defense secretary lloyd austin hold talks with his counterpart in india austin is the 1st top official from the biden administration to visit he's aiming to shore up defense ties all those other headlines i'll have another update for you here after part one of witness stay with us. we really. need. somebody. that you have learned through thing that made it a lot of times on the market on the group in america i come let's welcome now let's listen i think. sometime in those 70 and i'd say i think it was like end of november when filmmaker bought under god and that's with denmark and they put this band together to form the process collective. it was an audition all these people and put together this sort of ensemble of folk musicians and train them and you know the daunting task i thought was a great idea i thought was wow what an amazing idea but then the catch was you had 20 days to write 20 songs with 20 people you've never met in your life before and none of them have ever been in a band so when you told me like i gotta do this they're not on is up to me and he's like. i gotta do this

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secretary austin will go to india from there. -- this week and secretary austin will go to india from. we will have other high-level meetings and visits in the high coming weeks with visitors from the indo pacific that will be announced soon. just a word on anchorage, we have spoken a lot about our fundamental strategy of establishing a position of strength. after the work of the past 50 days, secretary blinken and i will enter the meeting with chinese representatives from a position of strength. resident biden has signed into law the american rescue plan -- and it biden has signed into law the american rescue plan. -- president biden has signed into law the american rescue plan. we have launched a bold effort to secure our critical supply chains. we have reclaimed our place in national institutions and with the current presidency of the un security council, we passed a strong statement on vermont just this past week. we revitalized our alliances with asia and europe. we agreed to a pause in tariffs in the boeing dispute. we executed a strong joint response to russia's poisoning of na

secretary of defense has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan lloyd austin met with president musharraf gani after leaving india earlier on sunday austin sense and the reason for visiting was to hear gandhi's concerns that the head of a deadline agreed with the taliban to withdraw u.s. troops by may the 1st in terms of an end date or setting a specific date for withdrawal. that's sort of made up my botched. but. you know the decision that the president will get some point in terms of how he wants to approach is going forward and i want to try to my boss job for him you need for me to do that i will put continue to do it in a very meaningful way in their view that's going. well while israel continues as one of the world's fastest campaigns for inoculating those suffering from cave at 19 palestine is only just begun to roll out its general public to the general public the palestinian authority's president mahmoud abbas was the 1st to get a shot the health authority received more than 60000 vaccine doses on wednesday through the international cave vaccine which helps poor countries that abraham has more from ramal

missile defense system the topic was discussed during a meeting with india's defense minister and other national security officials austin's trip in the in the pacific region is seen as an effort to counter china's growing influence despite today's challenging security environment the partnership between the united states and india the world's 2 largest democracies remains resolve and strong and we will seek every opportunity to build upon this major partnership. our discussions today focused on about a wide ranging defense cooperation and expanding validity to ability engagement across the says information sharing cooperation in emerging threat of self defense and mutual stick support we need you don't wide gamut of by. an agreed to punish you cooperation if you don't you just go come on come on and africa come on. defense and security says no he says the threat posed by china will have been a significant focus of the talks. the elephant in the room whenever india and the united states talk is clearly china and that is likely to have been good right at the top of be agenda especially given that the indian army has been in

defense secretary lloyd austin begins a visit to india have a look at these pictures there just in from new delhi where he is attending a guard of honor her national war memorial austin is the 1st top official from the biden administration to visit his meeting as indian counterpart to shore up defense tides. a series of developments in myanmar where the military is intensifying its grip on power there at least 9 protesters have been killed in the latest rallies against the coup and. a rights group says more than 235 people have now been killed since elected leader aung sun suu kyi was deposed on february 1st the u.n. is condemning the military's increasingly violent tactics saying a unified international response is needed. at least 2400 people have been arrested by the security forces because of their suspected participation in. the demonstrations the vast majority of these people were held incommunicado still and we're hearing increasing reports of sexual based or circle baseball islands. and i think it's really important to emphasize that many of these people. killed through gunshots

defense secretary arrived in afghanistan for an unannounced visit lloyd austin left india early on sunday was expected to return home he's met with the afghan president in kabul the u.s. is due to withdraw its troops in may under a deal agreed with the taliban last year. thanks. well israel continues with one of the world's fastest vaccination campaigns palestine has only just begun its run to the general public the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas was the 1st to get a shot at the health authority received more than 60000 vaccine doses a wednesday through the international kovacs scheme which helps poor countries has more from. the health ministry of. the age of 75 and then those who. finish their treatment before they get administered. definitely a good. many palestinians have been waiting for. and it comes at a really difficult time because never. so. and this is. to the medical centers we're standing in front of a medical center here. where we've been seeing tens of people. waiting to get inoculated some are even under 75 and they were trying to kind of negotiate their way

they should steer clear of russia's s 400 air defense system wide austin made the comments in new delhi where he's been meeting india's defense minister and is paid 8 $100000000.00 towards purchasing the s $400.00 but no parts have been delivered yet the us play sanctions in turkey last year for buying the russian system austin's trip is seen as an effort to counter china's regional influence despite today's challenging security environment the partnership between the united states and india the world's 2 largest democracies remains resolve and strong and we will seek every opportunity to build upon this major partnership. our discussions duty focused on our wide ranging defense cooperation and expanding. prosperity says information sharing cooperation in emerging from the start of the fans and mutual sticks of home we reviewed don't wide gamut of by and by to look at it for you and agreed to punish you you know hans cooperation if you don't you've been booked for if you come on come on and africa come on so how have the 2 countries strengthen ties over the last few years well after decades of rocky relations they sig

allies in the region plus secretary austin going to india after his stop and seoul i think the important thing is to note that it is asia it is visiting u.s. allies in asia as their 1st foreign trip since being confirmed in their positions earlier this year it really tells you where asia is figuring in the biden ministrations foreign policy and when it talks about strength in alliances it really is focused on looking to allies and partners in asia as it tries to figure out a new indo-pacific strategy well it's not like japan and south korea say i have i own a number of issues the u.s. keeps saying that it's really came in on a trilateral cooperation in the region is that likely. not i mean of course you have baseline levels of trade i know cooperation that exist and you have a defense sharing agreement between japan and south korea intelligence sharing agreement that remains in place but of course if you want to deepen cooperation between the u.s. japan and south korea and strengthen cooperation japan and south korea there are a number of obstacles of the moment that you have this longst

mr austin said the partnership between the us and india remains resilient and strong.tion among like—minded countries is imperative to securing our shared vision for the future. despite today's challenging security environment, the partnership between the united states and india, the world's two largest democracies, remains resilient and strong. his visit comes a week after a virtual summit between india, australia, japan and the united states, an alliance known as the quad which analysts see as a regional counterweight to an increasingly assertive china. a volcano in south—west iceland has erupted, releasing streams of lava from under the earth's surface. it follows thousands of small earthquakes in the area over recent weeks. reykyavik, is more than five hundred metres long. this is the first eruption in the area in centuries. danai howard reports. this is what icelanders have been waiting for for weeks now. a0 kilometres south of the capital reykjavik, lava began spewing from the ground on friday evening. officials say the fissure is around 500 kilometres long, and

india and the united states have emphasized their growing military cooperation during talks between u.s. defense secretary lloyd alston and senior indian officials over the weekend austin headed to delhi off stops in south korea and japan india is a key strategic partner for the united states as joe biden seeks to realign u.s. policy to deal with china with the help of alliances and like minded. and at the top of my agenda i wanted to convey a bitin harriet's administration's message of our strong commitment to our allies and partners india in particular is an increasingly important partner among today's rapidly shifting international dynamics and i reaffirm our commitment to a comprehensive and forward looking befits partnership with india as a central pillar of our approach to the region. our discussions woody focused on why he didn't get defense cooperation and expanding political belief and prosperity says information city cooperation in imagine theft of self-defense and sticks. the dude the white guy my tough biter and buy tickets for faces and agreed to punish you you know hans cooperation if you don't you have no faith to con then tell come on and africa come on

defense secretary lloyd alston and see no indian officials over the weekend austin headed to delhi off stops in south korea and japan india is emerging as a key strategic partner for the united states as joe biden seeks to realign u.s. policy to deal with china with the help of alliances and like minded. and at the top of my agenda i want to convey the bottom harriet's administration's message of our strong commitment to our allies and partners india in particular is an increasingly important partner among today's rapidly shifting international dynamics and i reaffirm our commitment to a comprehensive and forward looking befits partnership with india as a central pillar of our approach to the region. our discussions budi focused on why he didn't get defense cooperation and expanding military to ability to get been across that he says information city cooperation in the imagine for a soft defense and stick support b.d.d. route the white guy might tough bite and might be different from faces and greet to punish you you know hans cooperation with that you do if you don't come on come on and africa come on and joining me for

minister india's paid 800 $1000000.00 towards purchasing the s $400.00 but no pods have been delivered yet the u.s. placed sanctions and turkey last year for buying the russian system austin's trip is seen as an effort to counter china's regional influence. as a defense and security affairs analyst he says china will have been a significant focus. the elephant in the room whenever india and the united states talk is clearly china and that is likely to have been good right at the top of the agenda especially given that the indian army has been in a face off on the himalayan border for 11 months now in kashmir. the indians also cooperate with the united states navy in the south china sea in the pacific area that would also have come up for discussion but also the major defense partnership india is a major defense partner of the united states they would have discussed ways of doing that partnership forward joint exercises joint military exercises i should say. overall you know from the united states for interview this was the signal to all its allies in the region that we are here china continues to do large or not as a major security threat and the allies will be consulted an

they should steer clear of russia's s. 400 air defense system but austin 'd made the comments in new delhi where he's been meeting india's defense minister india's paid 800 $1000000.00 towards purchasing the s $400.00 but no parts have been delivered yet the u.s. play sanctions and turkey last year for buying the russian system alston's trip is seen as an effort to counter china's regional influence. the rebels have admitted responsibility for a fire addicted tension center in earlier this month at least $45.00 ethiopian migrants were killed on hundreds were injured who theophany ated ministry of interior says 11 of its fighters threw smoke bombs to stop protests at the facility is said to have been arrested it comes after the u.s. and the e.u. called for an investigation into the incident and those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story. and why is violence against asian americans on the rise a mass shooting in georgia is the latest example of what some call upon demick of racism with deep roots in american history so what can be done to stop the hate this is inside story. alone welcome to the p

allies they should stand clear of russia's s. 400 air defense system and austin made the comments in new delhi where he's been meeting india. defense minister india's paid $800000000.00 towards purchasing the s $400.00 but no parts of been delivered yet the u.s. place sanctions on turkey last year for buying the russian system also strip is seen as an effort to counter china's regional influence despite today's challenging security environment the partnership between the united states and india the world's 2 largest democracies remains resolve and strong and we will seek every opportunity to build to form this major partnership our discussions duty focused on our wide ranging defense cooperation and expanding military to ability engagement across the recent information sharing cooperation in embodied in fact that self-defense and the mutual stick support we had even would don't wide gamut of by and by to look at it for 3 years and agreed to put a shoe in hans cooperation don't you if you don't i think come on come on and africa come on who the rebels have admitted responsibility for a fire i did detention center in sanaa a

presidential level and i welcome the two plus two meetings with japan and korea and secretary austins off trip to indiaand the continued recognition of china and the cute strategic abettor need to partner with like-minded countries is the appropriate vision for it is a given the start rather than criticize the administration of elective over thoughts and recommendations there is still policies under review and positions yet to be revealed. first i believe the biden administration should continue to make competition with china is true priority and should be sufficiently resource across all domains. our alliances with japan and south korea and australia should be understood to be of greatest advantage in this competition. as should be the goal of the united states to maintain the military edge and to achieve a high degree of confidence that the u.s. will prevail in the range of noncontingent and had contingencies with china. this will necessitate the wide implementation of the pacific initiative and will also necessitate powerful approaches to how we might deploy on base precision capabilities after the

india today, the u.n. seeking stronger defense ties. lloyd austin discussed challenges within the over the weekend. fusal to comply with the test would be considered an offense. india's federal government is urging a court to block whatsapp from them lamenting a controversial part -- privacy policy. let's get a look at the first word headlines with -- vonnie quinn. >> dr. say the block will review the astrazeneca shot very severely and will probably reject them. until the drug maker fulfills its obligation to the eu. the u.k. has demanded the eu honor its contracts, with the two sides writing export curbs. the uae is expanding its covid-19 vaccination program after inoculated the majority of those at risk. citizens and residents aged 60 and above can get the shot for free after government -- after the government prioritize the elderly. the emirates has had one of the fastest rollouts in the world, administering more than 7 million doses to a population of about 10 million. the tokyo limbic games will officially take place without overseas spectators, officials announced after a meeting saturday that

india's defense minister and the u.s. secretary of defense have agreed to enhance security cooperation between their countries lloyd austin's trip to new delhi follow similar visits to south korea and japan seen as an effort to shore up ties and counter china's growing influence in the indo-pacific region our discussions really focused on our wide ranging defense cooperation and expanding engagement cross said we should information sharing cooperation in emerging threat got started and mutual. we don't why damage done by. an agreed to punish you you know hans cooperation don't you just come on come on and africa. iran's president says the economy grew by more than 2 percent this year despite u.s. sanctions hasan rouhani said the to her or iran's frozen assets in other countries the drop in oil and energy sector in sanctions pushed iran to face its worst financial year in decades ronnie made the comments during his speech to marco who's the traditional persian new year. the mass has been held in dar es salaam in turns in his largest city for former president john mica foully who died at the age of 61 but a family will be bur

secretary austin will go on to india from there. secretary blinken and i will subsequently meet with senior chinese officials in anchorage, alaska, and we will have other high level meetings and visits in the coming weeks with leaders from the indo-pacific that will be announced soon. just a word on anchorage before i turn to your questions. we've spoken a lot about our fundamental strategy of establishing a position of strength in the early going, and after the work of the past 50 days, secretary blinken and i will enter the meeting with senior chinese representatives from a position of strength. president biden is signed into law the american rescue plan, and the oecd has now projected that our economic growth will be the highest in decades and will help power global economic growth. we're ahead of schedule on the president's ambitious goal of a 100 million shots in 100 days. we've launched a bold effort to secure our critical supply chains. we've reclaimed our place in key international institutions, and with the current presiden

india's defense minister the u.s. secretary of defense of agreed to and hans security cooperation what austin's trip to new delhi following some of the visits to south korea and japan. seen as an effort to shore up ties and counter china's growing influence in the pacific region so how have the 2 countries strengthen ties over the last few years well after decades of tension in 2016 the u.s. and india signed a landmark defense agreement to increase military cooperation last year fighting between india and china over the disputed himalayan border left several soldiers dead on both sides in october the trumpet ministrations signed a 3000000000 dollar deal with india to increase military satellite intelligence authority issue though is new delhi is planned purchase of russia's s 400 at defense system sanctionable on the us law let's talk through. a defense and security affairs analyst he joins us now from cool nor in the south of india good to have you with us one of the main areas of discussion then likely to been when the u.s. secretary of defense didius defense minister sat down together. well. elephant in the room whenev

i welcome that the 2+2 meeh japan and korea and secretary austin follow a trip to india.at the continued recognition of china's strategic and better and need to partner with like-minded countries to preserve a free and open or is the appropriate patient. so given this a good start rather than criticize the new administration i would like to put forward some thoughts and recommendations as there are still policies under review and positions yet to be revealed. first i believe the biden administration should continue to make competition with china it's true priority in word and deed and it should be sufficient resources across all domains. our alliances with japan, south korea and austria should be understood to be our greatest asymmetric advantage in this competition. to my commission with the goal of the united states to maintain a military edge and to achieve a high degree of confidence that the u.s. would prevail in the range of known contingencies with china. this will necessitate why supplementation of the pacific deterrence initiative and will also necessitate topol

their concern with the situation in india's defense minister the us secretary of defense of agreed to enhance security cooperation between the countries lloyd austin stripped to new delhi follows similar visits to south korea and japan the same as an effort to shore up ties and counter china's growing influence in the pacific region despite today's challenging security environment the partnership between the united states and india the world's 2 largest democracies remains resolve and strong. you know you will see every opportunity to build up our lives made your partnership so how have the 2 countries strengthen ties over the last few years well after decades of tension in 2016 the u.s. and india signed a landmark defense agreements to increase military cooperation last year fighting between india and china over the disputed himalayan border left several soldiers dead on both sides in october the trumpet ministrations signed a $3000000000.00 deal with india to increase shared military satellites intelligence authority issue though is new delhi's planned purchase of russia's s $400.00 defense system which is sanctionable of the us law. is the fenc

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military's violent crackdown on protests india's defense minister the us secretary of defense have agreed to enhanced security cooperation between the countries lloyd austin this trip to new delhi follows similar visits to south korea and japan seen as an effort to shore up ties and counter china's growing influence in the indo-pacific region those are the headlines more you see here and i'm just here after the bottom line thanks to. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question what is joe biden strategic play book against china and why does it look so much like trump's playbook let's get to the bottom line. one of president joe biden's big campaign promises was that he was going to reverse the hostility to china coming from former president donald trump but 2 months into his presidency biden hasn't reversed the single one of the former president's policies in fact he's doubled down u.s. officials still label the abuse of china's muslims and john province as genocide still condemn the crackdown in hong kong still reject china's claims in the south china sea while way is still on the u.s. communications chopping block last week biden met with leaders in the

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we intend to austin united nations to convene foreign ministers and on boys from russia china pakistan iran india and the united states to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in afghanistan. has a troubled history with its neighbors in a complex web of competing interests and proxy powers but increasingly india is a new focus for diplomatic efforts to broker a lasting peace the u.s. has made clear that it welcomes new delhi's engagement india has fostered close ties to the afghan government in recent yes in the form of billions of dollars of aid and development last month indian prime minister narendra modi gave his support to a peace process that is led owned and controlled by a goddess them. and joining me now from delhi for more oil he's an award winning journalist and reports on india's foreign relations for the indian express newspapers who were due to welcome indian prime minister netanyahu more the once the peace process to be afghan led an afghan controlled as does the u.s. state department how does the current proposal from antony blinken involving 6 nations make it so. britis

austin halewood, bbc news. you can follow that match later on bbc one and radio 5 live. to cricket now — where england lost their t20 series decider against india hosts. virat kohli top scored with 80 not out as england were set a testing target of 225 to chase down, before falling short. patrick gearey reports. red sky at night, bassman's delight. for a series finale, run making stage, the kind of pitch that says go hit, rohit sharma. rohit sharma is an expert in demolition, breathtaking, bulldozing batting. —— batman. at one point england paired up, chrisjordan brilliantly created this catch. jason royjust took it. my this catch. jason royjust took it. my word, that is ridiculous! but india had already scored 143 runs and virat kohli was still at the crease. by the time he was done, england needed 225 to win, nearly two from every ball. jason roy faced two from every ball. jason roy faced two and scored none. with so far to 90, two and scored none. with so far to go, england couldn't afford to break. fora go, england couldn't afford to break. for a timejos buttler and now die woodmill and were flying so fast that this was really on but with a

india to counter china. you saw secretary blinken go to japan and south korea with secretary austin. states to remind the chinese we have the benefit of this huge alliance system of countries that think like us, train with us militarily, and it's a recognition obviously that we're competing with china for trade because the chinese have been unfairly ripping off the property of american companies. we want this to be peaceful obviously. but finally we have -- the united states is standing up for itself after four years of not doing that. and, again, i think it's been an important week to reposition the united states. >> very quickly, cnn and others reporting that the biden administration is considering a six-month delay in the promised troop withdrawal from afghanistan. how wise is that? >> i don't know what decision will be made by the biden administration, but i do think this is such a major decision after 20 years in afghanistan with the taliban resurging and strong. i think we should be prudent, not plan an early departure as president trump had been planning on, but do right by ou

india's defense minister the u.s. secretary of defense have also agreed to enhance security cooperation between their countries or at austin's trip to new delhi follows similar visits to south korea and japan are seen as an effort to improve ties to china's growing influence in the pacific region. despite today's challenging security environment the partnership between the united states and india the world's 2 largest democracies remains resilient and strong and we will seek every opportunity to build upon this major partnership so our discussions today focused on our wide ranging defense cooperation and expanding military to ability engagement across recent information sharing cooperation in imagine factor sort of defense and mutual stick suckle we need you would dump wide gamut of by and by to look at it for failure and agreed to punish you you know hans cooperation if you don't you left you don't i think come on come on and africa come on. is the defense and security affairs analyst he says china will feature high in the talks. the elephant in the room whenever india and the united states talk is clearly china and that is

austin, since the bided administration took over. added is coming after the meeting of democracies japan, india, korea, in which they agree to cooperateccines for developing countries, the move seemed to counterbalance china's influence on the vaccine front. holding these events close together drive some the message that asian allies are extremely important to the bided administration -- biden administration. shery: what are we expecting from beijing, then? >> right, as i said, on the way home, blinken will be meeting with chinese officials in alaska. that past a concept has been brought up expressing objection and now that has been brought to leadership level. blinken has that he is going to raise human rights issues, such as the uighur issue, with the chinese side, so we can expect this to be a heated discussion. paul: politics reporter isabel reynolds in tokyo. for more on the application of the visit, wisdom tree investment japan ceo joins us from tokyo. you see the quad alliance is more important than that tpp? there is no trade to mention to the quad alliance, but in the current to a, does that matter? >> no, it does not. look,

biden had a virtual meeting the other day with india and emphasized cooperation on those sorts of issues. i think we will see tony blinken and lloyd austinjapan and south korea, they are going to try to reassure countries about america's security commitments following all of the uncertainties during the trump years about the extent to which the united states was committed to maintaining security relations with these countries. >> the focal point of the tensions has been tech. last week we heard china will boost spending to reduce reliance on american tech. let's bring in randy abrams. randy, it is great to have you with us. china, three hundred billion dollars of semiconductors annually. how long will it take for china to close this gap? >> good morning. china, they have been making quite a bit of progress over the past year. you are seeing it a lot of domestic companies. i think of attraction -- the traction is on mature technologies. really developing things like microcontrollers, consumer chips , some of the lower end smartphone chips. they are growing quite a bit. in some ways, it gets back to what you were discussing earlier. there

they were in alaska and i also was able to get a good debrief from secretary austin about his visits in asia, particularly in india. the secretary of state and the national security advisor talk about dealing with china from what they call positions or situations of strength -- situations of strength. they actually took that term from the foarl secretary of -- former secretary of state dean atchenson, which they are trying to put together a long testify term strategy in 1947, 1948, 1949 to deal with the soviet union and they did it with democrats and republicans, nato, the strategy of containment. these were all things that came together in this body. so i want to talk very briefly about these -- some of these positions of strength that the administration is trying to put together as it relates to china and i think it's in our interest to help them. first of all, i think it's important, and of course as an alaska senator, i was glad that meeting took place in anchorage. but it was also a symbol, one of the things the chinese frequently states, xi jinping frequently states it is that asia should be for asians. the