only then can healing and bore jenko truly begin. us secretary of state antony blinkin has said that he intends to speak with russia's foreign minister, so a lover of to free us citizens being held by russia. it would be the 1st direct talk since the russian invasion of the crane secretary blinkin said his priority would be to secure the release of us professional bascom, basketball, player. brittany greiner and the former marine pool we've been working together on italy is mikaela. christina is in washington dc, and she told us earlier more about what antony blinkin wants to get out of the call, but also what he may have to offer in return. well, in thought imminent the, the u. s. secretary of states wants the release of brittany griner and paul whelan, those 2 high profile us citizens who are in rawson captivity, arbitrary def, tensions is what the united states is definitely calling this. and it is willing to put a substantial offer on the table. asked about this anti blinking wouldn't go into details there. speculation that there could be yet another high profile rawson citizen,

s. secretary of state antony blinkin has said that he intends to speak with russia's foreign minister, so gay lover of to free us citizens being held by russia. it would be the 1st direct talk since the russian invasion of ukraine secretary blinkin said his priority would be to secure the release of u. s. professional basketball. player, brittany greiner and former marine pool whelan, working together on. all right, let's get you up to speed. now, and some of the other stories making headlines around the world alleys, formal, protested, have been killed in the democratic republic of congo after soldiers fired shots, which hit an electric cable that fell on the crowd. the protest was against the united nations peacekeeping mission in the eastern city of vera. and he's 15 people died and protests earlier. hundreds of supporters of the powerful shiite cleric, mac tada al sada, occupied iraq's parliament building wednesday of to breaching baghdad. so high security green zone, they were protesting against to rival blocks. nomination for prime minister, iraq remain stuck in political deadlo

you are a secretary of state antony blinkin says roughly 25000000 people around the world are currently victims of human trafficking. that's according to the state department's annual report on the issue. the report also stress that russia's invasion of ukraine has left ukrainian refugees, highly vulnerable to trafficking the u. i says it has evidence that russia is planning to annex additional ukrainian territory. white house, national security spokesman john kirby said moscow is having to organize sham referendums to formally take possession of ukrainian territory. under his control, kirby said russia was targeting the regions of her son, supper. roger and all of dannetta and lou hans integration by force would be a gross violation of the un charter. and we will not allow to go unchallenged or unpunished. will continue to provide ukraine with stork levels of se curious, sisters. later this week. your ministration will announce the next presidential drawdown. package of weapons and equipment for ukraine will be the 16th such drawdown to support ukraine. since the president took off was

you are a secretary of state or antony blinkin and his chinese counterpart wong league have held their 1st in person talk since october the to diplomat. some met on the side lines of the g. 20 foreign minister summit in bali, indonesia, the pear stress, the importance of maintaining relations between the world's 2 biggest economies. but the g 20 meeting was dominated by russians invasion of ukraine with russian foreign minister. so gay laughter are facing a storm of criticism from western diplomats. with sergei love, rod looked confident as he walked into the summit. the veteran russian diplomat smiled for cameras as he greeted his indonesian host, then almost immediately reporters began shouting questions asking when the war will be over. divisions over russia's invasion of ukraine dominated the discussions at the meeting of foreign ministers. several western countries refused to meet with love, rob, including united states, but ministers from other nations, such as india, china, turkey, and brazil did have bilateral talks with their russian counterpart. because obviously, aggressor,

s. victoria state antony blinkin. he made an unscheduled visit to japan following albert. his death. tell us more about the yes he returned from the g 20 summit in bali and we went to talk you to express that japan and the u. s. are not only l o as allies, but also friends. so that's what he said when he visit by minister. and he really went there to, to extend the sympathies also from our president biden. and also to show that japan and us are really strong in their relationship. and he also said that actually it did a lot to improve that relationship learning. sonya, thank you very much. that was journalist sonya blanca in tokyo. you're watching d. w. news live from berlin coming up next, got a documentary for you. is time on toxic waste from a swedish mining company, and how it ended up poisoning a small community in chile. of course you get all the information you want any time on our website, d, w dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. a man with the memories of a woman ah, ali from syria is born in a female body. forced into marriage, raped.

you are a secretary of state antony blinkin says roughly 25000000 people around the world. a currently victims of human trafficking. and according to the state department's annual report on the issue, the report also stressed that russia's invasion of ukraine has left ukrainian refugees, highly vulnerable to trafficking us judge has rules that a lawsuit filed by twitter against a billionaire ill on mosque will go on trial in october, it was the 1st hearing in our legal tussle over mosque, dropping the $44000000000.00 deal to buy twitter. the social media company wants to force him to complete the buyout. for you. i says it has evidence that russia is trying to annex more ukrainian territory. white house, national security spokesman john kirby said. moscow is telling to organize sham referendums to formerly take possession of ukrainian territory under its control. he added that russia is targeting the regions of course, on the upper asia and all are done yet. and lou husk annexation by force would be a gross violation of the un charter. and we will not allow to go unchalleng

s. secretary of state antony blinkin shrink, found these demanding accountability of her death. she was shot by israeli forces while reporting on a raid in may. and soon as his electoral commission is confirmed at preliminary results, suggesting a new constitution will be approved. 95 percent of those voted, and monday's referendum back to proposed reforms proposed by president guy's side. but the turnout was very low, and the 28 percent of registered voters turned up. the constitutional changes will give side extra powers. the vote was held a year after he sacked government and suspended palms. those are the headlines. the news continues here on our desert after witness and you keep up on our dessert comp . life and robust debate. a lot of folks when they hear the word refugees think stranger, they think other law literally stuck in these camps. it's regardless of your range . the way you're coming from. you said give everybody safety from global issues to those that need to be heard. human rights and land defenders and brazil, they live in a circumstance of permanent violence

your secretary state antony blinkin says a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball star. brittany greiner and former us marine paul whelan. both americans are currently detained in russia. lincoln says he'll speak to his russian counterparts. a lever off in the coming days, locking the highest level talks between the 2 countries. since the ukraine war began. brittany griner faced caught in russia on wednesday. she was detained for carrying hashish oil. ukraine says russian forces are undertaking a massive re deployment of troops to 3 southern regions in what face be a change of tactics. russian troops have also taken over ukraine's 2nd biggest power plant. comes hours after the opening of a joint coordination center, nist and bull. to monitor ukrainian grain export center was opened by turkey's defense minister on wednesday as part of a deal signed by keith and moscow. last week. those are the top stories. the people in power is coming up next to you now to 0. more news for you straight after that. thanks for watching. the weekly look at the world's top business sto

it was a 1st time antony blinkin then sir gay labrat had spoken since the russian invasion we should along that time if we thought there was any opportunity to advance our diplomacy to and russia's aggression against ukraine. we would of course, take it unfortunately, tragically, we've seen no, ah, opening willingness on the part of russia to engage meaningfully on ending the aggression at the same time, i've also said that if there are issues where it could make a difference in senior russians hearing directly from me or from colleagues, we would of course pursue that legislation to ban some types of semi automatic weapons has been passed by the democrat controlled u. s. house of representatives. but it's like at a store when it gets to the senate, where 10 republican votes and needed a number of people killed in floods of eastern kentucky has risen to 25. the u. s. national guard and state police have been using helicopters and boats to rescue dozens of people from homes and vehicles. it follows days of torrential rain and the mountainous appellation region. but frances has apologi

well, the key issue, antony blinkin want to talk about is of course, proceed. griner and pull whelan, those to us citizens being held in russia arbitrary detentions is what the west sides calls them. and it has been talk for a couple of days now of what you is secretary brink and calls a substantial offer on the table. several sources. the thing is that this would be a potential prisoner exchange against victor, about who was imprisoned for 25 years. has a 25 year sentence for, for arms trafficking here in the united states. that would be a very substantial offer. indeed. well, the russian side, coming out of this very conversation, it has called on the us to return to quiet diplomacy. they don't want this particularly out of the open. so if anything this looks like an offer made by the americans, that isn't being answered right out for days now. and that just illustrates how tense relations are. well, if you want to call it relations, the friction is how tense that conversation must have been. if it was frank and hasn't really produced a breakthrough, despite the fact that this ameri

have met, you are secured in secretary of state antony blinkin. sheen's found is demanding accountability after she was killed by israeli forces. she was shot while reporting on arrayed in maine. jamie's national airline loft, dancers canceling more than a 1000 flights because of a one day strike by its ground crew is one of the world's biggest carriers. it says about a $130000.00 passengers will be affected. those are the headlines coming up next and i'll de 0. it's inside story. good by ah says global outrage after me and law executed for pro democracy prisoners. it's military john to has brushed away criticism. can international pressure stop such killings? and what are the chances of me and mar returning to democracy? this is inside store. ah, hello, welcome to the program and burnett's the execution of for prominent pro democracy activist in may and mar, a sparked anger in the country and abroad. the military john to which took power in a qu last year had accused the man of conspiring to admit acts of terror. the activists, including several high profile opposition figures, were trie

in the phone call, antony blinkin says he told sir gay law for all the world expects russia to honor its commitment to let grange shipment safely leave ukrainian ports. love rob said sanctions on russia. were party to blame for the global food crisis, and that weapon supplies to ukraine or prolonging the war. lincoln also warned rusher of consequences if it tries to annex more regions of ukraine. i also make clear to form is deliver off that. in light of recent statements coming from the kremlin about their plans to proceed with the further annexation of ukrainian territory. indeed, foreign ministers onwards replacing democratically elected ukrainian government as well as being part of their ongoing plans. those plans would ever be certain. the world will not recognize accusations. we will impose additional significant costs on russia if it moves forward with plans. rosalyn, jordan in washington, dc has more now on that phone call. all you had antony blank in the u. s. secretary of state, stressing to russia that it needs to find a way to end the war in ukraine, and that it needs to

theories for lack of the speech on was reported view on both for us, secretary of state antony blinkin has resorted to washington's usual narrative. blaming moscow for the crisis in sri lanka, he has said that russia's military campaign in ukraine has caused rising food insecurity around the world. including in sri lanka, thousands of kilometers away. we're seeing the impact of this russian aggression play out everywhere. it again may have contributed to the the situations we locker were concerned about the implications that it has around the world. russia has denied such accusations, saying that western powers have been blaming moscow for things. it isn't involved in dramatic events in sri lanka, or a combination of months of protests due to an unprecedented economic crisis that emerged in the south is a nation long before the conflict interrupted. the crisis has been attributed to the coven pandemic, which deprives the island nation of vital tourist revenue, human and labor rights lawyer. den kamala says, western capitalist interests are actually to blame for sri locust turmoil. what

should turn estate antony blinkin. he made an unscheduled visit to japan following up his death. tell us more about the yes he returned from the g 20 summit in bali and we went to talk you to express that japan and the us are not only allows allies but also friends. so that's what he said he by minister. and he really went there to, to extend the sympathies also from president biden, and also to show that japan and us are really strong in their relationship. and he also said that actually did a lot to improve that relationship. sonya, thank you very much. that was journalist sonya blanca in tokyo. you're welcome. south africa's president serial ram, oppose a, has condemned my shootings with bars and separate locations in the east and north of the country. 4 people were killed in the eastern city of peter merits. bourg hours later, another 15 were gun down in a township outside sweater. locals were enjoying a night out here. it's a wet out orlando, east bar. when a group of armed men pulled up in a minibus taxi, the survival wishes to remain anonymous. lou, this is so we were play

a secretary of state antony blinkin, a former special assistant to president bill clinton. toby got, he says russia isn't interested in negotiating on many issues after 20 years. have a more or less open russia. we now have a russian, it's closing that's becoming much more totalitarian in its treatment of its own people and sees the west as an enemy. and in fact is preparing its population for long war and for a redo standard of living are all in the name of the glory of the russian state. but russia is expecting isolation and is preparing for it. and i think the war in ukraine is a perfect example of that. where their view is, they have certain goals and they would like to achieve those goals. and they're really not interested in whether we accept their definition of what ukraine should look like or whether it should exist at all. so it's a really difficult situation because each side is suspicious of the other side. doesn't believe that there is a, any point in negotiating on some of these issues. i mean, this is amazing if you think about of our secretary state and the russian for

it's unclear if the bill has enough support to pass and send you a secretary of state. antony blinkin says that roughly 25000000 people around the world are currently victims of human trafficking. that's according to the state department's annual report on the issue. the report also stressed that russia's invasion of ukraine has left ukrainian refugees highly vulnerable to trafficking u. s. judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by twitter against billionaire. ellen musk will go to trial in october. it was the 1st hearing and a legal tussle over musk dropping the $44000000000.00 deal to buy twitter. the social media company wants to force him to complete the buyout. in britain, the race to replace boards, johnson, his prime minister, has narrowed with the field, whittling down from fort contenders to 3. former finance minister wishes soon act remains in the lead. conservative m p. 's will reduce the choice to, to this week ahead of a party wide vote in september eliminated from the other. the european union has opened a members of talks with albia and north macedonia, after e u. member

s. victoria state antony blinkin. he made an unscheduled visit to japan following up his death. tell us more about that. yes, he returned from the g 20 summit in bali and we went to talk you to express that japan and the u. s. are not only l o as allies, but also friends. so that's what he said when he and i minister. and he really went there to, to extend the sympathies also from our president biden. and also to show that japan and us are really strong in their relationship. and he also said that actually it did a lot to improve that relationship learning. sonya, thank you very much. that was journalist sonya blanca in tokyo. you're welcome. now to shootings in south africa that countries presents your ram oppose. a has condemned mass, shootings at bars and separate locations in the east and north of the country. 4 people were killed in the eastern city of peter harrisburg hours later. another 15 died after being gone. down in a township outside, sir, wetter locals were enjoying a night out here. it's a wet hose, orlando, east bar, when a group of armed men pulled up in a minib

bought lou lou, cuz the state uh we knew some, these are our top stories. us secretary of state antony blinkin has said he's made a quote substantial offer to his russian counterpart, sergey lover of secure the release of to us detainees, and russia. officials are suggesting the deal could be a prisoner exchange, lincoln and lever off are expected to discuss the matter next.

ah ah ah ah ah, you are a secretary of state antony blinkin has resorted to washington's usual narrative, blaming moscow for the crisis in felucca. he has said that he rushes military campaign in ukraine has caused rising food insecurity around the world, including in sri lanka, thousands of kilometers, way we're seeing the impact of this russian aggression play out everywhere. it again may have contributed to the the situations locker were concerned. about the implications that it has around the world. he dramatic events in sri lanka are a result of the combination of months of protests due to an unprecedented economic crisis that hit the south asian nation before the ukraine conflict interrupted how the crisis has been attributed to the coven pandemic, which deprived of the island nation of vital tourist revenue, human and labor rights, lawyer dank of alex as western capitalist interests are actually to blame for sri lanka. turmoil, what happened in sri lanka is the result of western capitalism run amok. this has nothing to do with russia and everything to do with the failings of weste

you a secretary of state antony blinkin says roughly 25000000 people around the world are currently victims of human trafficking. that's according to the state department's annual report on the issue. the report also stressed her book that russia's invasion of ukraine has left ukrainian refugees, highly vulnerable to traffic. a u. s. judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by twitter against billionaire ulan mosque will go to trial in october. it was the 1st hearing and illegal tussle over mosque. dropping the $44000000000.00 deal to buy twitter. the social media company wants to force him to complete. the bi aft versus leader leading female tennis player has come out as a lesbian and an online video. daria cut sakina, who is currently ranked 12 in the world, said she was in a relationship with a woman, but she also slammed homophobic attitudes in her home country. russia is considered one of the worst european countries for l. g. b. teach you, right. sudan has been in the headlines for months because of political on rest, but even though life in the capital cartoon is marked by crisis daily a

former japanese prime minister, the white hiv says it's shocked and saddened secretary of state antony blinkin has spoken in the last hour. i do have to say before with that we are right about the way we don't know john or force. i'm very very, very sad. we're waiting. moving on, russian president vladimir putin has warned that most goes offensive in ukraine has barely begun. he also accused the west of fueling the war and said that it's efforts to defeat him would bring tragedy to you. crank. he was speaking to parliamentary leaders. here's what he had to say. to renew my solution. we're hearing that they want to defeat us up william on the battlefield. what can i say? let them try mozambique. we have often heard the wes wants us to fight it until the last ukrainian it that there it's a tragedy for the ukrainian people, but what it looks like is heading in that direction. no, sir, those was but everybody should know that largely speaking. sure that we haven't even yet started anything in earnest. 3 of them at the same time, we don't refuse peace talks. but those who refuse should no longer lo

also continue to stand with ukraine. antony blinkin is about to embark on a 2 week long trip that will take him to africa and south east asia. but he will expect to love focus very closely. not just on the warren ukraine, but on the fate of americans who have been detained there wrongfully. in washington's view, it's a complicated situation. but the priority is to both try to in the war and to bring americans home. but toby, gassy, was a former special assistant to president bill clinton. she accuses moscow of not being interested in negotiating on many issues after 20 years of a more or less open russia. we now have a russian, it's closing that's becoming much more to college. harry, in its treatment of its own people and sees the west as an enemy. and in fact is preparing its population for long war and for a reduced standard of living, all in the name of the glory of the russian state. but russia is expecting isolation and is preparing for it. and i think that the war in ukraine is a perfect example of that. where their view is, they have certain goals and they would like to achieve

he doesn't believe it's going to now are you a secretary of state antony blinkin says a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball player britney griner and from the u. s. marine pool whelan, they're both currently detained in russia. he says he'll speak to his russian counterpart, sag elaborate in the coming days. good reason issues. it's a top priority for us. the release of americans, paul whelan, and brittany griner. we won't be detained and must be allowed to come home. we put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago, facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal. and i use the conversation to follow up personally and i hope move us or to resolution. while patty col hand joins us from washington, d. c, for more on this. now, passing, given that we're hearing this from blinkin. how close the way to this being a done deal it would seem to indicate that it's pretty close to me. let's think about, take a step back where they do these prisoner exchanges between any country they don't normally broadcast from t

essentially, antony blinkin is a condemning the russian attack on the port in odessa as a sign that russia was not being serious when it negotiated this deal in direct deal, i should say, with ukraine to allow millions of tons of grain to be shipped from ukrainian ports and delivered to countries abroad. the a statement from the secretary of state indicated that not only did the russians a show cows disregard for the lives of ukrainian civilians, because this was not a military target. this statement also says that russia is essentially showing cows disregard for the well being of people around the world, and thus is responsible for what the was considered a deepening global love food crisis. this is a situation where, whereas the grain wasn't supposed to be shipped right away, but that certainly could impede the ability of ukrainian officials to get that cargo on, on to the high seas as quickly as possible. now, it is worth pointing out that while the un and turkey were helping to negotiate this deal between ukraine and russia. earlier in the week, the state department indicated that the

access to his staff. japan's prime minister whom yuki sheeta as met with you as secretary of state antony blinkin. lincoln delivered condolences over the death of japan's former leadership. the abbey, who was assassinated on friday. lincoln's visit comes after because she does governing coalition secured a solid majority in sunday's elections and some football news now paul pop, but as rejoined juventus on a free transfer after his majesty united contract expired. the 29 year old france midfielder won the italian title twice with the children's side before then world record 105 1000000 euro transfer to united in 2060, which did not really work out for the 2018 world cup winner. and he is now did back to italy with you're watching d w. c. as a reminder, off all top stories, russia has shut off natural gas deliveries to germany by the north stream. one pipeline. the pipeline is due to be offline for 10 days for scheduled maintenance. bus. berlin is bori moscow could extend the shut down as tensions over the war in ukraine arise. ukraine is urging civilians in the occupied south of the country to ev

ah, you know, 6, your state antony blinkin says a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball. a brittany greiner and former us marine pool whelan. both americans are detained in russia. lincoln says he'll speak to his russian counterparts. i gay lover off in the coming days. mocking the highest level talks between the countries since the ukraine war began. i'm glad arisen issue. that's a top priority for us. the release of americans, paul, willing, and brittany griner. we want me to attain and must be allowed to come all a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago. facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal. in the conversation to follow up personally, and i hope you guys are the resolution. i think i'll hang on just lie from washington d. c. so do you have any more idea about what this offer involves? well they're not seen specifically, but you can read between the lines and pretty much figure out what's happening. and we've really been seen signs for weeks now that this a prisoner transfer prisoner swap

you are a secretary of state antony blinkin says a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball player britney griner and former us marine poll whelan. they're both being held in russia. he says you're going to speak to his brushes. foreign minister said, you love rove and the next few days. i reason issue that's a top priority for us. the release of americans, paul wilson, and brittany grier law. me detain and must be allowed to come all substantial proposal on the table weeks ago. facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal. it owns the conversation to follow up personally. and i hope movers are to resolution medical haynes good more from washington dc. it would, it seemed to indicate that it's pretty close to me. let's think about, take a step back when they do these prisoner exchanges between any country. they don't normally broadcast from the state department from the secretary of state himself a. but we've been seeing these indications for a while of the russians had said that they couldn't, can contemplat

s. secretary of state antony, blinkin and russia's foreign minister sick. i love have spoken on the phone for the 1st time since russia invited ukraine in february. lincoln says he warned leverage against any annexation plan. he also urged leverage to accept a u. s. deal to release to american citizens detained in russia. russian state media reports lever of top lincoln, the 2 sides must return to quiet diplomacy for prisoner exchanges. a quote in the u . s. has decided civil lawsuits brought against libyan wall. busy khalifa, hafta can be heard in federal courts. have tom who's a us citizen is accused of war crimes and extra judicial killings. during libby as civil war. the world bank says he'd warrant give show lanka, financial assistance until it puts economic reforms in place. the country has been plunged into a date financial crisis since 2019 and man mcmillan trays accused of using fighter planes to fire and guided munitions in civilian areas. independent investigators say the june to has increased air attack since last east coast. all right, those ar

s. secretary of state antony blinkin says a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball player britney griner, and former us marine pool whelan. they're both detained in russia. he says he'll speak to his russian count upon sag a lover of in the coming days. risen issue that's a top priority for rush, release americans, all wheel drive all the time and must be allowed to come all substantial proposal on the table weeks ago. facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal to the conversation to follow up personally. and i, oh gosh or to resolution. while the russian foreign minister sag elaborate is currently in ethiopia for the 2nd leg of his tor, on the african continent. lab rob is aiming to reassure nations hit hard by the global grain shortage. millions of people across africa have been left without adequate access to food because of soaring prices. nasa has announced that russia is sticking with the international space station for now. according to the u. s. space agency, moscow told nasa on wednesday that they will

he was secretary of state antony blinkin says that he's laid out america's concerns of a freedoms in taiwan to china's foreign minister wang iep. the 2 met on the sidelines of the g. 20 meeting in ali, a hearse carrying the body of the assassinated, former japanese prime minister, shims obey has arrived at his residence in tokyo, senior members of his liberal democratic party with their to pay their respects. i'll be, was gone down in the city of nada on friday. russia has vetoed a resolution of the un security council that sold to extend a deliveries to syrians in the last rebel held region in the north west. the u. n. is wanting the closing the corridor via the bible, how a border crossing could be catastrophic. and canada's largest mobile internet provider has suffered a major outage, affecting bank atm and emergency service hotlines rogers, telecommunications says it's working to resolve the nationwide problem. are those are the headlines more useful here now to sierra after counting the cost? next. how and why did soon become so obsessed with this law, we were giving them a tool

your sex, your state, antony blinkin, says a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball. a brittany greiner and former us marine paul whelan, who are both detained in russia. he'll speak to his russian counterparts. i lever off. in the coming days, mocking the highest level talks between the countries since the ukraine war started had risen issue that's a top priority for us. the release of americans, paul whelan, and brittany griner, want me to pain and must be allowed to come off. we put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago, facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal to the conversation, to follow up personally. and i hope move us or the resolution she had for tansy jones aside from washington d. c. so how, how big a deal is this exchange? it's a big deal for various reasons. actually, i mean it's been rumored that there might have been some kind of negotiation with a potential hosted swap for some time. however, us policy and certainly department of justice policy is they do not support hosted

they've sent a letter to secretary of state antony blinkin demanding answers about a u. s. lead review into her killing son as a say that investigation doesn't live up to blink in school for an independent, incredible inquiry. the signatories to the less at all chris van holland, chris murphy, patrick lee, he and dick durbin, serene, was a us citizen. she was shot in the him by his writing forces while reporting on raids at the occupied westbank in hong kong. the veteran activists known as grandma wong has pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful assembly. 66 year old has been detained several times. she's known for waving a british flag while taking part in the 2019 pro democracy movement trial. the husband joined adrian brown has moved from uncle off the she was detained, she was denied custody and has been basically in jail. now for the past 6 months. now, grandma wong is well known, she stands out because it's the property she used to use during the protest in 2019 she would waive a large union jack flag. and of course, in the eyes of the authorities, that was a very so

also continue to stand with ukraine . antony blinkin is about to embark on a 2 week long trip that will take him to africa and south east asia. but he will expect to focus very closely, not just on the war in ukraine, but on the fate of americans who have been detained there wrongfully. in washington's view, it's a complicated situation. but the priority is to both try to in the war and to bring americans home. meanwhile, ukraine and russia had accused each other attacking a prison in the separatist held don bass region, killing at least 40 prisoners of war. most of them were from the as of battalion which defended the city of matthew polt before it fell to russia. till she dooley. this is a deliberate war crime by the russians, a deliberate mass, murder of ukrainian prisoners of war, the dis, disney bid. mom was an uncle, bob, these are the chances of greens. he every one who abuses ukrainians who tortures and kills, should know that there will be punishment for this if some of the russian killers hoped that they will not be brought to justice. that they will hide somewhere, let them k

your sexual estate, antony blinkin, says a substantial offer will be made to secure the release of basketball star. brittany greiner and former us marine pull whelan. both americans are currently detained in russia. lincoln says he will speak to his russian counterparts. a lever off in the coming days, locking the highest level talks between the 2 countries. since the ukraine war began. brittany griner faced courting russia on wednesday. she was detained at moscow airport in february, carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil. hopes that millions of tons of grain blocked in ukrainian ports will soon reach the wells market. with the opening of a joint coordination center in istanbul center was opened by turkeys defense minister on wednesday. it's part of the landmark deal signed by keith and moscow last week, allowing long located grain exports to resume assemble will oversee departures from 3 ukrainian ports where ships may need to circumvent. mine's turkish officials were also could not inspections of incoming ships for weapons as the top stories do, stay with us, witness continues. ne

we're oh, does the state of we news and these are our top stories. us secretary of state antony blinkin has said he's made a quote substantial offer to his russian counterpart, sergey love. ralph, secure the release of to u. s. t t needs and russia officials are suggesting the deal could be a prisoner exchange. lincoln and leverage are expected to discuss the matter next.

s. secretary of state said abbe was a great leader with a great vision antony blinkin said. abbe brought us japan relations to new heights . as that it was not only a loss for japan before the whole world law that g 20 meeting and indonesia. it's been overshadowed by tensions around russia's invasion of ukraine. jessica washington reports of bali when russian circ a lump rav arrived at the t 20 foreign ministers meeting his host. indonesia is read. no more sooty, greeted him warmly. members of the media would not as welcoming this gathering marks the 1st time g. 20 foreign ministers have met. since russia invaded ukraine, and the war has dominated the meeting lever of accused his western counterparts of russell phobia and said they are deliberately not looking for common ground on economic issues. no, it was not us to abandon all points. was united states. oh, that's all they can say. ukraine invited as a special guest by and lisa has accused russia of deliberately stopping the world by disrupting supply chains. it says it's beautiful to talk about food and energy security without coolin

s. secretary of state antony blinkin described his talks with his chinese counterpart, one e as constructive and useful. the 2 met following the g. 20 foreign ministers meeting in barley marking their 1st bilateral in person meeting since october last year. secretary blinking described the relationship between the us and china as highly consequential, not just for the 2 countries, but for the rest of the world as well. and as such, he said the relationship needs to be managed responsibly. he said the meeting lasted more than 5 hours and covered a variety of topics. he took the chance during the meeting. he said to raise concerns over the situations in shin jung to bed and hong kong with regard to human rights. and also what he remarked as china is increasing aggression over taiwan. none of these are easy topics, but the united states seems always to be consistent voice and human rights environmental freedoms that the stand against china or any other country. but to help about peace, security. and human dignity. the war in ukraine has been really the main point of discussion during the course

yes, x, your state, antony blinkin has urged china and members of the south east asian block. and as i san to put pressure on me and mas rulers to return to democracy, he says the country must be held accountable to a peace deal agreed last year. all countries have to continue to speak clearly about what the regime is doing, and it's ongoing repression and brutality. we have an obligation to the people of drama, to, to hold the regime accountable, regional support for the regimes adherence to the 5 point consensus. develop biopsy on is also a critical that has not happened. and i think all the icing on countries need to hold the regime accountable for that ought to continue to demanded immediate cessation of violence, the release of political prisoners and the restoration of from his democratic path . a gray wildfires threatening a grove of ancient trees in one of america's most famous national parks. yosemite is home to more than $500.00 giants sequoia trees, which grow taller than 76 meters. officials say the fi as well and doubled in size in a day, prompting evacuation orde

a sector state antony blinkin says that he'll be speaking to his russian counterpart survey lagrow for the 1st time this weekend since the kremlin decided to invade ukraine. raise an issue that's a top priority for us. the release of americans, paul wilson, and brittany griner law. detain and must be allowed to come all on a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago, facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal. and i use the conversation to follow up personally, and i hope you've us, or to resolution. political hand has more from washington dc. it would, it seemed to indicate that it's pretty close to me. let's think about, take a step back when they do these prisoner exchanges between any country. they don't normally broadcast from the state department from the secretary of state himself a. but we've been seeing these indications for a while of the russians had said that they couldn't, can contemplate any sort of prisoner exchange in till brittney grinders case went through the legal system. so just a few weeks ago, we saw her pl

minister renelle, vic rema singer has said he's willing to step down your secretary of state. antony blinkin says he's had a frank discussion with chinese foreign minister, one a when the 2 met on the sidelines of the g. 20 meeting in bali begging says the to reached consensus on improving the countries relationship. and dave on mosque has confirmed his terminating his at $44000000000.00 takeover of twitter. the test the ceo's legal team says the company breached the deal. the twitter says it will soon musk to enforce the agreement. ill on masks, canceled twitter deal was made and collapsed in a matter of months. let's take a closer look. mask started buying the company shares at the start of the year by april. 4th, he was twitters. it biggest shareholder, 10 days later mosque offered to buy for $54.20 a share. twitter initially refused 5 accepted it a week later on may 13th musk amounts. the offer was on hold until he had seen a report on spam and frank accounts on the platform. and on friday he called off the deal accusing twitter of breaching the terms of the agreement. the company says h

yesterday, antony blinken spoke to serhiy lavrov for the first time since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, and one of of this conversation. it was the foundation of mr. blinkin'scall on behalf of many countries of the world to fulfill what russia agreed to in istanbul. they made it impossible and possible . export of grain from ukrainian ports through the black sea. well, i don't know. does anthony's call mean anything to lavrov for the russian federation ? damn blinkin but less so he thinks it is important that he heard directly from me on behalf of many countries the expectation that russia will take the next steps in accordance with the agreements and end the blockade and allow passage please tell me sir pavly well, for the russian federation, it's actually a tremendous success that the representatives of the united states of america at least talk about something, at least in some format, to the phone and talk to them, don't you think that the russian federation is somehow trying very, very hard draw the united states into such contacts and why, if so, it might be important for them and i don't see any wild success although i understand that you are so sarc

secretary of state antony blanket, wrapping up a visit to bali for the g. 20 foreign ministers meeting tension between the western china has been front and center during the event on friday, blinkin spoke about the discussion that he'd had with china's foreign minister wang ye. i convey the deep concerns, the united states regarding visions increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity toward taiwan and the vital importance of maintaining peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and i relate our concerns about the repression of freedom in hong kong, forced labor, the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in tibet, the genocide inch and job. now, none of these are easy topics, but the united states seeks always to be consistent voice on human rights and fundamental freedoms not to stand against china or any other country, but to help the best piece security and human dignity. beijing has been condemned. russia's invasion of ukraine and just days ahead of the g. 20 meeting. it signed a so called no limits partnership with moscow. after the saturday meeting with biden wang, he said that the 2 countries need to get their relationship back on track to missouri about china

s. secretary of state antony blinkin has said he's made a quote substantial offer to his russian counterpart, sergey la ralph, secure the release of to us detainees and russia. officials are suggesting the deal could be a prisoner exchange. lincoln and lever are expected to discuss the matter next week in their 1st direct talks since the russian invasion of ukraine. russia has cut gas deliveries to germany through a key pipeline to just 20 per cent of normal capacity. moscow says the reduction is because of maintenance work on the north stream, one pipeline. the german government has described it as a power play. more wildfires are burning across europe. one of germany's most popular national parks is threatened by a blaze which has spread from the czech republic. global warming has made droughts and heat waves, more intense, a sustainable unit from berlin. you'll find much more on our website. that is d, w dot com. ah, taiwan has been holding its largest ever military drills to practice repelling a chinese invasion intentions of being for the stoked by rumors of a potential visit by us. how