not to wage war, but get into these negotiation with the you a secretary of state antony lincoln has praised america as a haven for freedom of speech. but that's despite much criticism. states find pressure applied in the media views, opposing official, and mainstream narratives. has the more in the right to free, lose brushing every brush all and also the critics have slammed the idea of free press. in the united states, the world press freedom index which assesses the state of journalism in 180 countries, currently ranks america in 42nd place globally. the european federation of journalists cause out the case of wiki leaks found a julian assange. he's wanted in the united states for publishing a classified falls and faces up to 175 years in jail. the us justice department continues pursuit of the extradition of wiggly found a jeweler and a sons from the u. k to the u. s. sort of dangerous legal precedent. they moved to prosecute him under the u. s. espionage undermined press freedom globally. the extra territorial application of the u. s. espionage act could also threaten any journa

on thursday, the us secretary of state antony blinken said china was the only country with the desireional system. the us secretary of state antony blinken has said he's optimistic finland and sweden could join nato in time for the alliance's summit in the spanish capital madrid at the end ofjune. following talks with his finnish counterpart, mr blinken expressed confidence that turkey's objections to the two nordic countries joining nato could be resolved swiftly. russia's finance minister has given an indication of the huge financial cost of the war in ukraine to his country. anton siluanov said around eight trillion roubles had been spent to support the russian economy so far — that's roughly us$123 billion. financial reserves, known as the russian national wealth fund, are now being used with the russian economy struggling under the effect of western sanctions. meanwhile, the fighting continues, centred on donbas. russian—backed separatist leaders in eastern ukraine say they've captured the town of lyman, a town on the road to the ukrainian city of slovyansk, which is a key russia

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but once fe ging to respect the international rules based order, secretary of state antony blink and made the comments in a long awaited speech outlining us strategy towards china. he says the challenge posed by bay jingle tests. washington's diplomacy, unlike anything before and to the billing can also said china is the only country with both the intent and power to change the international status quo. president biden believes this decade will be decisive. the actions that we take at home and with countries worldwide will determine whether our shared vision of the future will be realized to succeed in this decisive decade. the by the ministration strategy can be summed up in 3 words, invest a line compete. lincoln speech came as china's foreign minister began, is tor of island countries in the south pacific aiming to secure economic and security agreements. the solomon's islands was 1st was the 1st stop for wang ye on his visit to 8 countries. the trip is raised, concerns and australian its allies about china's ambitions. sarah clark fortson brisbin touch down in honey ira. china's

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s. secretary of state antony blinking has made it in a policy speech. and decades of fighting on the gambia synagogue border escalades forcing thousands of people to flee. ah, thank you very much for joining as a group of lawyers has announced it will take the killing of al jazeera journalist, sharina utley to the international criminal court. she was killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. on may 11th the international center for justice for palestinian said sharina. sammy gave permission for its legal action. the lawyers are representing palestinian journalist. they say were systematically targeted by israeli forces. this new complaint on behalf of allie insuring follows on april 2020, to submission to the i, c. c, which requested the icy prosecutor launch and investigation into the system to targeting maiming and killing of journalists and the destruction of media infrastructure sharing was killed only days. after the icpc prosecutor acknowledge receipt of our 1st complaints, israel has enjoyed a devastating impunity against accountabilit

but we heard from secretary of state antony blinken trying to counter that argument. ake a listen. >> some have tried to blame the sanctions imposed on the russian federation by the united states and many other countries for worsening this crisis. this is false. when we imposed sanctions on russia in order to end the war as quickly as possible, we delivered and carefully created exceptions for agricultural goods and periodfertilizer. we're working every day to get countries information or assistance that they need. >> the sanctions landscape is complicated. there is uncertainty, this up ended trade in many ways. shipping companies, banks have been reluctant to get grain shipments out of countries like russia. bottom line is, there are no sanctions that would prevent russia there reopening the ports. >> clare, thank you. >>> still to come -- >> you are 17, you're never known the taliban government. did you ever imagine that this would happen to you, that you would be prevented from going to school? >> translator: no, never. we tried our best for our future, but it is a

s. secretary of state antony, think and arriving in berlin for nato talks at a time. the alliance is seeing a sharp rise in its geopolitical realm. the talks focus on long term goals, but more immediately the accession of finland and sweden are also on the table. not on the said sweden and finland, join nato, but they should do so quickly. of course, i'll have a good conversation with my counterpart. it is important that we have also consensus. consensus could be an issue. native member turkey accuses sweden and finland of harbouring militant curds. turkish people, predominantly a big majority of the turkish people, are against the membership of those countries who are supporting a p k y p g terrace organization. and they're asking us a to block this membership. finland, at least is confident this issue can be smoothed out at court to my good colleague, her middle sellers, or go to foreign minister and a little bit to take the tensors down and villa so meet, meet to day and i'm, i'm, i'm sure that they will find a solution to this item. unity is key in the alliance as

these the words from secretary of state antony blinken.e solon islands . >> a historic visit. the highest-ranking chinese representative to visit the soma and islands since the two countries formalized diplomatic ties two years ago when the small pacific isla country switched diplomatic relation from taiwan to china, its largest trading partner. >> we made a diplomatic decision to recognize a very important principle. we are impressed by a lot of things that the governing people of the league have done. >> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said china in the long run poses an even greater threat than putin's russia. the countries have clashed recently as the u.s. ramps up support for taiwan, which china claims as part of its own territory. >> we will remain focused on the most serious long-term challenge to the international border, and that is opposed by the people's republic of china. china is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international waters and increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technologi

s. secretary of state antony blinkin. and his turkish counterpart may have looked shop of shallow met in an attempt to find the compromise there shall charlemagne turkeys position clear your gear as being supporting the open door policy on nato or even before this war. but with regard to this possible candidate already candidate countries, you know, we have also legitimate security concerns that they have been supporting a terrorist organizations and they're also an expert restrictions on earth defense products. every concession turkey winds from the situation will likely isolated further in nato circles, but will win president owed one political points at harm. something he will welcome as turkey heads towards presidential elections next year. the other will in his poll is in washington covering the story for us. i asked her about the meeting between the 2. ah, the turkish representative and they are, you are secretary of state other men sin lennon, sweden signal they were thinking of making this dark decision. joining n

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secretary of state antony blinken meeting with his counterpart from turkey. just yesterday in new york we have this big meeting that joe biden is hosting at the white house in washington, d.c. obviously that will not include turkey. that will just be the leaders of sweden and finland. but it just shows how much support these two nations are getting from the most powerful member of the most powerful military alliance. having said that, turkey does have the second largest army in nato. it's a big defense provider as well, and it has a president who is quite keen on voicing his opinions on certain issues, grievances that he wants aired, in particular those concerns he has about sweden's perceived sympathies from turkey's point of view to members of the kurdikurd ish diaspora, and he has accused them of harboring kurdish separatist groups that are deemed terrorist organizations by turkey and also some other parts of the world as well. and there is a thorny issue of an arms embargo that dates back to 2019 that sweden pushed for on some turkish material on equipmen

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secretary of state antony blinken currently speaking in washington.e's talking about the biden administration's policy towards china. he has already said that businesses can't sacrifice values for access to china, and a lack of reciprocity on access is unsustainable. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i'm worried about china and the current policy. i think it is unsustainable because the virus only becomes more infectious, so i think what was amazing management of the virus in 2020 is a liability now . alix: that was stephane bancel speaking from the world economic forum in davos. we often just heard from u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. the lack of access to chinese markets. let's put a threat into all of this. joining us on the phone is tom orlik, bloomberg economics chief economist. i want to focus more on that zero-tolerance covid policy. premier li was talking about being aggressive in trying to get more stimulus into the economy, which contrasts with xi's zero covid tolerance policy. what is your understanding of it? tom: there's clearly a tension t

your secretary of state antony blanket has spoken to israel's foreign minister stressing the importance of concluding probes into the killing of al jazeera journalist, sharina barclay earlier, a group of lawyers announced it will take the case to the international criminal court. shereen was killed this month while reporting in the occupied west bank. america's biggest gun lobby is going ad with a major convention just 3 days after 19 children and 2 teachers were shot dead in an elementary school in evolved a texas, retest as a gathering outside the convention center in the state's largest city and signed a form of yours, president donald trump is expected to speak a jerry alexis coming up next. but before that we leave you with memories of our colleague sharina black with, oh no, not a from with a a a veto. ah, neither does the margotto we'll, we'll get there. and i've been thinking magdalena as you'd cylinder in a hearty i'll come in and look a little water. if i don't, i'll get it. i can think of. i don't know whether i wonder how to better expedite the allowed amount of ha, uh huh.

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secretary of state antony blinken accuses putin of using food as a weapon. >> the food supply for millionsines and millions more around the world has been literally been held hostage. >> reporter: ukraine is known as the bread basket of europe and is a major exporter of wheat, maze and dunn flour oil -- sunflower oil. according to the united nations, 1.7 billion home in more than 100 countries are directly affected by ukraine's inability to export grain from its ports. the fear is, as global supplies shrink and prices go up, it could trigger unrest in developing nations that so desperately rely on the food aid. yurii yalovchuk has been a farmer for over 40 years and has never seen a situation where grain as high quality as this is left to rot in warehouses. who do you blame for all this? >> putin is responsible for this, invading our country, killing innocent families and destroying our lives, he says. he's the one to blame for everything. across ukraine and over 22 million tons of grain are siting in silos waiting to be exported. if that doesn't happen soon, it will have to be destroyed t

. >>> "politico" says secretary of state antony blinken tested positive for covid. department spokesman says blinken tested positive in a pcr test yesterday and was experiencing mild symptoms. he also said blinken is fully vaccinated and boosted. blinken attended the without correspondents' dinner on saturday along with president biden. the white house says blinken has not seen mr. biden in several days, though. >>> and "reuters" says four astronauts on board a spacex capsule are headed back to earth. they undocked this morning from the international space station. the capsule is scheduled to splash down early tomorrow morning off the coast of florida. the astronauts spent nearly six months on board the orbiting lab. the outgoing american space station commander handed control over to a russian cosmonaut before departing. >>> still to come, taking a dip in virtual reality. meta platforms is set to open a brick and mortar store to test vr devices. we will tell you where you can find it. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your poli

secretary of state antony blinken accused the -- accused russia of holding the world food supply hostage milli tons of grain exportedk in ukraine. mr. blinken says moscow's war was worsening the greatest of global food security crisis of our time. his comments follow a warning from the united nations that the content -- conflict could lead to years of mass hunger in poor countries. from odessa are contact caroline davies is in this report. >> ukraine's wheat help feed the world but it is beyond reach. because of issues transporting it out of the country no one wants to buy it. >> we would like to be helped to sell this grain at any price as long as people do not go hungry. tyou need to bang your fist on the table and open ukrainian ports and stop the russian invasion and take out this rain. how do you feel knowing there are many people around the world that would be desperate for this crop? >> it is a feeling of despair. i am talking now with tears in my eyes. it is hard to say. >> yearly --yuri's problems are faced by farmers across the country. this is due to be harvested in a month bu

are you a secretary of state antony blinking his meeting, his turkish counterpart of that cover? so glue at the un. ahead of that meeting, a turkeys, foreign minister said his country had legitimate concerns over sweden and villains bids for nato membership. he said turkey's own security needs had to be addressed. well, kristen sumi is life for us now at un headquarters where the 2 men are holding a meeting right now. so kristen turkey seems set on blocking fin linden sweden's nato membership houses playing out while the turkish foreign minister and the u. s. secretary of state arrived here just a short time ago with their entourage as their meeting here at the united nations and clearly the nato membership expansion. as at the top of the agenda, they discussed that before closing the doors to reporters, the turkish foreign minister said that they understand turkey understands that sweden and finland have security concerns as a result of russia's position in ukraine. but turkey also has security concerns that need to be addressed. he of course was referring to when his president

secretary of state antony blinken has tested positive just days after attending the white house correspondents' dinner. >> the nation's most distinguished superspreader event. >> reporter: that event is now facing growing scrutiny as more guests test positive, including several staffers from nbc news the dinner mandated proof of vaccination and same day negativ tests though other events in d.c. may have had more lenient requirements the president of the white house correspondents' association said our event implemented protocols that went beyond any guidance or regulation issued by the cdc or the d.c. health department. and today the world health organization estimated there have been nearly 15 million covid-related deaths globally roughly three times the official number. lester >> an astonishing number gabe, thank you. >>> history is being made at the white house with the announcement of a new press secretary, karine jean-pierre is the first black woman and the first openly gay person to take on that role. she is set to take over when jen psaki leaves on may 13th. >>> in 60 seconds, fireworks

secretary of state antony blinken."ukrainian people with our security assistance hav defended their homeland in the face o rush's unconscionable invasion and as a result, the stars and stripes are flying over the embassy once again." ♪ now to our special report from afghanistan, which focuses on the changing face of the country under taliban rule. the ministry for preventing vice and promoting virtue has been behind a raft of new, rdline laws, many targeting women. they recently announced a face veil will be compulsory in public. bbc's afghanistan correspondent has been given exclusive access to a team of inspectors from the ministry and he sent this report. reporter: the inspectors of the ministry of vice and virtue have branches across the country, remolding afghanistan to feed it with the taliban's hardline beliefs. how often do you do this in a week? every day? we are following one team in the center of kabul, first stop, the shopping center. shopkeepers are given a lecture on the importance of saying ayers and gro

does one the chinese to in here add here to the international rules based order . secretary of state antony blank and said the challenge china poses will test us diplomacy like never before. those the headlines, the news continues after witness the billboard squad. ah no, not a from, with an honest image with most of us the new for those who say that the whole my know y'all today and i have a reseller to what the hell that the put up with me on that one is a shooting avita, philistine ah, [000:00:00;00] with a companies have access to radio ads and tv ads and online newspapers to the one space that is supposed to be sacred. li, ours belonging to the public for the public by the public is as the name implies, public space. there's something about them that has always seen grotesque to me and just so out of place, i don't think they billboards have any appropriate function in a public space. this is the corner here. we're here. we're on burnside drive right now. a beautiful side street in toronto, and this leave it or not as number 25, burnside. but then you've got, these are so big. they're

all your secretary of state antony blinkin has spoken to the israeli foreign minister about the killing of sharing apple. i played, the state department says he stressed the importance of israel completing their probes into killing. so let's get worn out from adam fisher who is live for us from the state department in washington. and we know that a criminal probe is not going to be conducted into this. what, what was the message from the secretary of state bank and what was he trying to achieve in this conversation? what the u. s. has been saying for some time that they want to see the results of this investigation quite quickly and of course has added pressure know that the palestinians of carried out their own investigation. just remember it's the usually millis military that are carrying out this investigation. the really military police decided it was not going to carry out a separate inquiry because they believed that no soldier had broken the law. so there is a great deal of pressure on the israelites from here at the state department, and also from the white house to make sure th

us secretary of state antony blinken has tested positive for covid—i9.oth the mexican and swedish foreign ministers in washington over recent days. joe biden�*s foreign policy chief had been set to make a landmark speech regarding us policy towards china on thursday, but that has been postponed. local elections are taking place across the uk on thursday. seats in all local councils are being contested in scotland and wales. voters in northern ireland will elect members of the assembly at stormont. in england, four and a half thousand councillors are fighting for re—election. polling stations open at 7am and close at 10pm. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the actress amber heard gives evidence for the first time in the defamation trial brought by her ex—husband johnny depp. i nelson rolihlahla mandella do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterrand. the tunnel is still

secretary of state antony blinken visited ukraine, promising the diplomats would return soon. >> we very much hope that conditions for that is to go back into kiev. >> the message russia is you ukraine is still standing. the government is still functioning and we're going back to first to help the government. >> also at that news conference, the mayor of lviv said that ukraine would, quote, kick out the enemy and he predicts only and quote. for 19 is that i'm an update on california's efforts now to issue states sanctions against russia. state lawmakers move forward with the bill that aims to cut state economic ties with russia and with belarus kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains the bills. >> as russia continues its invasion of ukraine. california lawmakers are pushing ahead with their economic ammo against russia be 13 to the state senate appropriations committee monday moved forward with sb 13. 28 the bill would ban state agencies and california's retirement systems from transacting with investing in or contracting with russia or belarus and companies that do bu

well, secretary of state antony blinken said the u.s. is deeply troubled by the actions of israeli police for "intruding" into the funeral procession of a palestinian-american journalist. today, president biden called for an investigation into her killing. here's cbs' roxana saberi. >> reporter: a day meant to mourn the death of journalist shireen abu akleh turned tense when israeli police suddenly moved in swinging their batons. at one point, the pallbearers trying to reach a church in jerusalem nearly dropped the casket. the police say rioters hurled stones and other objects at them, but the white house is calling these images disturbing. >> this is day where we should all be marking, including everyone there, the memory of a remarkable journalist who lost her life. we regret the intrusion into what should have been a peaceful procession. >> reporter: the al jazeera journalist was shot on wednesday while covering an israeli raid in the west bank town of jenin. israeli initially suggested she was killed by palestinian gunmen, but today

those words you just heard from us, secretary of state antony blank and are simply met with laughter by anyone who's observed the policies of the united states. over the past few months. they've been doing everything they can to shut down and silence media that puts forward any perspective critical of the nato perspective, when it comes to the situation in ukraine. well, the arctic states wouldn't be itself without bashing russia and accusing russia being a pure dictatorship where all freedom of speech is killed. however, as anthony blanc um spoke, he went on to essentially argue it's a very significant challenge when it comes to dealing with the information environment in russia that has been created in bolstered over many, many years and a space that was already incredibly restricted as being shut down to virtually nothing just in the last 6 months. now it's also important to know that an opposition network, an outlet that's critical of the russian government was invited to that press conference. however, archie and other networks that are more sympathetic that they were not allowed

s. secretary of state antony blinkin outlined the u. s. foreign policy goals and a keynote speech. and he said that washington will lead the international block of countries united against russia. now, to counter a longer term threat posed by china, take a listen to what he said. even as president putin's war continues, we will remain focused on the most serious, long term challenge to the national order. and that's posed by the people's republic of china. china is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international water. and increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it. beijing's vision would move us away from the universal values that are sustained so much of the world's progress over the past 75 years. we stand ready to increase our direct communication with beijing across a full range of issues. and we hope that that can happen. but we cannot rely on vision to change its trajectory. so we will shape the strategic environment around beijing to advance our vision for an open inclusive international system. we will shape the en

with a year ago, secretary of state antony blinkin said china represented america's biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century. but troubles elsewhere have obscured the planned focus on bay ging. now the u. s. is stepping up support for ukraine in its war with russia. so is that conflict challenging the u. s. is long sought strategic and economic shift to asia. how panel we'll discuss this shortly. but 1st, florence louis reports from sole jo biden's, 1st stop in asia, on the ground in south korea. a mixed response to u. s. president jo biden's visit. these demonstrators welcomed him, seeing this as an opportunity to present a united front against north korea. that follows reports leader kim jong and maybe about to conduct a 7th nuclear weapons test. but here, activists concerned about an arms race, a calling for peace. when the 2 precedents met at a summit on saturday, security was high on the agenda. i, i heard glory r o r r d mission, they discussed enhancing sanctions and expanding the scope of combined to military exercises. biden also said he's not opposed to meeting him, john,

. >> secretary of state antony blinken has tested positive for covid. lincoln is fully vaccinated and boosted. he is experiencing only mild symptoms. the white house said blinken has not seen president biden in person since last saturday's white house correspondents dinner. the president tested negative for covid yesterday. lincoln was scheduled to give a speech tomorrow about the administration's china policy. but that is now indefinitely postponed. he will quarantine at home and will follow cdc guidelines. >> the new omicron subvariant is reportedly spreading faster across the u.s. now than the original ba 2 strain. recent cdc data shows the ba 12002.1 mutation now makes up for nearly 37% of our nation's positive covid cases. that numbers more than 60% in the northeastern part of the country where it first took hold. is in almost 100% jump just within the past 2 weeks. so far, the subvariant does not appear to cause severe illness. meanwhile, health officials say they are monitoring other mutations ba 4 and ba 5 that are causing a rise in hospitalizat

s. secretary of state antony blank and. and just in terms of generalities about the plight of the palestinians. he was in the west bank speaking with the palestinian leader mackwood abbas back in late march. so just weeks ago where the united states really underscored that it is the belief of the biden administration, that there is a need to advance the in the rights of the palestinians as well as underscore, the relationship between the united states is railey. he said that the only way to do this, and he reiterated the u. s. support for 2 state solution. and the fact that it's the belief of president biden, that both palestinians and israelis need to live in dignity and freedom as security in equal measure. and i think that's important to note here because we're looking at the power and balance that exists in as a result once again of this death. we should also point to the fact that the united states and entity blanket when he was in the west bank underscored it was important as to the to says try to reach the school wit

s. secretary of state antony blinkin and his turkish counterpart may have looked shop of shallow met in an attempt to find the compromise. there shall be shallow made turkey's position clear to clear as being supporting the open door policy of nato, even before this war. but with regard to this possible or can't, these already candidate countries, you know, we have also legitimate security concerns that they have been supporting a terrorist organizations and they're also an expert restrictions on earth defense products. every concession turkey winds from the situation will likely isolated further in nato circles, but will wind president owe to one political points at harm? something he will welcome as turkey heads towards presidential elections next year . now and he w investigative team has been working with the china science investigation. that's the european general estate research project, which is led by the dutch platform, follow the money and the german non profit new newsroom corrective for several months. 11 investigative desks and 7 countries have been probing the nature of

us secretary of state antony blinken has tested positive for covid—19.and swedish foreign ministers in washington over recent days. he'd been set to make a landmark speech on us policy towards china but that has been postponed. local elections are taking place across the uk on thursday. seats in all local councils are being contested in scotland and wales. voters in northern ireland will elect members of the assembly at stormont. in england, 11,500 councillors are fighting for re—election. polling stations open at 7 a.m.. a massive clean—up operation is under way in valencia after record—breaking rainfall. dozens of cars were swallowed up as floodwater cascaded through neighbourhoods of the city, leaving homes and businesses completely waterlogged. wendy urquhart reports. this used to be a road, now it's a river. dozens of cars were swallowed up as floodwaters surged through the city's neighbourhoods, leaving homes and businesses completely saturated. "a lot of water fell last night," says this man. "just look at the state of the place." "last night, all