taliban in this spot, killed three u.s. marines. and intelligence officials investigated whether this american blood, was on russian hands. st year the taliban are believed to have received russian military intelligence money to target u.s. service intelligence officials tell pbs newshour. the payments were discovered by information taken from taliban leaders, and when u.s. special fooperations forced a large amount of american money during a taliban raid. it was a dramatic increase in russian support to the taliban,already described in 2018 by then u.s. commander general john nicholson. >> we've had weapons brought to us by afghan leaders and said, this was given by the russians to the taliban. wree know that the russians involved. >> schifrin: today the kremlin lled that statement, and today's reports, "lies." but former u.s. officials say in the last two years, as americans trained afghan forces, and fought the taliban, russian involvement was always a collection priority. and it was always briefed up to senior levels. b

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i meet with the taliban to watch him the other to who he is. libyan regime in the mood on the page there will be a way to have a muslim on a look at the. family hasn't rebuilt the house here to the constant insecurity is the word she's on so the rule instead is a testament to their loss. but allies of the idea will go is. the mood as this it is here. on the mission saying the bill cosby his unusual bill is a mission the be for in years to come the day you just miss and the is meant to settle in. one of the things i think that really hard for people to understand who are not experiencing a conflict situation is how much victims simply want to have their harm acknowledged. something goes wrong to have no acknowledgement even not even a phone call not even a letter from someone in in the u.s. military i think that that really hurts them. or their ideal or you. was really didn't realize that 100. but what then ghana not them doing that are those useful chatterer see. the children living in the important a possible thing that i remember doing. under

the taliban movement, cutting ties with al qaeda, was part of the u.s.-taliban agreement.is not fully implemented in this respect. according to our news colleagues, there is progress, but much more needs to be done. >> earlier, the taliban released this statement, saying t taliban he rejects the context of this report. we are fully committed to observing the terms of the agreement signed with the united states of erica. as someone who fht against the taliban in the 1990's, mr. abdulla explained how he reconciles negotiating with people who killed some of his family and friends. >> i have been in the resistan against the soviets, later on in the resistance against taliban. taliban and al qaeda. so many lives have been lost. only in a matter of a few weeks, if we refer to the statistics, three weeks back, about 3000 people were killed, lost their lives in afghanistan. it is because of the suffering of all of us togher that the people of afghanistan have paid a big price. that is why we believe we should put an end to this. >> for more on the situation in afghanistan, you can

has proof that it's had since as early as january there russia paid taliban linked fighters to go in and target u.s. coalition forces and that it resulted in the death of at least one american now when we take a look at the sources that they used in this article we find that they start by claiming the report is based on conversations with anonymous american intelligence officials they say those officials made their intelligence assessment based on interrogations of captured afghan militants which means that they were under duress when they allegedly claims the claim that the attacks were carried out by taliban linked militants now they're important then goes on to claim that russia was. targeting u.s. forces in 2019 during peace talks between washington and the taliban to try to stir up more chaos in the region and to keep them from achieving peace but if we look back we find that russia was also actively pushing for peace and it hosted talks with delegates from both the taliban and the afghan government in moscow on may 29th scene and during those talks russian foreign minister serg

forces in 2019 during peace talks between washington and the taliban to try to stir up more chaos in the region and to keep them from achieving peace but if we look back we find that russia was also actively pushing for peace and it hosted talks with the delegates from both the taliban and the afghan government in ma. galland may 29th seen now during those talks russian foreign minister sergei lavrov called for a total poll out of foreign forces from afghanistan and he said russia is convinced that there is no military solution and that the only way to achieve peace is by political and diplomatic means so we have yet to see any evidence here that russia was the one trying to keep the war in afghanistan going it actually looks like it was the opposite but we also have to remember that at the time when this report claims that the acts happen that was when the united states had ramped up its bombing campaigns in afghanistan to levels 6 that we hadn't seen in a decade and it was also when the u.s. was killing more civilians in afghanistan than the taliban and now rachel with all of these

afghan forces were carrying out a ground operation against the taliban and u.s. forces conducted air strikes in support. of that and you look at the duck. poorly at the put out there with you when you go to the equipment because of the. idea quite a large one to go but certainly. the air strike that killed 14 civilians from a mobile dean's family including his sister and her children. and the most good little by that killed him jealous to crawl under god and i would say you know i'm doesn't buy that because now i'm adult by that going to i would indict him as i did the much money. which i think it big look at that does the. film will help america bomb which is going to cut the. school code fossil hardy was here the day the airstrike hit. that. is so is here sear home is just right over there what did it feel like when this bomb hit what does it sound like. how do when you do not suck. when. the u.s. and afghan air campaign over the past few years has been weaken the taliban's presence and continues. and even after the deal with the united states was made the figh

to taliban forces which were apparently cornered at an intersection and under heavy attack by taliban in that case they did come to there so there are systems but there has not but in the meantime the united states is continuing to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan and that level probably will diminish as the as they approach a better settlement they're still trying to get the afghan government and the taliban. representatives to come together and start talking but that's not going so well and george a lot of anti. war activists are really angry about these recent strikes because they believe many civilians were hit while we don't have confirmation on the casualties as i just mentioned is it unfair for some people to claim that the d.o.d. can't simultaneously assist with handling these these national protests that we're having here stateside as well as continuing their fight in afghanistan. well i mean this is a 20 year war no almost. you know you talked about d.-day. the 2nd world war lasted 6 years so this war has already lasted well over 3 times the length of time the 2nd world

earlier, the taliban released this statement saying...menting the terms of the agreement signed with the united states of america." as someone who fought against the taliban in the nineties, mr abdullah explained how he reconciles negotiating with people who killed some of his family and friends. i have been in the resistance against the soviets, and later on in the resistance against the taliban. the taliban and al-anda. and so many lives have been lost. and only ina many lives have been lost. and only in a matter of a few weeks and we refer to the statistics, three weeks back, around 3000 people were killed. have lost their lives in afghanistan. and it's because of the suffering of all of us together. the people of afghanistan have paid a big price. that's why we believe we should come and put an end to this. for more on the situation in yemen, the bbc spoke we have scenes unfolding in new york of more protests heading into an eighth day following the death of george floyd. this is the scene there live. peaceful protests at the moment w

afghan forces were carrying out a ground operation against the taliban and u.s. forces conducted air strikes in support. that's when you look at the duck. the put out there with you when you go to the airport a bit about the. idea of quote a lot of good to go but just with. the air strike that killed 14 civilians from a moment dean's family including his sister and her children. in the most brutal by that q i'm jealous to crawl under god now that you know i'm dealt and by that because now i'm adult up either going to out and done as i did the much money. which i think it make it like look at you does the. film the help america bomb which is going to get the question. cody fossil hardy was here the day the airstrike hit. the answer. is so is here sear home is just right over there what did it feel like when this bomb hit what did it sound like. how do when you do not go suck. what the u.s. and afghan your campaign over the past few years has and we did the taliban's presence and continues. and even after the deal with the united states was made the fighting hasn't

the payments were discovered by information taken from taliban leaders and u.s.al operation forces found a large amount of american money during a taliban raid. it was a dramatic increase in russian support to the taliban, already described in 2018 by then u.s. commander john nicholson. >> given to us by afghan leaders who said this was b giv the russians to the taliban. we know the russians are involved. nick: today the kremlin called that statement and today'sal reportes, but u.s. intelligence officials say as americans trained afghan forces and fought the taliban, russian involvement was always or collection py. it was always briefed up to senior levels, but today the white house spokesperson reiterated presidentberump had neve briefed. >> the ciairtor, nsa, and chief of staff can all confirm thatr neither the president vice presidentere briefed on the alleged russia bounty intelligence. nick: fmer intelligence ficials say president trump was part of briefings before they signed a peace the taliban this past february. attacked u.s. troops, but have killed hund

and while the taliban has been responsible for the majority of civilian casualties. the 1st death of 2019 marked the 1st time that u.s. and afghan forces were responsible for more civilian deaths something the united nations attributed to the rise of airstrikes in the war. the increase in the air war more to shift by the us military from previous years. really if you look at afghanistan in the 2008. to 2011 we see people like general mcchrystal and general petraeus putting in tactical directive the leadership is constantly hammering on its forces saying you will not kill civilians we will improve civilian protection. and it works in 2008 we have the highest civilian casualties from airstrikes by 2011 those numbers have gone from over $550.00 civilians killed in air strikes per year down to around $100.00 then when the trumpet ministration comes in we see a complete flip and it really goes into the idea that we're going to bomb the taliban in submission and bomb them to the peace table. while the u.s. and the taliban may have reached a tenuous agreement civilians are

the west by bribing the taliban into something they are doing anyway comic book villains have more logic and motivation than russia in this article but as evil and sleazy as russia may be portrayed in this story it's still just collateral damage and not the actual target president trying to get briefed in march that russia is paying bounty money for dead american soldiers right now. and his response to that is nothing his entire presidency has been a gift. but this is beyond the pale it's a betrayal of most sacred duty we bear as a nation to protect and equip our troops and restrain them in the harms way. if trump refuses to hold putin accountable for funding terrorism against u.s. troops in afghanistan then congress must again step up i expect the trumpet ministration to take such allegations seriously and inform congress immediately as to the reliability of these news reports the stories taking jabs at trump amid reports he's about to take another step towards ending the catastrophic 2 decades long invasion russia's foreign ministry has dismissed the allegations as fake pointing out th

>> that would be horrible, i hope the taliban will not take our freedom away.women have fought very hard in the last ten years and are not ready to lose this. so i will fight. >> fight for herself, and for the freedom of future generations of womomen in afghanistan. >> repreression and discrimination are part of life our facebook chnel - dwwomene wod,d, not jt inin afgnistanan. about those taking a stand and inspiring others. dw women g gives a voice to won everywhere. >> to south-east asia now: western myanmar is home to the rohingya people. according to the un they are one of the world's most persecuted minority groups. in mainly buddhist myanmar, the predominantly muslim rohingya are not allowed to vote. they have no access to higher education Â" and their villages and places of worship are frequently attacked. several hundred settlements have been set alight, and many residents killed. many rohiningya have fled the country. around 900,000 now live in neighbouring bangladesh. others have sought refuge in india, pakistan, indonesia - and malaysia but their ho

it is not just what does the taliban do? it is, what is the government of , can we form a government that will be able to meet anything. ofis, what is the calculus that pakistanis when they look at that situation, and are they willing to invest in a stable afghanistan? what do the indians do? and how do that pakistanis regard the indians? perhaps for them it is a three-way war. all sorts of regional and stability issues that overall impacts our security. it goes back to, are we there or aren't we there? to send saying we have our people everywhere in the world. i am saying there are costs that we really have to think about and if you are willing to accept that cost it is fine. mike is exactly correct. we are going to leave afghanistan, we at least need to know how we are going to get the intel and how we are going to address immediate terrorism problem because it is going to come. the art -- the larger question i think is not only the potential for attack but what happens if s and indians go at it and the element of the tali

the taliban today is militarily and politically stronger than it any time since 911. and i believe the telamon is peace negotiations with the united states as shown is exactly what we want to hear in order to encourage us to leave the country. i don't believe what they're saying about what their intentions are. in fact i believe that their intention is to keep absolutely capable is to overthrow the current afghan government and reestablishing dictatorship. natalie taliban will provide safe haven to al qaeda and that it will not do what is necessary to prevent alec data from being a significant threat to the united states of america. ties between the two groups are just too close. years and years of fighting side-by-side and years and years of shedding blood together years and years of marriages the children these two groups are not in my mind inseparable. to sum up, i believe strongly that we need to stay on this watch we are going to be hit g get. i cannot emphasize that strongly enough. that concludes my opening remarks i look forward to your the committee's questio

this new evidence that looks very solid that thrussians paid the tabl taliban to kill u. rooms in afghanistan. some information say president was briefed on this in it wasn't briefed.e house says >> if the president wasn't briefed, it's probay because they were afraid to tell him any sad news about russia and friend president putin and they putin and warn him of what well knew, already. but whether the president -- the point is that this is -- forced protection is the purpose of intelligence. i'm 25 years in intelligence. forced protection, how we initiate hostilities, how we respond to assaults,ut, fourth, intelligence is about how we protect our troos. so for somebody to make an assault on our troops and there to b any question to whether the commander-in-chief would be saiefed about it tells you what ay exists in the white house and how serious this problem is, if they're even afraid to tell them. whether they were briefed, i don't tow. you hea dferent schools of thought. in his -- well, i won't go into any of it. it remains to be seen. we'll have a brifing in the ng o

units paid taliban militants to kill u.s. troops in afghanistan this comes on the heels of a report stating that trump knew about the bounty operation it's turning into a game of he said she said pretty quickly as trump continues to deny knowledge yet intelligence officials told the new york times in the associated press that the president was briefed here to unpack this is r.t. america correspondent rachel weapons welcome rachel thank you so much for having me . so. what is the official word yeah that's been from all sides right so we've heard president come out and say that he denies this report he denies of course that he was briefed and his claim that he made on twitter was really interesting because he went on to say that he talked to intelligence officials and they claim that they decided not to brief him on it because they saw the claims and they didn't think that they were credible and then of course he went on to go after the new york times claiming that they just wanted to publish this because they don't like him yo

building measure for talks between the government and the taliban. eunice i seem has more now from kabul. the prisoner swap continues in afghanistan in the early hours of this morning the government has released 250 taliban prisoners so far the taliban has released approximately 500 security forces and this is one of the most important steps toward in traffic and talks the complete of the prisoner swap the u.s. special representative to afghanistan. has spent the last 2 days in doha and in islamabad in doha he made the senior leadership of the taliban and in islamabad in pakistan he made the top military officials and today the top military chief military of pakistan has arrived to afghanistan to kabul where he met the president of. swarms of locusts spreading across pakistan are posing a bigger threat to the economy than the coronavirus experts say the insects came from africa have been damaging crops and orchards since april agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of economic output is going out to call hydro who is in the capital islamabad call

initiated a process with the taliban whereby the taliban would not carry out attacks against u.s.oldiers if there was going to be a u.s. withdrawal of forces from afghanistan. so with the russians doing this to undercut and undermine the u.s. initiative, very possibly, but i still think it's important to get to the actual facts and i'm glad congress is looking into this right now. >> the congress is looking into it, but the congress has not been briefed at any level, and we don't know of any democrats from intelligence committees that are being invited, not the speaker, not senator warner, not, of course, not congressman schiff being invited to the white house. max rose, let me ask you. your reaction? you served in afghanistan. we know the ratiussians are bad actors and the gru may have have been doing this, but for the u.s. to not take it more seriously? and for the president not to have read this intelligence. does it raise questions, you know, on your radar? >> well, it raises questions, and i find it, quite frankly, disgusting and reprehensible. look, it wasn't too long ago i

the taliban, which i just mentioned, putin has been accused of supporting.lived up to their commitments and putin, it's a geopolitical win for him if we are seemingly forced into a retreat. >> samantha, appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> a family in california speaking out, urging others to stay safe after their father spread covid-19 to 28 members of their family. >>> still to come, president donald trump retweets a racist message, leaves it up for hours and then deletes it. we'll look at the fallout after the break. so here's the thing. i'm actually closer to my retirement days than i am my college days. i just want to know, am i gonna be okay? i know people who specialize in "am i going to be okay." you may need glasses though. guidance to help you stay on track. ♪ proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. proof i can fight psoriatic arthritis... ...with humira. proof of less joint pain... ...and clearer skin in psa. humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. humira can lower your

that money seems to have been passed to the taliban at some point.urope official i spoke to was unclear as to precisely when the supposed casualties occurred because of these payments happened. their nationality or nature as well. but the u.s. official we've spoken to does appear to believe money did change hands, although the precise verification of those payments is something that is a little unclear. it appears that these began emerging earlier on this year. now, for their part, the taliban have been clear they had nothing to do with this, as has the russian embassy in washington, using the hashtag, #blamerussia. have, in fact, suggested that "the new york times" was wrong to first report this. president trump himself has cast doubt on the validity of the original "new york times" report, suggesting they should release their sources, but it's a very confusing picture with one simple, very clear allegation at the heart. that russians military intelligence, the gru, did try and possibly succeed in paying money to the taliban to kill u.s. soldiers or

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the taliban, which i just mentioned, putin has been accused of supporting.liban hasn't lived up to their commitments and we know that clearly putin doesn't want us around in afghanistan. it's a geopolitical win for him if we are seemingly forced into a retreat. >> now, "the washington post" reports the bounties are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several u.s. service members. it's unclear how many. assessments are still going on. >>> and there is some breaking news to bring you. gunmen have attacked the pakistan stock exchange building in karachi. an official with the local charity tells cnn at least five people have been killed. police and security officials among them. the attack reportedly happening in a highly secured area where a number of banks are also headquartered. we're told rescue and paramilitary forces are on the scene. the rescue is ongoing and we are working to bring you a live update on this as soon as we can. we'll be right back. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a comple

and from ex-taliban militants that the russians are supplying weaponry. let's wind back a little bit and talk about what we do know and what is disdisputed. i know of this scheme and that european intelligence official was clear that the assessment was the coalition casualties has been caused as a result of these payments by russian military intelligence, the dru to taliban militants. the timing and nature unclear. a u.s. official speaking to my colleague barbara starr has confirmed the same plot. there may have been actual money changing hands. that tallies what my european intelligence official was saying to me too. the u.s. official skeptical about the voracity of that intelligence. that's what president donald trump seems to be leaning most on, that these reports weren't verified or serious enough. the washington post said this was due to a payment of u.s. deaths. you can't imagine a situation where president donald trump wouldn't have been informed. there are extremely grave allegations levied against the russian military asperatus, the gru. the unit

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troops to leave by next april if the taliban upholds certain commitments.leads us to a startling story developing that shows the situation in afghanistan remains extremely complex. now it involves allegation of russian intelligence offering cash to taliban militants as a reward for killing u.s. and uk troops. now the u.s. director of national intelligence says he's confirmed that neither president trump nor vice president pence were briefed on the matter, which seems extraordinary. that statement from john radcliff contradicting what the "new york times" originally reported. now nick paton walsh is working on the story. >> reporter: european intelligence official is telling me that russian military intelligence officers made offers of cash rewards to taliban fighters in afghanistan if they would kill or attack u.s. or other coalition soldiers. now it's not clear to this european official quite what the motivation behind this russian offer was, but they do believe that that's cash incentives resulted in coalition casualties. they're not clear on the date of

also denies these claims even though the taliban was the group that was supposed to be carrying out these attacks and paid to carry out because attacks in the 1st place you know we have the taliban coming out and calling these accusations false and baseless interesting interesting smells very familiar territory one of most claims are made by intelligence officials what were the specific claims made by the new york times in the water bill you say that they were told by these once again the most intelligence officials raised that they have this article is published in which they claim that the united states had proof as early as january there russia was actively paying taliban linked militants to target u.s. coalition sources and they say that at least one american died as a result i want to take a look at these claims and how they source them specifically because also interesting part here so they go on to say that they claim their report is based on conversations with anonymous american intelligence officials they say those officials have made their intelligence assessment based on

tol'able hooked up to the taliban controlled to remote areas and their villages in our province as far as i know it's mainly there that they produce opium or other villages that our government controls done that we saw the hijack will stand no company fields there what all but fact that they go just when you have no good cause to mold them how that you serve. more might say he carries his day's worth of treasure home he doesn't care who runs his province whether it's the taliban or the government they all just want their share he says at times though his guilty conscience troubles him. going to the. court of war i know it's against islamic law. but i did do it so we don't go hungry. he hopes we'll forgive him. and your watching deed of you news live from berlin i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour until then you can stay up to date on our web site deja vue dot com and don't forget you can follow. us for laughs. people make fun about their own economic and political problems. in mozambique the state that you have so you don't write it's how people call me big data. as

tol'able what the taliban controlled to remote areas in their villages in our province that is just as far as i know it's mainly there that they produce opium or other villages that our government controls doesn't that we saw hard to hijack will stand no poppy fields there. at all the fact that they go in this way they have no knowledge of how that nice. carries his day's worth of treasure home he doesn't care who runs his province whether it's the taliban or the government they all just want their share he says at times though his guilty conscience troubles him. going to the idea of war i know it's against islamic law hard to miss going but i need do it so we don't go hungry. he hopes will forgive him. is in sport now and on the bundesliga spun off on their mad stay 2nd place dortmund took down 3rd place lot sit in a battle of the european heavyweights the 2 clubs were separated by just 3 points going into this one and both were banking on their star striker has to deliver on the big stage. with the long awaited news of t.-mo vanna's imminent departure confirmed leipzig had 2 matches

behind him to kill him and i shot at the taliban. >> 18,000 afghans who worked for the u.s.e awaiting visas. despite bipartisan support, they have had to lobby congress on the state department to honor the special immigration program that authorizes 4,000 visas a year for those who helped the u.s. military. a recent state department inspector general report suggested that the backlog has been made worse because there's only one person at the state department overseeing the program. >> it took three years to get my visa. this process is getting much longer. most of them got killed by taliban waiting for it. >> fox news first reported two years ago on no one left behind. the veterans nonprofit that helps bring afghan combat translators who risked their lives to the u.s. and supports them with donations as they restart their lives. >> my kids were very excited last night before they go to sleep. they asked me that if we wake up tomorrow morning, we would be a u.s. citizen. i said yes, you should be a u.s. citizen tomorrow. >> he is still supporting the u.s. military working for

tol'able what the taliban controlled through remote areas and their villages in our province cited as far as i know it's mainly there that they produce opium or other villages that our government controls doesn't that we saw with a stand no poppy fields there what all but fact that they go this way they have no knowledge of how to use. carries his day's worth of treasure home he doesn't care who runs his province whether it's the taliban or the government they all just want their share he says a times though his guilty conscience troubles him. going to get the quote of all the news i know it's against islamic law. but i need to do it so we don't go hungry. he hopes will forgive him. and you are of course watching your news live from berlin i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour until then you can stay up to date on our web site few of the dot com and don't forget you can also follow us on instagram and twitter on express from berlin thanks for watching. but conquered the major issues of our society. seasonal. could host its modern day heroes in. the inspirational peop

the white house says it will brief democrat politicians on reports that the russian military paid taliban fighters to target american soldiers in afghanistan. the un security council holds our virtual session on the ethiopian river nile dam project that's caused a bitter dispute with egypt and sudan. and anger in bangladesh at least a $32.00 people are killed after 2 crowded ferries crashed on a river in the capital. the worst is yet to come and that's the warning from the world health organization on the coronavirus pandemic that shows says it's far from being under control as the number of cases continue to surge globally it's sending a team to china next week to investigate the origins of the disease which is still unknown we all won this to be over we all want to get on with our lives but the hard reality is this is not even close to being over although many countries have made some progress. globally the pun is actually speeding up. brazil has officially entered into a recession the economy has shrunk by one and a half percent during the 1st 3 months of the year economists predict a

it incentivized the taliban to do something. some may argue the taliban don't need cash incentives to go out and kill coalition soldiers this feeds into the broader issue of what the insurgency is doing in afghanistan, while trying to perhaps strike a peace deal, waiting for prisoner exchanges, yet still continuing violent attacks. the taliban said this is not anything that they had something to do with, they said they don't need foreigners giving them instruction on how to continue their activity. russian embassy in washington used the #blamerussia saying they have nothing to do with this at all. and the european intelligence official called this particular tactic callous, reprehensible and shocking and too said they are bewildered what russia's motivation here might be. some may perhaps say this is about increasing the number of u.s. casualties, perhaps on a battlefield, expedite an american withdrawal, but donald trump made it very clear he wants out of afghanistan and the fact that the pentagon are even planning to reduce tr

number two, they have provided material support, some arms and finances to the taliban.lso in the last year or two they've been supporting the united states-led initiative in terms of the peace accord with the taliban, and they've also had meetings with them themselves. so that much we know, you know, in terms of what have they done in reference to taliban, afghanistan and the united states. well, this is the first i've ever heard of russian bounties to kill u.s. soldiers. lou: well, in point of fact, the united states when the soviet union was in afghanistan was supporting the elimination of as many russian aircraft as it possibly could as well as its war fighters through its support in afghanistan of the afghans, correct? >> yeah. oh, there's no doubt about that -- lou: the hypocrisy is not a rare or, you know, it isn't as if a pristine pool had just, you know, been violated. >> no. i mean, there's been tension in that part of the world for some time. and the russians have some frustration that took place. in 2018 in syria, their mercenaries were attacking a base where

trump is amusing top congressional republicans as he struggles to explain reports that russia paid taliban fighters to kill u.s. soldiers. a fake job for his wife and the misuse of public money former french prime minister francois feel gets a prison sentence for 40. plus hungry and trying to stay warm seasonal workers stuck in chile as winter bites and the coronavirus stops them from going home. china is being accused of forcing weak a woman into pregnancy checks sterilization or abortion in a bid to slash breath rates an investigation by the associated press has found evidence of a 4 year campaign in the western provinces china's government denies the allegations saying they're not based on facts and that brian reports. google always asks a she'll never forget the day chinese authorities told her her 3rd child was illegal she says she was threatened told to pay a fine of more than $2.00 and a half $1000.00 should be locked up in an internment camp some american if they give shots and remove fetuses forcefully if they say it's illegal to make you get an abortion those who didn't obey were

why wouldn't he say, let's look into it and see what this is, giving the money to taliban, a bounty on the lives of our troops in afghanistan. how do you answer to the families of those -- family members who are serving there and he's engaged in peace negotiations with the taliban and he's kissing up to putin in every way, saying they should be in the g-7, even though they annexed crimea and caused death and destruction in ukraine, so totally irresponsible. something is wrong with this picture. but putting that aside for the moment, let's dwell on this. we hear also that the administration is considering diplomatic response to this, or sanctions to this, well, they either know about it or they don't know about it. the american people need to know what that is. >> before we go, i do want to ask you about the 2020 presidential campaign, you've seen all these polls this week showing former vice president biden opening up a lead over president trump. president obama warned democrats not to get complacent. what's the greatest threat to joe biden's chance right now? >> well, i do believe we

officials have concluded that the russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing coalition forces in afghanistan the peace rests on the familiar pillars of pulitzer winning journalism anonymous sources that believed concluded and this c'est claims are said to be based on interrogations of captured afghan militants at least in part the article says well because less than in part well would be nothing at all really the alleged culprits is the same russian intelligence unit that is accused of this ellsbury poisoning western intelligence official say the unit which has operated for more than a decade has been charged by the kremlin with kerry knows a complaint to destabilize the west through subversion and the source the nation. the west in the middle east by bribing the taliban into something they are doing anyway comic book villains have more logic and motivation than russia in this article but as evil and sleazy as russia may be portrayed in this story it's still just collateral damage and not the actual target president trying to get b