u. s. high command in vietnam and the u. s. high command in afghanistan and iraq for that matter, says to the american soldiers, look, here's the real rules of engagement. if you kill afghans who are iraqis or vietnamese, no price will be paid. we would rather have that happen. then have you die because of you die than americans back home are going to say, what the hell are we doing in afghanistan or vietnam or a rec? so this is the logic of having all the bleeding and dying die on the side of those who have been targeted by the american military. that's the logic. that's why 250000 afghans were killed during the last 20 years. that is a startling statistic. brian, we're gonna leave it there. but nice to talk to you tonight. that was brian beckett, an answer coalition, national coordinator, thanks for coming on thursday night for more on the consequences. the u. s. for ontario, do you guys watch t dot com? because there you can find and comment to our special project that is called unheard voices. where we think speak to those o

u. s. high inflation is posing a serious threat to the countries recovering job market. that's according to testimony from federal reserve chair jerome powell, on tuesday in front of the u. s. senate. the fed will consider additional interest rate increases this year on top of the 3. it already has planned in 2022. if consumer claim prices continue to climb. we know that high inflation exactly toll, particularly for those less able to meet the higher costs of a central's like food, housing, and transportation. we are strongly committed to achieving our statutory goals, maximum employment, and price stability. we will use our tools to support the economy and a strong labor market and to prevent higher inflation from becoming entrenched. now yes quarter our correspondent in new york joins us for more years. pow husband insisting for a while not that the fed was going to move very cautiously and moving and pulling back the stimulus. why a few changing his to now? yeah, well i mean, you don't always get what you want. the problem is that those inflationary tendencies seems to

u. s. high speaker, nancy pelosi, his back tracked and agreed to support a ban on stock trading by congressional rule makers. and that partners i should previously been against the idea and her family has night hefting profits from stock trading while she's been in office to give a blanket attitude. if we can't do their sin, we can't do that because we can't be trusted. i just don't buy into that, but if members want to do that, i'm ok with that. if we're saying everybody should be living by the same standard, then let so be it. that's okay with me. but i don't think that the court should be let off the hook. so i say when we go forward with anything, let's take the supreme court with us to have disclosure. well, critics interpreted pelosi reference there to the course is an attempt to divert growing public anger, financial disclosure, to show the speaker does not own or trade stokes herself. but her husband does last summer. poor pelosi made more than $5000000.00 from a timely battle. google's

u. s. the u. k. 's high court is allowing him to launch an appeal with the supreme court, which will then decide if you'll hear the case or not. it's been wanted in the us in 2010 when the whistle blowing site published classified military documents about the wars in afghanistan and iraq. a luxury cruise ship that was due to doc in miami has changed course to the bahamas to avoid being seized. the crystal symphony owes more than $4000000.00 in unpaid fuel bills. crystal cruises announce earlier this week, it would be suspending all operations after its parent company said it was seeking to wind up the business. the world's biggest and most expensive space telescope has arrived at his destination one and a half 1000000 kilometers from earth. nasa says it will now begin firing up the james web observatories, infrared detectors. gdc has the ability to look at objects from mars on out. so it can, of course, again, it's orbiting i just outside the orbit of the, of them the moon about it's about 4 times further aw

u. s because the high court last month overturned the lower court decisions saying that the u. s. promises were enough to guarantee that julian assange would be treated humanely. why do do do? why does report it without borders? believe that she won't be it's really concerning. there's a, there's a number of levels that you could kind of pick apart the issue of the assurances, which i hope that the supreme court will get to scrutinize properly. but one thing i will say is, even if they are respected, even if they're fully respected in the u. s. owners, what it has said to this court, which we have no guarantee that they will even so julianna's lunch is very likely to be held in conditions of solitary confinement. were extreme isolation, whether it's called special administrative measures, whether it's the specific facility, you know, that was under discussion in the assurances, he is still very likely to be held in conditions that will exacerbate his mental health risks and leave him at very high risk of suicide so that is what is at stake here. his mental health is not improved

u. s. after high court judge has decided to overturn a verdict not to extradite him. it seems as though judges was satisfied by so called assurances of humane treatment that he would not be held in a maximum security prison all subjected to isolation. saving his sentence in australia is also on the calls they say, but a san just defense don't buy it. the so called assurances of those points came after they lost the case in january. then they came back and said okay, well we can, we can assure we can treat and fairly so that should not be actually admissible in of appeal hearing. because uniform a legal standpoint, you cannot just try to amend after the fact after you've lost the case. these us arguments were presented back in october during the to day appeal hearing, including that he was and as on well as is being suggested, turns out as those words were being offered in, quote, by american noise. a sound suffered a mini throat. julian is struggling and i fear this many stroke could be the precursor to a more major attack. it compounds are fears about his ability to

omar chron. variant infections. nationwide. daily cases are expected to start hitting fresh record highs. u. s. president joe biden says the united states and its allies will quote, respond decisively they frush a further invades ukraine. biden is also backing diplomatic efforts to resolve the stand off. talks between us and russian. officials are scheduled in geneva for later this month. the 100 migrants have been flown back to iraq from lithuania, authority say they agree to leave? voluntarily. lithuania has seen an influx of neighbouring as neighboring bella roofs allowed migrants to cross the border in retaliation for you. sanctions a bird flew outbreak has kill thousands of cranes in northern israel. authority say it's worse, it's it's worse wildlife incident. they've ever dealt with. farmers or having to slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens to contain the disease hula lake reserve and israel. it to stop over for most birds. migrating from europe to africa with the changing seasons. an estimated 500000000 birds passed through the valley every year. but a new mutation of the bird fl

u. s. east coast with high winds and heavy snow. severe weather and us what issued across the region of around 70000000 people, residents are being urge to stay home and avoid unnecessary trouble. you're watching the diabetes lie from berlin to stick around up next is reporter ex, watching. ah ah, one of mankind's.

u. s. pushes hospital admissions to an all time high. and a big leap in medical science. a man in the u. s. becomes the 1st in the world to get a heart transplant road pig. but 1st some breaking news. the president of the european parliament, david cecily, has died age 65. his spokesman said he'd been hospitalized since december 26. after a serious complication related to his immune system. so sony was the president of the parliament since 2019. he been unable to carry out normal duties after an earlier sickness with pneumonia in september. us and russian diplomats. busy of wraps up the 1st meetings in a week of diplomacy aimed at d escalating. the titans tension, sorry, on ukraine's border. moscow has spent the last few months gathering his forces on ukraine's eastern flank, raising fears about an invasion. but moscow once guarantees that nato will not accept any new members, and that ukraine will be not allowed to join the military alliance journal ripple's . it is an achievement of sorts that talks between russia and united states in geneva didn't end in failure. they w

u. s. puts 8500 troops on high alert. the pentagon says they're ready for deployments in eastern europe if russia ukraine, and thus, despite moscow thing, it has no such a british government minutes to quit. while fleming, what he calls the prime minister's lamentable track record. in fact, the claims of massive fraud in the government. cobit load scheme and wiki league, found it during a sound when the right to appeal to the u. k. supreme court to prevented extradition for the us on espionage charges. the ruling has been welcomed by his family on support. what happened in court today is precisely what we wanted to happen, but we are far from achieving justice in this case. because julian has been incarcerated for so long and he should not have spent a single day in prison. mm hm. hello and welcome to the news here on our team to national. my name is peter scott coming to you live from our headquarters here in the russian capital. thank you for joining over. the u. s. is putting 8500 troops on high alert to count the supp

the stakes are high. u. s. secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in berlin to try and rally america's allies and prevent a war. unity is the main goal here, blinkin and his german, french, and british counterparts disgust the intense fears that russia may soon invade ukraine. their focus, how to credibly deter moscow with warnings of what could follow even as were relentless in pursuing this diplomatic path, will continue to make very clear that if moscow chooses the path of further regression, we will impose swift and mass of cost. if one on whose lung thing, and that's what we urgently call on russia to take steps towards steve collation, you divide act any further, aggression would have serious consequences. see it? would it not even the cons extensive, nasty thing, but comments by the us president a day earlier, have right questions about whether those consequences really do apply to any active aggression. one 3rd, russia will be held accountable. if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one

u. k. prince andrew has been stripped of his military titles and mid high profile sexual abuse case. it comes after u. s. judge refused to dismiss a civil law suits from a woman who accuses andrea of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. let us cross now to r t shanty edward darcy in london for more on this. so fast developing story shall hear more about news to the duke of york. can you take us through what's happened to day in the background to it ended? well, it's a huge move from buckingham palace as prince, and he will no longer use his royal highness in any official capacity as the queen has now stripped him of all of his appointments. so as a member of the royal family, how many of the sort of duties they will now be handed to all the members of the royal family. and that's been made official. and this statement was the queen's approval and agreement that you could york's military affiliations. and royal patronage is happy return to the queen. the duke of your will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this cases a private citizen. it's interesting to look at tha

u. s. secretary of state made an extremely important statement in geneva. this is the firm, his statement by a high level u. s. official. not only around the specific issue of ukraine, but around russia's position in other areas of europe, such as the baltics, for example. and what blake him was saying, let's just break this down. he is one. of course the, the u. s. in europe and nature will stand against any cross poor russian military invasion. we knew that already discussions today, but for the 1st time, here's the 2nd point blank and extended that commitment to say we will take action against the ongoing russian operations inside ukraine to destabilize and even to try to break up the country. this notion of hybrid warfare that rushes pursued since 2014. that is an extension of the american position and 3 blank and pushed back very clearly against this russian idea that the central issue was a u. s. written response to moscow's demand for a guarantee. and said, no, that's not the issue here. if we're going to have discussions, we get back to the table on ukraine. and then we also have wider disc

u. s. puts 8500 troops on a high lud pentagon search. they're ready for deployment in eastern europe. if russia types ukraine despite moscow saying it does have no such a british government administered to quit swell, slamming the prime minister as quote, lamentable track record and tackling claims of massive fraud. and the government's code with loans. with emily found a truly mythology wins the right to appeal to the u. k. supreme court to prevent his extradition to america and espionage charges of the ruling has been welcomed by his family and support. what happened in court today is precisely what we wanted to happen, but we're far from achieving justice in this case. because gillian has been incarcerated for so long, and he should not have spent a single day in prison with it's moments after midnight here at moscow. and it's been wall to wall old evening with major headlines taking center stage. welcome to them, it's off you international. so the u. s. is putting 8500 troops on high alert. busy busy to count with the suppose, a threat from russia. the pentagon spokesman john coby

u. s. it is stored to 30 year highs in the u. k, which became the 1st major central bank to raise rates back in december when an implemented an increase of 15 basis points up to point 25 percent. meanwhile, china is taking a different approach with beijing saying plans to lower its key mortgage lending benchmark in an effort to support its following economy. the latest move brings china is one year loan prime rate up 10 basis points, and it's 5 year rate at 5 basis points with more increases expected in the months to come. and joining us now to go further on, this is octavia morales, the ceo of openness, o c. now octavio, let's start here in the u. s. i mean, the fed is expected to raise rates at least 3 times this year, making the move from near 0 up to around one percent. but given the fact that we're dealing with 7 percent inflation are these increases likely to have a significant impact? well i don't think an increasing the interest rate from 0 percent or 0.25 percent up to one percent. it's kind of a big impact on inflation.

u. s. has 4 decade highs with inflation. the u. k. 10 year highs, a full salaries never rise in addition to that. all the information, thanks for joining us. more news now we have e cigarettes, i just heard that it was a healthy alternative to cigarettes. do we trust tobacco companies with their message that these new products are actually going to reduce these sugars are raging the tobacco up into the workforce? oh is your media reflection of reality in the world transformed what will make you feel safer? isolation, whole community? are you going the right way or are you being led to somewhere? which direction? what is true? what is faith? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. while our officers are facing in increasingly dangerous environments, we are seeing a growing debate about so called warrior cops. a term that i've heard in the militarization of police. this is an app vehicle we acquired through the 1033 program, very free program with the government program that funn

but president biden has issued a high alert order for the u. s. military and almost all the media and politicians are united in saying an invasion from russia is eminent. but why then is the ukranian president and the defense minister, as well as multiple leaders from all of the other countries around the region, saying things are under control. and there's no reason to panic. we're going to look at some of those getting those straight answers as there seems to be 2 different narrative being given with one of them leading to war. plus, after the corporate vaccine mandate was ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court . the bind administration has decided to completely withdrawn. what does this mean for the future of the kobe mandate and restrictions and america? in speaking of the supreme court, justice steven brier, a consistent liberal, had announced he will be retiring before he leaves. he will have to look at a landmark challenge to affirmative action policies regarding college admission. our legal expert will lay out if their decision will

high. the u. s has reported 1100000 new coin a virus cases in the past day, a global record, the 7 day average of new daily cases is tripled in the u. s. in the last 2 weeks. and in a 1st of a medic, in 1st medical science doctors in the us have transplanted a pigs heart into a patient to save his life the heart and undergone gina to think to reduce the risk of patients body, reject him, your guns, those deadlines, my name is bonnie but now i have always thought of yoga as part of my indian heritage. i understand it to be about transformation that yoga itself seems to be transforming. wesley mentality is, is a lot about this and in what yoga was originally. yoga should belong to everyone, but i'm afraid that simple truth is getting lost in the world that so commercialized politicize, uns, yoga on l. g as in i hi, anthony. ok. 2 years into the cove, it pandemic, we are seeing it impact on the world of luck. people have changed jobs handed in, then notice changed careers and also lost that jobs of cou

u. s. saying that if he was sent there, he'd be a credible suicide risk. now last year, lawyers for the u. s. government gave assurances to the high court that he wouldn't be held in a high security prison. he wouldn't be in solitary confinement, but now the high court has said that assange can seek permission to appeal to the supreme court of the u. k. it's not a direct appeal, so that court will have to decide whether or not to take on his case, but at least for now, julian assange is not going to be extradited to the u. s. his legal team say they will continue to fight a political crisis is bring in honduras, martyr rival politicians elected to competing presidents of congress as part of a dispute between party members of president elect cecile mara, castro just days beforehand or, nor gratian alexia bryan, reports ah, solutions infinity in re foundation policy, celebrating in honduran capital technical back. at the swearing in of daniel, president of congress, louise redondo, fully prepared to wagner from athena to day the deputies of the national congress affected opportunity to protect an action that was intended to be consu

u. s. a bid to bring skyrocketing prices under control. the u. s. federal reserve said it will high interest rates as consumers content with the highest inflation in decade. ah, i'm so me. so misconduct is good to have you with us nato. when the united states have each delivered their response to moscow, security demands and attentions over russian aggression towards its neighbor ukraine. at recent joint meetings, moscow demanded a guarantee that ukraine would never join nato, and that the alliance would seize military activity in former soviet republics. u. s. secretary of state entity blank and said washington has set out a serious diplomatic path to resolve the conflict. but he added that the u. s. made no concessions to the main demand on nato membership for key f. and speaking a short time ago, nato secretary general young stoughton berg said it was time for both sides to improve dialogue and diplomacy by re establishing their respective offices and brussels and in moscow. and here is more of what stilton burke had to say. we colon rashaw once again to immediately the escalate.

u. s. it's a 40 year high, is the pandemic causes higher prices for households and business it ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from de, also coming up talks between nato and russia, and with no breakthrough of the ukraine, with both sides sang significant differences remain. britain's prince. andrew fails in his attempt to stop legal action in the us of a sexual abuse allegations against him.

vladimir putin's attention in the last few years, gas prices have soared to record highs, filling russia's coffers. u s. oil imports from russia, also soaring at a 10 year high. germany has also been criticized for refusing to send weapons to ukraine. it has a long standing policy not to send weapons to war zones. instead it has sent a field hospital and helmets. the mayor of kiev, calling the helmets that joke, adding. what next pillows president biden will host the new german chancellor olaf schultz of the white house next month, the first meeting between the two leaders since schultz took office. at the state department. benjamin hall, fox news. the cdc is warning about two little known drugs that are adding to the u. s overdose crisis. now one of the drugs has the street name is oh, it's a synthetic opioid believed to be 20 times stronger than fentanyl. hi. so can be absorbed by skin contact , ingestion or inhaling. researchers say both drugs are often being taken in combination with fentanyl. some officials say they are concerned that that anti overdose drug narcan may not be as effective in rever

u. s. inflation hits nearly 40 year high food, housing and cars have americans reaching ever deeper into their pocket. and pressure for policymakers is rising along the prices and is metal a monopoly. a federal judge allows an antitrust case to move forward, setting up a showdown between the federal trade commission and the company formerly known as facebook. this is the w business. i'm janelle de malott unwelcome, the world's biggest the economy as posted. dramatic inflation number's showing the fastest rise in prices since 1982 supply shortages and unprecedented demand in goods are driving up costs in squeezing households across the board. many americans have been feeling the effects for months. prices on every day items are up with the average increase hitting it close to 40 year high of 7 percent in december. when compared to the same time last year. steady increases mean that when we look back at that 12 month period, there's a bit of sticker shock. the cost of new and used vehicles are up and day to day. necessities like food, energy, and shelter, have all risen. the federal reserv

u. s. puts 8500 troops on high alert. the pentagon says they're ready for deployments in eastern europe if russia, ukraine. and thus, despite moscow thing, it has no such a british government minutes to quit, while fleming, what he calls the prime minister's lamentable track record. in fact, the claims of nasty fraud in the government. cobit load scheme and wiki league found a julian us. don wins the right to appeal to the u. k. supreme court to preventive extradition for the us on espionage charges. the ruling has been well.

u. s. federal reserve. the u. s. federal reserve chad, your empower says getting high inflation under control. it's vital to a strong job market authorities in peru or assessing a new oil slick off the coast of lima. the u. s. is sorry, the government says accrued as spilled into the sea during work on a pipeline of that lap on p at refinery rep. so the company that owns a facility denies has been a unique cruise, is still cleaning up off to the tolerance unami cause another major spill at the same refinery. ah, so this is out 0. these are the top stories and the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands about ukraine in it, they rejected russia's call to permanently banned kia from joining the security lines. the document we've delivered includes concerns of the united states and our allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principle and pragmatic evaluation of the concerns that russia has raised and our own proposed.

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