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in countries like russia china turkey people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist of the year and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation and i wonder is that where work headed is well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about me dear friend balance or being neutral it's about being true. 20 years worth of golf and i work in detail. on it burning the global tourist guide from truman easy to me capital i love berlin the scope of the multicultural metropolis in a word you're a mix series to finance the kind of venice night lights are something new i love featuring once shown once again sits and looks like a setup this way it's like me described as 50 nations or 50 stories. and 50 very personal tips on berlin's very best in terms. of. food no punishment everyone on t.w. . never has it been the stock.
in countries like russia china turkey people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist of the year and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation and i wonder is that where work headed is well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about me dear friend balance or being neutral it's about being true. 20 years worth of golf and i work in detail. on it burning the global tourist guide from truman easy to me...
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in countries like russia china turkey people are told this that stuff and if you're a journalist here and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the premier balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was part of golf and i work in the deli. careering to me. not everyone who loves books has to go insane. d.w. literature list 100 german must reads. this week on the world stories. futilely and ireland tale. spain heading to the movies. but we begin in south africa for gang violence is a growing problem in cape town over 900 people have been murdered this year alone the government is now putting soldiers on the streets. i. see marching for peace right in the cape town township of man and when local in charge . have to carry adams these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and says the level of violence nowadays has never been so bad it's father to
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in countries like russia china turkey people or shoulders that's enough and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the fear and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was born golf and i were getting. scientists have confirmed that last month was the horses to never recorded temperatures here in europe were about 2 degrees celsius higher than normal while the worldwide average was just above the previous june record the south of france so temperatures in the mid forty's experts attribute the extreme heat to the global heating now kicking in due to manmade climate change. the united nations says an airstrike on a migrant sense in libya that killed at least 45 people quote amounts to a war crime.
in countries like russia china turkey people or shoulders that's enough and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the fear and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was born golf and i were getting. scientists have confirmed that last month was the horses to never...
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in countries like russia china turkey people are told is that something and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give me on the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the beer and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. funny as for golf and i were you know. if. all we can be the generation that ends it good malaria. so millions can live. this is deja vu news live from berlin tensions rise again in the gulf as iran seizes a british oil tanker iran's revolutionary guard says the stand out in peril has been taken into iranian ports a british government emergency committee has gone into session the u.s. government accuses iran of escuela tory violence also coming up germany's chancellor delivers her verdict on donald trump's racist remarks. i reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked.
in countries like russia china turkey people are told is that something and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give me on the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the beer and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. funny as for golf and i were you know. if. all we can be the generation that ends it good malaria. so millions...
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president or do on fields that that his embrace that the that the embrace by russia and china will further bolster turkey's geo strategic got a role in the middle east and more around the world if feels that russia and china are more sincere in their ports in their support of turkey than washington and its turkey's traditional european partners also feels that washington if is that washington wants to drive him out of power in the way that washington is trying to oust president maduro in venezuela all right thank you for explaining that to us find the courage joining us from tasm house thank you audie. you're with the news hour live from london much more still ahead syrian government troops are forced on the defensive after rebel fighters knowledge of various onslaught in hama hope on the horizon in the battle against aids. after a pharmaceutical giant announces an experimental h.i.v. vaccine and then is for some moments to forget in practice at the british grand prix the whole has all the action from silverstein. west african leaders in ivory coast of agree to roll out a single shot current sea called the
president or do on fields that that his embrace that the that the embrace by russia and china will further bolster turkey's geo strategic got a role in the middle east and more around the world if feels that russia and china are more sincere in their ports in their support of turkey than washington and its turkey's traditional european partners also feels that washington if is that washington wants to drive him out of power in the way that washington is trying to oust president maduro in...
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turkey seems to be carrying favor with turkey and -- china and russia. tions with countries like china and russia is one thing. that's different from a broader geopolitical alliance were turkey would be the junior partner. is that something like up -- that a personality like president erdogan would accept? >> he feels that the embrace by russia and china will further bolster turkey's gop -- geostrategic gold in the middle east and around the world. he feels that russia and china are more sincere in their support of turkey than washington. traditional's european partners that feel that washington wants to drive him out of power in the way that washington is trying to oust president maduro in venezuela. anchor: thank you for explaining that to us. live from london, much more still ahead. syrian government troops are forced on the defensive after rubber fighters launch a furious onslaught. hope on the horizon in the battle against age -- eight. an experimental hiv vaccine. s not to forget from the british grand prix. ♪ anchor: west african leaders have agree
turkey seems to be carrying favor with turkey and -- china and russia. tions with countries like china and russia is one thing. that's different from a broader geopolitical alliance were turkey would be the junior partner. is that something like up -- that a personality like president erdogan would accept? >> he feels that the embrace by russia and china will further bolster turkey's gop -- geostrategic gold in the middle east and around the world. he feels that russia and china are more...
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in russia, china, turkey or the philippines, saudi arabia, you can kill journalists with impunity becauseer going to hold you accountable. here it's what we are not doing in terms of our foreign policy and it's what we are doing in terms of our domestic example that i think have contributed significantly to this -- to history going in the wrong direction around the world. >> john heilemann, i want to turn for a moment back to that op-ed we were reading by tom friedman at the top of this block talking about the democrats keeping their head on straight and keeping their act together. it is interesting the blow back that democratic candidates got from the first debate not just from former republicans like myself, but also from quite a few democrats and even some progressives saying that perhaps the democrats went too far. it is interesting in the past few weeks watching them recalibrate themselves. joe biden in his inter few with mika saying, no, no, no, i'm not for the dee criminalization of immigrants coming across the border illegally. no, no, no, i'm not for government healthcare plans f
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sanctions could further complicate an already turbulent relationship and pushed turkey closer to russia, chinaor ira iran. >> the system -- >> there's no reason to create needless tension. >> in the region, more tension. a tanker based in the united arab emirates has gone missing as iran's foreign ministry says it assisted an oil tanker that broke down in the street of hormuz, leading to suspicions that iran seized the tanker. iran's foreign minister suggested iran would be willing to begin negotiations on a special program if the u.s. halted weapon sails in the region. iran's government later says it's missiles are nonnegotiable. this week iran has floated negotiations with the u.s., attaching unrealistic condition conditions. turkey's foreign ministry has just responded to the f-35 announcement, inviting the united states to correct this mistake before it causes irreparable damage to their strategic relationship. >> bret: rich, thank you. israel's foreign minister benjamin that yahoo is about to become in the longest-serving prime minister. he has persevered through conflicts in crisis. trey
sanctions could further complicate an already turbulent relationship and pushed turkey closer to russia, chinaor ira iran. >> the system -- >> there's no reason to create needless tension. >> in the region, more tension. a tanker based in the united arab emirates has gone missing as iran's foreign ministry says it assisted an oil tanker that broke down in the street of hormuz, leading to suspicions that iran seized the tanker. iran's foreign minister suggested iran would be...
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not just in russia and china but also from our allies. places like turkey, the philippines, hungary, and every part of the world technology and instant information are driving change at unprecedented speed and scope, causing many people home and abroad to feel confused and very vulnerable. democratic governments paralyzed by hyper partisanship. hobbled by construction are -- by corruption are having a harder time delivering to their people. trust and institutions around the world is down and fear of the other is way up. together in my view these forces have driven dangerous resurgence of extreme nationalism and liberalism, of protectionism and xenophobia. and donald trump and the demagogues around the world are leaning into these forces for their own personal and political gain. but in my view, if we focus, this is not a moment to fear. it's a time for us to tap into the strength and audacity that took us to victory in two world wars and brought down the iron curtain. that triumph of democracy and liberalism over fascism and autocracy is what created the fr
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turkey. and even russia. and call them and china, call them on their human rights abuses. have you too get them to the table first, this is our third trip to the table. >> very true. kennedy: when do we see success? >> i think one can argue, we're seeing a level of success by getting them to table had. and keep in mind that president trump is a unconventional president. we can't expect the same policy of prescriptions that have been employed in the past to work here, he -- before he was sworn in as president, obama administration told him this would be his most serious foreign policy issue. and he was right, they were right. kennedy: the democratic debate the other night, north korea was not at the top of podium when candidates were asked greatest geopolitical threat was. of course,. donald trump himself. >> truthfully speaking, it is less severe, we have been able to get them to the table and have these discussions. a lot of times especiall esspecr the obama administration we largely ignored it. but donald trump said while realize fi an fire and fury, tht brought them to
turkey. and even russia. and call them and china, call them on their human rights abuses. have you too get them to the table first, this is our third trip to the table. >> very true. kennedy: when do we see success? >> i think one can argue, we're seeing a level of success by getting them to table had. and keep in mind that president trump is a unconventional president. we can't expect the same policy of prescriptions that have been employed in the past to work here, he -- before he...
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well see this in turkey, in hungary, in venezuela. china and russia led by autocrats are rising global powers. donald trump is stepping in on the day that boris johnson is becoming the uk the moment democracy is in danger. we're at a fulcrum point. robert mueller is not going the save us tomorrow or next year. it's going to be up to us as americans to save ourselves. >> yeah. i think one of the things that's important as a reset before tomorrow is there is a narrative that's been built he has to go beyond what's in the report somehow or break news and say something new and then that will be bad for the president as if what's in the 448 pages is not terrible for the president, and not just in the section where it outlines specific crimes, but in the section where it's a deep portrayal of american value, patriotism, his oath of office, and the entire country by working with a foreign adversary in volume one. if the democrats lay that out, this is a deep betrayal of the country, around then when we were investigating it like we were supposed to, he tried
well see this in turkey, in hungary, in venezuela. china and russia led by autocrats are rising global powers. donald trump is stepping in on the day that boris johnson is becoming the uk the moment democracy is in danger. we're at a fulcrum point. robert mueller is not going the save us tomorrow or next year. it's going to be up to us as americans to save ourselves. >> yeah. i think one of the things that's important as a reset before tomorrow is there is a narrative that's been built he...
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russia, from china, from iran, from north korea. >> wait, look at the president's actions with turkey, with rush dwrar a. sometimes you're like why is he trying to make it easier for russia to screw with america's foreign policy like this turkey decision, for instance. >> the turkey decision is a little perplexing if i may say so. i do think that his administration has been pretty tough. the intel community i know -- >> the fish rots from the head. when the fish is doing well, the head still gets some credit. >> finish your thought. i'm going to have to speak in a break. >> at the end of the day i think the intelligence community is very live, but it's going to take a bipartisan consensus. >> i'm going to pause here. stick around. up ahead. there's less than one week until the next democratic debate. and joe biden says he's not going to be as polite as last time. that's next. hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees a
russia, from china, from iran, from north korea. >> wait, look at the president's actions with turkey, with rush dwrar a. sometimes you're like why is he trying to make it easier for russia to screw with america's foreign policy like this turkey decision, for instance. >> the turkey decision is a little perplexing if i may say so. i do think that his administration has been pretty tough. the intel community i know -- >> the fish rots from the head. when the fish is doing well,...
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with some tangible economic measures and it's not even just up to russia and china but also sort of shell trading partners such as turkey south korea india you know the deal falling apart will have global security wrapper questions and therefore it's really up to the entire international community to showcase some creativity and come up with some economic solutions and that package of solutions inspects is only meant to be one piece of it it cannot carry the entire burden of saving the j.c. p.r.a. because it's not an adequate defense to the agreement and iran that continually said that it's simply not enough we did hear earlier today from jeremy the u.k. foreign minister the foreign secretary indeed saying look we basically have a year because the technology is such that you know if you look at the rate of enrichment it's not as dangerous potentially dangerous as perhaps people like john bolton would have the world believe is there a chance that that 12 month window of opportunity could be just that a window of opportunity despite or because all of what the trumpet ministration may do if what's happening at the moment c
with some tangible economic measures and it's not even just up to russia and china but also sort of shell trading partners such as turkey south korea india you know the deal falling apart will have global security wrapper questions and therefore it's really up to the entire international community to showcase some creativity and come up with some economic solutions and that package of solutions inspects is only meant to be one piece of it it cannot carry the entire burden of saving the j.c....
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because of us intervention because they had to sized both china and the us had some cyber security issues at the time and then turkey went to russia for as for hundreds the deal was cheaper plus the delivery it was earlier which was suitable for turkey and the talks at the s $400.00 talks with the russians again in 2016 and $2.00 sides sealed the deal in december 2017 however the us sent their offer szell's. sales offer for patrick turkey in early 2019 so that's why now turkey say's i want to buy from you those missiles but you didn't even respond to me and the offer that you sent was early $2900.00 and it was much more expensive then there's $400.00 plus the s. $400.00 are technically better this is what the turks argue also present put in. reminded a couple of weeks earlier that turkey and russia will be joint to producing the next generation of the missile system which is asked $502.00 can see that as a benefit to establish and diversify its all national air defense capacity as it is now having problems and receiving threats from both syria and in eastern mediterranean these days or it said and thank you for that the view from
because of us intervention because they had to sized both china and the us had some cyber security issues at the time and then turkey went to russia for as for hundreds the deal was cheaper plus the delivery it was earlier which was suitable for turkey and the talks at the s $400.00 talks with the russians again in 2016 and $2.00 sides sealed the deal in december 2017 however the us sent their offer szell's. sales offer for patrick turkey in early 2019 so that's why now turkey say's i want to...
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arms ruled in post conflict syria and it seems russia and turkey do not agree on how to split northern syria. civilians are paying the price. beirut. china is vowing to impose sanctions on u.s. companies involved in a potential arms sales to taiwan beijing says the $2200000000.00 deal seriously violates international law says the u.s. state department has approved the proposed sale which could include $250.00 stinger missiles and tanks taiwan's president is currently in new york on a 2 night stop over for an official visit to the korean caribbean china has told the u.s. not to allow the transit stop. pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson says it's preparing to test an experimental hiv vaccine it will be the world's 1st immunization against the virus the drug maker plans to conduct a large scale study of the vaccine across the u.s. and europe some times this year hiv which causes aids kills about a 1000000 people around the world each year dr cardiff and back from the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. the purpose of this vaccination is to create a method of preventing people from becoming infected with hiv we're te
arms ruled in post conflict syria and it seems russia and turkey do not agree on how to split northern syria. civilians are paying the price. beirut. china is vowing to impose sanctions on u.s. companies involved in a potential arms sales to taiwan beijing says the $2200000000.00 deal seriously violates international law says the u.s. state department has approved the proposed sale which could include $250.00 stinger missiles and tanks taiwan's president is currently in new york on a 2 night...
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russia and turkey do not agree on how to split northern syria. civilians are paying the price. beirut the trade imbalance between china and the us is getting worse despite the trade war started by donald trump for the 1st half of this year china's trade surplus with the u.s. rose by 5 percent to about one $140000000000.00 in the month of june saw the biggest increase this year in the same month china's imports from the u.s. dropped by 31 percent but its exports to the u.s. fell by less than 8 percent and that's after the u.s. slapped tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods both the u.s. and chinese presidents have agreed to resume trade talks after they met at the g. 20 summit last month stan voice is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute he says it's unlikely for china and the u.s. to reach a treat agreement anytime soon. i think the numbers show what you would expect from an increase from an increase in production as on both from the us side and then in response from the from the chinese side is what you see is that trade flows in both directions so exports from china to the us and from
russia and turkey do not agree on how to split northern syria. civilians are paying the price. beirut the trade imbalance between china and the us is getting worse despite the trade war started by donald trump for the 1st half of this year china's trade surplus with the u.s. rose by 5 percent to about one $140000000000.00 in the month of june saw the biggest increase this year in the same month china's imports from the u.s. dropped by 31 percent but its exports to the u.s. fell by less than 8...
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is turkey moving step by step whether logs for now further towards russia and china maybe you know it started with these missiles now it's not going to get stealth planes from the u.s. it might have to look to russia for them and so on. well that could be one of the ultimate consequences of this move but i don't think we should judge the outcome based on recent events this is politics it's also law it's also economics at play here and the the the outcome of this in the next year or 2 might well be very different from what it appears to be right now for example as one of your contributors already pointed out turkey is pointing to the contractual issues which prevent the us from taking the move that it has taken according to turkey's interpretation there are also very significant complexities involved in removing turkey even if it legally can be removed from the program because the maintenance of the manufacture of components all of that has got to be moved elsewhere and then the number of aircraft that turkey was due to buy will now manifest itself in a higher unit costs for the other
is turkey moving step by step whether logs for now further towards russia and china maybe you know it started with these missiles now it's not going to get stealth planes from the u.s. it might have to look to russia for them and so on. well that could be one of the ultimate consequences of this move but i don't think we should judge the outcome based on recent events this is politics it's also law it's also economics at play here and the the the outcome of this in the next year or 2 might well...
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last year, iran and turkey used their national currencies in 35% of their trade. others are doing the same. china and russiaided to put aside dollar in the national by lateral endeavors. you now have a non-dollar denomination oil market in shanghai. these are realities of the day because of the excessive use and weaponization of dollars so at the end of the day, because of u.s. desperation of this obsession with iran they want to put aside this nuclear deed negotiated, they are using overusing their dollar strength and at the end of the day, it would cost them. >> do you think that you will be able to sell oil to china and india in the next few months? >> well continue 'll continue t. to who and how is going to be a state secret because otherwise, u.s. will go and prevent us from doing that. but we will continue to sell oil. the international oil markets cannot survive without our oil. >> secretary pompeo has restricted tightly your movement and actually the movement of iranian embassy staff even. he says he doesn't want to give a platform to you to spew iranian propaganda. why should he not get a chance to
last year, iran and turkey used their national currencies in 35% of their trade. others are doing the same. china and russiaided to put aside dollar in the national by lateral endeavors. you now have a non-dollar denomination oil market in shanghai. these are realities of the day because of the excessive use and weaponization of dollars so at the end of the day, because of u.s. desperation of this obsession with iran they want to put aside this nuclear deed negotiated, they are using overusing...
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in post conflict syria and it seems russia and turkey do not agree on how to split northern syria. civilians are paying the price. beirut china has released figures showing its imports from the u.s. have plunged in the past year and its exports to america are down to as the country's trade war drags on china says its trade surplus with the u.s. continues to rise that imbalance is at the heart of donald trump's assertions that china is engaged in unfair trade practices when he has more from beijing. some fairly negative numbers released by the government in beijing but no sign of panic of course from the customs it ministration they are saying that yes the trade dispute with the united states is having an effect but that it is manageable so what we have is that for the month of june exports from china to war countries dropped by 1.3 percent compared with the same period a year ago concerning in that if we go back to the month of may they grew by 1 point one percent on the positive side most experts were forecasting that those numbers for june would be worse than what they are this all happening of course amid a truce in the tr
in post conflict syria and it seems russia and turkey do not agree on how to split northern syria. civilians are paying the price. beirut china has released figures showing its imports from the u.s. have plunged in the past year and its exports to america are down to as the country's trade war drags on china says its trade surplus with the u.s. continues to rise that imbalance is at the heart of donald trump's assertions that china is engaged in unfair trade practices when he has more from...
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russia, china, iran, everyone is trying to threaten our alliances and break up our alliances. that's obvious from whether it's what china is doing at the belt and roads initiative to what china is doing particularly in turkey. my question, though, is, you know, what can we do better because it seems to me that some of our government's own actions is also undermining those alliances. we've got trade policies where we're fighting with our friends. we've got -- which is giving them the opportunity to talk to china. we've got the president often undermines his own intelligence folks by saying this whole russian interference was just -- is fake news. and a hoax. and cozying up and that's a term that gets used often to the leader of north korea, the leader of russia, the leader and others. what are we doing wrong in terms of that, and can't we also undermine those alliances by the actions of the government? what would you suggest we do different? >> from a dod perspective, we need to keep doing now that we're doing well. i've had the chance in the past two years as secretary of the army to visit our joint maneuver center in germany where we train all of our allies together, fighting against a notional russian th
russia, china, iran, everyone is trying to threaten our alliances and break up our alliances. that's obvious from whether it's what china is doing at the belt and roads initiative to what china is doing particularly in turkey. my question, though, is, you know, what can we do better because it seems to me that some of our government's own actions is also undermining those alliances. we've got trade policies where we're fighting with our friends. we've got -- which is giving them the opportunity...