diversity losses. china is she ging paying move said tightened his grip on power at the communist party congress beijing shares. it wants peaceful relations with taiwan. but that its armed forces must train harder for combat. and estonians go to the polls to elect a new government. the more in ukraine is a major topic, but so 2 are ramping inflation and surging energy cost. ah and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world on michael ok. more than a 100 countries have agreed on a united nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. the landmark deal aim to conserve marine life and buyer diversity in international waters. it's seen as crucial to bringing 30 percent of the world's land and sea under protection. by the end of the decade, the ship has reached the shore. applause and relief. after some 15 years of talks, a deal to protect the world's high seas is finally agreed by more than a 100 countries. i can safely say that this has been the learning journey of a lifetime, so thank you very much. every what the oceans are our life support system. they provide us with food and transport route

the chinese communist party pushes for reform. sheeting thing moves to tightened, his grip on power, the country's communist party congress. they james says it was peaceful relations with taiwan, but that its armed forces must train harder for combat. and a breakthrough in the long running dispute over iran's nuclear program. president abraham rice, he agrees to allow united nations inspectors more access to iran's nuclear plants. also coming up a relegation, barble and germany's bonus league of football shotgun secure a crucial when against spoken and stepped up from the bottom of the table. ah, i'll nick spicer, welcome to the program. china's rubber stamp parliament the national people's congress has begun his annual meeting in beijing, outgoing premier. les kitchen, who is 2nd in command after leader seizing ping, says, china's armed forces should be more prepared for combat. and the face of escalating threats from abroad. aging says it is cranking up military spending and at the same time it wants to promote peaceful relations with taiwan, which it claims as its own territory on the economy. and the leadership has se

we heard that last october when president she told the communist party congress that by 2049, he wanted china to become a world leader in. and i quote, composite national strength and international influence and of quote. or to put it in simpler terms. he essentially, once china to become the world's most powerful nation, given its size and global influence, it is positive that china's economy has eventually reopened after covet. and it isn't good that our citizens, businesses and diplomats are able to exchange once again. because understanding each other starts with speaking with one another. but at the same time, we are concerned by what is behind this return to global stage defining a european strategy towards china. defining what success looks like. must start with a sober assessment of our current relations. and of china's strategic intentions. our relationship with china is far too important to be put at risk by failing to clearly set the terms of a healthy engagement. it is clear that our relations have become more distant and more difficult in the last few years. we have seen a

the surging energy cost plus china's shipping moves to tightened his grip on power at the communist party congress. beijing says it was peaceful relations with taiwan vod that its armed forces must train harder for combat ah a marion evans dean, welcome. more than $100.00 countries have agreed on a united nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. the landmark deal aims to conserve marine life and biodiversity in international waters. it's seen as crucial to bringing 30 percent of the world's land and sea under protection. by the end of the decade, the ship has reached the shore. the close and relief of to some 15 years of talks a deal to protect the world's high seas is finally agreed by more than a 100 countries. i can safely say that this has been the learning journey of a lifetime. so thank you very much. every where the oceans are our life support system. they provide us with food and transport routes. they regulate the climate and they offer a range of valuable raw materials. but nearly 2 thirds lie outside national boundaries, making them hard to protect. now the u. n. high seas treaty w

also coming up, china's changing paying moves had tightened his grip on power at the communist party congress. beijing says it wants peaceful relations with taiwan, but that his armed forces must train harder for combat. and estonians go to the polls to elect a new government. the war and ukraine is a major topic, but so to is rampant inflation. ah, annexed by sir. welcome to the program. more than a 100 countries have agreed on a united nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. the landmark deal ave, to conserve marine life and bio diversity in international waters. it's seen is crucial to the brother to bringing 30 percent of the world's land and sea under protection. by the end of the decade, the long awaited agreement wraps up. after 15 years of talks earlier i spoke to robert blaze. jak, an ocean researcher at stockholm university about the importance of this landmark deal. well, this deal is all about almost half of the earth's surface, 47 percent to be exact, which is areas beyond national jurisdiction, the high seas which belong to no country and kind of belong to everyone. and th

also coming up, china's choosing ping moves to tightened his grip on power at the communist party. congress bitching says it wants a peaceful relations with taiwan, but that its armed forces must train harder for combat and a relegation battle in germany's buddhist league of football. chalka secure a crucial when against both whom and step off from the bottom of the table. ah, next by cert, welcome to the program. more than a 100 countries have agreed on a united nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. the landmark deal, m to conserve marine life and bio diversity and international waters. it's seen as crucial to bringing 30 percent of the world's land and sea under protection. by the end of the decade. the long awaited agreement wraps up after 15 years of talks and to better understand the scope of this new treaty. i'm joined now by robert boise. i can ocean researcher at stockholm university. welcome to the program, robert. can you explain to our viewers what the deal is all about? well, this deal is all about almost half of the earth's surface, 47 percent to be exact, which is area

and taiwan has already been mentioned during this chinese communist party. congress has a net, can you, can you tell us what was said yesterday prime in a certainly could she and gave a one hour speech and he also mentioned how one i would say the rhetoric with what was rather subdued. it was softer than last year. and he repeated china's official stance that it opposes am taiwan independence and that it promotes, quote unquote, peaceful reunification. and a compared to last year he made, for example, her very m a stern warning against foreign interference. this he did not repeat this year, so i would say it is rather softer in tone. ok, softer but the, the chinese communist parties. leadership as we said, has as an announced, this increase in military spending as more than 7 percent this year. so can you give us a sense of how big this increase actually is and, and what message is that sending yes, it's a very complex issue because um, 1st of all, it's not surprising. and usually i'm, china's military goals are laid out in 5 year plan. so, and we could already expect an increase aroun

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all by officials reportedly close to see the re shuffle followed the 20th communist party congress in october, where he secured an unprecedented 3rd term as china's supreme leader. who for the 1st time in 10 years that segan paying is going to have his people leading all of the major organs of state power in china. so the outside of that is that we could see more efficient policy implementation of she's priorities. but the downside is that after the 20th party, congress is become pretty clear that stage and paying wants to continue taking china in a more ideologically controlled, more economically statist and more diplomatically assertive direction. there will also be an extensive reorganization of state and party institutions giving see more control of china's financial system. last year's growth rate of 3 percent was the slowest and half a century. a new target for gross domestic product or d. d. p will be announced. economists say a relatively high figure of 6 percent, ne point to more aggressive pro growth policies ahead. the one thing that the government can control is to make th

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has repeatedly here recently at the national people's congress and also last fall at the communist party's congressypes of statements. the western way of doing things post world war ii needs to go. we need to have a new world order and we have heard the same thing out of putin as well. so you know, i really see that there may be a statement similar to what we had prior to the ukrainian war when putin melt with xi and they put out this 5,000 word documents that says there's a new relationship here. we need to move forward. >> neil: we'll watch closely. thanks, general bob maginnis. we continue to celebrate st. patrick's day. a lot of people celebrate for the irish, a lot of economic activity and all that but i've always reminded with the parties and events and quite a few bars that are open right now as you may have heard. the country gets in a better mood. long history of that. one of the irish expressions that i think comes in handy this time, may you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live. that is the challenge. that is the goal. that's not just a prophet. that's a realistic

the two last met at a summit last accepseptember and it tooke just weeks before the communist party congress when xi secured the unprecedented third term as party leader. so in moscow next week, this will be after the national people's congress. and the china/russia relationship of course is under intense scrutiny. the u.s. accuses china of considering sending lethal aid and support to russia for its war effort in ukraine. beijing continues to push back on those claims and accuses the u.s. of pouring weapons into ukraine and china claims to be a neutral party to the ukraine conflict despite the no limits relationship it has with russia, despite the fact it refuses to condemn the invasion. as you recall last month china released the 12 point peace plan position paper, but that was with a roundly criticized by western leaders. and christine, the view will likely be very much reenforced with the optics of this visit early next week. >> absolutely. kristie lu stout, thank you. >>> poland has become the first nato country to pledge fighter jets to ukraine. the state department welcoming the move.

those are roles he was already reappointed to at the communist party congress back in october.y what we staw today wa political theater. unanimous votes, as you said, from the rubber stamp legislature. then a standing ovation. now at this on going big political event, we'll also being seeing reshuffles in leadership roles, state organizations, all of these changes will further increase xi ping's power. in the next term, he has a lot of challenges at home to face including the economy, still recovering from harsh years of zero covid policies, we'll see continued communist party control at home. beijing thinks the actions are restoring the rightful standing in the world as great power. it is very clear. we're not going see an off ramp in u.s.-china tensions any time soon. xi ping's view of the relationship is turning more pessimistic. earlier this week he made a rare move by directly calling out the u.s., accusing america of leading a campaign to contain and suppress china. the message to the people here is very much that the u.s. is trying to choke china off. kaitlan? >> yeah. m

from the report of the central committee of the communist party of belarus at the nineteenth congressthe communist party of belarus in 1948, the soviet workers won a great labor victory. the country's industry in terms of gross output not only reached the pre-war level, but also surpassed it by 18%, the growth in the production of means of production was in relation to 1940 year 130%. a production of consumer goods 99% during the years of the first post-war five-year plan, the industry of the republic developed at a faster pace, but the big problem was energy enterprises, both leading and in regional small towns lacked capacity , the energy fuel base was restored simultaneously with the objects of the national economy, but in the new five-year plan the energy sector faced ambitious tasks. in the working barracks of the village, nuts will be torn out, that 25 km from orsha at the beginning of november of the thirtieth year , an unusual revival reigned. after a difficult days, contrary to the established routine, the workers went to rest, now they gathered at the table in the center of

congress. the communist party of belarus summed up the results of the most difficult time for the republic of thest post-war years in a voluminous report by nikolai semyonovich, patovichev. first secretary. communist party of belarus awards to representatives of various fields of activity, rural workers, working people of creative professions, science, education, there are many successes, especially the successes of the western regions of the republic . the industry of western belarus has made more than just a breakthrough. in its development , the industrialization of the region during the years of the first post-war five-year plan became a great victory . grodno brest baranovichi pinsk molodechno lida new industries were created here agricultural engineering textile sugar industry reconstructed building materials enterprise, woodworking food and milk peat meat mining. by the end of the five-year plan to the beginning of the fifties , the western legion achieved significant success in developing the national economy. indeed, it has already become one of the developed regions of the republic. the

the decision of the congress of the communist parties of china, having passed the 30-year milestone,relations between belarus and china seem to have reached a peak of almost $ 6 billion in trade . belarusian technology company technologies that china has handed over to a few countries in the world, including belarus nonetheless. this is not the limit. the country has a clear strategy within the framework of the declaration adopted by the leaders of our all-weather and comprehensive strategic partnership. and eat it. what to add. we are extremely interested in deepening cooperation with china on technological development. including the creation of joint ventures the modernization of belarusian enterprises by the introduction of modern chinese technologies in the movement of goods and services on the market of third countries bilateral projects, competent manufacturers are interested in studying the competence and technology of chinese companies, forming a component base for the production of axle transmission engines and other units. i propose to create a joint venture in the field of

the assembly of people's representatives approved the resolution that were adopted at the communist party congress new wave of protests over pension reform. today workers of railway transport will get. part of the trains will not go on flights will be broken domestic and international traffic. this is already the seventh nationwide action against raising the retirement age. the protests have been going on in the country since the end of january. the largest took place on tuesday , with more than a million people taking part, despite the senate, which is now considering the bill. approved an amendment to raise the retirement age. the trade unions say that are ready to deliver. how long will it take to force the government to withdraw the documents? and at the end of an unforgettable meeting for sub-surfers in the stark strait near vladivostok, a curious beluga whale joined them, she playfully twirled in the water with great interest, swam up to the saaps and dived. under them, she touched the boards with her head and let people stroke her white whale. accompanied the surfers in the quarter. their p

believe that under your effective leadership, in line with the decision and the twentieth congress of the communist partyf china, the country will achieve the second goal centuries of the great revival of the chinese nation and the building of a modernized socialist state. the belarusian leader also thanked the sidepin for the personal attention that the head of china pays to the all-weather and comprehensive strategic partnership with belarus. alexander lukashenko noted that our country sincerely appreciates friendship with china and confirms it. the readiness to make every effort to develop the whole range of relations between minsk and beijing invited the president of his chinese colleague to visit belarus in order to feel the warmth hospitality and cordiality of the belarusian people wished the first chinese colleagues good health, as well as further success in responsible activities. sitting ping as president of the people's republic of china and assured of the highest respect. the great stone industrial park is a brilliant example of the organization of interstate cooperation in the field of produc

also coming up president, she jin ping tightens the chinese communist parties group on power that a key congress by gene stance. the once peaceful relations with taiwan bought that its armed forces must trying harder for combat and a relegation battle in germany's football, bundis, league, or salad as secure a crucial win against them and step off from the bottom of the table. ah, i'm jarrett rate welcome to the program. iran has a great to allow you in monitors to inspect more if it's nuclear sides. the breakthrough follows talks between iran's president and the head of the international nuclear watchdog. inspectors recently found enriched uranium at nea weapons, grade level, a multinational agreement regulating iran's nuclear activities collapsed when the us pulled out 5 years ago. satellite images of an underground nuclear facility near the iranian city of 4, do un inspectors. recently found traces of uranium here enriched close to weapons grade. the discovery did not come as a surprise after the trap administration with due wrong. they jason delray. oh, you're on deal yet on hello. i'm reach

mustard were free. bread to people who in february 1949, the first post-war nineteenth congress of the communist partyf belarus was held in minsk, he summed up the first results the restoration of the national economy, the most rapidly developing machine building and metalworking, the successes in strengthening the fuel and energy base of other industries are serious criticism of agriculture as well. against this background, information about the collective farm of the millionaires , the dawn of the kirov district of the mogilev region , was somewhat unexpectedly heard . in a poorly preserved, burnt house the village of myshkovichi, in january forty -fifth, women, old people, children, and several disabled people among them, and a former fellow villager kirill orlovsky, who arrived from moscow, gathered in what he said, speaking to the villagers. it was hard to believe. already after 5 years in the collective farm. we can have a herd of at least one hundred forage cows and receive 8 kg of milk from each. sow at least 70 hectares of flax and receive at least 20 centners of flax fiber. from each hectare

also coming up president, she in ping titans, the chinese communist parties group on power at a key. congress by jing says it was peaceful relations with taiwan. thought that its armed forces must trained harder for combat and a relegation battle in germany's buddhist league of football soccer secure a cure so ran against bottom and step out from the bottom of the table. ah and jared rate welcome to the program. iran has agreed to allow us monitors to inspect more of its nuclear sites. the breaks break through follows talks between iran's president and the head of the international nuclear watchdog. inspectors recently found enriched uranium at nea weapons, grade level, a multinational agreement regulating around nuclear activities collapsed when the us pulled out 5 years ago. satellite images of an underground nuclear facility near the iranian city of 4, do un inspectors. recently found traces of uranium here enriched close to weapons grade. the discovery did not come as a surprise after they at java ministration with do wrong, they jason gilroy, iraq deal it on has been and reaching and the

and toe the communist party line as the national people's congress kicks off again. dani: we have ab inbev earnings coming out onto the tape now, a higher dividend than estimated. they will be giving out a dividend for the full year of $.75. the estimate had been for 63. when it comes to a lookahead, the 2023 organic, the range is quite a wide range. 4% to 8%, the estimate have been for just over 7.5. the margin also beats, so that growth is going strong, folks are still drinking. they do have a miss when it comes to the fourth quarter organic revenue, that came in at 10%. the estimate was for 11.6. a little bit of mix, but that spicier dividend might get shareholders excited. manus: spicy dividend, we like that. the question is, which is your favorite brand? whether it is bud light or corona from the ab inbev. if you don't like beer, they have tequila for you. [laughter] let me give you a little bit of a b. pharmaceutical, german pharmaceutical company coming through with their numbers. net sales, 5.6 6 billion. 1.6 3 billion on the avenue. that is lighter than the

convinced that under your effective leadership, in line with the decision of the twentieth congress of the communist partyf china, the country will achieve the second goal of the centenary of the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation and the construction of a modernized socialist state. the belarusian leader also thanked seat pina for his personal attention, which the head of china devotes everything to the weather and comprehensive strategic partnership with belarus alexander lukashenko noted that our country sincerely appreciates friendship with china and confirms its readiness to make every effort to develop all the complex relations between minsk and beijing , the president invited his chinese colleague to visit belarus in order to feel warm hospitality and cordiality of the belarusian people wished his chinese colleague good health, as well as further success in the responsible activity of sidimpina on as president of the prc and assured me of the highest respect, let me remind you that in early march , alexander lukashenko made a state visit to china, following which minsk beijing signed almost 4

he had already been appointed for another 5 years as the head of the communist party and the military. the national people's congress has also passed a sweeping plan to reorganize the country's institutions. katrina, you joined us from beijing now and that meeting is still going. what's the latest what we've just had a result of the vote from this plenary meeting. and no big surprise is that out of 2952 valid boards. there was unanimous vote in favor of he didn't thing as president. and also as the chairman of the military commission. so now in addition to his role as party secretary of the communist party, he's also president and head of the military. so 3 of the most important roles are officially under president. he didn't think so. he's really consolidating his power over china and over the chinese communist party and government going forward. we've also had the announcement of the new chairman of the national people's congress previously with lead. just shoot. and now going forward, it will be john g. and also we've had the announcement of the new vice president, and that will be hon. john. now all of the peopl

so the national people's congress mostly usually focused on domestic issues in setting the agenda for the communist party, especially targeting economy in the internal politics. and for this year it's mostly going to focus on the recovery of the economy and also the new lineup of the top leadership n o. so we are probably going to see some reforms to key government agencies in departments. many things to william yang journalist in taipei thank you. new ariel images have been released showing the extent of the damage done by the russian bombardment of the eastern ukrainian city of buck moved. drone footage shows st. after street of destroyed homes with fire, still burning. pressure is mounting on ukrainian troops holding out in the eastern city. intelligence analysts say keep may be considering a controlled pullout. russian forces have spent months trying to capture buck mode seen as a key staging ground for further advantage. estonia is voting today for new government in an election dominated by the war in ukraine. public support for keith is overwhelming, but estonians are struggling with problems close