u. s. has announced a red c security task force. what do you make of it? are these international control missions going to be enough to protect march and vessels in the red sea? that is still an open question. it depends on how quickly that task force can physically get enough vessels in place to ensure the shipping lines that their ships will not be sitting ducks from his eyes. and even if you have that task force, it leaves the question, how are you going to address the root cause of the problem? if you only have neighbor vessels on the ocean, there's nothing preventing the whole cheese from continuing to throw me size and drones at the merchant vessels. oh, how can not be prevented then? that would likely require a much larger intervention. it is hard to see a permanent solution that doesn't involve land based operations in human as well. so if that said, how big are the risk then of those getting out of hand and causing a bigger conflict, potentially involving of course, then the us and ira

u. s. has options here aren't limited to voting in favor or vetoing the us could also abstain. and because you only need 9 votes and no vetoes for the resolution to pass, that would then be a scenario where this resolution passes and just the fact that the u. s. has indicated a little bit of flexibility now with regard to the language is already thought already represents some movement from its previously very, very tightly held position. and that in turn could reflect growing in patients with israel. let's not forget that pressure is amounting on the biden administration to push israel to do more to protect civilians. and as the death toll and gaza approaches 20000. according to the homeless run health ministry, it's clear that you was urging isn't doing that much. and the us is now in a position where it really has to review all the options it has on the table. okay, thank you for about to now do i do? mental in washington will have a strong health ministry in gaza says at least 100 palestini

u. s. has been directly involved in this genocide since it's since the very beginning with generals on the ground with something weapons and bombs and, and financial aid for some diplomatic cover and supports continuously. we also can't forget that we talked about guys uh uh, and the gaza strip right now in terms of genocide. but before this genocide started because it wasn't a really precarious position. there was put in security. they didn't have any water to drink. there was no segmentation, you know, of the infrastructure present. so before this genocide started because it wasn't a precarious position and now it's beyond comprehension, to be quite honest. and the u. s. has known about this has been complicit and directly involved in this genocide from the one and enable that to continue with assignments as well as a financial and diplomatic support. but i also want to emphasize, but in order for them to content for us to continue this support for israel, they need to have local support for

u. s. has consistently argued that a ceasefire only benefits from us. however, what's different this time around is that the white house has indicated that while it can't support a reference in the draft resolution to a cessation of hostilities, it might be able to support a reference to the suspension of hostilities. so according to diplomatic source, is the current draft that being negotiated right now has both phrases. so it calls for the urgent suspension of hostility, so weak or language like the u. s. wanted but also for urgent steps towards the cessation of hostilities, one before the other. so to say, however, it has to be said that this current draft are being negotiated now. still does not contain and explicit reference condemning her boss for its actions on october 7th. rather, it condemns terrorism acts more generally, and that is a language that the u. s. has wanted to see and it very well might end up vetoing this resolution this time around. and yet again, because of that. okay, so it sounds like this one's dead in the water before it even

u. s. has provided over $70000000000.00 to support ukraine and european allies to provide over a $110000000.00 in weapons. i blinked and said, if you look at these investments that we've made and ukraine's defense to deal with this aggression, 90 percent of the security assistance we've provided has actually been spent here in the united states with our manufacturers, with our production. and that's produced more american jobs, more growth in our own economy. so this has been a win win that we need to continue. well, i would say to my secretary of state that when, when is not for the civilian and conflict areas, that remark for mary in right came during a session of the united nations security council. and it was echoed by russia's 1st deputy permanent representative to the un who did not hold back in his statement on monday, as he accused ukrainian president's landscape of retraining. his people by campaigning on a platform of peace and neutrality and enforcing his country to fight and die. an

u. s. as a u. s. has v to any decision. and again, as the victims of these genocide we uh, directly talk you to the american people and we say clearly we as a human rights independent community. we carry the category a and we tell you that your president and you may have taken part in these genocide and guys of another import the month. uh, which is the goals uh, according to what have been documented by us and our fee, the follow ups. we have see the announced goals, but the real goal is different. we need to go to some trade on these goals. first of all, the collective punishment and killing and the, the big numbers, the massive numbers of mothers and of one the paper is that clear indication also, the mess of this function is another live indication they have destroyed us. and this is another evidence to say that this is one of the main goals and of saying good. we have documented the, the arrow against the occupation. the it'd be had been the very out of don't way again is our victims. they'd be hit with an arrow going

u. s. foreign policy continues to be used to this day to argue the u. s. has the right to intervene in latin america as we continue our look at the doctor in the legacy. we turn to the way it was used in nicaragua during the iran contra affair. the scandal occurred back in the 1980s when the administration of ronald reagan secretly sold weapons to a wrong to fund the congress. a group of anti communist finders in the garage was president reagan initially signed an executive order in 1981 authorizing a covert ca operations to support the right wing rebel group, the starter overthrow the left just saying that needs to government. daniel ortega in nicaragua, i must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in central america that threatens the security of the united states. this danger will not go away. it will grow worse, much worse if we fail to take action now. i'm speaking of nick arrived by a soviet ally on the american mainland, only 2 hours, fine time from our own borders, but everyone was on board with riggins planned to target the government in nicara

u. s. has been putting lots of pressure saying, but the number of civilians, more than 21000 people killed so far. it doesn't look good and it's certainly what the us says that needs to stop. now if you look at that and then you have a meeting that's supposed to be scheduled for next week between us secretary of state and to me, big can who is meant to be visiting the region again, including to be is 5th trip. and. 2 he'll be asking lots of questions from and so benjamin netanyahu, on the other hand, doesn't want to angle those in the color. listen government because he actually came back to pa is the longest. subbing is ready. prime minister, he was able to come back to power through this coalition government with the far right such as it's a mob. been debased policy as well as smart trips policy as well. um, so you have here at division? no, just in terms of discussions as to what happens with the war, but also in terms of political divisions and of course, prime minister benjamin netanyahu,

u. s. has more prisoners per capita. and in terms of absolute number than any countries in the world, for a developed country, it has the worst, the health care. it has the highest rates of poverty and hunger of any developed countries. so again, the us doesn't even practice what it preaches in regards to tell me people have some more eye opening remarks to tell you about speaking at the you in a prominent american activist on former army colonel. how slum washington, for its refusal to bring peace to ukraine. because this prophet here from the war, the foreman, german counselor, has said that his efforts to try and get peace on ukraine in russia or torpedo by the united states. and that is rarely ex prime minister, enough to all the benefits of the same things. so secretary state lincoln said that in the last 2 years, the u. s. has provided over $70000000000.00 to support ukraine and european allies to provide over a $110000000.00 in weapons. lincoln said, if you look at these investments that

u. s. has done, has had these wars in other nations, the u. s. foreign policy to intervene and to intercede and other southern nations needs to be re examined. it has led to nothing but bloodshed and unless wars and interventionism, so it's not a policy that people are wanting to get behind anymore. and i think if you can get rid of the military industrial, complex intelligence community bureaucrats is there can be change, but only if they read out that corruption. well, that's all for this hour and that's all from a pizza scald. but my colleague rachel ruble will be here at the top of the hour with a look at today's headlines. thank you very much for your company. the . the the, the sultan tells me you floated up to 15000 people in bed incoming. your mess it. rest of 6 days, the sultan says victims have been through the heads will cut off and placed on sticks like soldiers on parade. the details me, what's the hands of each victim? so you could keep a tale of how many they had killed and pays in court. the and at the end of that moving appeale

u. s. who has been the biggest financial and military backer of ukraine, that gorilla appears to have shifted up some gays away from ukraine over now to israel after the mazda attack on civilians in israel proper. national security council spokesman john kirby had this to say about further funding in the near term with. we've got the appropriations and authorities for both ukraine n for israel. but you don't want to be trying to bake in long term support when you're at the end of the rope and the in ukraine on the crank funding we're, we're coming near to the end of the rope. i mean, today we announced $200000000.00 and we'll keep that a going it as long as we can. but it's, it's, it's not going to be indefinite. so, are we moving with a sense of alacrity? absolutely. i couldn't give you a day certain on account. so what do you make of that comment and george has been us a band of kids. i really don't think so. i think he's referring to the impasse that has age but should be an achieve the in the h

u. s. has been trying to contain a around the influence and the region. remember, iran is officially a she, a country. and the us, the return government did already seem to like israel, improving relations with majority muslim countries in the region. the headed headings in the fact that the slow me says it that the holidays look up one big regional play a and sony majority country was missing. saudi arabia on israel, and saudi arabia didn't used to have official relations since the beginning of 2023 . the u. s. tried to broker a deal between israel and saudi arabia and they were supposed to be really close to historic agreement, something iran, so the rate of arch enemy would not us liked to put it mildly. and we all know what happened next. the october 2023 terrorist attack on israel by how much and how israel and then declared more on how much the deadly is rarely strikes on gaza sparked outrage in the arab world. and they have put on hold the relations between israel and its neighbors. as you know, around proxy armies are attacking israel. at the same

u. s. has repeatedly called on israel to do more to stop the satellite volumes, which has increased since the october 7th, a mass of attack. us state department said the band with impact dozens of people tonight, jerry and now, well, officials say at least 85 people were killed when a military drawn strike hit civilians by mistake president bullet to know who has ordered an investigation into the incident in the northern state of could do now called a strike, very unfortunate, disturbing, and painful shock. then grief as family struggled to process what happened to their loved ones killed by. what else are these a calling a mistake? residence in the village of to didn't bury was celebrating the muslim festival of my loot. when the palms began to fall, a german striking launched by the nigerian military officials say the strikes were part of an ongoing campaign against the militants in the north of the country. do you manage it? i mean, was on a routine mission, ideas, categories. but unfortunat

u. s. has announced visa bands on some settlers. does this put enough pressure on the is riley government to, to try and could be a tax a hi no, i don't think it does. and there's really a lot of secrecy around what this trouble man is what it looks like and who exactly is being banned. i think it's important to understand the set their violence, which is not a new phenomenon. as your reporter mention is something that could only happen with government. uh, you know, tacit and explicit support. it's something that soldiers stand by and sometimes even take part in. they watch the entire state institutions of the police, the lack of investigation, they all take part in this. so i don't think that the travel by specifically are having any effect on his really policy. at this point. you mentioned governance of government support of coal settlements in the occupied westbank are considered illegal on to international law and set low balance has drawn strong come. den condemnation from close is riley allies like the u. s. and germany. so w

u. s. has also carried died, retaliatory attacks on iranian proxies, mona's in baghdad, terry, the coughing of a man killed in the us as strike. he was allegedly a member of an, a run back to melisha that attacked us base and iraq on monday, injuring 3 serviceman. the us said it strike was a necessary and proportionate to response. iraq has condemned it as a hostile act, a walk on this vehicle as then what the american forces did and are doing these days as a new violation of the sovereignty of the rocky state in the us says it's counted as a $100.00 attacks against its troops in iraq and syria since mid october. most of those were claimed by a run back to militants, to oppose us support for each row, and it's war against him off from the window. this district of serious capital, damascus, was the target of a suspected is rarely stripe. it killed a senior general with the runs revolutionary god said arise, the most savvy was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between iran and sy

u. s. has, has had very limited success. and sort of how much russia and, or china, i feel any a gap left 5 of us as well. i think that we seen all the key players in the region, the china as well as india and russia for that matter, has strengthened relations of bangladesh in a big way. they have a very strong comfort level with the current government. and of course, the us is on the other side of that, but i don't necessarily think that even if the election is regarded is not free and fair. and even if the us decides, perhaps to scale down its relations with bangladesh in a way that doesn't mean that the us for us appear from the scene. the us wants to have a good relationship with bangladesh and sees a bangladesh as a key player. and his brother in the pacific vision wants to try to push back against china. you then thank you so much as well. we'll leave it there. thank you . so thank you, michael, google and from the the wilson center. thank you. as a reminder about top story at face, our crime says at least 26 people ha

u. s. has taken issue with the fact that in the draft it doesn't uh, specifically condemn homeless for its actions on october 7. rather, it condemns terrorist acts more generally and calls for the release of the hostages . but here's the interesting part. so the us has said that it can to support a reference to the cessation of hostilities, but it might be amenable to a reference saw on in the wording a reference to a suspension of hostilities. and that's interesting because it represents a slow shift, perhaps in the position of the us. if we recall earlier this month, it blocked a similar resolution perhaps. now if it is going to support us as references to suspension in our studies, it might mean that it's days of simply vetoing the resolutions are over. and in the broader picture, it could be a reflection of a growing and patience with the israeli government. as the biden administration tries to put more pressure on israel to do more to protect civilians, but as he said there earlier as the

u. s. has sent israel about $15000.00 bombs over the past 2 months, including unguided and guided munitions is also reportedly sent $57000.00. hilary shelves, a key munition. it's also sent to ukraine. how did your customer it was life for us in washington dc. so hi, be what more did we have from the blinking, the 2nd your state, and how does that square of what we've seen from the wall street journal on these items transfer to right from the surgery state. we heard some of the same talking points that the u. s. has been giving for the last few weeks, the urging of israel to be more cautious to try to save civilian lives in gaza and to allow a to flow. but really it is difficult to square those talking points with the us actions as you just detailed, supported by the wall street journal, which for the 1st time gives a little bit more transparency as to what weapons the u. s. has given israel since october 7th, which is by the way, in stark contrast to the transparency that the us always goes fo

u. s. has said that it won't support a reference to a cessation of hostilities, but it is a pushing for water down language calling for a suspension of hostilities. now the last draft text of the resolution made available had both phrases. there was a call for the urgent suspension of hostilities, but also for urgent steps towards a sustainable cessation of hostilities and that word secession. that remains a sticking point for the us negotiators. and in addition, the u. s. also wants specific condemnation of homos for its actions on october 7, rather the tech, so as it was condemned to all acts of terrorism were generally. and we've heard that especially the air of negotiators, of the negotiators are representing the arab countries. don't want to agree to any more changes unless the us promises not to veto. but of course, it's entirely possible that after days of the go sion, the us ends up exercising. it's vito power yet again and causes an international outcry. or it could end up abstaining,

u. s. has that central role to assume the nature of the strategic relationship that we have with us allows us to always have friends discussions about the areas in which we might have differences on approaches and regarding approaches. 7th, isn't it, is more than just the mind is the certainly certainly the, the infinity uh, the, and production that is really enjoys in terms of the, of the application to the standards of international humanity and low international legal for human rights to israel. and the court in the protections in the court and to contact the for as such as the, the u. n. and the different bodies and organs of united nations or something the, the, the, the tweet c as a, as not quite helpful. but we are seeing a shift and in, in, in, in the general direction and the time putting in certain positions. we've seen a lot of encouraging us statements about refusing displacement refusing the occupation of gauze, under objecting, get outright and the changing of conditions and gaza.

u. s has shifted its attention away from your crate. but america isn't the only one. ukraine's own neighbors just months ago, pledging unwavering support now, souring on key as, as fresh elections prove, the prolonged war in europe isn't as popular as it was sold. alright, let's get into the m o, the from the former soviet bloc states to be far this reaching west of france. little by little european support for a continued war effort in ukraine appears to be waning. led by growing right meaning sentiments among voters dissatisfied with their economic situation at home are now forcing political a leads to reconsider spending tax payer funded military aid to ukraine. joining us to dig into this shift across europe. this is george sam willy. he is a writer and senior fellow at the global policy institute in london. he's the author of the book, bombs for peace, nato's humanitarian war on yugoslavia. he also has a daily pod cast with peter lovell called the gaggle. you can find them on locals, dot com. so 1st george, before we get into the f

u. s. has done, has had these wars in other nations, the u. s. foreign policy to intervene and to intercede and other sub or nations needs to be reexamined. it has led to nothing but bloodshed and unless wars and interventionism, so it's not a policy that people are wanting to get behind anymore. and i think if you can get rid of the military industrial, complex intelligence, community bureaucrats, there can be change. but only if they read out that corruption and an african now, what presidential elections have kicked off in the democratic republic of congo, opposing stations, how to open several hours late? that was because of a conflict in the countries east pose put problems logistically that for the authorities, a local reporter brings this movies house on the 3rd a democratic republic, a former president to fix the security to, to move his hope and lead the career. it has the patience to wage war and goes to one to the for you. we'd be the next day to take that range in his closing speech, she later tuesday, much of a sense that it said y

u. s. has announced the creation of an allied task force in response to attacks by who's the rebels on ships and the red sea, of course, will conduct drawing for trolls and provide intelligence to protect ships from drone at missile attacks. since october the human base whose the rebel group has attacked multiple ships that it says are quote, linked to is israel for inaction, texas governor of greg and albert. it has approved a new bill and i want to give the police sweeping powers to arrest the migraines. to illegally across the united states border. the bill also gives a 42 judges to order these people to leave. the country for board comes as part of an overall attempt to tighten immigration laws. both frances has given the formal approval from free to bless, same sex couples and a document released by the vatican. francis suggested such blessings could be offered as long as they didn't confuse the ritual with a sacrament of heterosexual marriage is that priest should design on a case by case

u. s. has done, has had these wars in other nations, the u. s. foreign policy to intervene and to intercede and other summer nations needs to be re examined. it has led to nothing but blood shut and, and was wars and interventionism. so it's not a policy that.

u. s. has conducted as twice and what he has described, bessie rainy and lanes. milly, she has in iraq. i the defense secretary size of the strikes wherever the retaliation for a tax on us personnel station didn't invite. and syria. the u. s. military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on 3 facilities used by country. it has the law and affiliated groups in iraq. these precision strikes are response to a series of attacks against us personnel and iraq and syria, by running sponsored, malicious, including the attack by iran affiliated cut, that you've has the law and affiliated groups on airable air base. now, washington claims that base is housing us troops in the rack and syria have come on their attack at least $102.00 times since mid october bill while oppose us ally as well as also have been targeted in lebanon and syria. in one of the latest ideas strikes at the top, we write in command that was killed to run pledges it will retaliate. the human side of the steve design i

u. s. has been very concerned repeatedly issue a warnings to the who stays through various channels to stop these attacks. and on tuesday, shooting down a who see a drought. and the us again says it's very concerned about protecting maritime freedom and these international waters, which is another message that jake sullivan shared with benjamin not in yet 9. yeah . who in his recent meeting. okay. how did your castro brands license that from washington dc. thanks very much. heidi is still a head hair on alex's era. elite is we'll have to go back to the negotiating table . i'm so hungry looks a financial aid deal for ukraine. the what constitutes extent? so each end of this of talk to a see i want you to start with just the fact runners to what happened as independent. we won't be, we want the education i want to. we don't have to leave them in different countries in the policy. um, it's meant to get 50 percent representation and accountability and benefit no $1000.00 service this placement and

u. s. s. i, as in how i false carrie has reportedly left the persian gulf having spent less than 20 days. that under a rainy and military surveillance, according to to a wrong, the presence of the carrier has quote, for the assessment, see in the region or they, we spoke with the sex tree of the rain in high council of economic cold nation. he says that washington is responsible for the rising tensions in the middle east. north charter, the courthouse then churchill, yelman's reaction is natural. it comes from their spirits. the amenities have sympathy for palestine. if the americans in these realities had followed a wiser path, the red sea would not have become unsafe. the fact that the war is spreading is due to the behavior of the americans and b as rarely use their gradually expanding the war. i am worried that this is the beginning of a 3rd world war. the is really poor to buy lot is almost non functional. now, aerial photos show there was not much traffic there. the red sea issue is not only about israel, and the country that helps is real, may be attacked by the who to use. our adv