would call it the cost of isolation of taiwan and you, craig, and also probably j, province, justice, kosovo, was the started or was getting full diplomatic support saying we support if you like, kosovo internationally, allies and then it moves to the next stages of asking that they should be going can every part of the international community, and it's just introduced a statement which he says, it's exactly that. he said, there's no reason why taiwan shouldn't be in all those committees and institutions of the united nations. they shouldn't be there on the civil a, a trade in every institution. and we support their inclusion in a substantial way in the united nations at every level. of course, he says, you know, they can't be representative of china, but they must be included in, or this is the cost of or playbook being repeated if like both of taiwan and ultimately i suspect it hasn't done it yet, but thinking problems will be, will follow probably from from bad. so yes, i think that is a correct assessment. i mean, i want to get back actually to that causation. that phrase, you're using t

let's talk about kosovo 1999. first war won by air power loan is john keegan says much are complicated that nothing is monocado. there's a lot of reason most of which gives in but but if you look if you see what happens and of course we start the 78 day bombing campaign using precision bombing hansel's techniques says as campaigns often do things escalate as a time goes on you doing more dual use targets. eventually on may 24th about two-thirds the way into it. there's an attack on that takes out the power grid and belgrade all the power goes out. chaos and belgrade. there's a baby's dying in incubators. there's there's and the there's a stephen hosmer was a researcher brand went in and interviewed a lot of the served leaders and he said that as the serb leaders watched this escalation. the metaphor in their mind was tokyo. so we have we're using precision bombing. but it's in the mind of adversaries. they know that this conventional bombing can eventually get to tokyo so it becomes a major determine. there are ce

now kosovo has been serving as national referendum from being held inside its territory, but its allowed ethnic serbs to vote by mail. also, his parliament voted to stop hauling stations from being set up, describing sunday's vote as unconstitutional. serbia wants to make changes to his judiciary, which is a condition for you membership, kosovo which consider the self sovereign state is homes about a 100000 ethnic serbs. now a hostage crisis inside the synagogue in the u. s. state of texas is over, governor says all for hostages were rescued under safe. the suspect to has now been ident i'd as a british citizen is dead. it's not clear how he died. the incident took place in the suburb of dallas, police say the suspect demanded the release of a bucket. standing near a scientist who was convicted for trying to kill a us soldier and got his phone. now construction has begun on the 1st large scale, wind fall off the coast of the united states, like far behind other industrialized nations in clean energy. but the wind has aids to catch up to meet climate change commitments. kristen salumi has

it's a security affairs. kosovo has vans serbia's national referendum from being held on its territory, but it's allowed ethnic serbs to vote by mail. customers. parliament voted to still holding stations from being set up, describing the vote as unconstitutional. serbia wants to make changes to the judiciary and it is a condition fittingly membership, kosovo which considers itself a sovereign state is home about a 100000 ethnic serbs. as soon as his full recipes and migrants and mexico are running out of space, as families keep arriving from central america, very few had been able to continue the journey north as their solemn promise for entry into the u. s. as almost stopped during the pandemic. and his manual rapid reports on the border town of tuana, things could be about to get even worse. it's suppertime at a migrant shelter in d one a mexico and both space and food for every one is limited. the shelters director says there's been a significant increase in the number of families arriving, and she's been forced to turn many away. oh, home, it's very painful to see women with child

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west coast kosovo. parliament has passed a resolution of banning ethnic serbs from voting in serbia's national referendum on constitutional amendments. they are aimed at boosting the independence of serbia's . judiciary, cause resolution is likely to further strain relations with its neighbour. thousands of people have attended candlelight vigils across ireland in memory of a young woman murdered earlier this week. ashley murphy was attacked in broad daylight while jogging along a popular route. in the central town of tele moore, the cases are to public anger about violence against women and girls. while the galapagos islands are known as the living laboratory of evolution, because their remote location provides refuge for many unique species of flora and fauna, ecuador has now joined its neighbors to expand the marine reserve around the islands . that means stronger protection for the regions, wildlife. the galapagos marine reserve is one of the few places on earth where hammerhead sharks can be seen in their hundreds, but their migration roots were still relatively unprotected until

suggest that you have the third lowest per capita national income in all of europe, only ahead of kosovough another bout of inflation, of rising energy prices. and not only that, i say your country's divided because your former president is now on trial for treason. he has thousands of supporters, and your government is still beset by allegations of deep, endemic corruption. all of that adds up to a ukraine that is very weak at this time of possible war. i think that you are not good informated, because our government has 22 members of government — ministers, my colleagues — and you have not any, any evidence about the corruption in our government, because there is no corruption in our government. so, it's like the old—fashioned song also about the corruption, that during this eight years of war, we did a lot of reforms. we have anti—corruption court, we have anti—corruption agency, and etc, etc. so, it's a former narrative also. but, yes, we have to fight with the corruption more, but it's the old narratives that we are divided by the corruption. before we... you can check... my declara

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s. lead interventions now aside from a rock, he also sent british troops into kosovo on sierra leone, and more significantly, afghanistan, where they stayed for 2 decades. where the past 20 years tony blair's views on iraq have shifted, although he's never express remorse for the invasion. that the he has of brutality, oppression, and fear. the death and torture kept the barbaric prisoners. i would still thought it right to remove it is i've long since given up and try to persuade people. it was the right decision. i apologize for the fact that the intelligence we'd received was was wrong. the anti war activist cris 9 am thinks parliament needs to be aware of the huge opposition to tony blair's knighthood. i think they'll do everything they can to avoid debating in parliament. it certainly should be because this is a terrible decision that clearly flies in the face of what the vast majority of people in this country believe and think. i mean, the polls show the majority of people in britain and actually in the united states, i believe the war was a terrible mistake, and it was the wor

i appears to have been the only target and is said to be in a stable condition and hospital. kosovo has been so b as referendum from being held inside its territory, but it's allowed ethnic serbs to vote by mail. serbia is holding a vote on sunday to changes to the constitution. you can follow stories on the website at al serra dot com updated throughout the day. 3, we'll be here with a news, hour and half now. next it's the listening post to stay with us. while the water line is, are making furious separate in order to drop the 10, we need to store on the stair down on rushes order with ukraine. the story gets the cold war and need an update election season is coming in from the president and one of the challenges have messages for the meat grief, the growing issue of kind of stuff. and the patriarchal problem, news outlets need to get past flux. how a problematic tennis player has put the spotlight on australia's mistreatment of refugees. hello, richard. just reading your at the listening posts where we dig into the coverage and look at how news is reported. more has been described as

he also sent british troops in kosovo and sierra leoni and more significantly, afghanistan, where they stayed for more than 2 decades. over the past 20 years, tony blair's views on the rock has shifted, although he's never express remorse for the invasion. with years of brutality, oppression, and fear, the death and torture kept the barbaric prisoners. mm. ah, ah, still right. you're losing long since given up trying to persuade people to the right decision. i apologize for the fact that the intelligence we'd received was was wrong. ah, i think they'll do everything they can to avoid debating in parliament. they certainly should be because this is a terrible decision that clearly flies in the face of what the vast majority of people in this country believe and think. i mean, the polls show the majority of people in britain and actually in the united states, believe that the war was a terrible mistake and it was the worst foreign policy mistake the britain is made in sterling, in modern history, we're talking about about a 1000000 people dying in iraq, we're talking about huge numbers o

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hundreds of people in kosovo have demonstrated against government plans to increase energy prices. oh wow. well it's in pristina tried to contain the crown of that move towards upon the building. because of has been suffering from an energy crisis over the last 2 months that led to want to print power cuts or italy's 80 year old president, sergio martha rella has agreed to serve a 2nd term after parliament failed to choose a consensus candidate. he was planning to retire but was persuaded to stay on. it follows 7, failed rounds of balancing to choose his successor, leaving behind a deeply divided parliament. or in this report from notting baba, he repeatedly ruled out serving another term as president. now off to please from italy's various political parties. sergio matter ela has agreed to stay on broke law more in that door, but as it entered, larry probably got sad of german that i'd like your clinical my, my mother in law who's 80 was elected by members of italy's parliament and regional representatives at the 8th attempt he emerged as the front runner on saturday morning after

continues to wash up on beaches of the 50 tons of crude and spilled into the sea, hundreds of people in kosovo have demonstrated against government plans to increase energy prices. the police can proceed, tried to contain the crowd, is that move toward the palm and building possibilities in suffering from an energy crisis. the last 2 months that's led to widespread power poles will open in the next hour for portugal snap election. it was called last month after a block spending bill brought down the minority socialist government at a reigning report from listed green grocer. pedro gomez says his business, one of small margins has gotten even tougher the past 2 years. right now, businesses are being strangled by higher taxes more than ever. and it's been hard to cope with that. and ever since cove it had, it's been crisis over crisis. and for small businesses that's he'll and really hard to deal with. bouncing back from the pandemic is the top concern for many voters. prime minister antonio costa over saw one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in europe. and the government has helped

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troops to take action in the european continent was kosovo. it was a long time ago. flying with a nato fleet, and that hasn't happened since the cold war. >> it is frightening. what's interesting-- one of our great international reporters, matt bradley, is in kyiv, and in that city they are not panicking. the panic is all external. at least the vibe inside ukraine right now is, look, we're constantly under this threat. russia is constantly threatening us. we are going to live our lives. >> stephen: that's what i get from it. not that there's nothing wrong but, "at this point, what are you worried about." >> they're treating it a like americans are treating covid. >> this is not-- if vladimir putin goes in-- is it true that it has to happen fairly soon if he does because something about the terrain in eastern ukraine? >> there are issues with the terrain, and honestly, this is a country not exactly doing well economically. russia doesn't have a lot going for it. the sanctions could hurt them. vladimir putin himself is quite rich, allegedly, and made billions of dollar

i once commanded a multinational brigade in kosovo which included a russian battalion and a ukrainians were fierce and disciplined. if the ukrainians fight the russians will, will have a tough fight on their hands. it is pretty easy to get into a war. it is another thing to get out of a war. so the idea that with 125,000 troops that russia could take over ukraine i think is ridiculous. they would have limited objectives t might be kyiv, the capital or something more limited but all the country, they would need a lot more troops than that. arthel: meanwhile you have got the u.s. saying sanctions will be unleashed. nato says no nato forces will cross into ukraine if this does actually happen. is this the right response if russia invades? >> i mean it is a response. i think it is a semiweak response. if we really want to stop russia from invading ukraine, send troops to ukraine and raise the stakes for russia for attacking ukraine. it was 31 years ago, 32 years ago when president h.w. bush drew a line in the sand and said this will not stand. iraq at the time had the fourth largest army

after returning from deployment to kosovo in june 2020, he volunteered for the joint task force assignment. he has assisted in warehouse operations, our airport testing program, and elections support in the y-k delta. more recently, he's served as a staff planner in our joint task force emergency responses in fairbanks, the mat-su, and yakutat. when he's not answering the call for our national guard, he is enrolled at the university of alaska anchorage pursuing his master of social work degree and is on track to graduate in may 2023. captain viray is here tonight, and i'd like to ask him to stand and be recognized for his dedication to alaska, his exemplary service, and on behalf of all our national guard members. [applause] thank you for being here tonight, captain, and for standing up for all alaskans. after everything we've faced over the past three years, it's my honor to report that not only is the state of our state resilient, we're fulfilling our motto of north to the future. despite earthquakes; despite floods; despite fires, wind, ice, and snow; despite hostile policies coming fro

because so many of the conflicts i've reported, whether it'sisrael palestine or the balkans, bosnia , kosovo come down to four people say this is all about religion or faith. people particularly in the middle east . and yet for me, what i did on the ground as a witness and as a human rights investigator was very separate from me as a person. although when you live amongst, if you're living in a warzone and i'm thinking very strongly right now of my time in sarajevo . it was living under siege in the city thatwas completely blockaded . and was very scary. there was shelling all the time. there was sniping but there was a catholic church that was open throughout this period and to get to it was actually the cathedral on marcella tito street, i don't know if anybody knows sarajevo but to reach it was great peril. you had to like run out to snipers alley and it was the main thoroughfare that people called snipers alley because people who were on the hills above could basically target you . but yet when i arrived there, i found such solace and such peace in the middle of an incredibly emotionless

step by step work to bring the europeans on board, we knew ethnic cleansing was happening then in kosovo, but you couldn't simply snap your fingers. if you want an alliance, an alliance of democracies, you to respect the processes in each of these countries. >> so, general, to that point, we are expecting to see a written response from both the united states and nato, to russia's demands about the future of both ukraine and nato expansion. what should those responses look like? >> well, they're going to say, diplomacy is still open. we're happy to talk about things like missile positioning. we want to talk about strategic nuclear in a u.s./russia bilateral, perhaps, but we're not going to say that nato won't admit new members. we're not going to say that nato will roll back its task forces that are deployed into the former countries of the warsaw pact or the baltic states. and so it is going to be a mixed message back to moscow. this is all part of the game that mr. putin's playing. we don't know whether he's going to actually launch his military or not. if he can get what he wants, with

not only of training of ukraine but also its operations in kosovo, afghanistan, in mediterranean sea, et cetera, et cetera. and we actually showed ourselves as a reliable partner. for now, what can be done from the alliance part? first of all, it's training. i think it should be the strong position on the diplomatic level, and we have it. so any ultimatum can be offered from any third party alliance about ukraine. so the decision about our movement to nato is decision only for select countries and ukraine. the second position, so no setback in this position and actually we have this strong position and not only the alliance but all allies from alliance. the second one is training. of course, it's training. and our collaboration. i remind you that last year we received european status and had opportunity partner that help us to have some information from intelligence services of these countries. and this help us to increase our interoperability with countries of northern treaty. more training, more support. it would be great because nato as alliance cannot impose sanctions. but also th

couple days ago, yeah, we've learn from you guy that's what we're going to do, just like you did in kosovoya, that's what we'll do here. and i think that is the -- how you respond to that is what the biden administration is wrestling with. >> i want to show our viewers a couple of maps. you don't need to see them because you can probably recite these in your sleep. but it's nato as it was in 1978, the countries that were nato members in 1978. and now let's see what they look like today. this is part of vladimir putin's argument that nato has come up against russia's borders. and as far as vladimir putin is concerned that weren't part of the deal. is there any legitimacy to that argument? >> no, i don't think there is. honestly, i don't. remember if you go back, if you can move your map back -- i love maps, by the way. >> we'll go back to the '78 map. yeah. >> there you go. you'll notice that's the former war saw pact. so nato was always on the borders of the warsaw pact alliance, the soviet alliance. the soviet union just collapsed, and all those countries in the middle, they were captive

the worst case scenario coming from ukraine officials is a kosovo style scenario.constant aerial bombardment. taking out defensive infrastructure all over the country with the threat of a land incursion, also to effectuate a regime change outcome. >> that's extraordinarily good detail and perspective there about the numbers game. and what russia may outline is certainly growing talk here in the united states that if they were to engage in a movement, it would potentially come after the olympics in beijing as putin wouldn't want to alienate his ally xi jingping prior to that. give us one more reaction about the security council. they are meeting today. what do you expect we will hear from the kremlin? will there be any consideration of a de-escalation from moscow? >> well, they're still leaving the floor for diplomacy open. the ukrainians emphasizing the normandy format for negotiating, there will be another meeting next week i believe in berlin so the ukrainians think that look, putin hasn't made up his mind yet, and perhaps this whole thing is just one massive blu

i remember in the early 2000s when i was training in star city and there was conflict in kosovo, nightly bringing material and men to the war zone. yet we could have these sometimes heated discussions and still be friends. so so far it's been fine. even though there have been any number of issues over the last few decades where the united states and russia don't see eye to eye. this time it is more serious. this is probably the most tense that i've seen. and you know, if so far the politicians on both sides have not directed their space agencies to take any specific actions against the other, but that's certainly a possibility at any point. so this time it's a little more tense and i'm a little more concerned. >> yeah. it certainly seems different this time for sure. so what would be the biggest problems if the situation got worse and either country decided to return its crew back to earth? >> so we need both sides to keep operating the space station. now, the russian side, you know, the service module and that complex, that is really the essential piece for maintaining -- maintaining co

delegation from the center console with me to the un mission on, find it, and deliver a written document. kosovo, husband, savvy as national referendum from being held inside its territory. but it's allowed ethnic serbs to vote by mail. cos of his parliament voted to stop polling stations for being set up describing the vote of unconstitutional. serbia wants to make changes to its judiciary, which is a condition for you membership ca survey which considers itself a sovereign state is home to about a 100000 ethnic serbs. bangladesh has impose restrictions as covert 19 infections tripled in a week to 95000 to day public gatherings. banned masks a mandatory in public places and vaccine certificates needed for restaurants. but many are ignoring the new clamp down despite the capital. darker being declared, an infection red zone. tomba chandry has more from the capital or the government is fair. now that the infection is spread to the community level 2 areas, the capital, darker city, and the southeastern district got rung. maria has been declared as a red zone because of the high infection roads. al

somebody wants to make changes to which judiciary, which is a condition for e membership, kosovo which concerns itself. a sovereign state is home to about a 100000 ethnic serbs. algae, there is boy honors, they honor, which has more from belgrade, sir b. 8th, holding constitutional referendum on appointment of judges and prosecutors to day. the referendum takes place armies through b as ongoing york session process approved by serbia laws maker in november last year. the proposed constitutional amendments required that the power to appoint judges and prosecutors be transferred from parliament to the high judicial council . at high prosecutors counsel, it is an effort to de palletized judicial appointments. the council of europe has affirmed the amendments align with the you. rule of law standards over fostering an independent judiciary. what is new is that there is no more traditional 50 percent, minimum water turned out for referendum to be successful? the question is responded by yes or no. yes, bring serbia girl sir to for feeling the eel, judicial criteria for membership. on the ot

united kingdom likes to work with, indeed we have right now a hungarian commander of of k—for in kosovor putin and how it's now -la in: out? i ~ ii playing out? yes, i think vladimir putin really _ playing out? yes, i think vladimir putin really was _ playing out? yes, i think vladimir putin really was banking - playing out? yes, i think vladimir putin really was banking on - playing out? yes, i think vladimir putin really was banking on more | putin really was banking on more weakness from the west. he believed that the us was deeply divided, which it is after the trump presidency. he watched the biden administration withdraw from afghanistan and he believed he could frighten the west, but he not receive that, but he is faced with a more and more united front from the west and more and more now we have countries that were never before part of nato, such as sweden and finland saying that they're discussing entering the security bloc. so in fact he is getting a bit of a backlash and actually the response has been counter to his interests. so it is quite an interesting situation. the inte

australia, kosovo and others. in addition to that, there are also no spectators allowed.athletes will feel there in beijing? >> athletes still have their support staff and all the things that are essential to allowing athletes to perform at the international level. but the hard part is the distraction from their sport performances. olympics is the pinnacle of an athlete's careers. i'm introduced as a to-time olympiaian. not the world cup win but olympics matter especially in most winter olympic sports where there is nothing bigger than the olympics maybe with the exception of hockey, of course. athletes are -- yeah, this is distracting them from sport and so yes, they may feel isolated but more than that they'll feel like their performances aren't the most important thing at the olympics and there should be nothing more important than an athlete's performance at the olympics. that's what they are about. >> bill: with these covid protocols it won't be as easy to get in and out. you said you hope the athletes stay quiet about human rights and don't speak out. how come? >> b

in his career with the united states army, george served in iraq, afghanistan and kosovo and retiredors he provided guidance and mentorship to hundreds of teenagers who looked up to him. in addition to jrotc, george also volunteered with the civil air patrol beginning as a cadet himself and then mentoring youth. he was a san francisco state university graduate. george's legacy and leadership serve as mentorship and friendship will be carried on and remembered by all the individuals that he has touched. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor melgar? >> supervisor melgar: thank you very much. happy new year colleagues. i do today, have a hearing request that i'm putting in along with supervisor ronen to be heard at the children's family, young adults committee. like many of us, who are parents of children in san francisco, i spent the weekend trying to score some testing for my kid before she went back to school. colleagues, the lines were long. everywhere. there were no test kits available anywhere. that brought a lot of questions for me. i was particularly struck by the l

actually, it was the american-led action in serbia where they carved off kosovo and set it up as an independenttate, in violation of you and resolution 144. that changed borders. second thing is that the russians, when they went into manchuria in 1945, they went in with over one point 5 million soldiers, when they went into czechoslovakia, it was three quarters of a million people. not a lot of people got killed. when they went into afghanistan with 100,000 troops, it did not work out wealth. they could, but i am not sure they're going to go into the ukraine with 100,000 troops. they know with history it does not work out always, unless we do something stupid like try to get the ukraine into nato or something like that. i think biden's administration is doing what it could. with the russians set up in november was kind of like an ultimatum, a little scary. i think we got to do this diplomatically and not go stupid like intervening in a bigger way in ukraine. and maybe we can pull out of this thing. host: robert is next, democrats line, elkridge, maryland. caller: i hope you can hear me ok. i ap

i had six family members in vietnam in one of my family members fought in kosovo, afghanistan, two toursn iraq, and another cousin's daughter was in iraq also. i just feel like, strategically, that was a good piece of land to keep. we have been in japan for 75 years. we have been in germany for 75 years. we have a heroin problem here and we could oversee that a bit and now that will go gangbusters. we will lose more people to that. we keep threatening iran, russia, china, north korea. they are just going to -- we are a joke now, and afghanistan is between pakistan and iran. strategically, i think that would be something we should have had a hold of. caller: i talked to my son the other day and he doesn't talk about this but he was one e of the army rangers and parachuted into kandahar airport in october 2001 after spending the night in the hospital with his wife who just had a baby. i get angry when people say we never should have been, because the main reason was to find osama bin laden, which we did, and he is upset. he did not really specify why. he just said i don't trust what is goi