u. s. is committed to ensuring that the indoor pacific remains free of coercion. now blinkin was very forthright in his remarks. he called out china for its aggressive actions, and he list it some of these actions which include laying claims to large parts of the south china sea using trade as a means to punish countries whose policies it disagrees with them. lincoln's visit to southeast asia is really an extension of the u. s. as strategy in this region, this is a region that was largely neglected or overlooked by the previous administration and the biden administration. however, nancy se, asia, as really vital to its efforts to push back a rising china. so lincoln's visit is about that it's about deepening ties and engagement in the region and blinking. i said that the u. s. intends to do it by strengthening military and economic partnerships. in the region as him. all right, thanks. la florence. lastly, la force in quality. the u. s. house of representatives is debating contempt of congress

u. s. is call arise, the level of political polarization inside the country is basically unseen since the times of civil war and democracy, something that can still get people under the banner because can still show that there is some unity left in the united states of america. so joe biden is, is, is, is not, is not stupid, he's a smart man. and he knows that he has to use every tour of a shadow, even if the tool that we are looking at is not particularly fresh or not particularly convincing. and yet the ideal for ukraine being invited in turkey not being invited, a hungry not being invited is basically shows the disconnect between the ideology and national interest. but our job, i'm using everything he has and we should not be gone that we could call it a propaganda ploy. but if it's, if it gets you where some, you know, some value, some influence than joe i and i, i think it has value for domestic reasons. as scott has says here, i don't think anybody really wants to is taking it very serio

u. s. is one of the worst effected regions. gabriel, alexander has more from newark airport in new jersey. delta. one of the major carriers here in the u. s. is announced her over a 125 cancellations on friday. united airlines. so another major airline here in the u. s. over a $160.00 cancellations. they say this is all due to a pilot, a flight attendant and other staff shortages staff that have been hit by the new armory cron barian that is hitting the north east of the united states from jersey, washington dc. new york particularly hard new york city address is the u. s. epicenter of the henri cron variant u. k prime minister boss johnson has urging the public to get a boost of vaccine shot over the christmas holiday. he's resistant calls for tighter restrictions as combine a virus case is search to record highs though the time for buying presence is theoretically running out. there is still a wonderful thing. you can give your family and the whole country that is to get that job, whether it

u. s. is organized western europe to agree to even stronger sanctions and have it ever been in enforced before. and more importantly, perhaps, that forward deployment into poland been to the baltic states as well as defensive military assistance for ukraine are all on the table. and these are precisely the sort of actions that russia doesn't want to see happen. and so i think that is why couldn't initiated this call. a touched on it, but how far do you think the u. s. is willing to go to prevent a full on war between russia and ukraine? why i think the united states and nato are prepared to do whatever they can to avoid a military conflict with russia. that said a vladimir putin. whether you were talking about the occupation of, of 20 percent of georgia or its occupation of eastern, of the don boss, or its occupation of the crimea. you know, have initiated these military actions unilaterally and offensively. and then have the blue gall today. she suggested somehow the west is threatening of se

u. s. is back, this is a region that was largely neglected by the previous minister, stray sion led by former president donald trump. but the biden administration sees this region as being important to its efforts to help push back against arising, china and lincoln in his speech. in his news conference with the malaysian foreign minister really stressed the points that he had made. and when he spoke in jakarta on tuesday where he outlined the u. s. as vision for indo pacific, he said that the region must maintain peace and prosperity and that the u. s. is going to help it do that. and he also stressed about the importance of keeping the region free from corrosion and free from intimidation. and he talked about how the u. s. wants to deepen its ties in the region using economic and military partnerships. now in his discussion with the malaysian foreign minister, he also talked about myanmar. they also talked about myanmar. the u. s. was already imposed sanctions on the military, on military li

u. s. is can't be counted on to behave in a rational deliberate manner in that part of the world. the us as long said that it's military moves to support democracy that to cement security. but where does that stand in 2021, especially it up to you mentioned that development. i've canister. well, i mean a democracy and the inside and the terms just as they all purpose justification for us aggressive action. and the u. s. is next looking xtreme li, week and insecure in the aftermath of afghanistan just got just 3 or 4 months ago. so the u. s. a talking tough, it's trying to prove that it is a, it's still a contender that it's still in charge of the world. but it's act is looking less and less convincing. and behavior in the ukraine seems to be erratic and insecure. it not confidence, inspiring and, and biden is ratcheting of the rhetoric in a way that, i believe is really irresponsible and immature. what about russia's hypersonic missile reveal the other day? do you think about it called washing

u. s. is the worst effected comes for nearly one in 3 cases in the world. europe's also seeing a massive rise in cases with italy, france, spain, and the u. k. all reporting records daily infections in the past week, rory challenge reports from london, dedicated, skyrocketing hand coded hospitalisation in england, or event flyer. since the alarm bells ringing, there's an ami kron serge. it's about to crash over the already struggling national health service. so we keep them increasing, especially it of course the pressures are again, my thing week on week when you've got workforce, as i've said, that's already up to 550 for nurses on many more. and so i feel as saying, then of course, the pressures are building and building and building. so what will it be like? and johnny re contingency plans being put in place to co existing hospital capacity becomes overwhelmed with new temporary boards built the house patients. 8 temporary hub, being built at hospitals around the country, each one with a c

u. s. is still moving to tighten sanctions, as the talks are ongoing. is it helpful to be pushing for that as you're trying to get a deal, we are prepared to get back into the deal as soon as possible soon as are on is and we would lift all of the sanctions are inconsistent with adjacent to it. but in the meantime, we can stand by and not be prepared for world in which iran may be choosing to delay build its program, try to build more leverage, we honestly have to respond. and so that's what we're doing. we're preparing ourselves for that, that outcome. how concerned are you or how concerned is the united states that israel could potentially drag the united states into an armed conflict with iran? we are privileging the path of diplomacy. we think it's the best way. it's best for us. we suspect it's best we're wrong, but iran will have to decide that as president bud and secretary blinking has both said, if iran chooses regard despite our diplomatic offer to take a different path, then we'll h

u. s. for this. so as long as nato is viable, and as long as the u. s. is able and willing to underwrite the european security more capabilities will also make on the european part will make the nato stronger. so that's not at all. busy the contradiction and at the same time as a hedge against the possible future in which the us no longer the under right european security and to a very clear future in which the u. s. is much more, much more focused on the in the pacific theater. so that europe needs to take care of relations in its neighborhood, especially also with russia by itself. n. glenn has a very funny reading of history and the relations with russia where europe and the u. s. are the only culprits were a shiny, happy future with the kremlin would be in the, in the cards. if we only disarm to and dissolve the nato, i think history tells, tells a very different different story. of course we need to take the crime than on threat perceptions seriously. but this is very funny. strange and peculiar reading of history that, that you offered glen doesn't

u. s. is also threatened economic sanctions against russia if it were to invade ukraine with all of those troops amassed on the border. president putin says that would cause a rupture in relations. in the usa, colorado hundreds of homes have been destroyed after wildfires, driven by high winds, engulfed to cities near denver. these alive pictures from boulder county in colorado. you can see the extent of some of the fires there. it's been described as a life threatening situation. tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate immediately. the strong winds are reported to have brought on power lines leading to several grass fires in the area. of cam is fire down all the old. it matters very little time to get out very little time to even get the most of your life and yes, process with rebuild still had on all, does it a thousands of people in northwest me him are trying to escape unrelenting attacks by the military and is the talk winds down on 2021. we looked back at some of the bigge

u. s. is using the new credit ukraine as the sort of main, he's just to justify their expansion for saying it's russian aggression. i think this is a really important point in history because now vitamin put in the russian government and wanting to pull the west to the table to talk about specifics to talk about reality. what is the situation in crimea? visa v international law, and if you dig into these issues, you'll see that it's not. it's the polar opposite of how it's been characterized over the last 7 years by the u. s. and its allies, the same with eastern ukraine. what happened in eastern ukraine? how did the situation begin? there is a lot of political details there, like lustration and things that were encouraged by the u. s. and the u. s. backed political actors at the time that created their crisis, and russia did not invade crimea or sylvester pool. they were there already, and there was a, there was a transition to crimea was reunited with russia and had been separated in 1954. s

u. s. is going in a different direction. they all taken care of their own. but as always, claiming to be mindful about if you really want to stop new variables from developing, you do need to get the vaccine into underserved areas of the world. she have. thank you. she ever tansy in washington for us. now the us secretary of state antony blinking has met russia's foreign minister. saggy le rovers, the divide between moscow and washington widens of ukraine. lincoln says he remains concerned about what he called russia's aggressive policy towards kia lever of his adamant russia will protect its interests by a smith reports from moscow. this was the 1st face to face meeting between antony, blanket and surg, lovegrove. since joe biden became us president, the us secretary of state use the encounter to warn russia of the serious consequences, including sanctions, if it invades ukraine. it's now on russia to deescalate the current tensions by reversing the recent troop filled up. returning forces to

u. s. military doctrine, russia is referred to as an adversary. the close of that nato and u. s. troops and tags and missiles moved to russia, the more unpredictable the game gets, which is why putin has set his red line. nato states committed themselves to refrain from any further enlargement of nato, including the accession of ukraine, as well as other states. not that nato thinks much of russia's concerns. not long ago, secretary general stockton berg announced that roger has no vito, no sane nato operations and no right to any sort of security. buffalo fear of influence, which sets us back all the way to square one. at the nebulous motor, this is not an attempt to revise the post cold war order. it's a response to western expansion which has been conducted in a hostile manner. the gist of the proposal that the u. s. nato and russia have a requirement for security as essential as food, or would that, that they must all, equally respect. nato has received the proposals and says that a little disgust them amongst themselves and with input from ukraine. that there isn't much ca

u. s. is case, may now return to a lower court to be re heard. we speak with the wiki lakes editor in chief. this is not a case that is being fought on the basis of that law. this is an absolutely traverse to any legal process. for sanchez, k sparks anger round the world of rights groups noting it comes as britain takes part in a democracy summit that hail the west supposed freedom of the press and the provocative and threatening action prussia slams ukraine. for attempting to dangerously approach its maritime borders near crimea, taking tensions between the 2 states to a new level, we get reaction from residence on the peninsula. for what goddesses, blatant verification they wanted to pay. russia is guilty where they always blame russia for everything tossed on you who's on the slow system to progress. they are likely doing it on purpose to anger. russia, on the sheets of jazz, is just the plaza way provoke people. see, ah, hello, welcome to ortiz world news at midnight live from our moscow h

u. s. for sanctions on chinese dealings with iran, whether the u. s. would be trying to tame israel from any military action, whether the u. s. is considering kinetic operations. whether they thought that whether the u. s. thinks that the, the iranians are playing some sort of negotiating tactical really do once a breakout capability. he wouldn't be joining any of those things. he did kept keep on saying it's all around us. felt clearly as always what the state department in the u. s. never any awareness or acceptance and in fact, it was the us who pulled out of the j. c p. and that's why the iranians say it's up to the us to make amends. none of us. but, but at least i was this, this real commitment to keep the talks going, at least for the moment, no matter what it would seem. she have. thank you very much. a palestinian man was shot and killed by israeli forces after attempting to stab. and as really happened, just outside damascus gauge and occupies jerusalem on saturday. but he assures is where the police pointing guns at paramedics and preventing them from treating them . palestinian man is really medics, however, were abl

u. s. ah other king val. this is al jazeera life. abdullah also coming up to we've said, we'll meet at any time in any place. they are the ones we're not prepared to do it . the u. s. envoy on or on telephone is era. hereon isn't ready for direct nuclear . a graduate ends, its diplomatic ties with taiwan, choosing to officially recognized china the international criminal court investigates the venezuelan government's actions during the unrest there in 2017. ah, an overcrowded truck has crashed in southern mexico kidding. at least 53 passengers heading for the united states and other 55 from central america suffered injuries since your prostate. i. reporter mine your rob palo has more from mexico city. a horrifying scene in southern mexico, dozens of body scattered on the side of the road after a truck, reportedly carrying more than 100 people in its cargo container, flipped on its side, recovered from the element of fortunately, the reaction promote the 2 ships, red cross fire fighters, he re, protection was really f

u. s. is imposed or lifted in terms of what the international atomic energy agency has to do with all of this. they are the watchdog that polices the j. c. p. away the nuclear deal of 2015. and the head of that organization has said that there has been serious issues with iran compliance over the past few months. and that they are very concerned that they no longer have the access that they want to have when it comes to policing iran's nuclear program. for now, the groups here that are discussing how to move forward are hopeful. they can come to some kind of an agreement in the next few days and on how to move forward with these negotiations to other won't use now. and you as president joe biden has re, affirmed his commitment to ukraine sovereignty in a phone call with it's later, it's a show of support against the build up of russian troops along ukraine's. buddha, however, moscow denies its preparing to invade its neighbour bite and held a similar coal with russian president vladimir putin

u. s. is operating on it's doorstep that been us naval exercises with ukranian troops in the black sea. turkey has been supplying drones to crane on the u. s. military has also been supplying the ukrainian military all of these things. russia is, does not want to see happening. again, it has been looking for guarantees that it won't, the white house, joe biden, not able to give guarantees that putin is looking for probably bought him a person. has this bargaining chip. he has these troops gathered on the border with ukraine and estimate, suggest protect from u. s. military satellites. that if they, by the end of january, the early still have some $175000.00 troops there. and they'll be in a position to invade. should vladimir putin decide to do that? and it's pretty easy to get that actually there's been a kind of cold conflict rumbling on, hasn't since 2014. how does that play into everything while ukraine? yes. the mean, one of the major complaints has been the agreements reached the chief,

u. s. is taking new steps to tackle the rising cobra 19 infections they are in winter. president jo biden's plan include title restrictions for international travelers. he's called for com while scientists learn more about the new variance. we're going to fight this variance with science and speed. not chaos and confusion . just like we beat back over 19 in the spring and more powerful variant delivery in the summer and fall as result, we enter this winter from a position of strength compared to where america was last winter last christmas year and a one percent of american adults were fully vaccinated this christmas, that number will be 7772 percent, including more than 86 percent of seniors. most population. dr. eric fagel doing is an epidemiologist and health economist. he joins us via skype now from san francisco. california, thanks for being with us. now and in addition to the tougher stringent testing for international travelers, the administration also announced campaigns to increase va

u. s. is forced to resume a controversial trump era immigration policy that makes migrant waste and mexico while the cases ahead. ah, now china is threatening firm counter measures against the u. s. after announced a diplomatic boycott of next year's winter olympics, and beijing, american government officials will not be attending the event because of what they call human rights atrocities. and genocide, china is embassy, and washington has called the decision a grave distortion of the olympic charter will have more on the reaction from beijing and just a moment. but 1st, this report from katya has her young political tensions between the us and china. now, playing out and next year's winter olympics in beijing, u. s. presidential bite and said for weeks he was considering a diplomatic boycott of the games over china's human rights record, particularly would washington says as genocide against weaker muslims in shing young province, the biden administration will not send any diplomatic or offi

is this our the u. s. and boy for ron, says his negotiate is all ready to hold direct talks with iran. the white house is warning sanctions remain in place and the u. s is preparing additional measures. if the talks in vienna failed to reach an agreement, us president joe biden has held a phone call with his ukrainian counterparts and sheriffs court of the build up of russian troops on its border. moscow denies its preparing to invade its neighbour. countries accused each other, failing to engage in the peace versus emergency services. in mexico, say at least 53 migrants killed in a truck crash. southern states of champus authority say most of the victims were migrants from central america. $55.00 wage it. yes, president joe biden is warning global freedom and democracy is under threat. he's hosted a virtual summit of more than a 100 well leaders calling it a summit for democracy. a china and russia would notably absent from the guest list . both countries have denounced the meeting, accusing the us of stok

u. s. is also threatened economic sanctions against russia if it were to invade ukraine with all of those troops. amassed on the border, president putin says that would cause a rupture in relations. nation of otto is a fellow with a foreign policy research institute, and he previously served as the last u. s. senate chief of staff to joe biden. he says the kremlin underestimated washington's response. to his tactics in ukraine and ga, this is a crisis of the kremlin making, and it is what is unclear in all of this is what constitutes in vladimir putin's mind. the security of russia and normalization that does not require a treating its neighbors such as ukraine in georgia, as satellites. and implicit in all of this, and in explicit in one of the demands of the kremlin, is that the ukraine and by extension, any other countries, such as georgia, that might be interested in joining nato to be denied that. and the administration is made clear that that is not acceptable, that sovereign nations are

u. s. is openly sending arms to care. washington revealed her 30 javelin anti tank. miss al systems were delivered to ukraine in october as part of a $60000000.00 military, a package banner for the $200000000.00 could be on the table as well. out, one of russia's long and unchanging calls is that nato doesn't expand its presence further east, closer to russia's borders. joe biden, though, doesn't seem to think that applies to him. yes, oh. of course, the diplomacy is out and red lines of that to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of a qu, in key of remember the currency of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, even d

we talked about a democrat demarcus, she tries is in the u. s. so if you don't think that i'll rages enough, you know, is only because today the everyday life seems to me as seth summers been doing this for 30 years. it's very difficult actually, to make a re depiction, compete with the reality of the original day by day life that we're seeing. failure to allow bond markets to reflect to market forces has resulted in a bifurcation in the economy where the most corrupt are rewarded for committing crimes. j. p. morgan being a prime example. and if you have morals or ethics you're penalized. if you're not out there still stealing alluding, then you're going to be homeless. and that's american today, is that a, ah, russia says that nato has snubbed its proposals for deescalate intentions to the alliance. his secretary general warned. and the russian aggression with carry a high price get more in this certain aftermarket shall do whiskey, charlie. good afternoon. why's nato talking about high cost? it's talking about the high cost because they believe

u. s. is the worst defects it accounting from any one in 3 cases in the world, south africa has announced that it's midnight to for a coffee. it will now be lifted as the countries believe to pass the peak. if it's 4th korean virus wave spike was driven by the oma calling varian, which was 1st identified by scientists in the country. the u. s. is condemned the killing of at least all protested by security forces in to dawn and shot in alderman, where thousands of people rallied against military involvement and politics. al jazeera has been told that an agreement to revive iran's nuclear deal with well, powers is still far off. sources close to the negotiations. say there is deep disagreements surrounding to horizons demand that us sanction being lifted immediately. a group of wrangler refugees who spent days at sea in a damaged boat have been rescued by indonesian authorities. the boat was towed by a navy ship off the coast of ha province, a 120 people, mainly women and children disembarked in

weld powers is still far off. sources close to the negotiations say there is deep disagreements surrounding terrans demand. the u. s. sanctions be lifted immediately. okay. as the headline sneeze continues, here on the inside story ah is america's role as a global leader in decline. the u. s. military withdrawal from afghanistan still with a rates across the region and beyond will fill the void and what are the consequences of the american with read, this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm hashem, aha, bar. america is military footprint in the middle east has been shrinking for years from the beginning of the withdrawal of us troops in iraq in 2007 to the most recent retreat from afghanistan. the panther guns presidents has declined this by advance. president, jo biden's administration has continued to reassure middle east allies of its commitment to regional stability and security. but traditional alignments between nations have shifted and the influence of world powers has changed. china, among other countries trying to fill the void left by the united states in modest on iraq and elsewhere

u. s. is close to tipping point. the claims polarization is gone so far that americans will find it difficult if not impossible, to unite even when faced by serious threat such as war. political commentator, naughty contributed laurent and gives her take on how things got to this point. political division in america is at an all time high right now, and it is no secret that by and large the corporate press are not fans of conservatives. after all, they have been calling them not season white supremacists for going on 5 years now . and perhaps it is because the rhetoric against republicans was already so strong that now leading up to the 2020 to mid term elections. and yes, even 2024 general elections. it seems like the new way to demonize, anyone who would dare to support donald trump is not just by calling them ideological extremist as we've been seeing. but to actually go so far as to imply that they are physically a literally dangerous and an actual threat to democracy. and if you think that's just hyperbole, check

u. s. is also threatened economic sanctions. if those $100000.00 troops amassed on cranium border russian troops enter ukraine and invade further. the u. s. has said that will result in economic sanctions further militarization further arming of ukraine and nato partners in that region. russia says that would be a rupture and relations between the 2 countries. so that's where they start with those diplomatic talks, which will occur on a lower level in europe next month. and he thinks that john hendrick left for us in washington, d. c. louis navarro as a fellow at the foreign policy research institute. he previously served as the last u. s. senate chief of staff to joe biden. he says the kremlin, under estimates at washington's response to its tactics in ukraine and ga this is a crisis of the kremlin making. and is it what is unclear in all of this is what constitutes in vladimir putin's mind. the security of russia and normalization that does not require a treating its neighbors such as ukrain

u. s. is one it's appealing for the happenstance trial for leaking american that's what are the risks of his trans atlantic extradition? this is inside door. ah. hello, welcome to program. i'm kim vanelle. a travesty of justice is how amnesty international describes it. dangerous and misguided says julian sanchez, partner. she says the founder of the weekend week's website is planning a last gasp appeal to britain's highest court to stop extradition to the united states. britain supreme court has said to have the final verdict on the fate of the 50 year old australian. that's after the high court in london overturned an earlier will, and that he would be a suicide risk if his sanctuary in britain finally ends. the whistleblower faith is up to 175 years and a u. s. prison if he is finally extradited and eventually convicted of leaking american military secrets, deem barbara has more from london company. oh, the supporters of julian assange. it's a worrying moments. 2 judges at the high court in

u. s. is not part of the agreement, even though it is in the asia pacific region. and india pulled out at the last minute. china, by far the biggest economy in the block says the trade pact will help the country promote growth as the region tries to recover from the pandemic. she didn't show you whole c on c p takes effect over 9, keep the scenes of merchandise trade between the members will be subject to 0. tariffs, on january 1st, 2022 more than 65 percent of china's trade with a young australia and new zealand are expected to immediately achieve 0 tariffs. are they be turning all over all the r, c, e p. mid. the countries have committed to opening up more than $100.00 service trade sixes covering finance, telecommunications transport, tourism research and development. low r sep, is made up of 10 south east asian countries, as well as south korea, china, japan, australia, and new zealand. the agreement will provide a simpler training framework, meaning businesses won't have to navigate separ

but the point simply is, is that in a country like the u. s, there is a large range of vaccines available at the 3 bro. primary vaccines are all available in most areas. despite this, there are still some 40 percent of americans who are not vaccinated. this has been isolated as the president, as the major cause for the spread of infection or the president biden, also pointing out along with his health experts as that the booster shot of in any of the vaccines increases not only the resistance to the virus, but also its impact on the human body, those who've taken a booster shot in particular showing far less impact on their health. and then that those who have not. so all these factors coming together. but the greatest concern in the u. s. at present is that vast amount of americans who remain and vaccinated despite this mounting surge in the infection rate in day. thank you very much for that update. mike hannah, life ross in washington, d. c. for many miller now has more on the impact of the army. kron variant from johannesburg, explodes in

u. s. is taking new steps to tackle rising cove with 19 infections. president joe biden's plan includes title restrictions for international travels travelers. he's also appealed for all eligible americans to get boost of vaccine shots. she ever ta see reports from washington. president biden had been due to outline a winter plan for dealing with coven before the discovery of the on the chrome variance. but the president appeared hopeful that even those reluctant to get vaccinated were changing their minds. now there's some evidence in one pole, i won't mention it because i'm not positive of the number was told this is i was leaving the white house that there is an expectation that 30 percent of the non vaccine seller. no circumstances would i get a vaccination because of the new variant are now saying i'm going to get them activations. vitamins filing an approach based on what he calls, firms and speed and not chaos and confusion. the underlying principle of his winter plan to make resources

u. s. that is when the u. s. felt pressure, they wanted to keep extra dining people from spain. and so it's only because this was imperiled and in danger of being cancelled that they then sent him back and was extradited for drug trafficking and money laundering. and he told me, if they did that to him, if the united states did that to mendoza, what are they going to do to julian thought. this is a common practice. the united states violates its assurances. it's diplomatic agreements, whether it's iran, nuclear deal, whether it's, you know, a prison transfer assurances for a saundra window that they're going to violate the mark my words. this is going to happen. mendoza, certain of this. can i interviewed him for this? and he's seen dozens of people from spain, from columbia, from mexico, from all over the world, who've been given assurances. and once they get to the us, it's violated these documents that i published. they weren't seen by the court yet . they weren't submitted in court. and i'm convinced that if the judge had seen them, if the judge's study these documents, they

this is the start of a new u. s. campaign against russian maligned behavior. well, the u. s. government claims the strategic culture foundation is in fact controlled by russians for the intelligence agency. the s and that it's also linked to the russian foreign ministry. the foundation denies this and calls itself a research platform about your asian global affairs. but daniel is, so it's a dangerous presidents already been set. i think of the that the at the s c f, the foundation hosts honest journalism. even though out i don't, i don't agree with much of it. this is, this is serious work by serious journalists. and that as a supporter of a free speech in a free press, i believe that readers should have access to this kind of stuff. and, and yet the, the u. s. government is trying to close down and therefore trying to stop information, which is usually at variance with official u. s. policy from reaching from reaching audiences including audiences in the us to stop journalists from writing for these kinds of websites as a new step. and i think that and i was surprised beca

u. s. is also threatened economic sanctions against russia if it were to invade ukraine with all of those troops amassed on the border. president putin says that would cause a rupture in relations. new i say to colorado, hundreds of homes have been destroyed after wildfires driven by high winds, engulfed to cities near denver. these a live pictures from boulder and colorado. it's about 10 minutes after 10 pm on thursday night there, which is why, of course, the pictures are nighttime shots. it's be described as a life threatening situation. tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate immediately. mister windsor reported to have brought down power lines leading to several grass fires in the area. gust a fire out of all the old. it matters very little time to get out very little time to even get the most of your life and yes. process with rebuild. our human rights group is accusing government forces in northwest miramar, of killing civilians and destroying their homes. drawn video whi

u. s. is sending its leading diplomat for europe to russia and ukraine. karen don freed will need senior officials in kiev and moscow off the 2 days apart from the russian troop build up. the state department says don fried will also push for progress on ending the conflict in the ukraine. south pacific island of new caledonia is holding a referendum on independence from france. it's the 3rd vote of the issue off the votes is narrowly rejected the idea in 2018 in 2020. those the headline sees, continues after up front stay from the world's most populated region in den and untold stories across asia and the pacific. to discover the current events with diverse coaches and conflicting politics. 11 east on al jazeera every year in estimated 500000 people from central america attempt a dangerous journey crossing mexico to make it to the united states southern border . these migrants are often traffic extorted by criminal gangs and even kidnapped along the way. we'll look at what makes people set ou

u. s. all that has been overturned. is this idea of diplomatic assurances and we know from recent information provided both in the u. k. adam saying that the u. s. is diplomatic assurances are not work. the paper they're written on. there are several instances of people who were given assurances and who would then, you know, in the us treated up to a very different kind of the other thing they've, the judges have taken a decision on is the fact that he will not be detained on the sounds but sounds enough or session addresses and measures are not the only extreme isolation measures that the u. s. does they use various names for? they said it would be quite a mockery of justice. if we fail, we won't use sound good, we'll use something else and that's what the u. s. is doing. and getting away with we are hearing of course such an assault is out of high risk of suicide, a 175 years behind prison bars is an extraordinary amount of time. what will we see if you're an assigned is extradited to the and i can say, well, it is very

is almost beyond belief. joe biden promises to help communities devastated by some of the strongest nato's ever seen in the u. s. ah alon hasn't speak of this. is it alive from the hall? so coming up, the u. k. reports a record number of covey cases with the government warning. the comic con variance is set to drive a staggering search. there are several things we don't know. but all the things that we do know is of a major humanitarian crisis in somalia, where a drought and recent fighting up cost 100000 people from their homes and we'll have all the action from the pizza, our top semi finals, algeria eliminates house nation cut off the scoring from a late penalty ah, or the u. s. president has visited communities hit by last week, severe tornadoes, promising to help them rebuild. joe biden says his government will cover the 1st month of clean up costs, describing the scale of the destruction as beyond belief. 88 people were killed across 6 states, and more than a 100 are still missing. how does your cast her reports from mayfield in kentucky? this street in bowling green, kentucky once rang with the sounds of

u. s. is blocking them because they want to basically shift all of the u. s. pollution over to the middle east and import all of these oil assets. well, that means that the u. s. is basically just going to be dependent on the middle east for on other countries for their energy resources. and by that, by that means that means that they basically control the supply and demand. so if demand goes up, as is expected to within the next couple of years, the u. s. is going to be left hanging and we're going to be completely dependent on them on higher oil prices, higher natural gas prices in the immediate future on top of the playstation. absolutely, we'll continue to keep an eye on all of these stories boom, but ben swan and christy, i think you so much breaking down. thank you. the and there is a lot of red on the board for global markets this week as investors keep an eye on rising inflation. the effect of the i'm a crime very and a whole host of moves by major central banks. let's start in russia where the mo, x is down. the central bank of russia raised its key

so this is difficult for the u. s. and there, i think there's a little bit of panic setting in, in recent years, is finding a way to stay relevant, finding way to stay in there. no charge if, if washington and its allies reject these 2 documents. and where do we go from there? because it seems to me that they are not taking this seriously. i think they're blinded by their own ideology. i think they're blinded by the sense of their them being morally superior, which has nothing to do with international relations or international law. i mean, we're really in a quandary right now, but i don't think they understand the, the unstable situation that they have created. because russia is not going to surrender it's, it's national security full stop. yes, yes, i think so. and i think this goes together with the crisis in ukraine, which is what we were talking about the beginning. but the rest of the very comes with nato converging ukraine into just one giant aircraft carrier with dumping this huge amount of military hardware tra