solomon islands is now a country consisting of 990 islands near australia with about 600 thousand peopleation and area around 28 thousand 500 square kilometer more than eight decades after the fascinating battle of solomon, this region has once again returned to the spotlight after the signing of a security agreement between china and the solomon islands and the opening of the chinese embassy, ​​australia has also signed a security agreement with the solomon islands and sent military equipment. now america is a country that 30 years ago, it closed its embassy in the solomon islands. with the re-opening of its embassy, ​​they have returned to this region. our 34 embassies will increase cooperation. this will strengthen the relations between our governments and people. taken the philippines and the united states agreed to expand the access of the american military to the bases of the philippines to 4 other bases in the strategic areas of the country. with this agreement, the american bases in the philippines increased from five to nine bases , while five years ago the previous government o

the solomon islands is now a country consisting of 990 islands. more than eight decades after the battle of the solomon islands, this region has once again returned to the spotlight after the signing of a security agreement between china and the solomon islands. australia also signed a security agreement with solomon islands and sent military equipment and troops. now the united states, which closed its embassy in solomon islands 30 years ago , has returned to this region by re-opening its embassy, ​​and 33 will be suitable for increasing cooperation. has taken and the united states agreed to expand the access of the american military to the bases in the philippines to four other bases in the strategic areas of the country. with this agreement , the american bases in the philippines have increased from five to nine bases, while five years ago, the previous government of the philippines was on the verge of ending. the us military presence in the philippines has progressed to more than 17 and the us will not do it. the new us agreement with the phil

this part of the world 38 it left a thousand dead and japan from the islands solomon islands left solomon islands, now a country consisting of an island more than eight decades after the battle of solomon islands, this region has once again returned to the spotlight after the signing of a security agreement between china and the solomon islands, australia also signed a security agreement with solomon, and equipment and military forces now the united states of america, a country that closed its embassy in the solomon islands thirty years ago , has returned to this region by re-establishing its embassy in this region . our 234 embassies will increase cooperation. expand the philippines to four other bases in the strategic areas of the country. with this agreement , the american bases in the philippines will increase from five to nine bases, while five years ago, the previous government of the philippines was on the verge of ending more than 17 american military presences in the philippines. progress and nothing else will happen. the new us agreement with the philippines and the reopening of

the fateful battle of the solomon islands, which took place 82 years ago during the second world war in the eastern part of the sal islands between america and its allies with japan in this part of the world , left 38 thousand dead and japan withdrew from the solomon islands. the solomon islands are now a country consisting of 990 islands. more than eight decades after the battle of the solomon islands the region has once again returned to the spotlight after the signing of a security agreement between china and the solomon islands, australia also signed a security agreement with the solomon islands and sent military equipment. the region has returned and messi and most of us will increase cooperation. in the same way, in the philippines , the united states has taken the way to strengthen its military presence, and the united states has agreed to expand the access of the american military to the bases in the philippines to 4 other bases in the strategic areas of the country. the us base agreement in the philippines increased from five to nine bases, while five years ago, the previous

opening of four new military bases in the philippines and the reopening of the embassy in the solomon islands. east of the islands solomon was involved in the battle between america and its allies with japan. the war in this part of the world left 38 thousand dead and japan withdrew from the solomon islands . after the signing of the security agreement between china and the solomon islands, australia also signed a security agreement with the solomon islands and sent equipment and military forces. now, the united states, which closed its embassy in the solomon islands 30 years ago , has returned to this region peacefully by restarting its embassy. cooperation will increase in the philippines, the united states has taken the way to strengthen its military presence and the united states has agreed to expand the access of the american military to the bases in the philippines to four other bases in the strategic areas of the country . with this agreement, the number of american bases in the philippines increased from five to nine. five years ago, the previous government of the philippines will not

, australia also signed a security agreement with the solomon islands and sent military equipmentw, the united states , which closed its embassy in the solomon islands thirty years ago , has returned to this region by reopening its embassy and will increase cooperation in the philippines. america has also taken the way to strengthen its military presence and the us agreed to extend the access of the american military to the bases in the philippines to four other bases in the strategic areas of the country. a year ago, the previous government of the philippines until the threshold of ending more than 17 american military presence in the philippines , the progress of the united states will not be made. it is ready to face china because this country is our biggest strategic challenge in the new era, now in east and southeast asia , it is rearranging its forces and also pushing its western allies to adopt a similar policy, the policy that china has so far. show not want vs shut up, america is increasing its military presence in the region. this presence is one of the main causes of ou

it is in the solomon islands. let me talk about this, as we saw and heard in the short news, with mr. mohammad reza khaliq vardi, a reporter of the beijing broadcasting corporation. i greet you. the last time the united states opened an embassy in this region was about 30 years ago. it has been in the middle budget cuts after the cold war, what is china's reaction to the new action of america and what is the meaning and message of the opening of this embassy from china's point of view ? this is what nato and the united states think is a major change in the united states and maximizing the ability of its forces in east asia. us secretary of state blinken on china policy last month to form a strategic environment around china. in june last year, some from the countries of south korea, australia and new zealand for he invited to his summit for the first time and announced his latest strategy plan as the challenge of the region, america, japan and south korea, according to experts, to china's military power and the is

china has also pushed for closer ties with the solomon islands.he two countries struck a security pact in april last year. >>> pyongyang says the military and political situation on the korean peninsula has reached what it calls an extreme red line. the warning centers around drills by the u.s. and south korea. washington and seoul held joint exercises on wednesday over the yellow sea west of the peninsula. south korea's military said b-1 bombers and stealth fighter jets were involved. seoul stressed it'll respond firmly to missile and nuclear threats from pyongyang. reaction from the north came thursday. in a statement, it referenced talks this week between u.s. and south korean defense chiefs. it criticized their pledge to enhance extended deterrence, in which the u.s. protects its allies with nuclear and other weapons. pyongyang says its response to any u.s. military attempt will be based on the principle of what it calls nuke for nuke and an all-out confrontation for an all-out confrontation. it also warns that if thu.s. continues to intduce s

the solomon islands reopened after 30 years. american officials say that they did this out of fear of beijing's military movements in the indian and ocean region . us secretary of state blinken, during his trip to this region last year, was one of his country's plans to open a diplomatic mission in this country. it was reported that the last american embassy in this region was closed in 1993 in the midst of budget cuts after the cold war, and america was present there with an ambassador based in papua new guinea. the palestinians announced that the zionist regime was conducting military exercises in the west bank. destroyed the agricultural fields and limited the harvesting of water for the purposes of agriculture and animal husbandry of the palestinians. the actions of the zionists against the residents of the west bank entered a new phase with the inauguration of netanyahu's cabinet . ahmad jalali took his sheep to the edge of the sea, but they returned thirsty, he was allowed to water. before, we used to use the nearby spring

nests and reaches the shores of iceland and to scandinavia has been seen in australia and the solomon islands. so in search of a better life. they dispersed in both hemispheres, with the possible exception of antarctica. however, despite the fact that the osprey eagle is quite common - it is still a recluse for nesting, the bird most often chooses dense forests for this very reason , almost the entire population is concentrated in the northern part of our republic predators settle. always near vydёmym rich in fish by 90% - this is their diet. because of this addiction, the bird is often called a fishing or river eagle, but in great selectivity predators. were not noticed. the only condition is that the fish must be fresh, so every day the bird circles over the reservoir from a height of 40 m, looking out for prey. impressive spectacle magnificent spotting a tidbit of a feathered predator dives rapidly, plunges into the water in deadly claws, leaving no fish, not the slightest chance is struck by the power of the osprey, some of them are able to lift fish weighing up to 2 kg, which is almost i

action of the united states of america to confront china is the opening of its embassy in the solomon islands. i will discuss this as in the short news. we saw and heard with mr mohammadreza khaliq vardi, reporter for beijing radio and television, hello, i am at your service. the last time the united states opened an embassy in this region was about 30 years ago, in the midst of budget cuts after the cold war. what is china's reaction to the new action of the united states ? what is the meaning and message of the opening of this embassy from china's point of view? in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, to mr. dr. abedini and all the respected viewers, i would like to say that the military confrontation in east asia has caused these changes and what nato and the united states think is this major change. in america and maximizing the ability of its forces in east asia without the us secretary of state in china's policy last month to shape a strategic environment around china, in june of last year, he invited some of the countries of south korea, australia and new zealand to

in the latest move to confront china, the united states has reopened its embassy in the solomon islands after 30 years with the participation of the american authorities. indo- ocean region to do the first minister of foreign affairs last year, during the trip to this region, america announced its country's plans to open a diplomatic mission in this country. the last american embassy in this region was closed in 1993 due to budget cuts after the cold war, and america, with its ambassador based in papua new guinea, he was present there. last night, in the latest shooting incident in the united states, a member of the new jersey city council was killed . in the short news of his death, the cnn television channel also reported that the representative of the city of oilbro in new jersey was in his car when he was hit. the bullet killed the american police still about the cause of the accident this is the fourth shooting incident in america in the last 10 days. thank you for your support. in the name of god, hello, have a good day. also, in the image received from the meteorological satellit

dealing with china reopened its embassy in the solomon islands after 30 years. this action of the united states was done at the cost of the concern of washington and its allies about beijing's military movements in the indo-pacific region. of the country to open a the diplomatic representation in this country had announced the last american embassy in the 13th region in 1993 to reduce the budget after the cold war, and the united states was present there through an independent ambassador in papua new guinea. at the same time, the people of the philippines announced their opposition to the us military presence in the philippines, the purpose of the us defense minister's visit to the wedding party is to increase the us military presence in the philippines . here are the words of the boss dear islamic republic of iran, in the administrative council of this city, we can see the tuition fees, which i was less familiar with during the first victory of the islamic revolution before the victory of the islamic revolution, not so much. to imam hossein when he was in the f

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china own embassy reopened in the solomon islands after 30 years. american officials say that they did this during beijing's military maneuvers in the indo-pacific region, because the us secretary of state, during a trip to this region last year , was among his country's plans to open an agency. the diplomat in this country had informed that the last american embassy in this region was closed in 1993 amid budget cuts after the war and the war, and america was present there with an ambassador based in papua new guinea. the fall in the value of the japanese currency is still called the japanese government is once again in the market financially intervened. falling to its lowest level against the dollar , according to experts, japan has the weakest national currency rate these days , so that the government and the central bank of this country had to intervene in the currency market several times compared to other countries. puria units in the world are still falling and the price of imported goods is increasing. in such a situation, all japanese compan

in the latest move to confront china, the us reopened its embassy in the solomon islands after 30 years. the united states has warned its allies about beijing's military movements in the indo -pacific region . the filipinos protested in response to the visit of the us defense secretary to their country. the people of the philippines expressed their opposition to the american military presence in the philippines at the same time as austin bemani's meeting. the purpose of the trip us defense minister bemani reviews the increase in military presence it was announced that america is in the philippines. the russian president said that he will soon implement decisions to support russia's border areas. putin also mentioned the hard life of people in russia's border areas and demanded compensation for the citizens of the russian foreign ministry . austria's action in the ministry of foreign affairs of austria will retaliate for the expulsion of russian diplomats . today, on thursday, the ministry of foreign affairs of austria declared 4 russian diplomats as undesirable elements of this ministry

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embassy in the solomon islands is opening to counter china the u.s.to open this embassy to counter the chinese push into the pacific. they've done it in a number of ways, the chinese, including having a peace corps, increasing engagement on covid. the u.s. is going to be engaging further with its allies in that reasonable as i mentioned, a very sad day at "early today. we've had a great leader for many years, gresham is leaving our executive pro dieduce ear grproducer one thing's for sure, you have been then gin of growth at "early today." you have gone through the gears of this company and made it what it is, and i hope you're gearing up for another big post, but one thing is for sure, you have generated a brilliant stories and a lot of love on this show thank you so much indeed that you've done for me and "early today" >> that is so perfect. >> i had no idea we were going to put that on air, but we did so i'm very pleased we did >> well done thank you so much, steve >>> it's a frosty start to this february angie has the latest on the wicked weekend

we've got island nations like vanatu and solomon islands, islands our grand fathers fought to liberatehat are now going with china and aren't allowing our ships to dock in their port and they're watching this and the chinese are using this as a propaganda tool around the world saying we can fly a balloon over the u.s. and they can't do anything about it. they're not going to help you you better side with us while the getting's good. that's one. number two it encourages the chinese to be more assertive and aggressive to push the boundaries. we have to take a tough stand now. >> laura: doesn't this send a really ominous message to the taiwanees given that comment that came very recently from i believe the air force general about how likely a potential conflict is between china and taiwan? i mean, you can't be feeling too positive if you're, you know, you're a taiwanees tonight. >> no. listen, the general of the air mobility command, i command him. there are still some warriors at the pentagon laura, i don't want to broad bush. you have general burger and the marine corps taking the fight

nests and reaches the shores of iceland and to scandinavia has been seen in australia and the solomon islands. so in search of a better life. they dispersed in both hemispheres with the exception of. unless antarctica. however, despite the fact that the eagle is quite common , it is the same bird for nesting that most often chooses dense forests for this reason, almost the entire population is concentrated in the northern part of our republic, predators settle. always near giveaways rich in fish by 90% - these are games because of this addiction, the bird is often called a fisherman or a river eagle, but in a big picky predators. have not been noticed. the only condition is that the fish must be fresh, so every day the bird circles over the reservoir and looks out for prey from a height of 40 m. hunting is an impressive spectacle magnificent, spotting a tidbit of a feathered predator dives rapidly, plunges into the water in deadly claws , leaving no chance for the fish, the power of the osprey strikes not the slightest chance, some of them are able to lift fish weighing up to 2 kg, which is a

we know what is happening around the solomon islands. it would seem insignificant to the state, but nevertheless, it was there that the interests of the united states and china clashed we know that this confrontation is this kind of this middle east, this is both africa and latin america in essence. uh, everywhere, where today china is quite successfully promoting its economic and political interests. it is under increasing pressure in the united states, we see, and that the trade war has not gone away, we see a huge number, and the restrictions that the united states impose and will impose with the help of its allies on high technologies on the semiconductor industry, for example for china therefore, i i think that china, of course, is very actively preparing for the mass application of sanctions similar to what russia is experiencing today , and for the possibility, and the emergence of a direct war. conflict, but how china will provoke this conflict itself. i guess it won't, because as of today, time is on china's side, time is workin

we've got island nations natione vanuatu and the solomon islands islands that our grandfathersd and great uncles fought to liberate in the second world war that are now goingfato lib n with chinaow and not letting us ship stock in their ports.t o and these are these arwie those we liberated in guadalcanal and places like that.ar and they're now watching this.ea and the chinese are using this as a propaganda all around the world to say, look, we cannl fly a balloon over the u.sy .bao and they can't do anything about it. they're not going to help you. they're not going to save you. l you better side with us while the getting's good. thatth is number one .. number two, it it encourages the chinese to be evench more assertive and more aggressive to see how far they can push the boundaries. >> we've got to take a toughis n stand now. well, doesn't thisd send a really ominous message to the taiwanees give taiwanese, given that comment that came very recently from, i believe, the air force i p general about how likely a potential conflict is betweensitive if china and taiwan? i mean, you can't b

sides of the panama canal, there's a reason why the communist chinese just made a deal with the solomon islands port there. my great uncle fought there, it was called guadalcanal. there's a reason why the communist chinese have a naval base have a west coast of africa faces the west coast of the united states. there's a reason why they have built these phony islands in the south china sea that control 5 to $6 trillion of commerce through there. there's a reason why they are doing all of these things. australia knows avenue, japan knows it, south korea knows that, in, even vietnam is looking for help right now part of this country is on a straight line to either take us tomorrow to or to choke us off economically. president g understands a history of china, he understands empires, he's an egomaniac, he's a narcissist, that's what he's all about and i have to be honest. i am sick and tired of the phonies in the republican party in a so-called populists and conservative movement and so forth to talk about never ending wars. evil is never ending. every war isn't afghanistan, every war isn't iraq. w

recent days that will give the biden administration some credit for opening a new embassy in the solomon islands context of a security deal between the islands and china and now in the last year or so, the united states could have responded militarily. i'm glad they did not and it opens a new embassy or sending a devotional diplomats and this is the approach we need to take. the balloon incident offers a rare opportunity for us to consider really harsh and stark questions. and that is do we want a war with china? i think the people of united states absolutely do not want war, they are sick of war after 21 years of war launched by the george w. bush administration with its war on terror, the catastrophes and afghanistan i andraq and back to vietnam and southeast asia. we need to move in another direction. i think we are better than the current approach the biden administration group of elites that have dominated u.s. foreign policy for far too long. they have let us down the wrong path and we need to push back on our leaders to choose a different path, of pat of peaceful if challenging -- a path

itself, we've taken up a new and bold approach with bipartisan support reopened in embassy in the solomon islands. we are workingwe on posts and wl be announcing them soon. we are returning the peace corps to that part of the world so every single place we are following through on the strategies and working on the resources to match that ambition. >> looking forward to a seeing e budget proposal. here's another dimension when we talk about the multi-dimension, the prc is pursuing you and ways to influence and control the uniteded nations including attempts to curtail the efforts to improveth its human rights systems. recently in the un budget committee the prc led efforts with russia to/budgets for several key human rights investigative mechanisms. how has the department pushed back against the systematic efforts to subvert the ability of the united nations human rightsiv systems to confront abuses in china and beyond? >> i think it's an important point in its why it was important for the united states to be able to rejoin the human anrights council and engage in a more effective way at the un. y

there's a reason why the communist chinese just made a deal with the solomon islands for a deep watern island port. they're my great uncle, fought there, was called guadalcanal.t was called guadalcanal. there's a reason whyunist ch the communist chinese have a naval base effectively on the west coast of africaf to face the west.faces th the the coast of the unitedbuil states . there's a reason why they have builtht these phony islands in the south china sea to control five to six trillion dollars worth of commerce that goes through their .ugh th there's a reason whyer they're doing all of these things. australia knows that. japan knows thatsouth ko the philippines, not south korea, knows it. even vietnam is looking for help right now. this country is on a straightis line to either take us to war or to choke us off economicallys and understands the history of china. he understands empirestas . ega he's an egomaniac. he's a narcissist.'s that's what he's all about. all about and i have to be and i have that.. be honest. i am sick and tired of the the phonies and then part republican part

as a result, they actually discovered that beijing had concluded a security agreement with the solomon islandsbase in the pacific, which the americans. would you like control alone. yes. they hastily opened their embassy there and will explain to the islanders that it is not necessary to be friends with china, but they missed the blow and their very idea of ​​creating a pacific semblance. nato already in china will not be as effective if china has a base in the middle of their bloc, but the brightest illustration of the whole situation is now. suddenly there was a ball that flew over america, the chinese said something about their lost weather balloon, which was actually incomprehensible in it, but they watched its flight almost like a flight pilosia all over the world on all maps. they waited for the end and biden did not give orders to shoot him down, fearing to ruin relations with china until the sharny knocked him down, ksenia nekrasova’s rating tried to understand why it really happened, because the americans ignored even what china announced think that we gave you a ball, as a child to c

we just opened and embassy in the solomon islands. we are working on posts and will be announcing them soon in tonga, we are returning the peace corps to that part of the world. so every single place we have a bespoke approach, we are following through on those strategies and working on the resources. sen. menendez: i look forward to seeing the budget proposal as pursuit of that. here's another dimension, when we talk about multidimensional. the p.r.c. is pursuing new and alarming ways to influence the united nations, including curtailing the u.n. human rights system. recently in the budget committee, the p.r.c. led efforts with russia to slash budgets for several key human rights investigative mechanisms. how is the department pushing back against their systematic effort to subvert the ability of the united states human rights systems in china and beyond? secretary sherman: i think that's an important point. i think it's important to engage in a much more effective way at the u.n. you're quite right, the chinese operate in the u.n. s

again, with bipartisan support, we just opened an embassy in the solomon islands, we are working on postnd we will be announcing them soon in tonga, and care of us, we are returning the peace corps, and we to that part of the world. every single place, we have a bespoke approach, we are following through on those strategies, and we are working on the resources to match that ambitions. >> look forward to seeing the budget proposal as pursuit of that. here is another dimension when we talk about multi dimension, the prc is pursuing new and alarming ways to influence and control the united nations. including attempts to curtail and to fund u.n. efforts to prove its human rights system. recently, in the u.n. budget committee, the prc led efforts with russia to slash budgets. for several key human rights investigative mechanisms. how has the department pushed back against their systematic effort to subvert the ability of the united nations human rights systems to confront abuses in china and beyond? >> i think it is a very important point. i think it is why it was important for the united sta

the freeman island is sparrows, banners, solomon and tinkle gossip where it is from jiggle gossip to good tooth. there was badness, is 150 miles from where the base eas, some images of what are, what were beautiful tropical islands in the middle of the indian ocean. now home to some of the most sophisticated, powerful weaponry in the u. s. military. the runway air force base navy base aircraft carrier used in the wars used to threaten iran as well. see i actually at the time estimated the population size of diego garcia as an e g l. negligible. us officials also insisted that they get exclusive control of the archipelago, including diego garcia without local inhabitants. this is basically an expulsion order, embedded bureaucratically in a parent medical phrase without local inhabitants. the 2 governments signed a deal in $1066.00 december 30th, 1966, which is an important date with which will come back to that included a payment of $14000000.00 from united states to britain is actually secretly transferred so that they could avoid going to congress and parliament, so let them know wha

forces into the region much more easily vanish china for an example had a military base on the solomon island. it would also make it easier to pour some of our key allies. >> do you agree that we can do a lot more with our island nation partners? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator hirono. >> ms. zakheim, how would you assess the military recruitment with all of the politics we've added in the last few years? >> the level we need to become a senator. >> i have a question here on spending. the 2023 the department of defense we spent 163 billion on procurement. 139 billion on research and development. don't you think that is a little bit much on research and development as compared to building machines and ammunition? >> senator, i think we need to do better on procurement as the question suggests. it is critical for the military we need tomorrow, but we also need to emphasize the transmission of the current force and getting the software it needs and the infusion that's going to be critical to making the platform's useful and some of the scenarios that we a

surely i think when he hits 23 of those, those solomon islands which go save the planet, ultimately ,ater on. right. let's bring you up to date what's going on today . mp so richard sharp breach standards when he failed to declare his role in facilitating a loan for then minister boris johnson when he applied for the job of bbc chairman across committee say mr. sharp made significant errors of judgement and his failure to come clean damage. the bbc the number of people that have died after monday's earthquakes in turkey in syria has now passed 28,000 some rescue operations have been halted in turkey after reports looting hundreds of have been made homeless in the middle of winter . a second unidentified winter. a second unidentified flying object has been shot down by the us military , this time by the us military, this time over canada. canadian will now recover and analyse the wreckage of this cylindrical object . it's of this cylindrical object. it's believed to be similar. of this cylindrical object. it's believed to be similar . the believed to be similar. the chinese surveillanc

solomons, tng and there are challenges out there. a little happened as a result of covid because you know, we had to seal the islands up and people went about their business, but now we have to enter back in there. the administration's doing some great stuff out there to open embassies back up and make sure we have a presence out there. but the presence needs to be felt because it's essentially on the doorstep on the homeland and i don't have to tell this crowd, but the korean activity here in the last year is unprecedented. i was out there in 16-17 when the last real dust-up started and it was dangerous and he's about 30 shots beyond that already. and of course the activity in the south and east china sea and around taiwan, i mean, the cross center line worked. the activities in the pla navy, i can't get into great detail what's happening on the ground, but i can tell you at that the pla army and the pla rocket forces and strategic support forces are in dangerous position. so they're rehearsing. they're exercising, they're experimenting and that kind of -- and then of course, i'll just use two examples, the post speaker pelosi conduc