secretary of state mike pompei are walking there with the german chancellor angela merkel following their meeting there about to give a short statement let's listen in. my compu in berlin is one month's bar in guns in full sun it isn't harmful ones it's not religious offload to be my point be your guest on that or you won't cut or and the middle of the announced involved and then lights off there being a thought for sure we don't have to be in but ones like translation there of the german chancellor speaking of who she is speaking in her native language a german and so we will wait till we hear from white on hey welcome to the secretary of state of the united states of america my computer a very warm welcome here to berlin welcome back secretary and indeed you scott you've come in very interesting times it's a very special day today tomorrow and i've been closely following. the visit that you began yesterday when you went down member lead memory lane so to speak you visited voigt and a few other places from there you went to light sick again very moving actually the city where i studied p

secretary of state mike pompei or says nato must grow and change or risk becoming obsolete visiting germany for the for the 1st rematch with chancellor angela merkel and welcomed a planned increase in german defense spending. and the vigil in hong kong for a pro-democracy demonstrators who died of his injuries after falling from a building charts and longest the 1st student to die since the start of the anti-government encounter activists say they will ask their protest. time for girl welcome to the program as part of d w special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the birth of focusing on the city's most prominent lombok the brandenburg gate on the 9th of november 1989 thousands of people gathered at the gate which lay behind the wall in east berlin euphoric crowds clambered up to the wall which had been off limits for decades the symbol of german division would soon become one of the unity. new political correspondent simon young is there that welcome simon we've just been looking at scenes of jubilation from the 30 years ago what's the scene that now. well not quite the same

from specifically the impeachment and cory the impeachment investigation let's talk more about mike pompei oh this documentation that the that the secretary of state was involved in something that really was about the president's personal politics at some point is my pompei are going to have to answer questions about this. well i think you could say it's highly inappropriate and irregular behavior you would certainly expect that the secretary of state would be trying to defend and act on the best interest of diplomats who are under him here we see the exact opposite that he is involved directly in what's presumed to be a smear campaign against marie you have on of it so this is kind of exactly the opposite sort of behavior that we want to thank him for the secretary of state exactly exactly ok so these documents came out because of a afraid of information act like a lawsuit but it did not come out because the white house or the state department to turn these documents over what does that say because they've stonewalled on almost all documents at some point. it will that not be ok to contin

secretary of state mike pompei you. see you know a lot about the methods have changed they came with knives and fire instead of just chanting slogans and protesting and they started attacking public facilities including military ones on the united states is monitoring the ongoing protests in iran closely we condemn strongly any acts of violence committed by this regime against the iranian people and i deeply concerned by reports of several fatalities we've been at that since the beginning of this administration. the islamic republic must cease violence against its own people and should immediately restore the believe all arranged to access a free and open internet the world watching their own people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. posture and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation the choice is clearly with the regime and that was the u.s. secretary of state there mike pompei of let's take the stor

secretary of state mike pompei o has announced that washington will impose sanctions on iran's for nuclear facility that after taran said it would use it to enrich uranium the site had previously been subject to u.s. sanctions waiver pompei was to reiterated his support for the ongoing protests in iran a stance around though has slammed his hypocritical united states will terminate the sanctions were related to the nuclear facility at fordo people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect. basic human rights abandon its revolutionary. posture and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region to be simply like. if you strange the united states and its officials who have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much pressure on the toughest sanctions on iran communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests we don't expect anything else from mr disgracefully defense the maximum pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. for a surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices which was announced on friday the iranian government said the revenues wou

secretary of state mike pompei o says nato must grow and change or risk becoming obsolete visiting germany for celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall and that with chance of i'm going to macro unwelcomed a planned increase in german defense spending. just part of the special coverage of the out of her she will take a look at one of the darkest chapters in each chapter pastry forced adoption and children sometimes taken from parents considered disloyal to come an easter break we'll hear one family's personal story of renewed also on the program a vigil in hong kong for a pro-democracy demonstrators who died of his injuries after falling from a building chaps and lockets the 1st to die since the start of the anti-government contact activists say they will ask giving their protests. time forget welcome to the program. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is concluding a 2 day visit to germany and some of the 31 of her show of the fall of the boat and all his latest office button then for a meeting with johnson i've been a makeover at a joint news conference secretary

machine guns and someone to supplying these guns no doubt would have you make of secretary of state mike pompei o because when it came to south sudan as i said 75 percent of the former united and the oil money is there it's creation was lobbied for by britain and george clooney mike pompei or tweeted the usa intends on reevaluating its relationship with don did did the united states state department consult you before making that statement . now n n n n n it doesn't mean the united states like any country makes its own decisions. we obviously we speak to all the various member states both here with through their own besa does but when i go to new york and i brief the security council i generally go around and talk to one about the obviously the u.s. the u.k. russia china france except from you know trying to the rounds of pretty much everybody. so i mean what my role is here is the is there provide them with the best information they possibly can get is also to suggest ways to in which you know the security council or bimah states can you know can can move or they ask me i mean what do you thin

secretary of state mike pompei was on a visit to germany 30 found a 1st of the fall of the boat in war his latest stop is but then for a meeting with chance of i'm going to machall the. joint news conference he and the chancellor stressed the importance of addressing conflicts around the world and the special relationship between the 2 countries. has a book with a great friend of the united states germany defeated to be an enormously helpful order for us. as minister statement about increasing germany's contribution time we think that's powerful because we think that relationship with nato matters and we need everyone working together to make sure that it remains a potent force for good in the fight to stay in i'm all for calm for once today we have other tasks before us and again we are addressing them as partners and friends we have to face up to these tasks in the world given their conflict god knows we'll be talking among other things about the conflict in afghanistan and the conflict between ukraine and russia we'll be talking about the future of syria about peace in libya these a

ambassador to the european union who said basically everybody knew about this he named mike pompei o rudy giuliani make more of a meet the acting chief of staff in the administration so what this does is it add some paper confirmation to the verbal things we've been hearing in those impeachment hearings things that often the u.s. administration has been denying. the fessor of international politics at the university of birmingham he says giuliani's calls to pompei were part of a plan to discredit joe biden has sent hunter amery upon a bitch. but the phone calls are not the most important things in the documents the phone calls on the 26 and the 29th of march between pompei enjoy johnny each was 4 minutes we don't know what was in the calls we just know they took place but what we do know from the other documents is that someone probably joy-ann his camp was giving the state department records of meetings that your yani his 2 associates indicted businessmen love parness and he got from and were meeting with the current and former prosecutor general's of ukraine in january in new york

dealings with ukraine have now been made public they confirm contacts between secretary of state mike pompei and of transpersonal lawyer rudy giuliani earlier this year it's been renewed fighting between kurdish fighters and turkish backed forces in northern syria it happened near the town of a nascent turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish led syrian democratic forces last month a truce was agreed in coordination with russia but small scale fighting has continued the people of getting this hour heading to the polls in a few hours to elect a new president they hope the vote will bring stability to the west african nation after weeks of violence as a headline news continues on al-jazeera after upfront. the prime minister. is to the british on the 31st of october and to this country the greatest place on earth pretty much is delayed but the. drama of bricks it on al-jazeera with protests raging in hong kong and a brutal crackdown against muslims in how far is the chinese government willing to go to maintain its iron rule. i made the house and also on the show this week the trumpet mi

secretary of state mike pompei o is just the latest in a string of pro israel moves by the trumpet ministration we can't forget that washington has already recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel and also recognized israeli sovereignty in the golan heights now this announcement breaks with a u.n. security council resolution and back in 2016. states that settlements in the west bank are a violation of international law it also goes against the 4th geneva convention and it's a move that's expected to distance the united states from its traditional allies in europe and also allies of the u.s. in the middle east it's a significant shift from the policies of president barack obama. who was very much against the further construction of israeli settlements in the west bank but the trumpet ministration has demonstrated that it is not afraid to make some very pro israel moves and you know this announcement by peo is just another example of that. for the l.d.s. in washington well authorities in iran have defended the hike in fuel prices that sparked days of rioting at least 3 people have been kille

secretary of state mike pompei omits troops at a training camp in bavaria for 4000 u.s. soldiers and nato partners that's just a fraction of the 35000 u.s. troops in germany respond players who are stationed in western germany during the cold war also visited a village that had once been divided by war at the east west border and the town's nickname little girl the secretary of state was accompanied by german foreign minister heiko must the visit was time to coincide with celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the boat in war you know the events of 1008 i remind me of what binds us are 2 countries free societies transatlantic allies and friends. we share a strong belief in the rule of law democracy human dignity free speech freedom of religion and so many other on the the right things we know to be central to these values link us together as people of this nations and they define our policy or foreign policy choices. secretary of state mike t.w. reporter marina strauss is covering the visit welcome marina relations between germany and the us have been s

secretary of state mike pompei oh calls for a blow bill rejection of what he says is iran's nuclear extortion. and it's only becomes the 1st country in the world to make it mandatory to study climate change in public schools. and in schools some of the biggest stars in athletics it's been excluded from its premier competition world athletics announced a major overhaul of the diamond league and many high profile events have been dropped. the international criminal court has sentenced a former congolese rebel leader to 30 years in prison bosco ntaganda was convicted of 18 war crimes that including murder rape and using child soldiers to serious catherine sawyer reports now from one judge in the eastern democratic republic of congo. mada rape and conscripting children a soldier's offenses committed by. that along with other war crimes have led to him being sentenced to 3 decades in prison he ordered fighters to carry out attacks in the tora province over to yes in 200220032 drive out one ethnic community judges of the international criminal court in the hague described his involvement in atrocit

and the secretary of state mike pompei oh has urged european countries to take back their citizens who joined these so-called islamic states and ensure that they are prosecuted many former fighters are being held in northern syria guarded by kurdish troops on payment thursday with diplomats from 30 countries involved in the fight against the jihad is true yes said country should be should hold accountable the thousands of foreign nationals who fought in the name of i.a.s. for the atrocities that they committed in iraq and in syria turkey is also holding members of i.s.i. on thursday turkey says it deported 7 germans and one british nationals suspected of having links to so-called islamic state the germans are believed to be a family from the central town of hill this time which has been the focus of anti terror raids turkey is expected to deport 2 more suspected german militants on friday. the public impeachment hearings against donald trump began this week with fresh revelations related to the u.s. president's phone call with his ukrainian counterpart and now the drama plays out song

secretary of state mike pompei o is in berlin to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall he and his german counterpart. they did some room in this ng today to try and improve current relations between their countries. it was in some ways a deeply personal visit he was secretary of state might bump you he's the 1st day of his stay in germany to return to school military base he was stationed here is a soldier in the eighty's one of the back then patrolling the border that separated east and west germany together with the foreign minister. this was also no kazan to east of recent tensions in the us and relations. it was a bit of a walk down memory lane for me members are very strong. you can. you could say i saw a piece of history that i was a tiny little part of back in the late 1980 s. i think it's indicative of the incredible poured relationship between our 2 countries michael mass expressed gratitude for american support of the german reunification process is it always because. we are committed to see you with great solidarity and gratitude that we owe our freedom

secretary of state mike pompei announces new sanctions on iran and rams home his support for the ongoing mts rallies in the country tehran hits back by accusing america of destroying its economy and inciting rioters. united states will terminate the sanctions were related to the nuclear facility at fordo we don't expect anything else from mr may be disgraceful he defends the much much pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. and in a major policy overhaul the us causes outrage by declaring that it no longer views israelis tell.

mike pompei also provoked outrage today by announcing a reversal of a decade's old stance on israeli settlements in the west bank he said they do not necessarily violate international law the settlements are on territory occupied by israel since the 1967 middle east war and are one of the most contentious issues in the conflict between israel and palestine. the u.s. administration has lost its credibility to play any future role in the peace process with treatment of secretary palm treo constitute a total departure of the us administration. or from international law the rule of law so regardless by beautiful means we are to please think international law or the law of the jungle we are really shutting the doors of international law and opening the gates of extremists extremism where for decades the us regarded the settlements as inconsistent with international law still the view of much of the international community which does cite the 4th geneva convention washington's change of stance contradict numerous un resolutions and international human rights conventions the new position is

after a lawsuit by an ethics watchdog it confirms multiple contacts between secretary of state mike pompei o and donald trump's personal lawyer really giuliani earlier this year this happened in the months before then u.s. ambassador to ukraine or a on of it was recalled it supports testimony at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts. the pressure of into investigating trump's rival joe biden so here are some of the findings in this document we're talking about and january there was a phone call between ukraine's former prosecutor general victor shoket and rudy giuliani choking complained he was dismissed at the request of the democratic presidential contender joe biden at the time joe biden was the vice president to go on his associates parness and igor firm an improvement that is were with him when he made that call the 2 men were arrested last month and based several criminal charges in the u.s. that on march 26th and $29.00 there were phone calls between giuliani and specter of state pompei oh it's not clear though what was discussed and by april a le

secretary of state mike pompei or announced on monday that washington will end sanctions waivers on iran's fordo nuclear facility a key component of the landmark atomic deal it comes after to round said it had resumed the process of uranium enrichment at the plant pump a also reiterated his support for the all going protests in iran which the country has slammed as hypocritical. people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandon its revolutionary. posture and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation but. if you strange the united states and its officials who committed the greatest crimes by imposing much more pressure on the tougher sanctions on iran how do you know communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests we don't expect anything else from mr hu disgracefully defends the marksman fresher regime and no position of sanctions on iran. after a surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices earlier this month the iranian government said the revenue would be used to help the less well

secretary of state mike pompei would justify the decision saying it provides the space to find a political solution between the 2 sides however the us has issued a travel warning at the same time we asked people on the ground what they think. the usa zionist position is against ethics this is our homeland and our families so we will resist as our religion says if you don't like fighting for your lands you are a martyr and will continue one of the difficult off against any decision which can steal our right to decide and our freedom and our dignity it is only as a cover up the israeli crimes and propaganda against anyone opposing the building of settle. in our own or our decision of trying to consider all the israeli zionist settlements on palestinian lands and legal and legitimate is totally against international law to take any occupied lands and give them to the occupying force to do the lost his role as a mediator in the peace process in the eyes of the palestinians by declaring in a direct way that the settlements are legal and legitimate. dutch authorities say they have found 25 peopl

invited donald trump along he said on twitter he'd love his council including secretary of state mike pompei or to testify to while calling it a democrat scam either way it's getting the washington press pack as you would expect fired up. president's own pentagon and his own security staff detailed a plot to extort foreign help to cheat in the reelection campaign the worst day with the most damning evidence for president trump in the impeachment inquiry that was driven by the president's personal political error and his interests so as they hearing heads to the next stage for me it was congressman ron paul thinks that what's happening right now is not proving positive for either the republicans or the democrats he speaks to us. i've always said that when you want to tell the truth in an amp hour it becomes treasonous and i think a lot of what we're doing our government is doing right now it's all fake as lot of the lying and innuendos trying to figure out what's going on but i don't think it's been very positive for republicans or democrats and i think so unnecessary i think it's actually wh

secretary of state mike pompei 0 announced on monday that washington will end sanctions waivers and our runs for daniel are facility a key component of the landmark atomic deal it comes after tehran the said how'd resume in the process of uranium enrichment up the plant also reiterated his support for the ongoing protests in iran which the country has slammed as hypocritical. the iranian people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect. basic human rights a bit revolutionary. and it's destabilizing foreign policy in the region to be simply like. if you strange the united states and its officials who have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much pressure on the tougher sanctions on iran are communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests expect anything else from mr disgracefully defense the pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices or earlier this month the government said the revenue would be used to help the less well off but boiled over in at least a dozen cities buildings found pictu

allies she also said that she told stoltenberg and the nato secretary general and that she will tell mike pompei of arriving also here in violation of the next 24 hours from the united states that the a must be that 10 percent of that heavy lifting of nato engagement so this is something that is to a certain degree in new tone because she some seems to mean it in concrete terms but the whole debate that germany should be more proactive and should take on responsibility is almost a decade's old old debate here in germany now that was previously reserved to something like the munich security conference and those think tanks ok go see with us michelle because you mentioned the nato secretary general against started but he's speaking in berlin as nato marks its 70th anniversary the north atlantic treaty organization or nato was set up as a western alliance during the cold war to counter fears of selvage aggression but now the organization is coming under increasing pressure. against don't come back needs no reminder that today's world is much more complex than the simple east versus west of the cold

usa korea state mike pompei again expresses his support for the mass protests in iran and announces sanctions on a nuclear facility in the country with iran accusing the us of destroying its economy. united states will terminate the sanctions were related to the nuclear facility at fordo we did not expect anything else from mr pompei or produce creating a defense for maximum pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. and in a major policy overhaul the us causes outrage by declaring that it no longer these israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as illegal plus also to come this hour activists in the u.k. raise concerns about domestic abuse survivors taking part in the country's upcoming elections has claimed that registering to vote could put their lives in danger by making their personal data public. but that the morning is just gone 10 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. secretary of state has announced that washington will impose sanctions on iran's 4 down nuclear facility that after taran said it would use it to enrich uranium the site ha

secretary of state mike pompei or says nato must change or risk irrelevance. ledo runs always the risk that it will become obsolete now because the partnership now because the political commitments for ever become i don't think is between in the transit and those commitments between our countries will ever become obsolete. but it could it does run the risk if it doesn't do the things it needs to do to confront the challenges of today in a way that is attractive. of a german chancellor angela merkel rejected what she called micron's drastic words germany's foreign minister is warning against undermining nato in a column in the spiegel magazine he said neither germany nor europe will be able to effectively protect themselves without the us and in an interview with the financial times poland's prime minister viewed macross questioning of nato's commitment to mutual defense as dangerous the secretary general of the north atlantic treaty organization the n stoltenberg on the other hand stressed the coalition while strong and the u.s. and europe are working closer t

invited donald trump along he said on twitter that he'd love his council including secretary of state mike pompei you testified to while calling him a democrat scam as well either way it's got in the washington press fired up as you'd expect president's own pentagon and his own security staff detailed a plot to extort for help to cheat in the reelection campaign the worst day with the most damning evidence for president trump in this impeachment inquiry that was driven by the president's personal political error and his interests course this whole impeachment saga kicked off in september when a whistleblower alleged that president trump abused his office during a phone call with ukrainian leader it centered on trump's efforts to get the authorities in kiev to investigate former democrat vice president joe biden sons senior role at a ukrainian gas company it's alleged pressured ukraine to investigate his political rivals by threatening to withhold u.s. military aid for his part donald trump denies any wrongdoing well as the hearing heads to the next stage for me it was congressman wrong paul spoke

secretary of state mike pompei i know this is new sanctions on iran and rams home his support for the ongoing mass rallies in the country are on his back by accusing america of destroying its economy and inciting to riot or. united states will terminate the sanctions were related to the nuclear facility at fordo we don't expect anything else from mr compared to disgracefully defense the maximum pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. and that a major policy overhaul the us causes outrage by declaring that it no longer views israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as a legal. international law with the law of the jungle. you're watching our to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 7 pm welcome to the program 1st prosecutors in sweden say they're dropping a rape case against wiki leaks co-founder julian assange and many of the evidence has weakened over time joining us live now in the studio is don corner with the details so what does this decision mean a for a. while jackie it was back in 2010 that sweden filed an internatio

secretary of state mike pompei a commented on several protests taking place across the globe but not on those in bolivia that he did praise jean and yes for expelling hundreds of cuban officials and doctors from the country telling quarter looks that washington stance on world protests from latin america to the middle east. lebanon's countrywide protests are ripe did over a month ago. i did take. a long time 11 people the protesters are accusing government officials of widespread corruption and hold them to blame for failing to put the brakes on a deepening economic crisis washington's made it clear it thinks those are injustices worth fighting against not too different from its stance on hong kong. insurrection began in june against a law that would have allowed extradition of hong kong's criminals to the mainland i try to come to this party must honor its promises to the i want to freedom and liberties that they have been promised in this i know british joint declaration over the past several months there have been thousands of injuries and arrests it's been a big challenge for bei

secretary of state mike pompei rose in germany to join celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the building wall he served as an army officer in germany june 1 today troops at a training camp in bavaria for 4000 u.s. soldiers and they took part accompanied by german foreign minister high come not. the secretary of state visited a village had once been divided by the east west border hence its nickname little berlin was the pump arrow is now in leipsic. which is where we join d.w. but in a stress welcome marina so the tour appears to of their begins in a small but very in a village where he has a personal connection tell us from. yes actually the city of the small place of it is quite hard to pronounce even for a german speaker it's a very small village but it's quite famous because it was divided by east and west and. was based not far from there are so you so sure in the late eighty's and he still likes to tell the story of funny patrol the air and carton and so this whole journey to from poppier this whole journey is not only a work trip but it's also a journey back i

secretary of state mike pompei also went to ballet. to commemorate the fall of the wall and he used the occasion to take a jab at china and russia. everyone in this room has a duty we must recognize that free nations are in competition of values with those unfree nations today russia led by a former k.g.b. officer stationed in dresden invade his neighbors. slays political opponents the chinese communist party uses tactic as methods to suppress its own people that would be horrifyingly familiar to former east germans. pompei is a former cia chief and did some of his military service patrolling the berlin wall but his attendance at the ceremony was also greeted with criticism from one of germany's biggest news outlets was pondering over when u.s. troops would finally leave the country there are currently almost $40000.00 u.s. military personnel in germany journalist and author thomas foss bunda says washington fiz new using influence over. this is a rather cheap effort. we kind ling cold war nostalgie are reported that way re kind ling g

mike pompei has announced a major policy reversal regarding israeli settlements in the west bank saying they did not necessarily violate international law. the establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not per se inconsistent with international conclusion that we will no longer recognize israeli settlements as per se inconsistent with international law is based on the unique facts history and circumstances presented by the establishment civilian settlements in the west bank our decision today does not create prejudice or decide legal conclusions regarding situations in any other parts of the world. bompas announcement comes 8 months after washington recognized israeli sovereignty over the golan heights that territory was seized from syria in 1967 and formally annex the $981.00 under the trump of ministration the us has also broken with international consensus in deciding to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital but decisions were strongly condemned including by the un israel's prime minister meanwhile to praise the united states latest move claiming it quote wr

sides not just from israel i must know why you're talking about the also glue agreement obviously mike pompei oh the u.s. secretary of state has said that he'll recognize the israeli illegal settlements even quoting ronald reagan even though of course ronald reagan said these illegal colonial settlements are ill advised and represent an obstacle to peace there is no also a agreement that will now well the oslo actually did not deal at all with the settlements i think it should be discussed and i think all the agreement so far it should be discussed between the 2 parties and it is true that. pill has not. actually come up with this idea. originally basically it's very consistent with the letter of george w. bush 2004 april 2004 when he wrote a letter to then prime minister ariel sharon saying that realities on the ground in assessing state actually recognition of what we call here the major blocs well as i said 1st push it ronald reagan of course the oslo accords were in the context of un security council resolution 446 about settlements surely even the us peace negotiator martin indyk has cal

secretary of state mike pompei oh is in germany for a visit time to coincide with celebrations to mark that anniversary but he also came to address disagreements over current political and military alliances. the u.s. secretary of state had come to berlin with china and russia on his mind instead wherever my pump aoe went he was confronted with the question whether he said french president in manoa might cause gloomy view of nato which mccall had described as brain dead so many good answers so many cameras yes. i. pompeo added on a more serious note. if nations believe that they can get the security benefit without providing medo the resources that it needs if they don't live up to their commitments there's a risk that nato could become ineffective or obsolete or reminded that there's a price to pay for having the us as a partner a message heard loud and clear in the german government chancellor merkel expressed profound gratitude as germany marks that since the fall of the berlin wall. we will of course never forget that the united states of america with its president george bush help

secretary of state mike pompei o has been in germany for the past 2 days his visit is of course timed to coincide with celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall but disagreements about how to safeguard current political and military alliances have overshadowed his visit. with a great friend of the united states germany it continues to be an enormously important partner for us i saw the defense minister statement about increasing germany's contribution to nato over time we think that's powerful because we think that relationship with nato matters and we need everyone working together to make sure that it remains a potent force for good in the just in the north problem for once today we have other tasks before us and again we are addressing them as partners and friends we have to face up to these tasks in the world. god knows we'll be talking among other things about the conflict in afghanistan and the conflict between ukraine and russia we'll be talking about the future of syria about peace in libya these are some of the issues on our agenda today but let

mike pompei also provoked outrage by announcing a reversal of a decades old stance on israeli settlements in the west bank he said they do not necessarily violate international law the settlements are on territory occupied by israel since the 6 day war and one of the most contentious issues in the conflict between israel and palestine the u.s. administration has lost its credibility to play any future role in the peace process we regard washington's decision as another step aimed at collapsing the system of international law regulating the middle east and thus further straining israeli palestinian ties settlements in occupied palestine are a blatant violation of international law and un security council resolutions they're an illegal action that will kill to say solution jordan's position in condemning them is unwavering we warn against dangerous consequences of the us changing position on settlements on middle east peace plan all settlement activity is illegal under international law and it erodes the viability of the 2 state solution and the prospects for a lasting peace. well for 4 dec