u. s, including more defense sites, claim moving ties with china to a higher gear. this was to philippine presidents explicit wish, before he embarked on a 3 day trip to being his chinese counterpart, reciprocated. seeing the friendship between the 2 nations has always been a precious one. go your father. together with the older generation of chinese orders, i made the historic decision to establish diplomatic ties between china and the philippines. you personally participated in witness some of the most important interaction osceola. during the dictatorship of the president's father and a seventy's dan, 18 year old marco's junior, already played a role in forging friendship and gauging with communist party leader mulder don't. but the philippines has also kept ties with us for washington. any joint military drills like this have been key to keep it strategic interest in the pacific. that decades old alliance fell into stagnation when former president rodrigo detached, took office in 2016 during his 6 years and power detached, a sort of close relations with bridging

u. s. including us citizens and american organizations that want to see really change in u. s. policy have been repeating for decades, accountable military and use, you know, the leverage that the u. s. has the really government and the state of israel to put pressure on that state to seize its violence and oppression of the palestinian people. julie, the usa department has said that the secretary blinking will discuss the importance of a 2 state solution, which is really and palestinian officials during his visit. is it at all realistic at this point to think that he can actually move the needle on this front? well, i think as gideon started us out saying we really have to be realistic about expectations and israel palestine negotiations. and he kind of piece talks is really not a priority for the administration at this time, especially with the war and ukraine and other i and other things going on with that said, you know, israel palestine is still important for the u. s. i think the bite administration sees this trip as important given the ultra nationalists and the hard lin

u. s. and european banks where fruit not includes at $2000000000.00 in europe and $7000000000.00 in the u. s. most western donors, including the world bank, have also stopped sending aid to the country. despite that, the taliban government still paid about $5000000.00 to the world bank to service afghanistan's, that last summer. the western economic pressure has only worse in the countries opium trafficking problem. the taliban say they initially targeted the illegal industry, but despite the ref.

the statements gained in us and european banks where fruits and that includes $2000000000.00 in europe and also $7000000000.00 in the u. s. big mines. most western donors including the world bank of also stop sending aid to the country. despite that, the taliban government still paid about $5000000.00 to the world bank to service up kind of some debt last summer. and the western economic pressure has only worst in the countries opium trafficking problem. the taliban say they initially target the legal industry. but despite the reference of kinda stuff still satisfies about 80 percent of the globes or be in demand. i know the price per kilogram in the country has skyrocketed from around $60.00 in 2020 want to prices reaching 10 times that depending on the region well, senior member of the countries drug fighting for spoke to r t about the issues facing the asian nation to move a little around, 4500 drug addicts have been arrested and sent to jail including dealers, car right on the streets. as you know, it's a harsh winter and afghan standards and temperatures have rob to minus 35 in some parts of the country. while cowbo

i've sent letters to many embassies, including the u. s. canada. enjoy. all of them. tell me the same thing that i need to have you and registration number from the un. otherwise they can help me. in mesa, on the border, i was arrested by the time police. i tried to call you and hcr emergency number several times, but there was no response. when you don't, in the end, i had to pay a bribe to stop them from deporting me. i was very lucky, i worry as my parents and family members are still in me, and so i tried to keep a low profile while continuing to support a freedom fighter and see why it's important not to draw too much attention from the military. i send food and medical supplies from thailand. i tried to help all civilians and kind of regardless of which group they belong to. we are all human beings inside me and my revolution is taking longer. and it's not easy to raise funds. i'm a senior and i plan to upload some of my songs to youtube. once they get mold and the 1000000 views, youtube will pay me, and i will donate the money to the cause. i. the com has retur

so my opening results, including the u. s. taking 2nd place among what people views the top security threat to the nation. ortiz, india, corresponding runjun sharma picks up the story. and now the pool is saying that us is considered as a 2nd top thread going ahead, focused on and focused on remember in the shares of history of military conflict with border disputes as well. and that ever since the creation of focus on 1947, india had trouble diplomatic relationship with the end. a us, in fact, interestingly, comes ahead, barkus on and in this particular so be ordinary citizens from across the country. one interviewed, of course they saw china as the top thread, but 22 percent saw us. the 2nd most threat, as far as this ball is concerned, while the world's 2 largest democracies would seem to make for natural partners, especially given their mutual mistrust of china, indians have strategic reasons to be wary of the world's western superpower as tensions between washington and beijing increase the indian public may be worried ab

had a new zone, including the u. s. and japan announced plans to strengthen their security cooperation. as tokyo seeks to counter threats from china and north korea. police in germany use force to remove protesters have gone to great heights to stop a coal mine expansion. and, and sport the driver who made it 3 wins in a row or the doctor reilly that's coming up with jemma. ah, the u. s. in japan of unknowns plans to expand military cooperation, calling china the greater security challenge in the region to pans foreign and defense ministers have been holding talks with american officials in washington, d. c. they've agreed to alter the u. s. military presence in cuba, giving them the capability to hit ships and attacks in space. and no part of their security treaty is comes ahead of a visit to washington by the japanese primus of formula,

u. s. lead western afoot to get the rest of the major major countries including india and those in the c, r a. trying to get more countries on board as things get because on the west is trying to ramp up regular and russia in terms of sentence giving robins in the back room that they would want differently. more pressure support for better moves. entity has reached an $8000000000.00 energy deal with one of 2 rival government in water, libya. but while the nato member and. busy for colonial power insisted does not want to have a predatory roland and region, but who listens are have expressed that concerns the memory of nato bombing libya decade ago, including by italian people's have remained ever present among the population. will you give em in? they any welcome, a nice idea that we try to make deals with companies from neighboring countries, but in a way that ensures our rights and liberties development. how we know that we feel is our closest neighbor different, but it had a girl in her history with us and you know, and they didn't bring us the benefits that they should have brought i

u. s. has been pushing as allies a restrict high tech expos, the china, including discussions with japan, the netherlands, and south korea. according to the u. s, i'm buster to japan. i had of expected fir, the senior level talks in washington. you've got to work through not just japan, but you've got to walk through obviously, korea, you've got to work through the dutch, all the potty, sorry to table all the parties have a mutual shared interest in the outcome. everybody has different aspects of the industry. the deal been sort will not be just bilateral, it must be multilateral. now those 3 us allies are 1st, so supplies for china's high. then the lens, the largest provider and computer chip maintenance services. japan is among the top supplies of ican equipment. the 1st me conduct to production while both south korea and japan, the biggest exports is of computer chips in china. again, my robes and says the u. s. is backing china into a corner with potentially volatile consequences. there's a lot of concerns about the constant us pressure on other independent countries, china, russian, all

u. s. has now ship to coalition, including virtually all european countries about natal member states and you states and others. and now they are waging a war by proxy against russia using ukraine as a proxy in order to solve the russian matter. just like hitler wanted to find the solution to a jewish problem, they're doing the same right now. sir gallagher of also mentioned that the sanctions that are being used by the wes are aimed at not only weakening russia and trying to get it to play a long to what it wants are russia to do comply but also with rushes. i lies another so called undesirable nations, trying to force them to follow suit and do the same thing, follow washington's rhetoric. there was an interesting question at some point when the journalist asked, how can russia claim to respect the un charter and international law. when it started this a special military operation, and the journalist asked, how can the russia accused the west of doing something that it itself has done now? just women in acidity, mortgage, europe, there is an opinion among europeans that russia did not show

u. s. has including russia as well to create their own currency, which is sustainable, which doesn't have these massive fluctuations, inflation and doesn't give these massive, massive bailouts. these big institutions and corporations, even the european union, which has been basically the bustle of the u. s. that basically, we saw in covey, they followed all the same fiscal policies. they nodded their heads, light, lovely, nodding dogs, that setting around now as well. and they're saying, okay, it's not great that you're making every single european business have to move to the u. s. to trade with you, we've had enough, but it's probably too late. now, the u. s. is stuck in the mud, and unfortunately, everyone else is more stuck in the mud than the u. s. unless they move off the us dollar, being the global standard economic prosperity is on the rise in the southern african nation of m bob way boosted by ties with china. despite decades, long western sanctions against the country. as in bob boy's trade with china, over the past one year surged around 50 percent to a record high of around 2 and a

and that includes the full range of u. s. defense capabilities. ready including our conventional nuclear and missile defense capabilities will last and arrived in sol for security talks of washington 6 to reassure their key asian ally amid a legit growing threats from north korea. that while officials from both the u. s. and site korea when the young young may be preparing to test its nuclear arsenal for the 1st time since 2017. when the united states, some thought korea conducted joint military drills. in late december, north korea launched to ballistic missiles into the sea off at east coast in response to young young reportedly sold the drills as a provocation, a preparation for possible attack, or from washington unsold. describe the drills as purely defensive in nature. or we spoke to geopolitical analysts, don mclean, gail said there's a huge inconsistency in the policy. the u. s. is pursuing an asia the slider miscalculation and the slightest misperception can lead to catastrophic results, particularly for the stability and security of the k

u. s. museums that include a storage jar from $700.00 b. c, a fresco, stolen from ancient city of pompei and the marble head, depicting the greek goddess athena. some had been on display at the new york metropolitan museum of art, the artifacts saw estimated to be worth $20000000.00. ah .

u. s colleges, including the universities of texas, georgia and oklahoma are banning tiktok on their schooldevices and wifi following the lead of state and federal governments that say there are security concerns with that company owned by the chinese government. almost two thirds of american teenagers say they use tiktok. but now many colleges are worried about the financial risk they might face. if there's a major security breach involving personal data collected by tiktok so far, no major california colleges or schools have banned tiktok. it is 7 27 1st of his eggs than butter, now another breakfast stable, saying a rise in prices quickly. the reason orange juice. yes orange juice is going up. it will make your next breakfast expensive. one social media outlets are starting to rethink rules surrounding adult nudity. still ahead, the update instagram and facebook or making (vo) at wells fargo, direct deposits come up to two days early with early pay day. what if everything came two days early? (hero) have a good weekend! alright now... have a good weekend. (co-worker) but it's wednesday..

u. s. museums. they include a storage jaw from $700.00 b. c, fresco, stolen from ancient city of pompei and the marble head, depicting the greek goddess athena. some had been on display at the new york metropolitan museum of art, the artifacts saw estimated to be worth $20000000.00. ah . the watching ounces here and these are the main stories. germany says it won't stand in the way of poland wants to send high tech battle tanks. ukraine, kiva sees the german made hardware, is crucial to which defense it follows days of pressure on but in from ukraine's western allies. this 7 people have been killed in a shooting in the us state of california. it happened in 2 different locations in the northern city of half moon bay. authorities say a suspect has been detained. rentals has more from los angeles. 7 people have been killed in half moon bay, a city near san francisco. ah, several were killed in 2 in a location described as a mushroom farm. a 2nd location we're shooting took place is described as a trucking company. let's say they have a suspect

employer united states, french farm mac and it's extended to torrance commitment and that includes the full range of u. s. the french capabilities including our conventional nuclear and missile defense capabilities. the secretary of defense arrived in sol for security tolls as washington seeks to reassure the key asian ally amid alleged growing threats from north korea. this was official from both of us on south korea have warned up. young yang may be preparing to test this nuclear often for the 1st time since 2017. when the united states and south korea conducted a joint military drills and late december, north korea launched to ballistic missiles into the sea of it's the east coast, i should say in response, reportedly fees those drills as a provocation and a possible preparation for an attack. however, washington and sole describe their drills as purely defensive in nature. earlier, we will speak to don mclean, gail, the geopolitical analyst and author. he says as well, a large inconsistency in the policy. the u. s. is pursuing in asia, have a listen to the slightest miscalculation of the slightest mi

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ah, i'm sorry, kelly, welcome to the program. nations around the world, including the u. s. at china, the u. k. and germany have condemned the storming of brazil seats of power on sunday. supporters of former brazilian president gyal sonata ransacked the national congress supreme court and presidential palace in the capital, brazilian. before police restored order, brazil's newly installed president luis ignacio and with the silver blamed bar spool sonata for the violence. boston otto left brazil in late december for the u. s. state of florida. he condemned the violence on twitter saying they forced entry into and looting of public buildings had nothing to do with peaceful protest. he also rejected the allegations he encouraged the crowd. ah, after months protesting both scenarios, defeat outside the heart of brazil's government. on sunday, his supporters smashed their way in forcing past barricades and overwhelming police defending the area. oh, making their way into the home of brazil's congress, protested many draped in brazilian. flags took out their anger on anything th

will many western countries, including the u. s. had yet to condemn the violence against the civilians. but former president of bolivia, evil morales has demanded, but the un on the international community take notice of what's happening on the ground. we call on o n u c. i d h. human rights organizations and social and indigenous movements of the world to join their voices to demand respect for the lives of our peruvian brothers, defenseless victims of repression and exclusion politics. following that statement by the former president, he was bound by the government of proof from entering the country. we spoke to proving activists kaffir codio can say that the states actions against the protesters allen to evil. but allies are simply acts of racism. there is evidently the relation between in the border through which we were speaking about the same indigenous if the i'm our people. so that's evidence they will be you know, yes, actions that will be supportive is strongly and there was no proof however of the the government. he said,

u. s. museums. they include a storage jar from $700.00 b. c, a fresco, stolen from the ancient city of pompei and a marble head to depict from the greek goddess athena. some have been on display at the new york metropolitan museum of art, the artifacts are estimated to be worth $20000000.00. ah, this is out there and these are the top stories. germany says it won't stand in the way of poland wants to send the high tech battle tanks to ukraine. he sees the german made hardware is crucial to its defense. and for those days of pressure on berlin from ukraine's western allies, moscow's foreign minister has accused the west of trying to destroy everything russian. so again of rob made the comments after meeting his south african counterpart in pretoria on monday. so africa's government has maintained what it's calling a neutral position on the conflict. ukraine opposition? party leaders in tons and there are welcoming decisions like present some years with her son to lift a ban on political valleys. on saturday, the main opposition party held its

and that includes anybody working in the guise of humanitarian aid. so these are very tough sanctions. the u. s. has confirmed another major military, a package for ukraine worth $3000000000.00. it includes 50 bradley fighting vehicles which can fire anti tank missiles. they were used in the gulf and iraq was it'll take a couple of months. basically i to get this capability, feel dead to get the ukrainians, trained on that, that new training program that we're starting it, it's roughly a battalions worth of forces at a time. i so roughly $500.00 soldiers over the course of roughly a month. and we're adding on the bradley training. meanwhile, artillery fire has been heard in ukraine despite the schedule start of a 36 hour unilateral cease fire, called by a russian president vladimir putin. ukraine rejected the offer, and both sides are accusing each other of continuing the shilling. the temporary truce is to coincide with the orthodox christmas holiday. while the request for the cease fire came from the head of rushes, orthodox church patriarch, carol, he led christmas mass in moscow, which was

u. s. has established defense alliances in the asia pacific region, including walk us with australia and the 5 eyes intelligence group with new zealand . the u. s. has also set up military bases in japan and south korea if a naval air force operations close to a chinese territory. and the u. s. military conducts drills with its allies near time as borders. we heard from mike robson, a former devotee, foreign minister of new zealand. he says washington's ultimate goal for china is to provoke an armed conflicts. the trying. the same thing with taiwan and not to directly involved united states soldiers on the ground at the stage, but to use other countries to be involved. taiwan itself. all the people who have a tie one embarked upon an aggressive strategy both against russia because of its independence policies and china buzz independent polls isn't because it also has a very strong position in terms of the, of all of those, the state governments, all of this could be resolved peacefully, cooperatively, countries can have the differences in box. they don't have to go to war for it. but unfortu

u. s colleges, including the university of texas, georgia and oklahoma, are banning tiktok on school devicesand wifi following the lead of state and federal governments and say there are security concerns with the chinese owned company. nearly two thirds of american teens say they use tiktok. now many colleges are worried about the financial risk they could face if there's a major security breach involving personal data collected by the app. so far, no major california schools have banned tiktok. netflix is taking a job posting to new high ticket say just how much the company is willing to pay someone to be a flight attendant on one of its private jets and president biden touching down in california to tour the tour, the storm damage in santa cruz and santa clara counties. this is a live look where he's just touched down in watson bill right now he's gonna be talking with business leaders. and residents who were impacted by the storm will continue to follow his visit and bring you more on air and on ktvu .com as meet three sisters. the drummer, the dribbler, and the day-dreamer... the dribbl

it was probably a mixture of a background discussion between germany and other partners, including the u. s. and also discussions that happened, for example, in the german, a u. s. base of ramstein here in germany. that was last week. so it was probably a wide ranging set of discussions. what is important from a german perspective here is the fact that germany had stressed and that was something that mister shows also are getting the german parliament and also an interview that he gave last night. that he had to make the decision in close coordination with his go, his allies, in particular with the u. s. because germany did not want to be seen as being the only country sending heavy tanks to ukraine. so that's why all this happened in close coordination with germany's allies and in particular with united states. germany didn't want to go it alone. there is a lot of talk of german ucsd around this decision. what about fears that this could lead to an escalation in the ukraine war or those peers justify, or that was at any one of the issues that was, that went into those discussions. and agai

the 2 countries joined a number of others, including the u. k. u. s. india and spain approach and restrictions. testing requirements are being imposed entre surgeon cases in china. one has been increased focus on the spread of cobra, that many countries around the world have been reporting high case loads in recent weeks. in last 28 days more than 4000000 new cases have been detected in japan. south korea seen over 1800000 cases, also high in france and the united states with 1320000 and 1750000 respectively, over 40 percent of infections in the u. s. and goes by the only kron sub variant known as x b b. it's honey transmissible and it's developed resistance to immune sheets. china is report 685000 cases in the same timeframe, but usually absence of information from the chinese government. it says on different guessing game to determine the size and severity of the surge in the world's most populous country. dr. william shafter is a professor of infectious diseases. he says, it's china's withholding of information that has other countries worried. the

the 2 countries draw a number of others, including the u. k. u. s. india and spain that are brought in restrictions. testing requirements are also being imposed are be imposing upon after a surgeon cases in china. but while has been increased focus on the spread of cobra . there many countries around the world have been reporting high case loads in recent weeks. in the last 28 days more than 4000000 new cases have been detected in japan. south korea has seen over 1800000 cases, also high in france and the u. s. with 1320000 and 1750000 respectively. or the 40 percent of infections in the u. s. and are caused by the american sub variant known as x b b. it's highly transmissible and has developed resistance to immunity. china as reporters, 685000 cases in the same time frame. but due to the absence of information from the chinese government, it's a scientific guessing game to determine the size and severity of the surge in the world's most populous country. for hunter isn't epidemiologist and professor of medicine in the u. k. he says, travel restrict

u. s. government. but of course, the other items on the engender, including iran and ukraine. ok, w correspondence, rebecca written in jerusalem. thank you. there's more news making headlines around the world. let's look up some of them. nato secretary general young stoughton vegas in south korea, where he's held talks with foreign minister park gin and other high level officials . is the 1st stop on a trip aimed at strengthening ties with you as allies in the face of the ukraine war on the rise and competition with china? stoughton burke will have to japan on monday. more than 40 people have died in southwest pakistan. after a passenger bass fell off a bridge and caught fire. officials the the driver was speeding and lost control. in a separate incident in the northwest, at least 10 children have died out to a boat capsized in the time that down several children are still missing. rescue efforts underway. a union authority, c. drones tried by unidentified attackers as targeted munitions factory incident sided with the fire engine oil refinery in the northwest is not yet. yeah

u. s. air base. but the question of main battle tanks remains a major sticking point. now, earlier this month, france agreed to send light armored fighting vehicles. the amex 10 r c. other countries including germany and the u. s. had also promised to send infant tree fighting vehicles or light tanks. but it's more than battle tanks or heavy tanks that president zalinski is really fighting for now. the u. k. has already announced that we'll send 14 challenger to battle tanks so far, the u. s. has refused to commit the em one abrams citing logistical and maintenance problems. the real pressure, though is on germany now to donate it's leopard 2 tanks. they are seen as the best suited hardware and the most widely available berlin's reluctance to do so means that other countries, like poland cannot then export their german, made leopards on to ukraine. either the more on all this, we're going to bring in d w as chief political correspondent, nina hardly who's standing by at the u. s. ad base in number 9. hi there, nina. good to see now. and we heard this morning, both austin and president for lensky stressing the importance of this moment and the need to act. now, how is germany's chancellor s

u. s. government. but of course of the other items on the agenda, including iran and ukraine. ok, you know the correspondence, rebecca, written in jerusalem. thank you. let's look at more stories making headlines around the world. nato secretary general yann's stalsen burgers in south korea, where he sailed talks with foreign minister parkson, and other high level officials. it's the 1st stop when the trip aimed at strengthen and ties with you as allies in the face of the korean war and rise and competition with china. it's gotten back, we'll have to jump on on monday. more than 40 people have died in southwest pakistan after a passenger by spell off the bridge and caught fire of a shall see the driver with speed and loss control. in a separate incident in the northwest, at least 10 children have died out to reboot capsized in that time that dam several children are still missing. rescue efforts underway. oh, do you do any an authority? see drones tried by an identified attack is targeted ammunition factory. the incident coincided with the fire engine oil refinery in the north

u. s. congress building house conservatives, including republican congressman on the bigs, slammed the booth. there is now a house resolution that seeks to put a display of the landscape head in the u. s. capital was the 100000000000 to ukraine, not enough. another republican congressmen, joe wilson, introduce the resolution on monday, just weeks after the ukrainian president's trip to the us. now it's past the house . fine arts board will pop the bus. stop prominent display in the host side of the us capital complex, along side american presidents and other prestigious, historical figures such as winston churchill. while president lensky recently addressed those gathered up the u. s. golden globes awards ceremony in a video message. he once again drew attention to the conflict and insisted that ukraine would win too much applause among hollywood delete. there were still battle n t r. but now i can definitely tell you who are the best in the previous year. it was a you, the free people of the free world, those who united around the support of the free grain of people in our common struggle f