independent investigation noting, that every conclusion in this report had to be signed off by china frances. >>> longtime confidante of jeffrey epstein, ghislaine maxwell, is now facing sex-ts sex-trafficking charges. prosecutors allege maxwell recruited a 14-year-old girl to engage in sex acts with epstein on multiple occasions between 2001 and 2004. in the case against her, this is the fourth underaged girl alleged to have been a victim. maxwell now faces a total of eight counts she pleaded not guilty to the original charges and remains in jail while she awaits trial. >>> all right. let's get a check of our weather now, with nbc meteorologist, janessa webb, to see what she is watching hi, janessa, good morning. >> good morning, good morning, everyone you know, we have goodness across the board, this morning clear skies in most spots. we are watching just a small band of moisture across the panhandle of florida but that will push offshore. it is really vital you enjoy this afternoon across the east coast because the game, it's going to change for the southern plains, all the way into the t

plan and people fall for it every day every time every time and bill whether it's russia the us china france or even a lot of coal were to make a what do you feel is the best path moving forward we've already opened pandora's box but how can the nation best defend themselves online while not sacrificing citizen privacy or escalating into a cyber arms race. to me that it's really been simple long if you find a problem you notify the originator of the device or software and they fix their problem if you want to have cyber security you've got to do that kind of thing otherwise. if you're not secure and and they can do things with meditative that are possible to deduce without having to read what people are saying although they probably lost a lot of that keep belief i don't it's questionable because if they continue to late to need all the content of communication that people then then they have lost that capability but you know the stuff the new things coming in like by gee i mean this is not this is not something that saith these this kind of radiation can be deadly and i just think that we n

than 50 countries, but those do not include any of the world's nine nuclear powers -- britain, china, franceael, north korea, pakistan, russia, and the united states. we are joined now by alicia sanders zakre, policy and research coordinator at the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. the group won the nobel peace prize in 2017. thank you for joining us from geneva, switzerland. can you talk first about the u.k. lifting the cap on development of more nuclear weapons? and then the united states developing this massive quarr of a trillion dollar nuclear weapon? >> absolutely. thank you so much for having me here today. for paying attention to these really important, really concerning developments in both the united states and the united kingdom. i think it is really important to link these two stories becauswe are saying this uniformed response of nuclear armed states to what the rest of the world is calling for, which is the totallimination of nuclear weapons. in the united kingdom, there was this reset irresponsible anti-democratic move to increase the cap of nuclear warheads,

united states buying equipment they don't have to buy from us, they could buy is from russia or china or from france. or other people. and you know we're talking about 400 million over a -- billion give it free. of they actually pay their bills. you know tremendous numbers of jobs. it is a big purchaser. and you know we have to look at that with everything else. it is unfortunate the whole incident took place. they their viewing it maybe in a similar fashion, very interesting. steve: that is what i thought. there is another area where very different. approach to one you laid out today, from the border. want to just reference a news report last week, february numbers, of children separated from their families at border, highest in history of the program. and cbp officials now projecting that by may there will be 13,000 children separated from their families at the border. way more than anything that occurred on your watch. and my question, do you think that in the end, they will copy your border policy if only on humanitarian grounds? >> i cannot tell you, but this open mat policy they have, come on

sells as many arms and stand as russia germany france and china combined that may surprise some people do you see any concerns to such a scenario almost a monopoly on arms. the concern is largely with the buy assault weapons many countries that buy weapons. would like to have a choice where the supply rich just in case they want supply of that take use is doing difficult they want to go somewhere else to another supplier that is not doing so difficult and if you get a new monopoly then it becomes very difficult for supplies to make their own choices what do policies that got dictated by the supplier design give the us greater leverage cannot influence countries foreign policy depending on how willing the us is to sell them weapons it definitely does mean it's a so what the us aims at and many other countries also use weapon export supply as a tool of foreign policy so it's not just i want to make money but i want something from foreign policy goal that is in my interest maybe not necessarily in the interest of the buyer and if you are to major supplier you have your hands on a lot of t

and china chinese ambassadors were also summit in italy in france embassies were flooded with concerns and protests europe appeared to be united in outrage for union soon liberal sanctioning others europe really doesn't like to be on the receiving end china has retaliated to those sanctions and rather than changes policies and address our legitimate concerns china is against a blind eye and these measures are there to will the next unacceptable. it since i think about the towel parliament would even entertain their idea fred to find the e.u. china investment agreement while its members and one of his kmita on dissensions efficient statement of the chinese side explained what are these that push china to do this that todd they say of the hypocrisy the double standards that europe applies to itself and its friends and different standards to everyone else has an example within days of europe excluding an outrage over china daring to sanction m e p's you crave did the same thing sanction members of parliament for visiting crimea silence nothing neither germany nor france will easily summon

china. launching officer ally from a headquarters in doha and also coming up germany and france are among several european nations to resume using cope with $1000.00 baht soon after regulators conclude it's safe.

i just want to tell you it's great to be back here in general west more in france. china whole tour trying to find his way out of the washroom. they don't have this many starts at the academy awards, and it's just as much jealousy. but enough about my problem. now vietnam is less than half the size of california and the same shape. so why doesn't ronald reagan come over here and strength in the whole thing out? this is christmas day. i'll tell you, it's a wonderful thing here in vietnam. there's a great holiday spirit this morning, a perfect stranger handed me a gift beautifully wrapped. i can't get over the way he timed of houston to a bowl. phenom is the only place in the world where you can get a purple heart opening your christmas present. and sanitize afraid to come to vietnam, yet last year he only got as far as the first hole and it was picked up by the mps. . at least once that every base, we have to give the audience in on when the action. don't just sit there, get up and wiggle. all four stars. general westmoreland came up on stage. bob, i want to thank you and

in canada, 900,000 have been infected, 4.5 million in the u.k., 4 million france, two .5 million germany, 500,000 to pan in china is reporting about 100,000 infections. when it comes to deaths, here are numbers, the u.s. again at about 527,000. canada, 22,000. 125,000 in u.k., 90,008 france, 73 thousand germany, 8400 japan and china is reporting less than 5000 deaths at this point. back to your voices and calls, shawnee new york, -- sean in new york. good evening, what has the year been like? >> it has been an interesting one. i'm baffled by the narrative over the past year that grandparents can't hug families. grandparents shop at supermarkets among strangers but can't hug their grandchildren. it doesn't add up. it sounds like a classic example of maximum pain for political gain. and it is interesting biden is claiming credit for increasing vaccination percentages in people when he took office because obviously, there would be a higher percentage of people vaccinated by then, just like there would be a higher percentage of people vaccinated by the time of his administration. the whole thing is interesting. gove

children to eat it's never too late to take our action let's restore our forests and begin to france and china. this is news and these are our top stories at the start of a 4 day visit to iraq pope francis has appealed for an end to sectarian violence and religious divisions his trip marks the 1st ever papal visit to iraq it's meant to rally the country's dwindling christian community many of whom have fled abroad to escape persecution he'll meet with political and religious leaders and visit a former islamic state group stronghold mosul. the e.u. and the us have agreed to a 4 month suspension of tariffs linked to a long running trade dispute each side accuses the other of unfairly subsidizing their respective aircraft makers air bus and boeing. struck the deal in a phone call with u.s. president joe biden. kenya has begun its long awaited covert 1000 vaccination campaign health ministry director patrick a moth was the 1st to get inoculated following this week's delivery of about a 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine health care workers are 1st in line for the shops. this is to get the n

we see countries like germany the netherlands and france all sailing through the south china seas ande navigation. i think the big issue is the trade issue. europe is more than just germany and france. the u.k. has been surprisingly strong when it comes to china and hong kong and other small countries are pulling the weight i think it will be interesting as your participates. tom: how should the american banks respond to the limitation of liberty in hong kong? what should they do in hong kong, shanghai and beijing? >> the trump administration started by sanctioning a hong kong official. my concern is that i don't want to harm the hong kong people. the chinese government is starting and suffocating democracy in the country but i don't want to see a massive pullout of our companies and their banks. i want is to open her doors to the hong kong people. i don't have a silver bullet for this one. i think we will treat hong kong the way we treat the rest of china. that is increasingly what hong kong will be, just another chinese city. it's a tragedy actually. jonathan: it's good to catch up,

the p 5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything the biden ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now are james pattison is a former u.s. diplomat he says the biden administration should not back down against iran. americans were told that during joe biden was elected president that he was bringing an expert team into the ministration especially on foreign policy because that's the area east nationalized in over 50 years and want in the senate. this revived in his next words look very foolish right now in the eyes of the world because they can't get there they are there in the process of trying to meet the demands of. the iranians and they're just making america look very weak in the world and questioning whether mr vireo party plans to take on or again you know last we keep our rainy and malicious

a veiled message that there's a high price to pay if chile decides to limit china's economic influence. al-jazeera. france's foreign minister is appealing for calm after a 2nd night of police protests in athens dozens of people have been rallying after a video about social media of officers beating a young man who was allegedly breaking social distancing of the one police officer was injured in tuesday after he was attacked by protesters demonstrators have been throwing rocks and homemade firebombs security forces responded with tear gas and water countering. at least $39.00 refugees and migrants have drowned off the coast of june is the coast guard recovered the bodies after the boat sank close to the qana islands they also rescued $165.00 people those on board a set of being from several different countries including 2 new zealand. buckingham palace has broken in silence over the allegations of racism and bullying by prince harry and his wife meghan markle in an interview with oprah winfrey the couple spoke at length about why they stood back from their duties and split from the royal family megan said th

the p 5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything by did ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now. well iran is warning it will respond accordingly if any action is taken against it by the european nations the warning follows reports suggesting the u.k. germany and france are working on a resolution they planned to present to the international atomic energy agency that would sense iran over its recent steps last week tehran stopped boland 3 cooperation with the agency ending all surprise inspections and disabling cameras set to monitor its nuclear facilities the international atomic energy agency chief raphael grossi reached an agreement with iran to continue those inspections for at least 3 months the agency's board of governors is shuttle to meet on monday morning to discuss iran's nuclear progra

the p 5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything the biden ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now. the syrian military is saying it said defenses responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media says missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of the capital there's been no official response from israel which really comments on strikes inside syria the biden ministrations about to begin talks with the taliban the state department has announced a u.s. envoy to the afghan peace process zalmay khalilzad will travel to afghanistan and cattle it says the main goal is to find a political settlement and 40 permanent cease fire between the taliban and the afghan government they reached a deal last year but often accused each other of breaking it.

in london during those turbulent years of campaigning sylvia berman has also served to france and russia and china now retired from the david rhotic service and she's free to speak and write her mind her new book goodbye britannia is out now welcome to the w. as we take stock of not your leaders around the world britain the united states and russia amongst them a naive person might ask what's wrong with being an inveterate liar what look what it gets you. well i think precisely the lines are not as important as the. one and you showed everything when you know you should. read as you remind us. when you was a correspondent. for the times when you were. the telegraph you wrote you're a meek and very joyous inventions of the e.u. nations. that's the beauty. of it people and soft wants it was a sensitivity of course because it was charismatic also i think we don't consider. that as we used to do in political life and by the way what i said in the group is that he was not. and say no. no i said enough for your words not in your answer pritish people so to save maybe not. yes so it's a well known fact i

the p 5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything the biden ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now the mother is ready prime minister is blaming iran for an attack on a cargo ship is ready and vessel was damaged by an explosion in the gulf of oman on friday the blasts left holes in the hollow the ship now dumped into by and even that's a yahoo wouldn't be drawn on direct retaliation iran's foreign ministry for its part denies any involvement. the syrian military says its defense has responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media say the missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of damascus there's been no official response from israel which rarely comments on strikes against syria. the biden ministrations of being about to begin talks

finally on january the 29th 10 truscott france sauce flew to china on an official visit. to. start serious measures. phrasing you few see leave a chinese response you have to also recognize the musician mishandling of the heartbreak you know if they could just say well you did a great job of responding to the outbreak a you know even though we're in the beginning you miss and you know that there may act and they'll call never you know i think that would howl that you gave me more credibility on his return on january 30th the w h o's director general finally declared a state of international emergency. health checks were now among the measures it suggested to member states for weeks after taiwan had implemented the same procedures but surprisingly the w.h.o. did not recommend any travel restrictions with china and. doesn't. and actually open. any regions for travel and trade or under the against it but that probably is that. consistency. in the go there to guide us. crazy right then the chinese government for taking those drastic. measure like you need me to write the seedines

military bases around the south china sea so now the french are getting involved emanuel macron is seeking to position france as an alternative power to both china and the us in the south china sea as the unprecedented military buildup in the region. got to love him also last month he declared it a hunt to kill a submarine into the south china sea. britain of course is reliving former glories britain's newest aircraft carrier h.m.s. queen elizabeth would be deployed to the south china sea in the coming months when you spend all that money on a ship about $3000000000.00 quid it's important show that wasn't a complete waste of cash to do something with it they get the violin will dispatch a warship to asia on its return journey it will sail through the south china sea yes even junius ending if we get this german even have a navy and if so who let germany have a navy we've been here before people and you got to love this question stroke headline from c.n.n. from last week china has built the world's largest navy now what's beijing going to do with it i don't know. protect yourself from all the other navies call

as being in london during those turbulent years of campaigning sylvie burman was also to france and russia and china now retired from the david rhotic service she's free to speak and write her mind her new book good bye be tight it is out now welcome to the w. as we take stock of knowledge your leaders around the world britain the united states and russia amongst them a naive person might ask well what's wrong with being an inveterate liar what look what it gets you. well i think precisely the lines are not as important as the. well and you should everything when no you should. read. you remind you was sacked. when he was a correspondent. for the times when he was. the general you wrote your of the east and very intentionally the e.u. nations. and that's the beauty. of it people and soft wants it was a sense this is of also because it was charismatic. i think we don't consider. that as we used to do political life and by the way what i said in the book is that it was not. enough. though i said enough for your words not in your answer pretty stiff so to say maybe not. yes so it's a well known fact it

in response, china said the us must stay out of its internal affairs. italy, germany, and francehority says the jab is safe and effective. research into indigenous populations in australia, released on thursday, has praised their community response to major challenges including the the covid—19 pandemic and climate change. the annual close the gap report focuses on how to achieve health equity in australia — and what steps need to be taken to improve the health and well—being of australia's indigenous people. janine mohamed is the ceo of the lowitja institute, australia's national institute for aboriginal and torres strait islander health research. they led the report. thanks so much for coming on the programme to talk us through your findings. i know that particularly this time around, you wanted to change the whole perception of the indigenous community. talk us through what you found and what you're trying to do with this report. you're trying to do with this re ort. , ,., you're trying to do with this reort. , ., , ., you're trying to do with this reort. , ,., ., , ., ., repo

president michel of france has accused the russia and china of attempting to use vaccines to reinforce their due political positions to fall in them as the enemies in a vaccine war in which they use fighting on the same side as washington. you know we're facing a new type of world war facing especially russian and chinese attacks and destabilization if it's through their vaccines if we want to hold on we must preserve our sovereignty and today we have the ability to produce enough to do so. microns and else when it comes as a railroad use within europe over the years and shortfalls in vaccine deliveries earlier in the week brussels tighten export controls on jobs outside the block. now there's been reaction to the accusations by a president from both russia and china moscow says it's facing a campaign aimed at discrediting its vaccines but is not at war with anyone but aging sees the only way to defeat the pandemic is white thing united highlighting its various to work with others are joined live by luke revie independent journalist for more on this the french president's comments serv

and china tariff free. you can go to francet there is a dark cloud on the horizon. there is a lawsuit which could force the industry to change the way it fishes in order to protect an endangered whale. here in stonington they've never seen a whale and they've been doing sustainability before it was a word in stonington, i'm jane wells. >> time to dip up and get cracking. >> a lot of people went out and started cooking for themselves most butchers will steam your lobster for free for you. >> yeah, but it's tough to figure out the live ones, how to get them in the pot of boiling water. once you have that done, you're okay. >> i always feel sad buddy, i choose you. thanks for starting your st. patrick's day with us. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm . >>> pretty shocking for the public safety and also for the community here. >> right now, 4:30. was it a hate crime? that's what many are asking after eight people are killed following attacks on asian massage parlors in the atlanta area. how community leaders here at home are responding. >> p

out of the nuclear deal and reimposed sanction on iran in 2018, china is a signatory, as are russia, francemany and the eu. iran's president has voiced his appreciation of beijing's support on accord, saying, cooperation between us is important for the implementation of the joint comprehensive plan of action, and the europeans commitment to the deal and could change the existing conditions. china says, the cooperation deal does not target any country. >> the planned focus is on tapping the potentials of economic and people to people cooperation between the two nations, and making plans for long-term cooperation prospects and paths. it does not exclude specific contracts or indicators, and it is not targeted at any third party. it is believed this plan will provide a large-scale framework for future cooperation between china and iran. ♪ anchor: let's bring in our guests in beijing. a political and economic analyst. and a professor of political science. joining us from brussels if the director for the center for russia, europe and asia studies. welcome to the program, thank you for joining us

china 320. and franceitish army from 2006 to 2009 and joins me now. this is all about global briton post—brexit and how it positions itself in the world, has boris johnson got that balance right do you think? share johnson got that balance right do ou think? �* ~ , , ., ., you think? are the keys made a sirited you think? are the keys made a spirited attempt _ you think? are the keys made a spirited attempt in _ you think? are the keys made a spirited attempt in this, - you think? are the keys made a spirited attempt in this, prettyl spirited attempt in this, pretty comprehensive review bringing for security under this and develop a policy together at the a worthwhile attempt to get substance to global britain. make it more thanjust attempt to get substance to global britain. make it more than just a bumper sticker which is what the big criticism was before. the devil is going to be in the details and the subsequent white papers particularly the white paper on defence which will be coming out next week. so

the p 5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything the biden ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now the former u.s. president donald trump he may run for the white house again in 2024 mr trump was speaking on the final day of the conservative political action conference in florida he says he has no plans to start his own political policy it was his 1st public speech since he left office those are your headlines up next the disappeared of syria more news on this channel 30 minutes i'll see that. if. when syria is 1st protested in the spring of 2011 there were only weapons were banners and songs and the deep desire for freedom i will some such let that one with god. and then also necessity mannequin them stuff a hitch in damon. possibly will connect on a new low neck and fish economy was to have tha

working with our allies, germany, great britain, france, russia, china, those were the allies that came together on the original agreement, trying to get iran back to the negotiating table, and hopefully back within the confines and limits of that agreement. it is not going to be easy. i think it is important to keep that path open if they want to do it. it is available and they should make use of that opportunity, but by god, if they don't take advantage of that path, then we are going to continue to put pressure on iran, we are going to continue to maintain our forces in that region, we are going to continue to respond militarily when they attack our troops. that is the name of the game. you cannot just simply walk away from the threat that iran represents to that region. so yes, you need a diplomatic path. if they are smart, they will take advantage of it, but at the same time, we have to be prepared militarily to deal with any potential attack from iran. roger: follow up on that with you, general mcmaster, the biden administration said they want to get back into the jcpoa but they w