the u. s. has destroyed these societies in these countries. nicaragua has been one country that has whether that storm because frankly, the good governance of the san an east is. but you know, the u. s. is doing everything you can to undermine that. it can be in that side. yes. that will lead to more migration. so yeah, i think it's fair to say all this is the product of blow back. all right, dan cove, alec, we've got a lot more to unpack, so stay with us. coming up next. the u. s. isn't the only superpower with its site set on nicaragua? find out why this central american country is abandoning taiwan. and now backing china, we'll discuss it when we return, sit tight, the ammo will be right back with ah ah ah ah needs to come to the russian state will never be tied up. i'm phoning most landscape diva. mckindoe's house not made it within a 50 babel did. okay, so my niece group i'm speaking with, we will van in the european union the kremlin. yup. machine. the state on russia to date and c, r t

the u. s. secretary of state's visit to the region, provoke mass protests and palestine locals took to the street to express their anger at bias by the u. s. foreign policy carrying banners and flags we heard from people in garza who say blinking visit is meaningless with no practical arrangements to be made. i will is that we're here to express or opposition the blinking visit, which is part of the unlimited your support for israeli occupation carrying out aggressive actions against palestinians. the u. s. pays nothing but lip service to the palestinians, and the visit comes with a new air pressure on the leadership of palestine to roll back the recent moves mainly, a hold of coordination was really security bodies, csr america. or it is crystal clear that the american policy has always been very hostile towards the philistine people. this policy has been completely biased in favor of israel, obviously such a policies based on supporting israel against the palestinian people. the buffer, i be

the u. s. has destroyed these societies in these countries. nicaragua has been one country as a weather that storm because frankly, the good governance of the sand and east is but you know, the u. s. is doing everything you can to undermine that. com did that side. yes. that will lead to more migration. so yeah, i think it's fair to say all this is the product of blow back. all right, dan called alec. we've got a lot more to unpack. so stay with us. coming up next. the u. s. isn't the only superpower with its sites, sat on nicaragua, find out why this central american country is abandoning taiwan. and now backing china, we'll discuss it when we return said type the m. o will be right back. mm hm . when i was showing wrong, i just don't hold any rules that you have to fill out. disdain becomes the attitude and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah needs to come to the russian state. little narrative. i've started as i'm ph

now u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin and philippine defense secretary currently about this junior will be holding a clor close bilateral meeting a few hours away from now inside the military compound. and after that meeting, they are expected to announce these t locations, if not the key locations. then at least they're expected to announce if there is an agreement for new locations. now, 2 of these locations are expected to be up in the north, close to taiwan, in which case it would give the u. s. a strategic advantage in case a conflict. the rises in the taiwan straits, but this is what pull testers are against. that there are now just a few pull testers right here, which is a few minutes ago. they were protesting against these new locations. they're saying they don't want the philippines to get dragged into an unnecessary conflict. the conflict that, that philippines doesn't have anything to do with. but by and large filipinos are supportive of strength and military alliance between the

the u. s. has destroyed these societies in these countries. nicaragua has been one country as a weather that storm because frankly, the good governance of the saturdays just but you know, the us is doing everything you can to undermine that. accommodate that side. yes. that will lead to more migration. so yeah, i think it's fair to say all this is the product of bro back. all right, dan cove, alec, we've got a lot more to unpack. so stay with us. coming up next. the u. s. isn't the only superpower with its site set on nicaragua? find out why this central american country is abandoning taiwan and now backing china, we'll discuss it when we return, sit tight. the ammo will be right back. i ah l look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order that conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence at the point, obviously is to create trust

the u . s. treasury departments issued a license authorizing any aid related transactions for the next $180.00 days. however, for significantly, it excludes syrian officials who remain on the sanctions list, essentially the government. back in 2012, the american president, barrack obama and the u. s. would formerly recognize the syrian opposition coalition, rather than the officials said lead government, which is in control of most of the countries territory. well, with the 1st staunch of 8, only 9 reaching opposition held areas of syria, washington sought to blame that the lays on the assad government on russia. reality has been up until now at least that one country primarily has stood in the way of that. the russians have consistently threatened to use their veto when it comes to expanding border crossings. we're going to continue to make the case. countries around the world are going to continue to make the case. and we certainly hope that russia and all those who would stand in the way are

and the u. s. navy is currently searching for the wreckage of the balloon. we can expect to hear more from the over the coming coming hours, but the, the are the claims of the threat posed by china or something of double standards. let's not forget, it was just last that the us house of representatives speak. nancy pelosi and flame tensions with a provocative visit to taiwan, which beijing said was in breach of the one china policy, which of course is supported by washington, which has also flooded the island with millions of dollars in arms. i think reco spending levels and bite and himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china. and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accused itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o. because packed with the security packed with britain, australia, when 2021, which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us

the u. s. and a few of its allies anointed one, why doe, as their chosen president for venezuela move some 80 percent of the world rejected . and now the u. s. has its sites set on nicaragua, again under the biden administration. so what do these 3 latin american countries have in common while they're all run by left us government resist us, influence and exploitation by the west. so to talk more about nicaragua in the crosshairs, we'll bring in a man who's had 1st hand experience with its president. is dan co valid? he is an author and professor of international human rights at the university of pittsburgh school of law. his newest book is called nicaragua, a history of intervention and resistance. dan, thanks for joining us. first i'd like to address the us state department framing of nicaragua. if you go to their website, to see their remarks on the country, they describe it as having descended into this sort of dest opie, a nightmare run by an authoritarian bonnie and clyde. in this case, d

and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accused itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o. because packed with the security packed with britain, australia, when 2021, which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations. earlier we spoke with nelson wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for rem path and international studies. he's those china has no need to use such balloons as surveillance devices they say is apparently not a pleasant incident, but i don't believe it is. why is for anybody to make a big fuss up there because the chinese government has confirmed in the 1st place that this below all this ship or exactly what you call it, is from china. and china feels regret for its intended entry into u. s. s. space china has enough satellites already in china, wants to do any surveillance. why should they use the balloons, which are so big and s

the u. s. government says that it's air force shot down as bible that american media describes as part of a global chinese surveillance system. the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking, postponed his trip to china. what's at stake for washington and beijing and why? on to the point, we asked us china rivalry, what's behind the growing tensions? welcome to this week to the point time how you know? yes, it's good to have you with us. let's now meet today's guests melina hanker professor of international relations at the hattie school. jensen, a freelance journalist based here in berlin, working for several chinese and german media outlets and tossed and bene, director of the global public policy institute, g p, p i t. all 3 of you. welcome. thank you for being with us today. and of course have to start talking about this very visible, very iconic balloon. we've seen it everywhere. it has been marked, and china certainly has tried to play it down. and to certainly act as if this was not reall

the u. s. will not impose sanctions on india for importing russian energy with official, suggesting washington will offer an exemption. now that focuses on cooperation. we're not looking to sanction india. our partnership with india is one of the most consequential relationships. new delhi became the biggest importer of russian crew last year after europe in countries imposed sanctions over the conflict imports from russia then rose again in december, balancing a 1000000 barrels per day for the 1st time. while last month it's hit $1700000.00 barrels. unless a part of the reason for the massive increases because western states are not buying russian oil, but through india without comes the tensions between the u. s. under run are rising, washington has imposed new sanctions on taylor and targeting companies that are accused of facilitating the sale of iranian petroleum on petrochemical products to asia. the us treasury department said that 6 around base manufacturers are being targeted. 3 firms

the u. s. has destroyed these societies in these countries. nicaragua has been one country as a weather that storm because frankly, the good governance of the saturdays just but you know, the u. s. is doing everything you can to undermine that. it can be in that side. yes. that will lead to more migration. so yeah, i think it's fair to say all this is the product back. all right, dan cove, alec, we've got a lot more to unpack. so stay with us. coming up next. the u. s. isn't the only superpower with its sites set on nicaragua? find out why this central american country is abandoning taiwan. and now backing china, we'll discuss it when we return said type the m. o will be right. back with a lou needs to come to the russian state to never does unfold them. the most lensky with all sons and of the eclipse in 55 with disabilities on 19th, 2000 speedy. when else was about with we will van in the european union, the kremlin. yup, machine. the state on russia today and school ortiz spoke back. even ou

and the u. s. has expanded its military presence in norway over the last while, and it had a listening radar into russia based in norway and get this norway, it's parliament even voted last november to give the us legal system jurisdiction in some parts of norway over or whatever us soldiers might get up to in the way of crimes when they're off base with in norway. so norway allegedly also ran interference according to her. she's report for washington with neighboring sweden and denmark. and they did that. so these countries wouldn't get suspicious if they saw divers in the area place, he'd be explosive. and apparently they, norway was not supposed to tell sweden and denmark exactly what the divers were doing there. just if they happen to see divers not to be concerned that you know they be there and don't worry about it. so now really it just kind of remains to be seen exactly how the e u will respond to this report of its very best friend and ally, washington allegedly colluding with one of its v

u s. that needs india authorities in nicko rag, you have released from jail more than 200 qu plotters. they had tried to over through the central american nations government back in 2018. and what was claim to be a u. s. funded operation. it wasn't about negotiate in anything that has to be clear. we're not asking that they leave the sanctions. we aren't asking for anything in return. the united states should take their mercenaries. an investigation by the greys own media outlets claimed american government agencies such as us aid helped organize the insurgency by funding. right wing groups there. hundreds of people were killed and chaotic scenes of armed gangs attempted to storm the presidential palace with the legit plans to kill the head of state. those jails over the co temps were later labeled political prisoners by the u. s. department. earlier i spoke to nicaragua based independent journalist, ben norton, who believes washington has links to violent extremist right across latin amer

the u. s. securities and exchange commission plans to sue the company over an alleged investor protection breach, as it considers the b u. s. d coin and unregistered security r t contributor chris adams discuss the staple points weights in the financial system. and the reasons for the potential lawsuit with my colleague nicky. aaron, what exactly are crypto stable coins and was the significance in the grand scheme of things? yeah, it's a really great question. nick, they are crypt. the currency is the a back $1.00 to $1.00 on a real stable world assets, currencies like the variable, the euro, the us dollar, or even assets like gold. and essentially you can take these currencies and you can trade them or you can even send them. so really, the, the real world use case for the nikki is, let's say, i want to actually send you money using crypto currency, but i don't want to be subject to the volatility them. i might have if i send you something like bitcoin, that is quite volatile. it goes up and

a lot of people know what u. s. t t, b u. s. these stable coins are so as that happens, it's going to remove that level of power that they have. and that whole hedge of money that they have over controlling the financial system, including sanctions, right? at the end of the day, right now, there's nothing inhibiting me in russia, sending money to my friend in the u. s. using crypto currencies, specifically stable coins if i want, if they can't stop me, they can't track it and they can't control it. today marks the 20th anniversary of the un security council meeting when the head of the united nations monitoring mission at the time stated that there were no traces of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. however, this that had stopped the u. s. which used the presence of w m. d, 's as a pretext for attacking the middle eastern country in 2003. here is our special coverage of one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq,

now, our former u. s. defense sexy more casper said he was surprised by the statement from the pentagon and he said he was never informed of such incidents during his time in, in office. but we now have a former u. s. defense and military officials have described the latest incident as embarrassing, especially given that the u. s. is the world's leading military power and opposition. republican party members have now they've got on the offensive, and they've accused biden of not acting decisively enough. and they say that he's fail to protect american national security that's i will listen to what they've said. i friend robert o'brien, former national security adviser. why aren't we taking action to deal with this? and why didn't we know about it? robert o'brien, larry, this is one of those embarrassing things i've ever seen. and in american diplomacy, we sped trillions and trillions of dollars on hardware and soldiers on airmen, on sailors. and we can't do anything about it. why was this allowed to go cl

the u. s wanted, in reality, has brought in to help create an intelligence organization that would assist the special commission and evaluating the accuracy of the iraqi declarations about what weapons of mass destruction they had. you see, i thought that the mission of the special commission was to disarm iraq. and we worked in a very assiduous manner to carry out that mission. but it turned out that the disarmament of iraq was the last thing the united states wanted. the united states was going to go to war with iraq, regardless. regardless, it doesn't matter what the truth was. so i dressed the iraqi parliament, they gave a speech that wasn't pre screened. and as a speech, a said, if you don't let weapons inspectors back in your country will be destroyed, you have to let them back in without any pre conditions. said, something's gonna let weapons inspectors back in. i one i succeeded. and so when i came out, this exact opposite feels like inspectors are going to be love back in. i said, yes

or u. s. congress has condemned suspected chinese surveillance balloon that the us shot down in recent days. that in and c h. it was a rare moment of solidarity between the usually bickering u. s. political parties. the resolution by the house of representatives said the balloon was a quote, brazen violation of us sovereignty. us officials say china has been developing a surveillance program using balloons to collect intelligence around the world before and original, and us airspace was shot down as it reached the atlantic coast of south carolina. there were concerns that it could have been used your photograph, nuclear missile silos or other military facilities and response us secretary of state antony blinking, cancel the planned trip to beijing that had been meant to mend the tides between the countries. china has taken issue at u. s. support for independence movements in taiwan as well as the build up of u. s. military forces in the asia pacific region. recently, the u. s. agreed with the

now the u. s. had expanded its military presence in norway over the past while, and it even had a listing radar into russia in norway voted last november to give the us legal system jurisdiction in some parts of norway over american soldiers based there when they were on base. norway also allegedly ran interference for washington with neighboring sweden and denmark over this whole plan to blow up the nord stream pipelines. so that sweden, denmark didn't get too suspicious when they saw navy divers, or if they saw a navy divers in the area. but according to hers, these countries were not told by norway, exactly what those divers would be doing there. they were just told that, hey, you might see divers around, so don't panic if you do. they're not up to a thing suspicious. so now it remains to be seen how the e u will respond to its best friend and ally, washington allegedly colluding with one of its own members. states to blow up a critical infrastructure and national security and economic lifeline

the u. s. government 1st under the obama administration. and then, under the trumpet administration backed political coups, you could call them soft coups. first, in 2016, the democratically elected president delma recess of the same workers, party of lula. she was overthrown on bogus corruption charges. there were completely absurd. and she was accused of of moving money in the budget, and then exactly what she did is what the us backed unelected qu regime then legalized. so it was a completely false pretense to remove her from power. and then in 2018 was the 2nd soft qu, during the presidential election, all of the polls showed the little silva was leading by double digits. so what happened? the judge sergio morrow, who was back bible scenario and conspiring with his campaign, imprison lula on false charges of corruption. and later the brazilian supreme court completely expunged louis record. it said he was innocent and united nations working group on arbitrary attentions the top you and exp

because the u. s. well, a saint or country with a single fiscal policy, so it can really provide money very directly in the you, it's much more dispersed across different programs. and one of the most difficult things about the european approach is that we have a lot of administrative processes, certain outcomes for companies. the strengths of the us approach is that companies know exactly how much money will be able to get out of the inflation reduction act . so one part of the european response is also really about simplifying the rules. i'm making them more and more, but if that is a very good thing, it's interesting that you mentioned that point, that it's not just about spending, because when you look at the numbers, the u. s. the spending almost $370000000000.00 on subsidies. china subsidies are double that of europe. so how do you see europe competing with the u. s. in china when it comes to the green economy? to start with, maybe. if we look at this number of the us, the 370000000000 us dollar

the u. s. secretary of state postpones a rare trip to china after a high altitude. ash it is they protected over the u. s. a. jane claims it's a weather balloon that blew, of course. also coming up. do crazy. president zelinski renews his post for you membership at the summit and keep saying his country deserves to begin session talks this year. ah, i'm glad office welcome to the program. and we begin with a diplomatic spat over a so called chinese spy balloon that's been tracked. flying across the united states, u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin. s postponed a plan visit to china. following the discovery, the balloon was 1st detected over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos. pentagon officials have described the i ship as an intelligence gathering balloon. china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and that it regrets it had sailed into u. s. s. base. for more on this developing story, let's now go to washington dc where our corresp

a high ranking u. s. official has posted a photo where he is seen holding the flag of an ultra nationalist, ukrainian battalion notorious for its new nazi ideologies. the emblem of the as all battalions depicted on this banner includes a woolfolk symbol that was used by nazi germany during world war 2. senior u. s. policy advisor paul massaro proudly held up the flag, which was reportedly signed personally by members of the controversial ukrainian regiment. he described them as heroes. but what goes around comes around there are rising concerns about american new nausea is going to fight in ukraine. and then returning battle hardened to their homeland r t correspond caleb mop. it examines the issue the arrest of 2 people, including the leader of a neo nazi group who were allegedly planning to blow up the power grid. and baltimore has shaken up the american public. the f b, i says that informants prevented the plot that would have left maryland residence without electricity from being carried out. your cu

while the u. s. refutes any involvement in the covert operation on the newer stream pipelines, an investigation into the incident conducted by some european states continues. russia's foreign ministry, spokeswoman marie, as a horrible, sees the nations in question have undermined the prob we have repeatedly voiced russia's position on the boldness of the u. s. in nato. nothing that they did not hide this boasting to the whole world. bad, the intention to destroy the civilian infrastructure through which you are perceived russian energy resources. we also regularly noted the reluctance of denmark, germany on sweden, to conduct an open investigation and opposition to russia's participation in it. and this, despite the fact that our country has incurred huge costs room a bed just a few days ago, norway said that you sanctions prevented from helping with the investigation into the north stream explosions. last october, sweden denmark and norway obstructed examination of the damage of the pipelines. so h

u. s. failure to contain the will of the iranian people with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is our international i, rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. and we began with the latest from the conflict in ukraine as several substantial attacks were reported on friday night. these are unverified images from ukraine, 2nd largest city of harcourt, where a local air defense system apparently tried to repel a drone attack, powerful explosions and a large fire were also reported near the national capital in the key of region. this comes a day after a local authorities throughout ukraine said, a massive missile attack crippled the country's energy infrastructure. meanwhile, on the other side of the border in the russian region of zapper, oci, local officials say air defense systems repelled ukrainian artillery attack that u. c. u. s. supplied high mars rockets, however, some rocket fragments fell on residential areas, damaging homes, at leas

u. s. for training, while the wall street journal reports that the pentagon will deploy up to 200 american trainers to the island in the coming months, they enter in taiwan and the united states continue to bolster military exchanges and will cooperate even more actively to confront global challenges such as authoritarian, expansionism and climate change. the situation as intensified again since russia's invasion of ukraine. the u. s. believes china's gearing up to offer military support to russia and suggest beijing is emboldened by the russian invasion to step up its efforts to seize taiwan militarily. lincoln cancelled a high stakes beijing trip aimed at easing us china relations after an apparent chinese spy balloons sailed across american skies. the channels between the u. s. and taiwan may be busy, but the communication lines of beijing are in a sorry, state. all right, let's get more context on this from william young in need of news, taipei bureau, william. let's 1st talk loud report

now the u. s. says that although it is flying over sensitive areas, this balloon does not pose any significant risk in terms of information gathering capabilities. and while that was discussion of whether or not to shoot it down, it was decided not to go ahead with this because of any danger folding. deborah might pose. now this incident is very surprising. one of the reasons is that now know that china and us commonly spy on each other using satellites. and over the past few years, china has actually expanded its satellite arsenal from about 250 to 500 satellites . and experts have been saying that there may not be much information that this slide loon can glean that is not already provided by china's vos satellite network . and the 2nd reason this is surprising is because of the timeliness or the untimeliness of this. this is happening just days ahead of this long anticipated visit by the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking a to begging and that was supposed to occur this sunday. all right,

the u. s. has been granted more access to philippine military bases. the defense actually lloyd austin has been holding talks with the president feds and, and marcus junior in minnesota. you asked now have access to an additional 4 basis taking the total to 9 as go to our correspond bobby low, who joyce is from the philippine capital. good to see barnaby. so what do we know about these new bases? well, moline, as he mentioned, what we know for sure now is that there are now 4 additional locations across the philippines. that the u. s. military will have access to the already have access to 5 military bases here in the philippines. that's under the enhanced defense corporation agreement, signed in 2014, under the administration of former president, been ignored keno the 3rd. now from the joint statement. we know that the u. s has already invested some $82000000.00 in these old sites that they have had access to . they have committed to investing more in the new sites, of course that philippine m

up until now the u. s. has declined to send ukraine longer range missiles for fear of provoking russia into escalating the conflict. so what's changed? that's a question i put to d. w's, russia analyst konstantin. anchored? well, i think that the decision by germany just said layer barb tanks and generally discuss new consensus among the allies that ukraine should be better supplied, differently contributed to that. and i think also the, the plans for washington and for the allies. now, if they do not include list yet for victory, for a crane and full recovery or a grand territory, then at least the idea that you great should be able to significantly push back against the russian forces before any kind of quote unquote piece talk start. i think is no, but pretty firmly established both in washington and major european capitals. what's the response been from the kremlin? well 1st, michael, what kind of thing that could be done in, ah, with these weapons, i mean, there's been shown this morning, russian teleg

and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accuse itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o. because packed with the security packed with britain, australia in 2021, which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations. the head of chinese national weather service, responsible for the balloon has not been fired. earlier we spoke with no phone won't vice chairman of the shanghai center for impact and international studies. he said, basing doesn't need balloons to spy on america. this is apparently not a pleasant incident, but i don't believe it is wise for anybody to make a big fuss of it because the chinese government has confirmed in the 1st place that they see below august ship or exactly what you call it is from china and china fails, regret for its intended entry into us space. china has enough satellites already in china wants to do any surveillance

so that u. s. assistance reaches those for whom it is intended for bath as a report last year shows roughly only 30 percent of the weapons sent by the west to key about to make it to the front lines with no real information on where the rest is going. the report suggests getting the arm to the troops involves navigating a network of, quote, power loads, oligarchs, and political players. a euro poll also says some of those weapons have ended up in the hands of organized crime groups inside the european union. and i brought this up with a journalist and founder of don bass inside a crystal nail. she believes the raids in ukraine are an attempt by key of to show it's trying to do something about it's high levels of corruption. i think there's a lot of pressure from the width on the method in he to clean, at least to meet the people who are around him. i mean, it's a regular long time that you know that the circle around corrupted lin key himself . he's corrupt c, e was mentioned independent of papers

the u. s. should reconsider its policy of arming ukraine warning that the weapons could end up on the black market. and new usa inflation reduction act, reportedly threatens to home pe you and british businesses due to its overwhelming focus on green policy. and as the us led invasion of iraq news, it's quim 20th anniversary. we investigate the legacy of the whole pitch neo con agenda that ultimately led to the ukraine conflict with it's a pm here in moscow in the facility international. but the very latest world news update is good to have you company this, our top story, a 3 paramedics have been killed off for an ambulance was hit by ukrainian fire in the city of don. yes, that's according to local authorities who at the shelling also took the life of a civilian woman and left another wounded. earlier ukrainian troops hit residential areas of don't yet with us supply the high mas rockets of correspondent to a mon calls or reports from the scene. this is a crates are made by the american made.

while the u. s. spent a $141000000000.00 from brussels on join now by milan elk about milan as a research fellow and head of the climate policy program at the center for european policy studies in brussels. thank you for joining the program. is the right to be threatened by the u. s. is inflation reduction act? well, yes and no. on the one hand, the inflation reduction acts of a very general subsidies and the subsidies are combined with some other measures related to the components that need to be used in the production of goods. and these are really a challenge european industry. but on the other hand, no, because the inflation reduction acts still really as overwhelmingly a good thing. it is the 1st time that the u. s. they a comprehensive federal climate policy, which for the 1st time also target the greenhouse gas emissions coming from the industry. and all these investments that the subsidies promote will lead to increased economies of scale and deaf, also lower cost for low carbon technologies

the u. s. congress sized being urged by the, by the administration to renew this very controversial spying program. that essentially enables the united states government to gather data without the traditional warrant process. now it phrases back to 911. i was instituted into law in 2008. it is section 7 o 2 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act visor. and this program a give when law enforcement officials describe it, they really don't make any bones about what it's really all about. here's what they said. we are relentlessly focused on serious threat such as the chinese government's efforts to spy on us and steal our technology a wrong sanctions. evasions north korea's nuclear program and russia's invasion of ukraine. now the program essentially enables the api i and the national security agency to go to tech companies and acquire text messages, electronic data e mails and other information. this would apply to google. busy microsoft meta and other corporations, without the conditional

u. s. shoots down the suspected chinese spy balloon over the atlantic. beijing warns there may be repercussions as to search for debris continues. and by music when their 1st bonus league a much this year with a poor to victory over pulled spool. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. a powerful earthquake near the border between turkey and syria has left dozens dead. turkish officials say at least 76 people have been killed while the syrian government has reported over a 100 dead, locals and rescue. teams are searching for survivors. turkeys, disaster management agency said the quake was centered in a coma. maurice province, a governor of nearby providence said over a $130.00 buildings were destroyed and neighboring syria. buildings were leveled in aleppo and other cities are corresponded. dorian jones, his in istanbul. dorian, what's the latest on the earthquake? well this is a massive emergency operation is now going to force, but it's taking time this. it's very little c

the u. s. sabotage of the north stream pipelines was aimed at cutting off europe from affordable russian gas. that's according to pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh, speaking exclusively to option returns the ongoing underground, where he described the timeline of the planning that went into the attack. started with the secret negotiations held in washington. the people doing it thought this was in a bad idea. they gave the white house some options to maybe bluff or convince reporting that the cost is going to be very high. and but then when the white house blow by, talk publicly about this within 3 weeks of the briefing, information he got. and victoria knew of both within a 3 week period and late january, early february of last year. both said publicly, well, we know we can stop it and let me be, let me, let me. so the news kind of is, if, if a we will stop the north she wanted and the president was asked after he said that by reporters, it's a fame that is all on tape with on t

the u. s. is dividing the country by occupying parts in the north and the north east and getting that oil, some of that oil, to the so called periods in the product forces. former us president donal from said he said we're keeping the oil, we're not allowing the through government to get that all those statements. and those act by the united states is a clear proof that they do not care about the humanitarian situation and fight, sir. yes, all they want is to implement their agenda over here. they want their political interests to be achieved. they want the country to, to, to stay divided the end of the day. they don't care, they do what they want to do. and even if it's at the expense of syrians live, the media landscape was shaken by a bombshell this week with revelations that nato allegedly destroyed the russian nordstrom to pipelines in september last year. according to the investigation, washington had been planning the blow since late 2021 by does decision to sabotage to pipelines came af

the u. s. federal reserve has raised an target interest rate. i caught the percentage point his central bank continued to promise ongoing increases in or in cost as part of his battle against inflation. in a statement the fence and inflation has ease slightly from the 40 year highs hit last year, but it says washes, worn. ukraine was still adding to global uncertainty and, and such as were on this the rise and interest rates of one quarter of one percent is very much in line with expectations. it is the smallest rise since almost a year ago. but it still takes the interest rate here in the united states to around 4.75 per cent, the highest. it's been in 15 years. no, the fed back in december was talking about possibly raising rates to 5 percent or above. they haven't felt the need to go that far, because they think that the rate of inflation is slowing down and we know are the inflation crisis has hit millions of families across america with increased prices . the fed chairman jerome poll ackno