secretary of state mike pompei it has said that there is significant evidence that originated in the chinese lab while the intelligence committee continues to do its work they should continue to do that and verify so that we are certain i can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory one that the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade have no reason to disbelieve that at this point is the scientific consensus was not manmade or genetically modified that's right i grieve that i've said i've seen their analysis i've seen the summary that you saw that was released publicly i have no reason to doubt that that is accurate that ok so just to be clear do you do not think it was manmade or genetically modified. i've seen what the intelligence committee has said i have no reason to believe that they've got it wrong welcome to the new year is in beijing with more on the reaction to pompei as comments. there's been a escalating war of words between the u.s. and china in recent months and this latest state media editorial is only adding

english and mandarin and both versions really had searing words attacking secretary of state mike pompei oh in particular they called him a liar saying that he quote is engaging in filthy behavior to mislead the public and that he's lost his moral compass they've also accused michael pompei of really only being interested in getting donald trump reelected in the next elections in november and in store king and the chinese hatred in order to do this now this is in response to the comments we had earlier of my composure saying that there is significant evidence that corvette 19 a region aged in a chinese lab in the history of roller g.e. and beijing has flat out denied this it's also denied that it's engaging in any coverup or dissed information campaign and this editorial is really demanding that mike pompei and his colleagues really produce this evidence that they say they say that they have and they suggest said look he's really just engaging according to state media in a bluff in a big bluff and really just continuing this anti china's smear campaign in order to divert attention from w

secretary of state mike pompei o is urging the afghan government and the taliban to cooperate to. bring the perpetrators to justice and example ryan al-jazeera. america's top diplomat is in israel for talks on u.s. backed plans to annex a 3rd of the occupied west bank a secular state might pompei his meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz former rivals will be partners in a unity government due to be sworn in on thursday and let's cross now to harry for students live for us in western islam and harry is a short visit i think but presumably from pope putting his shoulder to the wheel of annexation well that's the big question as to exactly what message he will be bringing from the u.s. administration the ambassador to israel david friedman gave interviews to the local media recently in which he said that the u.s. stood ready to recognize israeli an accession of large parts of the occupied west bank the illegal settlements and substantial part of the jordan valley but there have also been reports in the local media that the united states wants to put the brakes on

pompey also met with netanyahu's new coalition partner more centrist blue and white party leader benny gantz. after three inconclusive elections the two rivals formed a unity government that set to be sworn in on thursday a ceremony that was postponed to accommodate pompey was visit. sergeant withh that report from one used to stay with us you're watching france twenty four. really do have news hello a and welcome to frfrance twenty four. here with an exclusive interview with the prime minister of tennis here l. s. fox. who is joining us live from tunis. prime minister thank you for being with us. well sure good morning and- a very warm welcome to all of you this. mr let's start talking about coronavirus the health minister announced on the eleventh of may that they would use. no new cases or knowing your debts does this matter that's true she has overcome the virus. but if you want to tell you the truth i don't think you can say things quite so. clearly but never the less we are very happy on the progress we've achieved in the last two days with the number of recovery is. is of the se

chinese hatred in order to do this now this is in response to the comments we had earlier of mike pompei are saying that there's significant evidence that corba $1000.00 or originated in a chinese lab in the institute of roller g.e. and aging has flat out denied this it's also denied that it's engaging in any coverup or dissed information campaign and this editorial is really demanding that mike pompei and his colleagues really produce this evidence that they say they say that they have and these just said that he is really just engaging according to state media in a bluff in a big bluff and really just continuing this anti china's smear campaign in order to divert attention from washington's mishandling of the crisis back home and asian markets katrina are reacting to this escalation between the u.s. and china. that's right fully and they're not happy indeed we've got across the board just local markets today in hong kong saying whopping 4 percent in india it was down more than 5 percent 5 point one south korea down roughly 2.6 percent taiwan down 2.4 and in singapore down about 2 perce

pompei went on to say he believes the spread of the virus was the result of an accident in the lab not a deliberate act when asked about reports of the law in question receive 7400000 dollars in funding from the u.s. to study the corona virus and bats under the direction of dr anthony fauci pompei a claim that this is a normal practice meant to protect americans and he went on to say quote the united states for a long time in continuing today tries to help countries around the world who are conducting research on highly contagious pathogens we do this not only in china but we try to bring our expertise to precisely prevent something like this however pompei o did not explain how he believes the virus could come from a lab that was already receiving aid from washington and in response to the claims an editorial in china's global times accuse the u.s. having gaging an unprecedented propaganda warfare it argued that since pompei o said his claims are supported by enormous evidence then he should present that evidence to the world and especially to the american public now the comments from

the us state secretary mike pompei it was taken a whistle stop trip to israel on his 1st internationalvisit during the pandemic and wednesday he touched down in the country meeting with both prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his new ruling coalition partner benny gantz a compose trip gained much more attention than usual due to an almost complete lack of protective equipment and the fact that it seemed the trip itself non-essential i guess the have reports a pair of gloves cost $50.00 said a mask is about a dollar but getting in the plane in the middle of the pandemic and flying halfway across the world just so you can stand there and smile that your good friend tell him what a great guy he has and look at the his eyes smile some more. it's priceless and kind of cheesy you're a great partner you share information from other countries to train up your skin and hide that information now i know what you're thinking could we have just who would have saved millions of dollars and potentially even lives but here's the counter question would netanyahu specific area have felt quite as keas

secretary of state mike pompei o notified congress that the trump administration no longer considers hong kong to be autonomy from mainland china the announcement could end the asian financial hub special trade status with the u.s. china said the move was interfering in what it calls a domestic matter here's what pompei o had to say hong kong does not continue to warn treatment on the united states laws in the same manner as u.s. laws were applied to hong kong before july 997 no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground. let's get more now from all of our salat who's in washington all over what does this notification from the secretary of state actually mean. well you know what mike pump aoa saying here essentially is that if beijing puts this so-called national security law in place then hong kong would no longer be a free territory in the u.s. could then move ahead and there are special trade and economic relations that they're currently having with hong kong now and the trump administration went on an

and of course the virus has caused a lot of difficulty inside israel itself as usual people like pompei o are trying to scapegoat iran for all of their own shortcomings and their own deficiencies in addition compare reportedly discussed israel's plans to alec's a huge part of what remains of palestine's west bank territory is well as israel's business dealings with china which made compare sat and i still know what you think it could have just cool it's important for a number of reasons that we do this face to face face to face and with a smile and long stares into each other's eyes while telling each other how nice they are to hell with pandemics and viruses in danger sometimes 2 grown men who like each other just have to do what they have to do. so to come this hour with the ad industry plunged into crisis by the pandemic advertisers are turning from t.v. to the internet in a bid to keep the money flowing but when the full story after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only mostly e

thing this time around in a spokesperson for china's foreign ministry spoke out and he condemned pompei o and he also said this is evidence that the u.s. is specifically trying to interfere in china's internal affairs here's what he said . we warn the united states that taiwan's independence is a road that leads to death. or support for taiwanese independence is doomed to any damages or china's core interest in any interviewer and in china internal affairs. counterattacks. beijing is now calling on washington to adhere to past agreements which state that there will be no official exchanges with taiwan so we got u.s. china what is taiwan now right well in her inaugural address the leader of taiwan called for peace and stability with china but she also said that her government has no plans to simply fall in line with beijing's political demands to know what she said. here i want to reiterate the words peace democracy and dialogue we will not accept the authority of one country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and undermine the cross-tree status quo we stand fast by this principle when. now i

partner pentagons ahead of the talks pompei all said they would discuss the pandemic the talks are also expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank israel's new unity government will be sworn in tomorrow about the. officials in yemen say at least 12 people died in fierce clashes in the southern province of on tuesday fighting broke out between saudi backed government troops and separatists backed by the united arab emirates the 2 sides were allies i'm told by separatists declared self rule last month. fresh violence in afghanistan is threatening to further undermine the peace process that started in february between washington and the taliban the latest attacks have been on a funeral for a police commander and on a maternity ward where infants and mothers were among the dead a warning now to our viewers some of the images in this report are distressing. another day of deadly violence in afghanistan in the capital kabul gunmen disguised as police stormed a maternity hospital they killed 16 people including 2 newborn babies mothers and nurses. gun battles raged for

has condemned china over its proposed security law for hong kong lee secretary of state mike pompei it is cold it's a disastrous proposal saying it ignores the will of the people let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly home kimberly good afternoon good morning your time was mr pumping saying yeah you're right condemning calling this proposed national security legislation arbitrary disastrous releasing a statement let's look at it together the statement from the u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe the decision to bypass hong kong's well established legislative processes and ignore the will of the people of hong kong would be the death knell for the high degree of autonomy beijing promised for hong kong under the sino british joint declaration a un failed agreement now this is interesting peter because this statement goes much further even than the position of the what of the white house in the top administration just 24 hours ago national security advisor robert o'brien had also been talking about this is essential in the position of the trampas administration is

originated from a lab in ruhani china during a sunday talk show interviews secretary of state mike pompei o said he is confident the u.s. intelligence community will come to the same conclusion remember the streets of the world may have a history of running substandard laboratories these are the 1st targets that we've got a world exposed to viruses and. result so yours. and so while the intelligence committee continues to do its work they should continue to do that very far so that we are certain i can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from the laboratory. or went on to say he believes the spread of the virus was the result of an accident in the lab not a deliberate act when asked about reports of the law in question receive 7400000 dollars in funding from the u.s. to study the corona virus and bats under the direction of dr anthony fauci claim that this is a normal practice meant to protect americans and he went on to say quote the united states for a long time in continuing today tries to help countries around the world who are conducting research on

saudi arabia congressional aides have also said the government watchdog was investigating whether mr pompei use staffers for personal errands the president dismissed those suggestions and defended his secretary of state. the u.s. department of justice on the f.b.i. say they found evidence that a saudi military cadet was in contact with al qaida before he shot and killed 3 people on a u.s. naval base last particle haim as the latest from washington d.c. officials now say this was an attack on u.s. soil coordinated with the help of al qaeda last december saudi arabian cadet lieutenant mohammad saeed al some ronnie opened fire on the pensacola military base where he was training leaving 3 u.s. service members dead and 8 injured al qaeda in the arabian peninsula initially claimed responsibility but in a news conference monday u.s. officials confirmed that blaming the many months of delays and apple refusing to help them unlock his phones in the months before the attack while he was here among us he talked with a.q. a.p. about his plans and tactics taking advantage of the information he acquired

secretary of state has just arrived in israel for top level talks the visit by mike pompei it comes as the u.s. signals its support for israel's planned the next 30 percent of the occupied west bank. now the f.b.i. is has mistakenly revealed the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks it's information so sensitive the u.s. government has been trying to keep it secret for months the official was named during the u.s. federal lawsuit filed by families of the victims of the attacks on september the 11th 2001 they accuse the saudi government of complicity the declaration was filed by an f.b.i. official a senior u.s. government official says that this was done in error while a spokesman for the victims' families says they believe they've uncovered a link between 911 hijackers and the saudi embassy in washington 15 of the 19911 hijackers were citizens of saudi arabia saudi government denies any connection. michael isikoff is chief investigative correspondent in yahoo news he says the official f.b.i. account of saudi arabia's links to 911 differs from what was re

say in his latest press conference well pompei i started this morning's press conference with very harsh rhetoric towards china he claimed that beijing has been hostile towards what he called free nations and he also doubled down on this claim that china has intentionally withhold information about the coronavirus he then went on to congratulate taiwan for reelecting their democratic leader take a listen to what he said. congratulations to presence on or not to ration the democratic process in taiwan has matured into a model for the world despite great pressure from outside to want to demonstrated the wisdom of the giving the people a voice and a choice. now the u.s. has sold taiwan billions of dollars in weapons over the years so the island can defend itself but it also recognizes taiwan as a territory of china and president trump actually broke protocol back in 2016 when he announced that he had a phone call with taiwan's leader that along with the ongoing trade war has made china extremely skeptical that the u.s. is pushing for taiwan's independence so rachel how did china that respon

and kimberly there pompei maintaining the administration's attack on the w a j. yeah in the face of criticism of the pandemic response the trumpet ministration continues to point the finger not only at the world health organization but also at china the us president for his part has threatened to withdraw funding to the global body pending a review and now we have the latest statements coming from the u.s. secretary of state essentially accusing china of hiding evidence that would allow the world to trace the origins of the virus the u.s. secretary of state accusing china of destroying live virus samples but also accusing the world health organization as the u.s. president has said to china centric the secretary of state calling the head of the world health organization dr ted rose on usually close ties to big thing which he believes could be clouding judgement so it appears that the secretary of state is doubling down on the accusations of the us president as the united states continues to threaten to pull funding as the bodies biggest donor run and talking abou

against the iranian people by imposing sanctions and increasing those sanctions during the corona virus pompei 0 has a very close relationship with the israeli regime and of course we we have. the deal of the century we have the increasing difficulties that the israeli regime is facing at home because of netanyahu is legal problems and the issue of forming a government and of course the virus has cause a lot of difficulty inside israel itself as usual people like pompei all are trying to scapegoat iran for all of their own shortcomings and their own deficiencies in addition compare reportedly discussed israel's plans to alec's a huge part of what remains of palestine's west bank territory as well as israel's business dealings with china which made compare sad and i still know what you think it could have just cool it's important for a number of reasons that we do this face to face face to face and with a smile and long stares into each other's eyes while telling each other how nice they are to hell with pandemics and viruses in danger sometimes 2 grown men who like each other just have to do w

english and mandarin and both versions really had searing words attacking secretary of state mike pompei oh in particular they called him a liar saying that he quote is engaging in filthy behavior to mislead the public and that he's lost his moral compass they've also accused michael pompei of really only being interested in getting donald trump reelected in the next elections in november and in store king and the chinese hatred in order to do this now this is in response to the comments we had earlier of mike pompei are saying that there's significant evidence that corba $1000.00 region 8 in a chinese lad in the history of roller g.e. and they doing has flat out denied this it's also denied that it's engaging in any cover up would just information campaign and this editorial is really demanding that mike pompei and his colleagues really produce this evidence that they say they say that they have and there's just said look he's really just engaging according to state media in a bluff in a big bluff and really just continuing this anti china's smear campaign in order to divert attention f

the battles an institute here in berlin a welcome to d w should we presume that secretary of state pompei comments to taiwan were being were deliberately provocative towards china absolutely this was a provocation aimed at china's stage for the domestic us audience the us government wants to get tough on the world stage so this is not at all unfortunately about taiwan entirely as freedom or democracy they're just being used for internal election reasons in the us it's interesting though with though isn't it for us non china specialists that something as apparently innocuous as well done on your election madam president should bring such an enormous response from china. absolutely but taiwan is the biggest factors red line that china has and the u.s. and western approach need the u.s. approach of taiwan has always been strategic ambiguity not saying too much about what they they would do about taiwan and this has. led to a certain stability in the region and of course trump is doing away with all this diplomacy we'll be provoking china over taiwan at this time where the chinese communist p

the the words of support coming from the international community again and that statement from my pompei or he said we stand with the people of hong kong do you think they will actually take action that will have an effect on the ground. well i do not want to speculate because after all hong kong thing that's you know city and. the chinese government. lobby for supposed national community we support the side of business consecration and the implementation of the one country through a system we actually think that its government actually lobby for support and register the 3 men. and they for so many stakeholders international. concerning. hong kong so you just run that through that everything goes into every state through life through the interest. of both and that's been the way of living in hong kong and from the other side across government i mean one in 5 think that we might get the international community that. beijing research proposal was making then that's been the secret of people in hong kong free for a lot and they have a lot of very good track record on respecting human rights

secretary of state mike pompei are loud and bitter from beijing after he congratulated the taiwanese president on inauguration a condemning what is what he said it was interference in that china is condemning what china said was his interference in domestic affairs beijing of course claims sovereignty of the island which is governed itself since the communist came to power on mainland china in 1949 this is the latest in a catalogue of disagreements on trade and technology amongst other things and more recently of course the u.s. president blaming beijing for what he calls the mass worldwide killing of the coronavirus pandemic president she claimed this week the chinese acted with openness transparency responsibility i wish it were so it's been 142 days since doctors that were on central hospital 1st started sharing information about a sars like virus and yet today we also hear this morning beijing continues to deny investigators access to relevant facilities to withhold live virus samples to censor discussion of the pandemic within china and much much more so. i want to stress that a

secretary of state mike pompei o has arrived in israel on his 1st foreign trip since march and holding meetings with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his new governing partner benny gantz talks are expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank a move likely to lead to tensions with bells than ian's and international. pompei as visit comes a day before israel's new unity government is scheduled to be sworn in the challenge of tackling the coronavirus has played a part in ending the country's extended political deadlock. 3 times they ran against each other as fierce political rivals benyamin netanyahu for the conservatively could party and many guns from the centrist blue and white party but 3 inconclusive elections couldn't solve the curve on a crisis now has the leaders agreed to form a national emergency government to deal with the pandemic and to slim small honey you who don't market there's cautious optimism about the end of the political deadlock it was recently reopened after several weeks of lockdown because of the corona pandemic. a quarter of the v

secretary pompei obviously has access to classified information that you and i did and up and most others don't have access to. i think it's important to say that nobody is saying that this was an intentional bioterrorist that china or anyone else the question is. did this start with an accident in the laboratory which was experimenting where it says in a movie and there is as you know such a laboratory or it's most of the scientists and where ologists the virus experts say didn't start with with bats carrying a virus and taking away the animals in the in the wet market and then people this is one it's beyond our knowledge. of over it obviously can badly affect 'd us china relationships and i think i'm very careful about our acquisitions unless we know for sure. that there is a basis 'd for them i will tell you this letter when we started our commission tom ridge and i didn't start we were asked to be that it was run out of the hudson institute a think tank in washington. our church was to examine 3 different kinds of threats one from an infectious disease or the other from an actual biot

well the statement by my pompei a follows on the heels of a department of homeland security report that also accuses china of downplaying the threat but i can tell you that here in the united states the statements by not just the secretary of state but also by the u.s. president saying that in fact there is enormous evidence that this did emerge in a lab in china is gaining traction and for the reason that china is historically a government that is authoritarian and is shrouded in secrecy and while there are pushes for the u.s. to supply evidence of the claim there is also calling in the united states for the same thing from china and of course neither side has done that so that's why this war of words does seem to be working not just with those that support donald trump but also some who do not because the reality is that this country was enjoying historically low 2 unemployment had a very strong economy and now all of that has been decimated obliterated and so people are looking for someone to blame they are finger pointing not just the u.s. president the other thing that is gaining t

partner any guidance ahead of the talks pompei all said they discussed the coronavirus pandemic talks are also expected to include israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank israel's new unity government will be sworn in tomorrow talk about the officials in yemen say at least 12 people died in fierce clashes in the southern province of on tuesday fighting broke out between saudi backed government troops and separatists backed by the united arab emirates the 2 sides were allies on till the separatists declared self rule last month. to brazil now the response to the corona virus outbreak there has been complicated by conflict between president jarboe sonars federal government and the state's regional leaders are enforcing lockdowns against the wishes of the president the death toll from the disease is the highest in latin america hospitals are struggling to cope the large numbers of patients and undertakers are struggling to bury the victims. undertakers from the public burial service and now start their day there on their way to pick up the body of a 41 year old man who is believed

former cia director director current secretary of state and bloated chris farley impersonator might pompei will also has a lot in common with adelson both of them love israel pump a love did for a slightly different reason he loves it because he's an evangelical christian who believes that all the jews have to move to israel in order to bring about that in times in which the jews will burn in hell i'm not getting what a nice chap that pompei oh it maybe i'll invite him to hanukkah throughout the black operations campaign u.s. intelligence appears to have worked through adult sins los vegas sands a company that it previously served as an alleged front for a cia blackmail operation several years earlier the operations formally began once adelson hand-picked presidential candidate donald trump entered the white house in january 27 teen so for a while it was just buying ecuador would not allow a song to be given up to the british authorities but then left wing aqua dorian president correll was replaced by neo liberal goon lenin merino in 27 team rayno was a trojan horse who knew he could sell

or terria state mike pompei of notified congress that the trumpet ministration no longer considers hong kong to be autonomous from mainland china the announcement could and the asian financial hub special trade status with the u.s. china has said the move was interfering with in what it calls a domestic matter here's what pompei i've had to say hong kong does not continue to warn treatment on the united states laws in the same manner as u.s. laws were applied to hong kong before july 997 no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground. told what would it mean for hong kong if the u.s. for a vote of the territory special trading status. well at the moment hong kong is considered separate when it comes to trade policies regarding the u.s. but we don't know the details yet the top official in asia from us is that this is the one to action they will make the declaration as they have done and then they will see how to act they couldn't hold sanctions against officials which some of the pro-democracy crowd or new vi

still considers iran a threat it will likely be a topic of discussion and secretary pompei o meets with israeli officials this week in jerusalem where he's also expected to discuss israel's west bank and sation plans and china's control of israel's haifa port for the news with rick sanchez john hardy. so what do you do when all you've got is off suddenly nobody wants. joining us maillard 2 perfect guests to discuss this topic a former newquay m.p. george galloway an economist and noted professor richard wolffe professor i'm going to start with you what do you make of this this sticky wicket that suddenly the saudi arabians of find themselves at well the 1st thing i'd say is that anybody who continues to believe in as secretary of state palmdale really needs to clean their ears and reopen their eyes at the understand you have it right rick this isn't a very important breakthrough in the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia they used to work together pretty well pretty consistently to make a lot of money for the oil companies by moving the price up or down as needed now

the chairman ministration doesn't appear to be backing down anytime soon and secretary of state my pompei was specifically said that he expects tensions with china to remain high and told beijing responds with the information the u.s. wants specifically on the origins of the coronavirus and on patient 0 take a listen to what he said this is why this is why when i see people say well america's bullying the chinese. are demanding of them only what we demand of every nation be transparent be open be a reliable partner the very things they say the chinese say they want to cooperate great cooperation is about action so about opening up it's about sharing this information so the details of who are patient 0 where this began are things that are knowledge that's in the possession of only the chinese communist party. now there are reports that trade representatives from both the u.s. and china could meet over the phone in the next week to talk about the ongoing accusations and everything here but at the same time there is a lot of concern about this ongoing rhetoric specifically over the coronavir

tat going on between china and the united states over the coronavirus and secretary of state pompei all claiming that somehow china sat on information that was available on your 2 cents december i think they should give pompei a youtube account so that he can actually see what's happening in china because they have life footage of people dropping dead from a coronavirus i don't know what he thought that was but anyway i am going to the doc that for my taxes i bought that cia so you know we've talked on this show a few times about. 1000000000 banks being involved in scams where they're short gold and here we have news scotiabank has been a gold bullion bank since the 17th century i think it's the oldest 1000000000 bank in the world it's closing its gold business. and they have problem delivering gold last month apparently for exactly what we've been warning people about for 5 or 6 years that these banks have been selling are lending gold that they do not have and if there was actual demand and there was a run on scotiabank that's what looks like happened they would have to call their doo

maybe in russia pompei 0 said the u.s. still considers iran a threat it will likely be a topic of discussion when secretary pompei a meets with israeli officials this week in jerusalem where he's also expected to discuss israel's west bank and plans and china's control of israel's haifa port for the news with rick sanchez john honey great stuff john thanks for putting that together for us so what do you do when all you've got is or why suddenly nobody watches it joining us now are 2 perfect guests to discuss this topic of former u.k. m.p. george galloway and economist and noted professor richard wolffe professor i'm going to start with you what do you make of this this sticky wicket that suddenly the saudi arabians of find themselves in. well the 1st thing i'd say is that anybody who continues to believe in as secretary of state palmdale really needs to clean their ears and reopen their eyes at the understand you had it right rick this is a very important break in the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia