defending the motherland, strengthening its defense capability and further modernizing the people 's liberation armys damaged that your extensive experience of interaction with the russian federation will contribute to both the development of the armed forces of the people's republic of china and the expansion of military cooperation between our countries. we highly appreciate the fact that after the appointment to the post of minister of defense. you have chosen russia as the first country for your foreign trip . dear comrade minister, your trip to moscow is the result of important agreements between the president of russia and the chairman of the people's republic of china. i look forward to the closest and most beneficial cooperation with you in the spirit of unbreakable friendship between our countries , the leaders of russia and china. formulate long-term goals in the field of national development and security. that the visit of the chinese minister to moscow today for several days is a continuation of building and deepening mutual cooperation in various areas, but, in fact, a continuation of t

people's republic of china for the first time aircraft carrier shandong, according to the people 's liberation armyrier group of seventeen ships is working out a naval blockade of the island , vgtrk's own correspondent in china , alexander balitsky, will tell the details. well, here is the one, that is, the united sword that china took out of its scabbard . it has been holding in taiwan for the third day already. close range long-range containment anti-air and anti-robber anti-missile targets. well, the imitation of high-precision strikes on military targets on the island, i must say, the picture turned out to be spectacular. well, the students are in many ways similar to those that china carried out in response to the visit of pilosia last year, the chinese army and navy, in fact, blocked the island, in addition to numerous frigates and destroyers, and for the first time this year, the entire shandu aircraft carrier participates in these maneuvers. 36 fighters can be based on its board alone. the aviation component is generally sufficient more than 70 aircraft turned out to be serious, including j

carrier joined the exercises of the prc for the first time for such actions, according to the people 's liberation armyaircraft carrier group of seventeen ships is working out a naval blockade of the island , vgtrk's own correspondent in the people's republic of china alexander balitsky will tell you more well, here is the most, then there is a united sword that china has taken out of its scabbard . it has been holding in taiwan for the third day already. testing, as they said in the chinese defense of close-range attacks, testing long-range deterrence of anti-aircraft and anti-grab anti-missile targets. well, the imitation of high-precision strikes on the military island, the picture, so to speak, turned out to be spectacular. well, the exercise is in many ways similar to those that china carried out in response to the visit of the pilosia last year, the chinese army and navy, in fact, blocked the island, in addition to numerous frigates and destroyers, and for the first time this year, an entire aircraft carrier participates in these maneuvers shandu on his one 36 fighters can be based on board. the

people 's organization of south west africa swapu began a guerrilla war that lasted 23 years. the fighting organization of freedom in 1973, it received the name of the people in the liberation army namibia was based in tanzania zombie military camps and created secret strongholds in namibian territory we had the first generation of african leaders on the continent, the founding action of kwamin krumah, all the cultures of kolunda and others, and also in south africa, muhaba presidents, comrades. well , yoma comrade montela, so, the generation of leaders taught us to fight for our freedom. how do we act then after political freedom you will say as soon as you are free everything is fine, therefore africa has problems independence only in 1988 the authorities of the republic of south africa came to withdraw from namibia in 589, russian laws were repealed, an amnesty was declared pre-imprisoned. the intentions returned to the leadership of the swap and, as i said, on march 21, 1990, the independence of namibia was proclaimed, the country was headed by its first president. the fearless fighter for the freedom of our food, legendary with me, immediately appointed our today's interloc

s. south korea and japan. china will hold 3 days of military exercises around tie one from saturday. the people's liberation army made the announcement after ty one's present, citing when returned from a trip to the united states, a meeting between her and the speaker of the us house of representatives, angered beijing, taiwanese president, sighing. when completed her trip to the americas, she sounded defiant upon returning to her home land. stressing that taiwan would continue engaging with the world. on the route we have shown the international community that when we face pressure and threats, try one will be more united. we will never given because we are suppressed, nor will we stop communicating with the world because we are hindered things good yet. jargon. chinese military incursions into taiwanese as space and territorial waters have become more frequent. taipei views this latest me by beijing as a response to president size trip to the us. china also imposed sanctions on some usaa organizations. these include the ronald reagan presidential library and the washington think tank the hudson institute, whic

s. generals even say that a truce of 1027 could be a date that we should watch out for because until then, a lot of those are modernizing programs of the people liberate at puberty. liberation army will finished, but officially there is no timeline, but they are. the chinese government has made it quite clear that it will also resort to a military means when it comes to taiwan, if it feels necessary to do so. and when it comes to europe, e u says it's friendly, opposed to any attempt to break, to tie one status or france. one's the block against entanglement in a foreign crisis. house waging view that debate. yeah, i mean for bating, there was really a political gift. there were a lot of opinion pieces. he and the state media, which appraised em across the stands as, quote, unquote, reasonable and, and are rational. so am bits. basically china strategy. they want to portray europe as a victim of u. s. pressure and basically want to encourage europe to break away from a u. s. pressure and divide brussels and washington. so i think this rhetoric is exactly what china can hope for pub in pittsburgh, in beijing. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making he

army. she liberated these settlements and pushed back the nationalists. as far as possible now it’s relatively calm here, and vladislav mirzaev’s family from the front-line cities of margaret, the lugansk people ’sputin held a working meeting with the governor of primorsky territory oleg kozhemyako, talked about helping participants in a special military operation, the state of agriculture and the fishing industry in the region. another topic is the construction of new ports, according to the head. primorye plans to open another one in the fall; it provides a cargo turnover of 20 million. well, primorsky krai, in generally shows very good or satisfactory, e, indicators of development. uh, of course, uh, the territory lives. uh, like the whole country in special conditions today, at the beginning , i wanted to inform you about the work that we see in supporting our guys from primorye, who take part in the bow member. their families, it is very important to shed all the necessary payments to all military personnel of the administration in the field, you indicate the assistance in solving household problems. thank you, the most important task is to support people of good help housing indicators. we

intelligence believes the people's liberation army is acting on orders from president xi jinping himself. the p l. a told to be ready by 2027 to take taiwan by force. one u. s general, claiming it could happen even sooner in 2025 2 years from now, a war that could involve the u. s and its allies as this fragile island democracy fights to fend off a future chinese attack and next time it may not be a drill. yeah but there are concerns tonight that global democracies may not be united, particularly after these comments from the french president, emmanuel macron, you know, on the heels of his state visit to beijing, he almost was echoing the chinese president xi jinping is talking points. he was cautioning europe against being drawn into a taiwan crisis , saying that europe should resist pressure. to be a follower of america. well here in taipei, of course, lawmakers are asking why would an advanced democratic country ignore the lives and potential deaths of people in other countries? they really say that those comments are puzzling. erica will really appreciate the reporting. thank you. and thanks to all of you for joining us tonight, 3 60 starts right now.

people's liberation army navy ships circling the island. meanwhile the white house's responding to beijing's anti us deals on oil were russia and saudi arabia and china. working with brazil to move off the u. sstrategic competition with china. um and we have made it clear to chinese officials. we are unabashed and unafraid to make it clear to the chinese that we're going to do what we have to do to protect our national security interest and again. this is no time to be in partnership with vladimir putin. chairman mccaul tells fox. the delegation is willing to talk about weapons sales with taiwan's president attend tonight. united airlines has announced new routes from san francisco international in time for summer travel. the new destinations from sfo include flights to auckland, new zealand , brisbane, australia, hong kong and osaka, japan. the carrier says it's added nearly 25 new routes to its summer schedule. and is expanding service by 25% as it expects to see demand for travel outside the us continue to surge. one of the country's largest warehouse retailers is feeling the impact of inflation . costco reported its monthly same store sales dropped for the first time in almost three year

people's liberation army? guest: the caller is talking about the potential that china may invade taiwan and the next several years. we have seen multiple assessments of the u.s.'s to regenerate some of the very munitions that we need, especially 155 millimeter ammunition rounds that would be used in howitzers, things like munitions for air defense systems that we have been talking about. that is a multiyear process to get those things back up to the levels that the u.s. might need, if it finds itself in another major land war with china. host: you have covered military issues throught your career. now -- what is it about the topic of military and national security, covering the pentagon in particular that most interests you. guest: the reason i love this beat is it is where policy meets the real world. washington talks policy, but the soldier and commander must carry out that policy. host: a few more calls for you. we will to melvin in virginia on the independent line as well. caller: good morning, c-span. i have a question about redactions of these documents. i don't agree that they should have been released, but to my understanding, when it comes to secret do