly. we're meeting at a time the world has been undergoing fundamental changes. i wanted to ask you, how do you think historians will look back at the biden administration and how it met this moment? antony: mike, wonderful to be with you and wonderful to be back with council and see so many friends and colleagues and so many faces i've known for such a long time. i think you have to start with a couple things. you have to start with what we inherited because it's very easy to forget everything that's now in the rearview mirror was front and center when we took office a few >> we had arguably the worst

we are expecting the us secretary of state antony blinken to make his address as well.t will be following that meeting. the top officials being posted for this meeting, because they want to ensure that the situation in syria does not collapse, that the hts group that overthrew bashir al—assad in that surprise and click overthrowing of the syrian leader, that the camp —— country does not fall into chaos and that some form of peaceful transition to power as possible. for the moment, we have got some lines coming from this press conference from this meeting of arab countries and also the us secretary of state. we will bring those lines to you. more now on developments in georgia, and the parliament has elected a new president. mikheil kavelashvili, a former professional footballer, who was put forward by the governing georgian dream party. live shots from the georgian capital tblisi. pro—eu protesters continue to gather in the capital tblisi and other cities, and accuse the georgian dream party of dragging the country back into russia's sphere of influence, when research s

we'll take you live now to capitol hill where secretary of state antony blinken will testify about thestan in 2021. secretary inken will take questions from the house foreign affairs committee. this is live coverage on c-span3. >>> live to capitol hill this morning where secretary of state antony blinken will be testifying regarding the u.s. evacuation from afghanistan in 2021. he'll be called on to respond to questions from members of the house foreign affairs committee regarding the abbey gate terrorist attack. the committee had voted along party lines for holding secretary blinken in contempt for failing to testify. live coverage on c-span3. >>> once again, we're live on capitol hill this morning, waiting for secretary of state antony blinken. he'll be testifying about the u.s. evacuation from afghanistan in 2021. he'll be responding to questions from members of the house foreign affairs committee this morning regarding the abbey gate terrorist attack, which led to the deaths of 13 u.s. service members and 170 afghan civilians. the committee had voted along party lines in september

it also includes current secretary of state antoni blinken.his is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of state antoni blinken and the former secretary of state john f. kerry. [applause] [applause] sec. blinken: good [cheers and applause] welcome. welcome, everyone. welcome back to the state department. welcome to, i think one of our shared favorite places in the state department. the ben franklin room. i'm always inspired being in this room. we have franklin looking down upon he of course was our first dipl negotiated our first treaty. secured our independence. chartered the gulf stream. pioneered electricity. gave us our ethos of self-governance an none of this did he do while so. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, secretary antony blinken and john f. kerry. [applause] sec. blinken: good afternoon. [cheers and applause] welcome. welcome, everyone. welcome back to the state department. welcome to i think one of our shared favorite places in the state department. the ben franklin room. i'm always inspired bein

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. >> next, secretary of state antony blinken testifying on the united states military withdrawal from afghanistan and thomas manger testifies on the oversight of his department. also addressing department readiness for the upcoming electoral vote certification and inauguration. president biden talks about his administration's record on the economy. >> new york city real estate developer larry silverstein acquired a lease on the world trade center weeks before the attacks. mr. silver shares stories and discussing the political and engineering challenges he faced during his rebuilding effort. >> i said, it's got to be replaced because if we don't, people will leave it, they'll never come back. i said if we don't rebuild it, we're going to give the terrorists exactly what they wanted. i said this is an attack not on the twin towers, much more serious. it's an attack on america and everything we stand for. so we have an obligation to rebuild it. >> larry silverstein with his book "the rising," sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" and all of our podcasts

us secretary of state antony blinken met with israeli strategic affairs minister ron dermer in washington on monday. dermer did not answer questions as he left the u.s. state department, but we've learned that during the meeting, blinken stressed the importance of a ceasefire and a hostage deal, and the need for plans for a postwar gaza. cnn's nadia bashir joins us in london with the latest. if we could talk about gaza in a moment, uh you know, it's you know, it was not unexpected that this ceasefire with lebanon may have some edge to it. it's not. i mean people aren't saying it's over yet, but clearly it shows how much distrust there is on both sides. absolutely. i mean, this is a really fragile truce agreement, and it had been sort of expected over this initial 60 day period that we may see some of the hostilities that we're currently seeing on the ground. >> this is, of course a process in the hope that after that 60 day period, that's when we would see a lasting ceasefire. but what we've seen from about a day after, in fact, the ceasefire was declared, is the israeli military carrying

secretary of state antony blinken is in and car tonight for high-level talks with president erdogan.an emerging struggle in the power struggle where the countries are notably clashed and that is the role of the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces's. the united states has been predicted the kurds of northeastern syria since the overthrow of isis and its base in 2017. what the u.s. air force was protecting the kurds from was not isis itself nor even assad's forces, they were shielding them from washington's nato ally, turkiye. >> when it comes to what is happening in the northeast, look, turkiye has a real and clear interests particularly when it comes to the pkk and terrorism which is an enduring threat to turkiye. at the same time, we want to avoid sparking any kinds of additional conflicts inside syria at a time when we want to see the transition to an interim government and to a better way forward for syria. and part of that also has to be ensuring that isis does not rear its ugly head again. critical to making sure that does not happen is the so-called syrian democratic forces th

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i know just a short time ago we saw secretary of state antony blinken arrive. i know we have those images to show you at this osce meeting. absolutely they are going to face off if you will. but in some ways, this is just a technical meeting. what they're doing is setting up the budget for the next year, deciding who holds key positions. but ukraine will absolutely be at the top of the agenda. now, in the past, of course, russia has criticized the osce, including the foreign minister lavrov, who's called it essentially an extension of the european union. sees it as what russia calls part of eu expansionism. eu aggression against russia. of course, secretary of state antony blinken will take the opposite view with this. now as you mentioned, ukraine's foreign minister is not going to attend most likely these meetings. but we're already hearing ways in which president zelenskyy is trying, yet again, to shape europe to shape europe in a way that supports ukraine's fight. and i am talking about georgia. i know that was the top of that story. we were talking about t

[end video clip] host: antony blinken. you think what happened in south korea, what does it do to the u.s.-south korea alliance? guest: i think the election of former president donald trump has led to a lot of uncertainty among korean officials about what is going to happen for the >> there's been a lot of uncertainty for korean officials for what happens in january and he takes space throws that much more uncertainty into alliance management. that level of uncertainty going for alliance and many now the political domestic south koreaen instability adds a whole new level of relying on that yesterday and we have like new leadership turnover in the form of t really about destroying the other side and both conservative party and opposition party controlling thestepping beyond the normal democratic procedure and institutions are not working. not tolerating the other side as the president did and as pro north korea antistated forces chloric. >> talk about the democracy move in south korea. >> yeah, last time we had marshal law

. >> secretary of state antony blinken said today this is a moment of historic opportunity but also risk and that includes the pentagon's concern about a possible resurgence of isis. >> celebrations around the world and in syria took place after the downfall of bashar al assad. the end of this regime is a defeat for all when able this barbarity in this corruption armed rebels took key cities before claiming the capital damascus, secretary of state antony blinken says he's concerned about the safety of civilians. it's imperative that all actors involved protect civilians, hundreds of thousands of people died in the country's civil war over the past 14 years. the u.s. military says it conducted airstrikes on isis targets in central syria sunday to keep the terrorist group from taking control of syria. >> to keep the pressure on isis and to deny them ability to easily. >> defense secretary lloyd austin says they hit 75 different targets. i think that we're gonna find we've been pretty pretty successful. president joe biden reacted sunday and said this about the ousting of assad along last s

amna: it is notable that secretary antony blinken made a surprise visit to iraq. the iraqi prime minister. he stressed that syria should not become what he called a platform for terrorism. is there a model for syria's future when you look at iraq? >> there is a u.n. resolution that john kerry negotiated with lavrov in 2015 and it lays out what antony blinken is saying. a hopefully democratic, inclusive, reconciled syria with a new constitution that can live in peace. ironically, iraq has largely achieved that through efforts of its own people and with us but it is now under pressure from iran as part of its regional proxy network. but now with syria no longer being on iran's side, iraq has more options. amna: what about iran? if turkey is the big winner post-assad in syria, is it fair to say that iran is the big loser? how do you look at it now? >> i look at it as the loser in one of the biggest military revolutions in the middle east in my lifetime comparable to 1973, the young couple are more -- the yom kippur war. it has lost in lebanon and in its war with isra

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, arrived in the us on thursday for meetings withjordan�*s kingh and turkey's recep tayyip erdogan. —— middle east. the meetings are part of an effort by the biden administration to promote an inclusive syrian—led transition among neighbouring countries and avoid any additional conflicts in syria. it comes comes as syrians continue to search prisons and hospitals for news of missing loved ones who disappeared during a sad's rule. from damascus, our international editor jeremy bowen has our top story. and a warning, there are some details you might find distressing. they have to find the missing and identify the dead before they can build a new syria. 35 more bodies of men killed in prison have arrived at the mortuary, and the hospital mortuary is full. the only way to find a missing son, father, or brother is to look for yourself. translation: it is painful. - at the same time we have hope. if we find him between the bodies, anything, as long as he is not missing. we want to find something of him. we want to know what happened to him. we need an e

antony blinken there.each to the new leadership, an organisation prescribed as a terrorist entity by most western governments, as well as the un, still a bounty of 10 million on his head, how difficult is it going to be to work with a government which has that kind of blacked out?— of blacked out? joined by delaney simon, - of blacked out? joined by delaney simon, senior i of blacked out? joined by - delaney simon, senior analyst for international crisis group and has intensively studied the impact of sanctions around the world in countries around the world in countries around the world including syria. welcome to bbc news. delaney simon, can you briefly sketch for us very complex of all of the sanctions that are now in place on syrian individuals and the syrian state? . ~' , ., individuals and the syrian state? ., ~ . individuals and the syrian state? ., . ., state? thank you so much for askin: state? thank you so much for asking me — state? thank you so much for asking me this _ state? thank you so much

that when they do come up to speak, especially we are interested to hear what us secretary of state antony on from those talks. they have also been condemning israel's air strikes on syrian military assets in syria following the full of basher al—assad. the moment we get anything concrete from this we will bring you it. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. we start with football and there's five matches in the premier league on saturday with four of the top six in action. four of the matches are already under way with around 15 minutes gone. just one goal and it's come at anfield for the visitors who lead i—o. from the corner of my eye, it looks like liverpool had a player sent off as well. more pressure on wolves manager. no goals at newcastle. the late game is first against villa. rangers and celtic are playing the league cup final at hampden tomorrow. three matches taking place in the premiership. they're all underway. ross county leading as her bernie n. fourth place dundee united at fifth place motherwell where it's 1-1. around europe, serie a leaders atalanta are cu

following the power, rob us, secretary of state antony, blinking, declared washington support for the parent military group. various functions are now res. seem to stake a claim on viable lands, adding it to the chaos and uncertainty and bottled syria. well, let's take a closer look at who controls what in syria now in the north yellow marks, areas held by the us back to s d f, which is allegedly linked to p p k, the curtis insertion group in the east. well that's as turkish fact militants have taken over the city of man bitch. all of the green is controlled by the h t s. terrace as well. israel is another force at play. their latest strike is at the town of must be off and the homes, countryside, and central syria. this latest footage released by the idea of shows the country's forces, striking military equipment, vehicles and infrastructure in syria is really army has reportedly destroyed at 70 to 80 percent of serious strategic military assets since a sod was ousted by h t. s. rebels. well, that's well the h t s. continue the season or territory leaving destruction in their wake. r

the us is paying particularly close attention — with secretary of state antony blinken once again inst. he had this message to the rebels who overthrew president assad. any transitional government has to adhere to certain basic principles. it should be inclusive, nonsectarian, it's got to uphold the rights of all syrians, including minorities, included women. it has to make sure it is preserving institutions of state, delivering services. we have to make sure that any interim government also makes sure that syria is not used as a base for terrorism. our state department correspondent tom bateman gave us this update on the talks from ankara. well, these are crucial discussions between mr blinken and president erdogan here in ankara. there have long been tensions between turkey and the americans, specifically over the role of the syrian democratic forces, what the americans see as the moderate, mostly kurdish, but also arab fighters, particularly in the east and parts of the north of syria, backed by the americans, equipped and trained by the americans, holding territory there in which

from massage brutal dictatorship diplomacy around stop in the middle east, us secretary of state antony blinking is in jordan and talk here to talk about serious future, the hello, i mean under assuming the rich, this is out of their life from the hospital. so coming up, the united nation says serious software and he must be respected on the days of he's already asked eyes on the seizure, a full mouth series position. another is really a tax on the refugee counting dogs, us kills at least that's the palestinians, just hours off to the us says it hopes this. these 5 will be agreed in the coming week. and georgia government is preparing to elect a new president. while for testers are demanding a re run of a type as to call them into the we begin with syria, we're an international push for a smooth political transition is gaining momentum. us secretary of state antony blinking isn't talk you. he and president, director of type a one have discussed ability in syria. the us box, the cottage to syrian democratic forces, which anchor considers a terrorist group. and entering the administration

us secretary of state antony blinken says the us has made direct contact with hts, the group leading the rebel alliance in syria. dipolmatic moves are gathering pace to stabilise the country, after the end of the assad regime. and the mystery is continuing to grow in the us after repeated sightings of unknown drones in several states on the east coast. the governor of newjersey has urged president biden to investigate. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello, good evening, welcome to sportsday this saturday night with me, chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: ten—man liverpool leave it late to rescue a draw against fulham as arsenal drop points, too, on a day of missed opportunities at the top of the premier league. england's bowlers recover from a bad start to take nine wickets on the opening day of the final test in new zealand. northampton saints show their spirit in the champions cup — battling the altitude and heat to get a bonus—point win over bulls in south africa. also coming up on sportsday before 7pm: british tennis number one jack draper tells us about his grandmother'

now that's as the secretary of state antony blinking openly admitted that out. so that basically when it comes to a 100000000000 worth of a that the united states have sent to ukraine most over that money. they will use to place orders with the american military contractors who into, according to the us senate of bernie sanders artificially hiked the price tag. and hence they might be quite concerned about the new me wanted. that was promised. and that was teased and denounced by president elect donald trump. but given all of that, still it is quite my eve to assume that the all these american military contractors in military giants are that they will just let go of this food gold mine that as well contracts because of ukraine. and they just let it go without a fight. and by seating the bins as also called on the european nations to finally see and try to track down where all this weapons glue ends up and splitter a large white. sometimes it smelled to crane, but near the premium the other day, it was announced that an audit by the us defense department revealed

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we have learned that senator rubio sat down this morning with secretary antony blinken.n a state department briefing that the two had a quote, constructive and substantiative conversation. now, at the same time, the pressure campaign is mounting on senate republicans to confirm some of president-elect trump's more polarizing cabinet picks. assuming they make it to the confirmation stage, expect fireworks at their hearings. the divide between republicans and democrats is now playing out daily on capitol hill. now, in this case, over trump's choice to lead health and human services, rfk jr., the key question for him, are his antivaccine statements disqualification? >> he wants to make sure parents understand the good, the bad and the ugly, instead of just forcing parents to give vaccines to their kids. at the end of the day, he doesn't believe that we all need to be guinea pigs, that we need to find out if they actually work first. >> these are big issues, life and death issues, let's be very serious about this. this is not a political game. well being of families and the

secretary of state antony blinken is promoting a peaceful transition of power today, during meetingsleaders. >> as syria transitions from the assad dictatorship to hopefully a democracy, it does so in a way that, of course, protects all of the minorities in syria, that produces an inclusive nonsectarian government, and does not become in any way a platform for terrorism. >> syria will be an early challenge for the incoming president and trump's pick for secretary of state, marco rubio. "new york times" columnist thomas friedman writes, there is no country in the middle east that explodes more than syria. whatever happens in syria will not stay in syria. nbc's matt bradley is reporting from the syrian capital. peter baker is a chief white house correspondent. and with me here in studio, richard haass, president emeritas and author of the newsletter "home and away." great to have all of you here. matt, secretary blinken was in turkey and iraq today and expected to visit jordan tomorrow. what do we know about those conversations and the transition that's underway where you are in syria

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no representatives from damascus were invited to the tox, us secretary of state. antony, blinking with spotted speaking privately with the turkish foreign minister. across the top. diplomat reaffirmed his country's priority to fight kurdish militant groups in syria to take a for the laws. and use has been taking advantage of the contract and why them in syria. so they being disguising themselves within the ranks of s p. s. and we have to take the motto, so we have to fight against terrorism. what? meanwhile, in damascus, the circus flag has been raised over the country, is embassy signaling, the reopening of bunker as diplomatic mission for the 1st time and a dozen years. it is the 1st consulate to resume operations since the fall, and besides, well turkey as supports some of the syrian opposition factions that ousted aside it considers the us back. curtis militias to be terrorist us secretary of state, re affirmed washington, support of the group. the spies on 1st position on the as the 1st we have the the. ready ending the church of vices. be sure that's um isis was in a bond state o

i want to talk about the secretary of state antony blinken in the middle east, was happening in syria live report, concerns over whether isis could be coming back in. what is your general thinking here? obviously with a new incoming administration, what the strategy would be in syria. >> i think the priority for the biden administration for the rest of their term is to try and get our american hostages out. we still have at least three that we know of that are alive, plus unfortunately the bodies of the dead americans, which are incredibly important for us to bring home, and i think blinken and president biden senior team is going to learn what it is like to be able to negotiate with president trump's threats at your back because president trump has explicitly threatened both of his rnc convention speech and in his tweets that hamas better bring these americans home. i hope president trump's threats help blinken and his team actually get the americans home. when it comes to syria, there is a series of very bad options here. they go all the way back to president obama's second term, wh

us secretary of state antony blinken says the country has made direct contact with the hts group that has taken over syria. and the mystery is continuing to grow in the us — after repeated sightings of unknown drones in several states on the east coast. the governor of newjersey has urged president biden to investigate. now on bbc news, one of the most successful bollywood actors, aamir khan, talks to the bbc about his hopes for an oscar for lost ladies, his wide—ranging career and his future plans. actor, producer and director, aamir khan is one of india's biggest bollywood stars. it's really lovely to have your work appreciated. with a career spanning for more than three decades, it was his acclaimed movie lagaan, which, in 2002, pushed him to the world stage with an oscar nomination in the foreign language film category. a film that is well made, it travels, you know, good films like lagaan travel. now, two decades later, he's eyeing the oscars again, with laapataa ladies — meaning "lost ladies" — india's official pick for the oscars, directed by his ex—wife, kiran rao. heavy clash

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the ceremony included current secretary of state antony blinken. this is 40 minutes. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, secretary antony blinken and john f. kerry. [applause] sec. blinken: good afternoon. [cheers and applause] welcome. welcome, everyone. welcome back to the state department. welcome to i think one of our shared favorite places in the state department. the ben franklin room. i'm always inspired being in this room. we have franklin looking down upon us. he of course was our first diplomat. negotiated our first treaty. secured our independence. chartered the gulf stream. pioneered electricity. gave us our ethos of self-governance and virtually none of this did he do while sober. [laughter] so i take that as an instruction for all of us. when we're done with the wonderful ceremony that we're about to embark on. on behalf of myself, my wife who is here with us today, i'm so thrilled to have you here, particularly for this occasion. mr. secretary, welcome home. john once described his life as having an almost forrest gump-like quality. a