army nurses were ordered to evacuate manila on december third. the commanding officer told we would be going to the field tomorrow to bataan and then this was probably the first time any of us ever heard the word bataan on christmas eve morning, we were loaded into busses and trucks in our white crispy uniforms and transported to the peninsula bataan. the next day, navy nurses moved with their patients to santa scholastica, just outside of manila. and were captured a few days later. but one thing i remember was looking out over the balcony and seeing the american flag come down and, the rising sun going up on christmas day. hospital number one went to operation at lamar on the southeast coast of bataan between then and january 25th, major surgery was performed on more than 1200 battle casualties when hospital number one at lamar began to get crowded and casualties continued to come in, it was decided, set up a hospital further down the peninsula. this was designated as hospital, hospital number two. and as i understand it, they took bulldozers in

good morning from manila. decide? good morning from manila- l — decide? good morning from manila.ecide? good morning from manila. i think the chinese | manila. i think the chinese people and even the chinese government are not accepting, or blatantly not accepting the so—called speculation that the balloon itself is like a spy balloon. according to them, and most of the statements coming from the official statements coming from china, is that they would want to have an open discussion about this incident, this unfortunate incident they were regretful about this. but i think from my vantage point, the way i see it, it is better for the two sides, the chinese and americans, to discuss this open mindedly speaking, because it will further deteriorate the already deteriorating us—china relation if this incident will not be handled in a proper manner. and at the same time, it is not good as well for the world, if the us—china relation will deteriorate further. world, if the us-china relation will deteriorate further.- will deteriorate further. well, i will deteriorate further. well, i s

in the south china sea. manila sees the chinese coast guard ship pointed a military grade lisa, at the crew of the filipino ship, blinding them temporarily. the confrontation, nocka gather sprightly islands that the philippines claims is part of its data trade, china disputes. the came along with similar themes from other countries over islands in the south, tennessee. the w janelle milan has been speaking to the philippines, foreign secretary, enrique him, and aloe about the growing tensions. she began by asking him what the philippines is doing to prevent what is now regular harassment by china, of its vessels. there is nothing to do with somebody with a harassment. i mean it's not only vessels, it's also fishermen. we of course, have approached china almost regularly every time we learn of a situation and really when we explain it to them, our only hope is that they would refrain. but if they're going to impede at least sometimes they should do it in a more friendly way. rather than pointing a laser, what's a more friendly way? well, they can at least ask us not to proceed to this,

this week on t w that is the dublin years asia coming up to date the philippines as china challenge. manila is accused beijing of violating its sovereignty. after the chinese ship flashed elisa to filipino ship in a disputed part of the south china sea. the philippines, foreign secretary tells d. w why such incidents are troubling to really explain it to them. our only hope is that they would refrain what if they're going to eat, at least sometime to, to do it in a more friendly way rather than in a laser. ah, irish manage. you're welcome to did up your news asia. glad you could join us, philippines president fed man marco's junior, has bowed not to lose one inch of territory. days after the face off between a chinese and philippines coast guard ship in the south china sea. manila sees the chinese coast guards ship pointed a military grade lisa, at the crew of the filipino ship, blinding them temporarily the confrontation, docker the other sprightly islands that the philippines games is part of its territory. china disputes the came along with similar themes from other countries over island

he has been a succession of high level us visits to manila. on thursday, it was defense secretary lloyd austin's turn. i have always said that it seems to me the future old, the philippines and for that matter, the asia pacific will always have to involve the united states. walking to talk to marcus administration has granted the u. s. military access to for more sites, meaning american troops will now be able to operate in 9 locations. but austin has clarified, there will be no permanent us basis. it all ship rogers, the ability to respond effectively to humana terean's issues and also the disaster relief and other types of crisis. one of the bigger and long standing crisis is the territorial dispute between manila and b. j in the south china sea. although an international ruling in 2016 invalidated china's vast claims. the asia giant has built artificial islands and continues to encroach on philippine waters that and china threat to take tie one by force, have critics bearing a bigger u. s. military presses will serve more as an irritant rat

the announcement was made by the american defence secretary lloyd austin, who's visiting manila. marcos, will see american forces permanently based at nine sites in the philippines. the decision comes as china is seeking to increase its influence in the region but mr austin made no direct reference to that — take a listen. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in manila. and he gave us this analysis. this behind me here is camp aguinaldo. it's the headquarters of the philippine armed forces, and this is where the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, came today to announce this agreement. what does it give the us? well, it gives the american military, for the first time really in three decades, serious access to a large number of military bases across the philippines. nine bases in all, but the most significant are in the north, facing the south china sea and facing taiwan. why is the philippines so significant? well, it's really about geographical location. if you look at the military alliances the us has in east asia, to the north, you have korea and japan and in the sou

and you deal with manila gives the u. s. access to for new bases and an increased presence at several others. it completes a chain of american military positions around china, ranging from japan and south korea in the north to australia in the south. on below reports says president ferdinand marcus junior took off his 7 months ago. he has been a succession of high level us visits to manila. on thursday, it was defense secretary lloyd austin's turn. i have always said that it seems to me that the future old, the philippines and for that matter, the asia pacific will always have to involve the united states. walking to talk to marcus administration has granted the u. s. military access to for more sites, meaning american troops will now be able to operate in 9 locations. but austin has clarified there will be no permanent us basis. it also provides us the ability to respond effectively to humana terean's issues. and it also. ready disaster relief and other types of crisis. one of the bigger and longstanding crisis is the terri

was deputy prime minister was in manila last week. we did talk about the possibility of exploring an joint patrols and, and we'll continue that work and we hope that that comes to fruition. so despite its recent actions in contested waterways, china continues to advocate for code of conduct in indonesia last week. it's foreign minister, tim gone, said he intends to fast track negotiations with southeast asian countries, including the philippines. and there was hope tension would ease after manila, and beijing agreed to establish a new diplomatic hotline in january. instead, what we've seen in the past few weeks has been the opposite with bold side standing firm and bowing not to give up an inch of their claims in the south china sea. while below al jazeera manila, now top tech is on display in barcelona this week as the spanish city host, the mobile. well congress, it's where the world's biggest wallace companies show up their latest designs. this year they have foldable smartphones and a. i powered chopped bots the 1st year. the even

it's seven in the morning in singapore, and in manila — where there's been a big strategic developmentn the pacific rivalry between the us and china, with america sealing a deal to greatly increase its military presence in the philippines. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and in manila — the agreement was signed off by the us defence secretary lloyd austin, after talks in the capital of the philippines. it represents a change in approach by president marcos. previous adminstrations tended to weaken their ties to washington. the deal gives the us access to four more military bases in the philippines, which will make a total of nine. neither country has said exactly where the new locations would be although it has been acknowledged that washington has requested access to bases on the northern land mass of luzon, the closest part of the philippines to taiwan, and on the island of palawan, facing the disputed spratly islands in the south china sea. earlier we spoke to pentagon press secretary — brigadeir general patrick ryder. by having like—minded partners working together, i menti

was deputy prime minister was in manila last week. we did talk about the possibility of exploring an joint patrols and we will continue that work and we hope that that comes to fruition despite its recent actions in contested waterways. china continues to advocate for a code of conduct in indonesia last week. it's foreign minister, tim gang said he intends to fast track negotiations with south east asian countries including the philippines. and there was also tension would ease after manila and begging agreed to establish a new diplomatic hotline in january. instead, what we've seen in the past few weeks has been the opposite with both sides standing firm and bowing not to give up an inch of their claims in the south china sea. why below al jazeera manila, the mobile wild congress is kicked off in barcelona. it's one of the world's biggest wireless companies show off their latest designs. johnny angela reports me event at the move of world congress robots that cook and phones that fold like the new launched by chinese honor. being sid

secretary of defense lloyd austin had separate talks in manila thursday with ferdinand marcus jr.s well as the defense secretary. >> the future of the philippines and for that matter in the asia-pacific, will always have to involve the united states simply because those partners partnerships are so strong. >> our alliance makes both of our democracies more secure and helps uphold the free and open indo-pacific. >> the deal will bring the number of bases the u.s. can use in the philippines to nine. the additional locations have not been announced. china reacted sharply. the foreign ministry spokesperson said a u.s. military buildup in the region is heightening tension and harming peace and stability. >>> meanwhile, washington is using a diplomatic route to counter beijing's influence in the pacific. the u.s. has opened an embassy in the solomon islands three decades after it pulled out. >> our embassy will accelerate that vitalcoaboration. building on decades of ties between our governments and our people >> the last amecan embsy in e country's capital closed in 1993. secretary oft

the agreement between washington and manila gives the u.s. more access to military bases. secretary lloyd austin announcing the deal. >> america's commitment to the defense of the philippines is ironclad. we discussed expanding the enhanced defense cooperation agreement which allows our forces to operate together more efficiently from key sites across the philippines. we are pleased to announce today that president marcos has approved four new locations. that brings the total number of sites to nine. laura: our correspondent rupert wingfield-hayes is in manila and gave us his analysis of the u.s. boosting its military role in the philippines. >> this cap is the headquarters of the philippine armed forces. this is where the u.s. secretary of defense came today to announce this agreement. what is it give the u.s.? it gives the american military, for the first time in three decades, serious access to a large number of military bases across the philippines. nine in all. the most significant are in the north. facing the south china sea and facing taiwan. why is the philippines

i'm your host manila chan. thanks for tuning and we'll see you again next week to figure out the ammo. ah mm hm. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms. race is often very dramatic. development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult. i'm time to sit down and talk ah, with me i really thought that we were going to die fly before i thought, even if i called all the way to the right. so i hid behind death my years before i was born. and this has happened again and again and again and again again, because people continue to stick with the system. i do like any other day. and only one of them came home. basically we want to make sure that certain things that are just too dangerous or regular civilian should be in the hands of those people who are and say best offerings. take no way to start with i am rick sanchez and i'm here to play with you. whatever you do, you do not watch my new s

i'm manila chad. she wants to dive in head 1st, but he's taking a more measured approach. germany is young, foreign minister, and alina bear, bach once the whole of the you to go all in. but emanuel micron is saying not so fast. now, international relations and security expert mark's la boda is back with us to discuss. mark, the french have been very coy about whether or not they would supply kia with any having machines like tanks or fighter jets a manual. my crohn has said, and i'm of course paraphrasing here, that the idea is not off the table, but his rules would be that he'd give care of those things under the condition that the regime promised not to use them on russia proper territory. now could those promises be kept and how would you ensure that those promises were even enforced if you are a manual micron? what would the consequences be if you broke that promise and used french french jets to i don't know, say bomb st. petersburg. of course, this is purely theoretical because i do not believe

i'm your host manila chan . thanks for tuning and we'll see you again next week to figure out the ammo a ah by the middle of the 19th century, practically the whole of india had been under the rule of the british empire. the colonial authorities had imposed that heavy death bringing the people into poverty and were exporting natural resources. and moreover, these authorities absolutely had no consideration for the provisions of the local population, treating them like 2nd class citizens. the british were showing signs of disrespect even to those who cooperated with them. the fact of ignoring the religious beliefs of the hindus led the mutiny of this. the boys mercenary soldiers serving under the british crown. 3000000000 began on the 10th of may 1857 in the garrison town of may river, north of india. in the form of a mutiny. the rebels quickly took over daily. the heroic resistance of the indian people lasted for one and a half years. however, the forces were not equal. the colonial authorities dealt with the re

i'm manila. so friendship. the colonization was completed in the mid 19 hundreds, several nations in africa seem to still have their finances in strictly tied to france. predatory loans and financial mechanisms continued to prey upon african nations, subjecting them to onerous debt repayment schemes, forcing them to privatize t social programs and economic sectors like health care and agriculture, and draining the content of its vast resources in minerals and people. it's often referred to as debt trap. diplomacy. a recent report shows that while $30000000000.00 reaches africa in western aid per year, about 6 times that amount leaves the continent. but the i m. f, the international monetary fund and the world bank have been accused of being at the forefront of debt trap. diplomacy. both institutions famously called to account for their lending practices to the 3rd world nations by john perkins, author a b. now infamous book, confessions of an economic hit man, take gonna for an example. recently in the western

i'm manila chan. you are tuned into modus operandi. the numbers continue to climb the amount of money and arms being sent to ukraine. the u. s. is leading the way with total packages, well north of a $100000000000.00. this conflict is fast becoming the most expensive war in modern history. but is it worth the investment? we'll discuss it. all right, let's get into the ammo. the me, b, u. s. congress constantly bouncing back and forth between democratic control or republican. the 2 party system rarely agrees on anything but the one thing that unites the 2 war. suddenly the grievances disappear and both parties support joe biden, providing carte blanche blank checks to ukraine. now here to break it all down for us, the money, the arms began, small is international relations and security analyst marks la bota. you can find more of marx analysis at the real politic with marx loda over on youtube. now mark with the recent announcement by president biden, that the u. s. would send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine

i'm your host manila. chad. thank you for tuning and we'll see you again next week to figure out the ammo. ah ah. in the 1950s the u. s. used former nazis against the soviet union in the 21st century. they engineer dakota, the page, the former soviet republic into, on confrontation with moscow will certainly if the united states and the u. k. and the rest of the western world had not engaged in conflict with the ukraine and with the soviet union and its successor of the russian federation. we would not have the horrible situation we have today. i think that if the american stopped, we would be at peace and the role would be a lot better place. and the economy, the world will function considerably better than is doing now. now when i was shown seemed wrong. when all, please, just don't hold any you. yes to feed out. this thing becomes the advocate and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, has the center of done? yes. comes under shelling by

ah, hello, i'm manila chan you are tuned into modus operandi. this week we'll head to central america where one country is resisting us pressure and going their own way in foreign policy. after a history of meddling from the americans, president daniel ortega of nicaragua stands his ground as the united states takes aim at their gold industry. we'll get you all the details straight ahead. all right, let's get into the the me, the former us national security advisor under donald trump, john bolton, called at the troika of tyranny, referring to cuba, venezuela and nicaragua. now for most of the 20th century, the u. s. has had frosty relations with cuba to say the least in the 21st century, the u. s. and a few of its allies anointed one why doe, as their chosen president for venezuela, a move some 80 percent of the world rejected. and now the u. s. has its sights set on nicaragua, again under the biden administration. so what do these 3 latin american countries have in common while they're all run by left us government who resist us influence and e

i'm your host manila. chad. thank you for tuning and we'll see you again next week to figure out the ammo. ah ah, in the 1950s, the u. s. used former nazis against the soviet union in the 21st century. they engineer dakota, that fish the former soviet republic into our confrontation with moscow will certainly of the united states and the u. k. and the rest of the western world had not engaged in conflict with the ukraine and with the soviet union and its successor, the russian federation. we would not have the horrible situation we have today. i think that if the american stopped, we would be at peace and the role would be a lot better place. and the economy, the world will function considerably better than his doing now. see what happens with digital gains with actual physical sport solving like digital . yeah, there's yes, because on is preparing to host the 1st ever gains of the future a cyber context with a physical dimension. one of the innovators, eager to study, is on the verge of to finding sports and ga

i'm your host manila. chad. thank you for tuning in. we'll see you again next week to figure out the ammo in. ah oh, what else shows the wrong one? 03. just don't move. i mean you've yes to shape out these days because the add to kid and engagement equals betray you. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. for what happens when you make digital gains with actual physical sport. something like digital. yeah, there's yes, because on is preparing to host the 1st ever gains of the future a cyber context with a physical dimension. one of the innovators, eager to study at all, is on the verge of redefining sports and gaming. he tells us what's behind this synergy and if it's the future ah, that's the rationale for the mission to make sure that in europe in western europe keeps. i'm funneling supporting nato and keeps on falling arms into, into what is clearly a proxy war against russia. in an exclusive interview, going on the ground, renowned with paul the theme all high breaks down the u. s. a node str

i'm manila chan. now many in the west are calling to hear the spoiler in sweden and finland joining nato. meanwhile, many turks are lashing out at swedish protesters who burned a koran outside of their embassy labeling. this hate speech and use of aram is back with us. so use of. currently us, lead nato is under pressure to present a united front against moscow. there was a stalemate among e, you nations, of who would supply what to kiev. washington broke that deadlock when president biden announced the u. s. would give care of 31 of these m one abrams tanks. so as a result, germany said they would send some leopard to a 6 tanks. they approved poland request to send care of some of their stock of leopards as well. france so far has tabled the idea of standing. any main battle tanks, dickie, they haven't ruled it out, but so far it sounds unlikely based on the conditions that they've laid out, the checks flat out. no. where does her kid stand on that can you foresee, or the one caving into western pres

was deputy prime minister was in manila last week. we did talk about the possibility of exploring joint patrols and we'll continue that work. and we hope that that comes to fruition. so despite its recent actions in contested waterways, china continues to advocate for a code of conduct in indonesia last week. it's foreign minister tim gong said he intends to fast track negotiations with southeast asian countries, including the philippines. the at there were thought potential would ease after manila begging agreed to establish a new diplomatic hotline in january. instead, what we've seen in the past few weeks has been the opposite. with bold side standing, we're bowing not to give up an inch of their claims in the south china sea. wide and below al jazeera manila. ah, this is al jazeera, these are all top stories, u, k, and a you need as have finalized a new deal for northern on ins. paste brack set training arrangements, european commission present as lavonne. de leon has been meeting you, kate prime minister wishes to not to discuss

from manila on a be low, has more what the r u. s. defense chief ver lloyd austin, emphasized a few times during the presser, is that this is not a permanent b c arrangement that a secretary austin said that there will be rotational presence of us troops in these 9 locations. now on the part of the philippines or the philippines defense chief carlita. gov is junior said that this would improve the, the philippines capability to, to respond to natural disaster humanitarian crisis. which is very often here in the philippines. of course the 2 countries. um and also again renewed their commitment to its military alliance, longstanding, military alliance. and he said that the overall relationship is a deterrence to the continuing aggression of china in the south china sea rescue. teams are continuing the search for survivors after the latest russian strike and eastern ukraine. at least 3 people have been confirmed dead after a rocket attack. and the city of cromwell tossed another 20 were wounded clamor. tolorisk is in the done yet regi

the new deal with manila now gives the us access to for new bases and an increased presence at several others. it completes a chain as you can see there, of american military positions around china, ranging from japan and south korea in the north. right down to australia in the south. we'll let speak to barnaby low. you joins us now from the philippine capital . barnaby. this really looks like quite the strategic move. what do we know about these new bases? while natasha was sealed, don't know the locations of these for a new site, sir. not bases. the 2 defense chiefs emphasized they would not like to use the word basis, but they would like to use the word sites. in any case, we don't know the locations of these 4 new sites that the u. s. military will have access to. we know that they already have access to 5 sites that has been for years now under the enhanced defense corporation agreement. what the u. s. defense chief bud lloyd austin emphasized a few times during depressor is that this is not a permanent basing arrangement. a few people probably can't remember that there were a per

i'm manila chan. you are tuned into modus operandi this week. nato's expansionist dreams may have a rude awakening after altercations outside of the turkish embassy and sweden are taken as hate speech. so is the 2 for one sweetheart deal between sweden and finland expired? we'll discuss. all right, let's get into the m l. me . sir. kia was an early adopter of nato, joining the block way back in 1952. within the alliance, the turks have the 2nd largest military only behind the united states. as you can see here, their location is one of utmost importance, at least as seen by the us, straddling europe and asia to its east and west russia just a few hours north, the african continent, just a few hours south. its no wonder turkey has leadership has had to play their geopolitical cards carefully for decades. and no surprise as to why when the nato block was formed by the us that the americans wanted to keep this country within its orbit. turkey is inserted like and connie air bases have proven keyed some o

on this manila i have very strong views. the united states and the world for that matter is the largest ship in the ocean. it takes the longest amount of time out of any to go ahead and pay that. and to expect the united states and you know, largest countries around the world, go ahead and immediately turn away from fossil fuels and turn. ready towards renewable energy, i think or are green energy, i think is a fools errand. it's a transition that needs to go ahead and take time. but there is certainly reason for a coexistence between fossil fuels and renewable energy. i think there are detriments we haven't spoken about them yet, but they're detriments coming from green energy. they're not all you know as utopian as people or perfect as people would like to go ahead and and market them. there are downsides. there are, you know, dirty secrets about a lot of forms of renewable energy. and so therefore to go ahead and paint with a very broad brush fossil fuels in a very bad light and paint. all green sources are renewable sour

from manila vanderbilt has been what the u. s. defense chief lloyd austin emphasized a few times during the presser, is that this is not a permanent basing arrangement. a secretary austin said that there will be will patient presence of us troops in these 9 locations now, on the part of the philippines, the philippines defense chief carlita galvis junior said that this would improve the the philippines capability to, to respond to natural disasters, to humanitarian crisis, which is very often here in the philippines. so of course, the 2 countries also again renewed their commitment to its military alliance, long standing military alliance. and they said that the overall relationship is a deterrence to the continuing aggression of china in the south china sea. right now, po process is addressing tens of thousands of young people in democratic republic of congo. he's a live pictures from the capital kinshasa where the pontiff is kind of speaking as a huge stadium. it's the 1st people visit the country and more than 37 years, and

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