u. s. air base. here in germany, u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin and the pentagon stopped general mark milly saying today that ukraine's partners stand united on providing weapons and other equipment for the long haul us defense. secretary austin gave this summary of recent arms deliveries to ukraine. our collective efforts made a huge difference on the battlefield. and now in just a few short months, the contact group has delivered more than 230 tanks. more than 1550 armored vehicles and other equipment and munitions to support more than 9 new armored brigades. we've also expedited our in one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability in the coming months. and the em onset the ukrainians will use for training arrive here in germany in the next few weeks. early one takes will arrive at the military training ground here in germany at the end of may ukrainian troops will then begin training. that training is expected to last about 10 weeks. those training tanks we understand will not go to uk

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u. s. air base, and a u. s. naval base for years and years. and they say that this contributed to cases of sexual exploitation, of abuse, of abandoned aberrations. and they cite the recent case of a transgender woman who was murdered by a u. s. service man in civic bay, which was the old r u. s. naval base. and so they said that they do not want a repeat of these cases, but also they're concerned that the philippines will give the u. s. military more access to its b says all around the country for additional b says kid access to these b says given to the u. s. military. now, 3 of these bases are in the north, close to taiwan and they say that they do not want the philippines getting dragged into a conflict that the philippines has got nothing to do with. so a lot of concerns here, but the survey after survey has shown that filipinos b were americans over the chinese. and a survey. january also showed that filipinos overwhelmingly support a hosting of security ties between the philippines and the us. so hail i for me, for the up there, probably

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u. k. air base. the u. s. rejected the extradition imbalance between the u. s. and the rest of the warranty on the assange extradition trial is post of the chris hedges report on the real news network. that would be of julian assange. it would appear that his attorney's now data from the d o. j shows that they haven't a sovereignty of jurisdiction due to decades old extra closely. this has been judicial. julian is not committed a crime. he didn't do anything different to the espionage act. 17 count. so it's 117 who leaked the documents did not need to hack into a computer or a term that set up cameras and recording devices throughout the ecuador and embassy in london. and turned over all of that tape to the cia vis a rating attorney client privilege. we have the fact that julian is not a us citizen. so there's that question of how he can even be charged under the espionage act. wiki weeks is not a u. s. based publication. so i've sat in on the trials and then during coven was getting up at 5 in the morning and getting links to follow the trials of the video stre

u. k. air base. the u. s. rejected the formal request to send an american to london to face the u. k. courts. now these are just 2 examples of a laundry list of many who highlight the extradition imbalance between the u. s. and the rest of the world. joining us to discuss is a man who has covered many of these extradition cases most recently, reporting directly on the assange extradition trial is pulitzer prize winning writer, former mideast bureau chief before the new york times. his latest book called the greatest evil is war. now host of the chris hedges report on the real news network . mr. chris hedges. chris, thank you so much for being with us 1st, chris, let's start with perhaps the highest profile extradition case in the world right now. that would be of julian assange. it would appear that his attorneys in the u. k. are running out of appeals and he will likely be brought to the us to face espionage charges that would effectively result in a life sentence. now data from the d o j shows that they have an astounding 97 percent conviction rate of those expedited to the u. s.

thank you so much. ukraine's western allies have been meeting at an air base here in germany. the most senior u. s. defense officials repeated pledges to stand with ukraine and fight against russia for as long as it takes. and they promised that american tanks do for delivery later this year will make a difference on the battlefield. a show of solidarity for ukraine from its west allies as the war continues to age for us. defense secretary lloyd austin, plays to groups efforts sofa for announcing washington's latest contribution. we've also expedited r m one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability and becoming much in the mindset the ukrainians will use for training. all right, here in germany in the next few weeks and all of this is huge progress for that pot. germany and poland announced the creation of a tank maintenance hub. it's location just over the polish ukrainian border would enable tanks to return to the frontline more quickly act of a pair that is monthly. i will see every piece of equipment that is supplied in this war where the tank, so combat support tanks an

plans to help ukraine in its war against russia. keeps western allies have been beating an air base here. rigidity, u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and the pentagon's top general mark. milly said today that ukraine's partners stand united on providing weapons and other equipment to ukraine for the long haul. often gave this summary of recent arms deliveries to ukraine. our collective efforts have made a huge difference on the battlefield. and now in just a few short months, the contact group has delivered more than 230 tanks. more than 1550 armored vehicles and other equipment and munitions to support more than 9 new armored brigades. we've also expedited our in one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability in the coming months. and the em onset the ukrainians will use for training arrive here in germany in the next few weeks. and all of this is huge progress. secretary austin also says that washington is speeding up efforts to get us made abrams tanks on to the battlefield and you crate as soon as possible. and according to the latest timeline tanks will arrive at a mili

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u. member states right now in libya, there are open air slave markets, thanks to the european union, the u. s. nato, and their so called rules based order. nicaragua saw what happened in libya. nicaragua doesn't want to be the next libya. venezuela doesn't want to be the next livia. no country wants to be the next, libya or a, and they're learning those lessons as they go along. now speaking of that interference, the government in nicaragua has also said that the e u is looting the state to riches and cultures. what is your take on that statement? yeah, well it's one a reference to the sanctions and the sanctions are not just targeted against individuals. this is frequently missed portrayed in western media. they claim that it's only targeted sanctions in reality. the u. s. and also european union have imposed illegal unilateral sanctions targeting multiple state institutions in nicaragua, including the military, including the police, including the judicial branch and the judges. including also by the way, numerous state on mining companies and other state on companies. and what they're also referencing here is an attempt to preve

u. s. is hosting a meeting of western allies at its ramstein air base in germany to discuss further military support for you, craig, you craig is pushing for we'll fight to jets in ammunition. ahead of its long, long expected spring counter offensive. washington is promising to support key for and we quote as long as it takes our collective effort shirt made a huge difference on the battlefield. and now in just a few short months, the contact group has delivered more than 230 types. more than 1550 armored vehicles and other equipment and munitions to support more than 9 new armored brigades. we've also expedited our m one abrams timelines to supply ukraine with more armored capability and becoming much. and the m one set the ukrainians will use for training arrive here in germany in the next few weeks in all of this is huge progress. i said in kiev yesterday, that the ukraine, so future is in the atlantic family. an all new dollars have agreed that the ukraine will become an 8 member. but the main focus now is of course, on the, on how to ensure that you're creating a praise. because without

u. s. is hosting a meeting of western allies that it's ramstein air base in germany to discuss further, military support for ukraine. ukraine is pushing for more fighter joe sand amunition . i have a long expected spring counter offensive washington as promising to support key for quote. as long as it takes ukraine is still standing strong in our support has not waiver and i'm proud of the progress that we have made together. in total, the members of this contact group have provided more than $55000000000.00 in security assistance for ukraine. that's a tenfold increase. since we 1st met just in the past few months, we provided the equipment and training to support in additional mind. armored brigades were for ukraine that has already strengthen ukraine's position on the battlefield. i said in kiev yesterday, that the ukraine future is in the atlantic. family and all new dollars have agreed that the ukraine will become an 8 member. but the main focus now is of course, on the on how to ensure that ukraine prevails. because without the sovereign independence ukraine, there's no meaning in discussin

u. s. is very supportive or heal on sundays. lou shows are egyptian air force base in merrill way in sudan be captured by the r a. so i mean this, these are egyptian airplanes are being used to threaten ethiopia because there should, i mean leisure. egypt is demanding that they control ease of control and our valley water storming brown is been basically dancing for the cia and the region. ah, europe is interfering again, intern huge as internal manners with the german foreign minister, claiming the country has undermined the democratic achievements of the arab spring by arresting the country. his opposition leader museum is in we be the arrest of russia gallucci, the leader of that uneasy and politic matter with the greatest concern. as was the addiction president statements unfairness democratic issues in recent past. the democratic achievement, since 2011 and tenicia must not be lost. we also discussed this intensively at our last you foreign ministers meeting in brussels, a former speaker of parliament and member of the and not have party was arrested on monday for allegedly plotting a

u. s. is very supportive or he'll on sundays lose shows our egyptian air force base in manner away in sudan be captured by the are. so, i mean this, these are egyptian airplanes are being used to threaten ethiopia because there should, i mean, these are, egypt is demanding that they control ease of control and not valley water. so i mean, brand is been basically dancing from the cia and the region, ah, the u. s. has accused several of its citizens of conspiring to interfere in the countries elections, spending ration propaganda, and having ties to the kremlin. we support the efforts of a rush here to protect itself from the going, growing a desperate attacks by, by right power that we see happening, coming out of ukraine. all 4 of the americans who were charged or deleted with the political movement that supports empowerment at the back community. 3 ration citizens have also been accused in the case, one of them, alexander ear, not strongly rejects the claims and says all the case proof says how the 1st amendment, the freedom of speech is no longer alive in today's america. this is why duri

u. s. military base in the americas is in honduras the shuttle cano air base. ok astrid, i'll give you the last where i don't take a support as has said all along that he's been standing up to bullying from the west and that he, he actually is a good thing for, for nicaragua. so what would you, you know, respond to that and where next for, for your country. but that is, that is the case, and there is, in fact the required support for the current government, nicaragua. then i would ask for an explanation as to why opposition leaders were incarcerated prior to the last elections in 2017 why nicaraguans been stripped of their nationality and exile to the united states. and i also would ask women where there are the proofs and evidence of this coo that allegedly took place in 2018 that just by the gross violation of human rights. when are those gonna be presented to the world? ok, we'll leave it there. thank you all so much for a very interesting and heated discussion. it was very good to hear all 3 of you on this done. cova lake bend norton astrid montela. great,

u. s. spy for the cia. she was a wrong way driver, near the crown air base in england. she hit and killed a 19 year old called harry dunn, who was writing a motorbike in august of 2019. she left him to die along the side of the road and fled back to the us, claiming diplomatic immunity at the time. she has since confessed to that tragic accident but has refused to return to the u. k. to stand trial. now back in january of 2020, the u. k issued an official extradition request for her, which my palm pay. oh, who was secretary of state at the time denied that request? is this a reflection of the extradition imbalance? not only between the u. s a u. k, but it would appear that when you look at any random country, the u. s. asked for anybody for any reason that country almost always acquiesces, but it's not true the other way around. yeah, that's exactly right. and we should also be clear that in the case of julian, as i mentioned before, he's not a us citizen. and he does not commit a crime. so the hypocrisy is not limited to this case. there are numerous cases, including t

u. s. is very supportive or he'll on sundays news shows our egyptian air force base. and now why should i be captured by the are so i mean this. so if she and her planes are being used to threaten ethiopia, because they're so that, i mean, these are egypt is demanding that they control control and water. so i mean, brown is been basically dancing for the cia and the region. ok, well let's just get on as a whole lot. let's just get on to the strategic go because you mentioned ethiopia that which is a whole nother element in extend that i mean to an extent because it was accused of being part of a propaganda operation. in recent years that the t p l f was i'm going to freedom fighters, even the western media eventually to give up on that one. and i got to say, i'll see, see, of egypt quote says, quote, will not interfere in the internal affairs. why, what is happening it's done is an internal matter should not be interfered with. we are in contact with the sudanese forces and the rapid support forces. you mentioned ethiopia that there's been a piece process there with e

u. s is very supportive of heal on sundays news shows our egyptian air force base in a way, in sudan be captured by the are. so, i mean, this is in, airplanes are being used to threaten ethiopia because there should, i mean, each up is demanding that they control control the water. so i mean, brown is been basically dance and from the cia and the region. ok, well, and that's just get on as a whole lot. let's just get on to the strategic because you mentioned ethiopia there, which is a whole nother element in extended. i mean, to an extent because it was accused of being part of a propaganda operation. in recent years that the t p i left with some kind of freedom fighters, even the western media event you had to give up on that one. and i got to say, i'll see, see, of egypt quote says, quote, will not interfere in the internal f as a saddam will continue to have it's for achieving a sci fi. what is happening. it's a don is an internal matter should not be interfered with. we are in contact with the sudanese forces and the rapid support forces you mention, ethiopia, that there's been a pi

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so they're at the ramstein air base, and they're discussing the war in ukraine with the ukraine defense contact group. austin says the u. s. will provide more air defenses and ammunition and promise to support key for a quote, as long as its faith. activists are beginning for days, a protest in london to demand the british government take urgent action to curb climate change extinction. rebellion protest group once an end to the use of fossil fuels. if calling on tens of thousands of people to join the rally, fork ceo laughlin murdock has dropped the high profile defamation lawsuit against and australia, news websites. crikey accuse murdock is family and company. a feeling the u. s. capital riots in 2021 website was trying to introduce evidence from the defamation case against fox news laws by dominion voting systems. this week the network agreed to pay almost $800000000.00 to the u. s. voting technology firm over false claims, its machines were rigs. so once the fox organization and the mid october tech to settle for $787500000.00 us dollars, the, the largest defamation pay out in us history. it was pretty obvious that t

secretary, lloyd austin there at the ramstein air base there are discussing the war in ukraine's with the ukraine. defense contact group often says the u. s. will provide more air defenses and munition and promise to support key for quote. as long as it takes ukraine is still standing strong in our support has not waiver and i'm proud of the progress that we have made together. in total, the members of this contact group have provided more than $55000000000.00 in security assistance for ukraine. that's a tenfold increase since we 1st met just in the past few months, we provided the equipment and training to support in additional mind. armored brigades were for ukraine and that has already strengthen ukraine's position on a battlefield. i said in kiev yesterday, that the ukraine's future is in the atlantic family and all new dollars have agreed that, that the ukraine will become an 8 member. but the main focus now is of course, on the, on how to ensure that ukraine prevails. because without the sovereign independence ukraine, there's no meaning in discussing membership troll stratford has more from keen will. the calls from ukraine have be

u. s. as it, it will soon start training ukrainian troops to use its abrams battle tags. following a meeting of western allies, leaders gathered at the ramstein air base and germany to discuss support for ukraine. he has been pushing for more fighter jets and ammunition ahead of a counter offensive that is expected to take place in the spring counting the cost is the program coming up next. they stay without his era. in the wilderness of northern scandinavia, a sammy activist, fight for indigenous rights with a needle and thread after 4 decades of her historic struggle against the establishment, the nomadic, some people now faced their greatest threat. climate change. witness stitches for stop me on al jazeera. ah, [000:00:00;00] with hello nick loud. this is counting the constant al jazeera at your wiki, look at the world of business and economics this week, giving up nuclear energy, germany power down its last react as well. other countries are looking to expand that should atomic energy remain part of the energy mix? also this week, the resilient president is cozying up with china. so why it's aging expanding its economic ties in latin, america's l

u. s. says it will soon start. training ukrainian troops uses abrams battle tanks in the coming weeks. announcement came during a meeting of western leaders at ramstein air base and germany and the u. k. deputy prime minister dominant rob has resigned. rob was accused a bullying when he served as foreign minister and justice minister. both of the headlines and use continues. herron al jazeera after studio b. unscripted. ah. a done this with one or 2 global perspectives. mm. new to somebody like me and not an economist. what i see is a complete poverty of ideas. the fan, your free market clerics, if that happened in any other profession, they would all be fired. yeah, well, not just fire. they would go to prison. yeah. if you're talking about changing people's minds, then i think it will come down to literature and films and songs isn't. oh, it's basically a 70 is brian, you knows radical approach has changed the way we listen to music along the way. he's collaborated with some of the words, most respected artist. mm. he continues to push boundaries as a musical innovator. visual artist, activist, i think, are right here. mm. to me how jin chang is one of the

madeline rivera tells us he's in air national guardsman based out of massachusetts, the man believed to be behind what some u. save called one of the worst classified documents. leaks in decades dous to shera in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information. the fbi arrested the 21 year old air national guardsman in north in massachusetts to share was most recently stationed at otis air national guard base as a member of the 102nd intelligence wing. as a cyber security expert . he held the highest level security clearance granted by the federal government to many people have access to this material that don't at least apparently have any need to know to share a is expected to have started summarizing the classified documents 6 to 8 months ago for his small group on a gaming chat app called discord. he allegedly went further and began taking photos and posting them. until finally someone else got interested enough to post them outside of the group around the end of february or early march. files included information on th

u. s documents, many of which revealed crucial details about military operations in ukraine also met with defense leaders from around the globe at ramstein air basein germany this morning coordinates sending more aid to ukraine. austin used part. part of his opening remarks also mark the severity of the document leak. take a listen i take this issue very seriously. and we will continue to work closely and respectfully. with our deeply valued allies and partners. as i discussed this issue with our allies and partners. i've been struck by your solidarity. and your commitment to reject efforts to divide us. and we will not let anything fracture our unity. and cnn's oren liebermann with me now or there's also new word this morning on the u. s training ukrainians on those abrams tanks. what more can you tell us here? this is going far faster than we originally expected in terms of the timeline to train ukrainians on m one abrams tanks and then get them into a fight, us official tells reporters in the pool traveling with defense secretary lloyd austin that they'll get those 31 abrams tanks to germany next month to begin a 10 week training course for so

u. s classified documents were leaked online, many of which revealed details about military operations in ukraine. austin met with his counterparts from around the world at ramstein air basein germany to coordinate sending more aid to ukraine. in his opening remarks, he acknowledged the severity of the document leak. i take this issue very seriously. and we will continue to work closely and respectfully with are deeply valued allies and partners. as i've discussed this issue with our allies and partners. i've been struck by your solidarity. and your commitment to reject efforts to divide us. and we will not let anything fracture our unity. so there's also a new information this morning on the u. s training of ukrainians to use abrams tanks, cnn's or lieberman joins us from the pentagon. what is this reporting ? how far along are they in the training or this entire process , moving much faster than was originally anticipated back when the us announced it would send abrams tanks to ukraine. the expectation was that this could play out over months or years because the u. s needed to acquire these tanks upgrade them to the more advanced someone a to get the training done and

brotherly countries. ukraine's western allies have met at the ramstein air base in germany to discuss ongoing military support for keith. u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and the pentagon's top general mark milly, se ukraine's partners stand united on providing weapons and other equipment for as long as it takes the u. s. also said that american tanks do for delivery later this year will make a difference on the battlefield. the u. s. supreme court has decided to preserve access to a popular abortion pill. the decision means that the drug meant for prestone will continue to be broadly available in the united states. the move by the supreme court blocked new restrictions on the abortion pill sat by lower courts. this is g w. news from berlin. you can find much more news on our website. that's d w dot com . oh, oh. okay, journalism health us in overcoming divisions. register now for the d. w. global media form 2023 in bonn, germany and online and increasingly fragmented world with a growing number of voices, digitally amplified. you see where this clutter can lead what we really need, overcoming divisions into vision