u. s. is defense, or the u. s. defense departments latest report on security developments. in 2021, the peoples republic of china employed multiple diplomatic tools in an attempt to erode u. s. and partner influence, such as highlight in the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan and criticizing us backed security partnerships, people's republic of china, officials and state media outlets also repeatedly condemned the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan and cited the withdrawal as evidence that the u. s. is an unreliable partner and declining power. the u. s. withdrawal was one of the defining moments of recent history. after 20 years of its military operation in afghanistan, the pentagon quit in the face of a taliban advance and left behind thousands of people who had been helping the u. s . army over the years. a bomb attack by an isolated group at kabul airport as people were trying to flee left at least 160 civilians and 13 u. s. marines dead. while the pentagon has been criticizing china for focusing on the chaotic withdrawal, the u. s. republicans had been pending the blame

u. s. defense department just lost over a trillion dollars. so it seems one of his biggest expenditures this year has been on aid to ukraine. anything, anything further about that in the findings? well, when you look over this audit, you have to remember this is a very big all encompassing thing to, to audit. we've got 2900000 employees, 640002 ask that over 4800 different sites and 40 different countries, the u. s, department of defense is certainly not a small endeavor, but when it came to ukraine and the money that has been sent to your brain and dispatched your brain, there was a rather blunt question and answer that was given when this audit was gone over. this is the exchange app and the duty welcome to not it. i mean, we always want to be accountable to the taxpayers on how their money is being sent or spent when it comes to what we have in our inventory and what we are sending to ukraine. accountability is important here. and we can always improve the ways that we do things for the pentagon and the way we are accountable to the america

u. s. defense department about the falcon heavy mission. the ministry responded saying that the mission provides a range of capabilities for the u. s. space for us to enable safe or navigation and secure communications. we heard from the expert, michael rectinwald's, who thinks the secret payload is likely to be connected to surveillance satellites . it's not so secret if they're publicizing it, is it? so they're trying to suggest that, you know, there's something going on here that we, we're not supposed to know about. and likewise that it shows that mosque has this insider position with, with the government, and is able to conduct ghetto, clandestine operations for them. i believe it has to do with satellites and things like this surveillance satellites, mostly and so it, but it's hard to say exactly what this is about because it's supposedly secret. and we're told this is classified. was the same time we're told it's classified. it's very interesting conundrum when he's placed in were but basically intelligence from the pentagon. so this

u. s. department of defense wrapping up this house program or not. he international catch up on those stories we have to do is go to our website, you know where it is. it's r t dot com ah ah ah, with its infrastructure being degraded and the weather turning into winter, ukraine faces the stark prospect of becoming a failed state. no amount of western arms can change that harsh reality. why should it in care of have demonstrated they have no real interest in negotiations? ukraine state has been sealed. ah ah, mm. i will never be a victory for russia. with solutions you will use the weight unless you're a new modem, but you look at a meal. crane war is a proxy war. this is a war between russia and the united states. naz, oman on media comes to not should get done in carbon dioxide. america forces are and you're not in your gage, in conflict with russian forces. the american forces are here and defend nato allies with happens that nato escalates even more indiscretion. military operations become a war with so that wasn't national and that notion is much

u. s. department of defense refused to pay for it, which is something that must ask for because apparently space x is having problems paying for that. but this is really important. we have to not forget this star length system is very important for the ukranian military, which uses it for much of its communications in this conflict with russia and it's led many ukrainian official to say that mosque is one of the con, the biggest top donors. so of course this combined with what i just mentioned, kind of makes it look like must is trying to be friends with everyone. all right, we, we await the developments then open space. thank you very much. correspondence donald quarter bring this right off the data, not protest. her is how set fire to you and trucks in the democratic republic of congo local flame, the peacekeepers. vehicles have been used to transport insurgents. busy near the rondon border, i oh, well, there has been fierce fighting between congolese government forces on the so named m 23 and sergent group in the border region in question. the government believes the militants are being

u. s. department of defense. for certain demographics of game as it's a recruitment portal, some 1st person shooters have embedded adverts within the games themselves, even without the sort of explicit recruitment effort. games, like call of duty make warfare seem fun. exciting an escape from the drudgery of the normal lives. la game designers and engineers are the expected pedigree is one might expect to see in game development teams but call of duty employs the likes of all right. the francis townsend of the atlantic council think tank in the infamous us war on terror campaign, to more with very similar backgrounds, dave, anthony, and charlotte glasgow are also on the firms development theme. now. the game itself closely parallel as current events and the political trends. an early release of call of duty featured a fictitious iranian general who supported local terrorists. the officer bed a remarkable resemblance to the late iranian general ceremony. who was assassinated by us drone in 2020. but we spoke about

u. s. department of defense is a very big endeavor. you have 2900000 employees and 640000 assets. on top of that, you've got 4800 different sites located across 40 different countries. however, the issue of ukraine and specifically how u. s. bonds have been allocated and spent when it comes to handing them over to ukraine. that was the subject of a rather pointed question that took place when this audit was being presented to the public duty. welcome to not, and i mean, we always want to be accountable to the taxpayers on how their money is being sent or spent when it comes to what we have in our inventory and what we are sending to ukraine. a accountability is important here, and we can always improve the ways that we do things here at the pentagon and the way we are accountable to the american people. so ukraine is certainly a teachable moment for that. now it's important to know that when it comes to the issue of ukraine, a lot of questions are being asked to anthony blank in the u. s. secretary of state, it is being pressured to give an answer when it comes to the issue of the

u. s. d, the department of defense. and so some people might say he's got a bit of a face to stooge in some ways. he said he's, he's definitely quite mysterious. i'll give him that. you know what he's doing with twitter as well. but it does seem that this big, heavy launch dawn, this fall can launch its almost been lost or upstaged by other news regarding your mosque these days, right, right. i would say this event coincided very conveniently with your musket by up of twitter for eli mosque himself actually because it was just after all last week that he bought the company and the media mainly covered the fact that there were reports that he wanted to fire 3 fourths of twitter staff, this is something that he rejected later. there was also a lot of hype around the fact that he entered twitters headquarters the day before the by up with the kitchen sink and then posted a video of that on twitter itself, saying that people should let that sink in. but also, just after you must took control of twitter, these state media la

admitted that israeli gunfire may have killed her is really defense minister been against, has now tweeted saying the decision of the u. s. department of justice to investigate the unfortunate death of shitty and barclays is a grave mistake. the idea conducted an independent and professional investigation which, which, which was presented to the americans who shared the details. i made it clear to the american representatives that we stand behind the idea of soldiers, that we will not cooperate with any external investigation. and we will not allow interference and israel's internal affairs. all right, mike, hannah joins us now live from washington. d. c. mike, what if anything, are we hearing from the us about an investigation? will all official sir bodies within the u. s. her remaining absolutely tight lipped to the department of justice says issued a to a statement saying simply no comment. so the situation here is that there's no confirmation whatsoever from the u. s. side. these reports emanating from israel, originally, news reports in israel, and now it would appear to be confirmed by that series of tweets made by the israeli

u. s. will stop where it is now, or what the nail kinds are able to persuade the defense department to give a longer range, still longer range missiles to ukraine. or that cannot be ruled out foolish as it is. as for the military situation, you know, i don't know, i don't know what's going to happen. but i do know that 300000 reserves are a quarter of them already in, in ukraine, from russia. i know from being a military, well, be an army intelligence office. sure. that the 1st thing you look at is the estimate of the situation and how enemy they are. what kinds of weaponry they have, what's the weather going to be like? what's the terrain like, whoa, the other thing is locks ok. not bagels, unlocked, but lines of communication. and i need you to hold that thought. we're going to go to a short break and asked about short break. we'll continue our discussion on the escalation dial. stay with the oh, nice the russian states never. i've gone in the northland scheme again. i'll send the 55 a little bit. okay, so i need to did you when else calls go about this evening? i will ban in the european

since admitted the israeli gum fire may have killed her defense minister penny gowns commented on twitter saying that the decision of the u. s. department of justice to investigate the unfortunate death of serene ottawa clay is a grave mistake. the idea conducted an independent and professional investigation which was presented to the americans who share the details. i made it clear to the american representatives that we stand behind the idea of soldiers and that we will not cooperate with any external investigation. and we will not allow interference in israel's internal affairs. stephanie deca has moved from west to reset. you heard from the outgoing defense minister there you read his tweet and i think essentially cutting through it all. if these rallies that will not cooperate with any investigation, then there will be no investigation because the americans, if it were to reach that point, would need access to the ground to the military, to the soldiers involved to the forensics. and remember, the americans carried out their own, oversaw to be specific, another investigation before israel came out with their own investigation. just

admitted that israeli gun fire may have killed as ready, defense minister benny gans has commented on twitter saying the decision of the u. s. department of justice to investigate the unfortunate death of sure enough, barclays a grave mistake. the idea conducted done independent and professional investigation which was presented to the americans who shared the details. i made it clear to the american representatives that we stand behind the idea of soldiers, but we will not corporate with any external investigation. and we will not allow interference. israel's internal affairs, my county has more now from washington, dc, from official departments of government. we are hearing absolutely nothing. the department of justice has simply issued a statement saying no comment. however, in light of that tweet from the israeli defense minister saying, we told the representatives clearly there was some kind of notification involved here. although this cannot be confirmed at this point. from the us side, there has been some reaction from congress, maryland. senator chris, bon holland, has issued a tweet saying that he welcome the decision. the rep

that is rainy gunfire may have killed her is when the defense minister benny gans has commented on twitter saying the decision of the u. s. department of justice to investigate the unfortunate death of serene ugly is a grave mistake. the idea conducted an independent and professional investigation which was presented to the americans who shared the details. i made it clear to the american representatives that we stand behind the idea of soldiers that we will not corporate with any external investigation. and we will not allow interference in israel internal affairs. well then, call is a former intelligence officer for trans national threats with the u. s. cia, he says, the scope of any further investigation is likely to be limited. i don't think that it can go much further than the investigations that have occurred or the assessments and there's been no full investigation with cooperation from all parties on all sides of the issue. and i would expect that the conclusions will. ringback ready however, partial the investigation will be the same that everyone has reached israeli. ringback international journalists, un, so on, which is

the defense minister benny gans commented on twitter saying the following. the decision of the u. s. department of justice to investigate the unfortunate death of serene barclay is a grave mistake. the idea conducted an independent and professional investigation which was presented to the americans who share the details. i made it clear to the american representatives that we stand behind the idea of soldiers that we will not cooperate with any external investigation. and we will not allow interference in israel's internal affairs. ah, the republican party in the u. s. is on the cusp of taking control of the house of representatives. it's killed 217 seats and is now only one seat away from flipping the chamber. accounting is still on the way in some regions nearly a week after the midterm elections. this is how the votes look so far. now, as we mentioned, the republicans just one seat away from winning a majority. they need a total of $218.00 seats to do that. while democrats are expecting more winds from western sites like california, they do still have a slim chance of getting to 218. meanwhi

u. s. will stop where it is now, or what the nail collins are able to persuade the defense department to give a longer range, still a longer range missiles to ukraine that cannot be ruled out foolish as it is. as for the military situation, you know, i don't know, i don't know what's going to happen, but i do know that 300000 reserves are a quarter of them already in, in ukraine, from russia. i know from being a military, well be an army intelligence oper. sure that the 1st thing you look at is the estimate of the situation and how enemy they are. what kinds of weapon read they have. what's the weather going to be like? what's the terrain like, whoa, the other thing is locks ok. not bagels and locks, but lines of communication. and re i get a hold that thought we're going to go to a short break and asked about short break. we'll continue our discussion on the escalation dial. stay with the news. the news. oh, more school will show you the most all who are so full is you do with russia is the aggression know who answered much about or i need a key. what were the teachings to you should slow bo

the department of defense announced today that the u. smillion of additional military aid to ukraine. this comes as a bipartisan delegation of us editors visited the country for a look at the humanitarian crisis. democrat chris coons in republican rob portman met with president zelinsky the u. s has committed more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help ukrainians in need. a video game helping in the real world how the game is helping homeless animals and the new leather that's helping the environment and helping bring work and money to a community in need the fishy fashion next and i'm tracking wet weather in time for your bay area weekend and beyond. better details on what you can expect coming vo: climate change is fueling a wildfire crisis. destroying our forests. threatening our communities. polluting our air. prop 30 taxes the wealthiest 0.2% to reduce the tailpipe emissions that drive climate change. and prevent wildfires and toxic smoke. so we have clean air to breathe. some say we shouldn't act. tell that to our kids. this is

the department of defense announced today that the u. sn of additional military aid to ukraine. this comes as a bipartisan delegation of u. s senators visited the country for a look at the humanitarian crisis. democrat chris coons and republican rob portman met with president zelinsky the u. s has committed more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help ukrainians in need. we have asked questions today about making sure that the money that is being spent here for military support for budget support for humanitarian relief is needed. it is okay. eight groups on the ground have warned that although the u. s and other countries have pledged billions in aid that's still may not be enough for families without reliable heating or water this winter in light of the recent wave of anti semitic hate nationwide, a suspicious package that was left outside of birmingham, alabama synagogue prompted a big response from the bomb squad. it was called to the temple bethel today after synagogue security personnel noticed what appeared to be an unattended b

department of defense. they didn't call it cia. but she's working for the u. s.ommunications for them. >> unbeknownst to just about everyone in her life, marie singleton was a code clerk for the central intelligence agency. she wasn't a spy, but she did handle classified communications from agents overseas. information that might be very interesting to enemies of the united states. part of what the fbi does is investigate things like this, if a cia employee goes missing. >> right, exactly. it could turn into an espionage case if you have classified information and somebody's going over helping the russians, the chinese, it could theoretically turn into that kind of a case. so now there were parallel investigations. the local cops looked for a missing person. the fbi covertly looked for an intelligence worker who might have been kidnapped or changed sides. marie's family, meanwhile, just wanted her back. >> they started making flyers for my mom. >> do you remember the flyers? >> yeah. definitely remember the flyers. >> soon a number of marie's co-workers and frien

since admitted that israeli gunfire may have killed her defense minister benny guns commented on twitter is saying the decision of the u. s. department of justice to investigate the unfortunate death of sharina blocker is a grave mistake. the i d. f conducted an independent and professional investigation he says, which was presented to the americans to share the details. i made it clear to the americans. the defense minister says that we stand behind the idea of soldiers that we will not corporate with any external investigation. and we will not allow interference in israel's internal affairs the right time. now for world cup news with andy and the head of world football and he's hoping the tournament will have a wider impact outside of just sports together. so i did that for the politics doesn't mix. it's never true. is it? think of president shown in francine calling for a temporary cease fire. and ukraine during the tournament. the head of world football gave a speech to global lead. is it the g? 20 summit in indonesia in francisco, the hopes this world cup can be a catalyst for change. russia hosted the last look of it's a 1018 u

defense ministry said that statements by polish media and officials about russian muscles hitting polish territory are a deliberate provocation with the aim of escalating the situation. the u. s. department has been careful not to jump to conclusions. we have seen reports out of lend. they of course are incredibly concerning and we're working with our.

defense ministry said that statements by polish media and officials about russian massage sitting polish territory are a deliberate provocation with the aim of escalating the situation. the u. s. department has been careful not to jump to conclusions. we have seen reports out, and they of course, are incredibly concerning. and we're working with our partners and the polish government and our nato partners to get more information into assess what has happened. nicer allies have been quick to rally behind warsaw as the alliance works to establish what actually happened. a number of neighboring countries held emergency security meetings. others renewed their pledges to defend every inch of nato territory. poland has not youth and melons, how it will react, but it's not taking any chances. john, point for them all by just because i thought you cited a moment ago to increase the readiness of some military units in poland and increase the readiness of other uniform services in our country. all eyes and now on nato. as it grapples with house respond and house will void a dangerous escalation to the war in ukraine. alex beard al jazeera, samuel romani is an associate fellow with the royal united