the armis, the doctrine, all the training is all oriented around one goal. so the u. s. military of course, is very worried. you look at the war games that they've run. they say blue gets its ass handed to every time you have the u. s. losing every time. so clearly, on one hand, the military recognizes the wrist, but under, in a country with civilian leadership. that is predicated on this notion of american exceptionalism and that american national security rest on being the global hedge. mon, i, again, the u. s. may have no choice. they're trapped in their ideology that may drive them to a destructive military conflict. again, many people only hear and what's really interesting is it, i reckon you're absolutely right. is that you have to say, hey, you're absolutely right, but china's depending it's sovereignty, that's something that is completely unacceptable for washington. that's the tragedy of this exceptionalism. here as all the time we have gentlemen here, i want to thank my gets in beijing, hong kong, and in lake jackson. and thanks to our bureau for what yours a

u. s. is looking to use either ukraine or taiwan as a proxy to contain those it sees as an adversary, you know, until i mean, i mean without what's going on in ukraine and it's not going well for the ukrainians. it's not going well for nato. it's not going well for the biden administration, so they want to mess with china now. i mean, do you see any logic to this other than the u. s. this is terrified of losing. it's a gemini, and it's being, it's lashing out all over the globe. go ahead in hong kong. it is a desperate move. it's a, it's panicking. it's an impiety dispatch panicking. it's, it's saying actually that things are moving on the bricks than on a line. would you have you had the, what did i, she is a lying behind the china and russia and the panicking because there's a new one older, especially economically there's a di dollarization ahead and this will accelerate the collapse of the west. so this is the last move. what they want to do is a parallel. well, you see in ukraine, they wa

u. s. is meddling into chinese sovereignty. i like what just are andy just mentioned before about hong kong. you see what happened in hong kong is that china, she used the said back to attorney to a novel treaty because of the riots they had in hong kong. the enacted and national security low, which by the way was sign a petition was signed by 2300000 people. so a very large majority of people, they sign they, they backed beijing for enacting this national security law. and this became actually a 2nd handover, or actually maybe the when the hand over of hong kong to china because there were lots of agents, a lot of fine meddling since 1997. so i am confident that as she were having tie one my actually tony chin patricky. yeah. me and daniel and i to point out to i'll or other panel us and our viewers as are there. there were a lot of people in taiwan protesting policies visit. okay. you didn't get that in the mainstream media, but there were quite a few people that weren't happy with daniel, we faced with the facilities trap rig

u. s. is looking to use both as a proxy to contain those that it sees as an adversary. the difference though is that taiwan intrinsically is also the lynchpin for american hegemony, not just in the pacific when, globally, in that whoever possesses taiwan well if, think about the 2 alternatives. if the u. s. wins, we can see an independent taiwan american military bases in taiwan. and that would constrain china dramatically. on the other hand, if taiwan were unified with china militarily peacefully, that changes the global landscape as well. so this is a very, very important, a juncture for china, us relations and the world in this way. it's a little bit different from the ukraine, but i think it is the same in that the u. s. is looking to use either ukraine or taiwan as a proxy to contain those it sees as an adversary, you know, until i mean, i mean without what's going on in ukraine and it's not going well for the ukrainians. it's not going well for nato. it's not going well for the biden adm

u. s. is looking to use either the ukraine or taiwan as a proxy to contain those it sees as an adversary until, i mean, i mean without what's going on in ukraine and it's not going well for the ukrainians. it's not going well for nato. it's not going well for the biden administration, so they want to mess with china now. i mean, do you see any logic to this other than the u. s. is, is terrified of losing. it's a gemini and it's being, it's a lashing out all over the globe. go ahead in hong kong. it is a desperate move. it's a, it's panicking. it's an impiety dispatch panicking or it's, it's saying actually that are things are moving on the bricks than on a line. would you have you have the, what did i, she is a lying behind the china and russia and the panicking because there's a new was older, especially economically. there's a di dollarization ahead and this will accelerate the collapse of the west. so this is the last move. what they want to do is a parallel. well, you see in ukraine, they

u. s. government focused on foreign policy. one is at the behalf of military industrial complex. these are defend contractors that make money when the u. s. ready goes to war when the u. s. involve military action and they spend millions on law being there the most in among the most influential. a lobbying group in the entire country, of course, based for on people tore as much as they possibly can. wars good for their business . so that's one reason that politicians go towards toward foreign policy. the other reason is to distract those and bite in domestic policy has been a train wreck is just more taxing and more spending on stupid welfare programs that nobody wants. what the only, that's the reason that that foreign policy is the perfect distraction. instead, we should be focusing on 2 things. cutting taxes and cutting spending, reducing the size of the scope and the power of government and getting government entirely out of our way. the president of napoli football club is in hot water after saying he'll no longer sign african players unless they stop playing in the african c

u. s. is meddling into chinese sovereignty. i like what just are andy just mentioned before about hong kong. you see what happened in hong kong is that china, as she used to set back to journey to a novel treaty because of the riots they had in hong kong. they enacted a national security law, which by the way, was sign a petition was signed by 2300000 people. so a very large majority of people, they sign they, they backed b gene for enacting the special security law. and this became actually a 2nd handover, or actually maybe the when the handover of hong kong to china because there were lots of agents, a lot of fine meddling since 1997. so i am confident that as she were having tie one my actually tony chin patricky. yeah. me and daniel and i to point out to, i'll or other panel us and our viewers is that there, there were a lot of people in taiwan protesting policies visit. okay. you didn't get that in the mainstream media, but there were quite a few people that weren't happy with daniel, we faced with the facilities trap right

u. s. is looking to use both as a proxy to contain those that it sees as an adversary. the difference though is that taiwan intrinsically is also the lynchpin for american hegemony, not just in the pacific when, globally, in that whoever possesses taiwan well if, think about the 2 alternatives. if the u. s. wins, we can see an independent taiwan american military bases in taiwan. and that would cook and strange china dramatically. on the other hand, if tie one were unified with china militarily peacefully. that changes the global landscape as well. so this is a very, very important, ah, a juncture for china, us relations and the world in this way. it's a little bit different from the ukraine, but i think it is the same in that the u. s. is looking to use either the ukraine or taiwan as a proxy to contain those it sees as an adversary until, i mean, i mean without what's going on in ukraine and it's not going well for the ukrainians. it's not going well for nato. it's not going well for the bid

u. s. is there a sense that they want to protect that they're trying to get their i t industry as regards to generating manufacturing computer chips in the us off the grind, but it takes many billions. it takes a lot of intellect to, to do that. so in this case, is money at stake, the financial issue is that one to that is important here. i mean, in the big picture, money is at stake, but i don't think that particular issue is the terminal here for this reason that the economic relationship between china itself, the people's republic and the u. s. i was a very, very strong one. and a lot of those relationships have been damaged in recent years. i'm particularly beginning with the trump administration, with great continuity with the bod and ministration. a lot of that economic relationship which kept the chinese u. s. relationship on i relatively even keel for quite a long time. all albert china was winning in that relationship, but the u. s. is prepared to sacrifice that because it's so jealou

u. s. is position, which is that the u. s. is still committed to the one china policy, but also to china should not use what's happening should not use hello visit as a pretext to increase military activity in the region. what's happening in the high one straight in a way has really widened or deepened the divide between on one site the us and its allies. and on the other side, the more authoritarian powers, russia, and china. we're seeing the increasing rivalry between the us in china being played out here at the off in meetings with seeing china, the between these 2 major powers trying to court southeast asian countries. china by promising close the economic ties. and the us by reaffirming a commitment to the region and also its goal of seeing the indo pacific region remain free and open. now there was one rather positive meeting, albeit brief. and this was a meeting between the south korean foreign minister and the north korean ambassador to cambodia. they met at a gauntlet dinner on thursday, and their meeting comes as a mi

is digital trade. and we know the u . s. want to build new digital trade order in this region, and i want to always want to be part of it. and it, just, as i mentioned that the u. s. is try and again, it's important and also influence in this region. and i want to be ready to prove that they are in compliance with their rule. all right, so john hopkins, i paid their, let's go to yes quarter in new york in taiwan is already an important trade partner for the u. s. who stands the gain from better trade terms? well, i mean in general, taiwan would love to see a free trade agreement that really on the table remains to be seen. but we're talking a lot about technology, but also taiwan is a big importer of us agricultural goods. so saw it being wheat, corn, beef just to name a few. those are dozens of millions of dollars each year. and then on the other side then they get the united states is helping for more imports from machinery. for example, for the industry specialized them fairly. conductors, so those are some areas that now

u. s. is involved. taiwan is integral to u. s. strategy to check china's power in the pacific. the taiwan strait is one of the most important shipping lanes in global trade. and the majority of the world advanced semiconductors, is it everything from smartphones to cars are made on the island? if china successfully imposes its rule anti one, that would be a big blow to the u. s. and a victory for shooting being. but he and biden have a lot to lose it. they know a full blown war could be the worst case scenario for both. the countries won't do heartless dive back into that. we have richard in the studio, and zachary, standing by for us in for the airport in taipei us. actually i want to ask what we expect from this trip from policy after she touches down. well, we've got them a release by some, so stays on them. so say from the pilot discover bed. i don't think it's expected to meet. i was president how you would on wednesday? well, i won't be mia. susan talked in some low makers here. also, she might probably meet some activity here who have been outspoken about china human righ

u. s. is involved. taiwan is integral to u. s. strategy to check china's power in the pacific. the taiwan strait is one of the most important shipping lanes and global trade. and the majority of the world's advanced semiconductors, used in everything from smartphones to cars. joke are made on the island, tries to relocate production line. if china successfully imposes its rule on taiwan . that would be a big blow to the u. s. and a victory for she didn't pass to y'all. he sees him, but he was, and biden unhappy both have a lot to lose. should they know a full blown war could be the worst case scenario for both their country swan could eat them. okay, can i ask you, what's the status of the taiwan? i mean, could there actually be any benefit from this kind of visit? so there is not any obvious benefit for under the current situation, china has standards, it's military and economic pressure, anti one. there's worry that sooner or later taiwan would fall like hong kong or ukraine and it, we, if we friends of this question, the other way could tower benefit from pillows is not visit

u. s. is involved. taiwan is integral to u. s. strategy to check china's power in the pacific. the taiwan strait is one of the most important shipping lanes and global trade. and the majority of the world's advanced semiconductors, used in everything from smartphones to cars. joke are made on the island, tries to relocate product in line. if china successfully imposes its rule on taiwan, that would be a big blow to the u. s. in a victory for she jam packed utah. he did, but he was, and biden, untie both have a lot to lose. should they know a full blown war could be the worst case scenario for both their country swan could be on cobra. that like i back with the w correspondence act really in taipei. so what's at stake here for tie one, zachary, could they benefit really from this kind of visit, keeping in mind that leading members of the body administration have made it clear . this is just a private trip exactly. well, but you have to note that pelosi is actually taken in lie to you as president. see if she really be this tie was she will be the highest ranking us politician to

is digital trait. and we know the u. s. want to boot a new digital trait order in this region and how and has always want to be part of it. and just as i mentioned that the u. s. is trying again, it's our mom importance and also influence in this region into town is ready to prove that they are in compliance with their rules. now we know that the china views taiwan as part of its own territory and bristles at any perceived treatment of taiwan as a sovereign nation state. what does beijing say about these plan talks? then? what china has always been firmly opposed to any form of official contacts between the u. s. and tie one, including the negotiation of agreements with sovereign connotations, or official nature of beijing accuses of, of you as of the playing tricks over the taiwan issue. this time and want them to stop negotiating and signing agreements with taiwan. d, w. so it's on hand in taipei, so thank you. and now to some of the other global business stories making news, the euro zone has recorded its highest inflatio

also the iran nuclear deal is being torpedoed by u. s. claims that toronto is targeting political opponents and american diplomats and e, you gas prices, 3rd after gas problem shut down the north $31.00 pipeline for repairs, while europeans cry foul over the backlash from their government, sanctioned, with hello from our to international studios in moscow to wherever you may be catching us, i'm here all is about with this hour's top news stories from around the world. welcome. russia's air defense units repelled multiple attacks on crimea overnight with the russian peninsulas. aerospace violated by ukrainian drums from different sides. our keys eager start off, gives us more. it is very difficult at this stage to sort facts from, say, here, say as to what's going on as to what's happened in crimea. now again, the most basic understanding that we have here right now is that the, what could be a ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle breach the russian air space there. and so, russia's defense systems are well worked as they were supposed to. n

u . s. and the taliban are trading accusations. the u. s. is accusing the taliban of hosting the arcade, a leader in the heart of kabul. why the taliban are accusing the u. s. of conducting this drone strike in the heart of a city in the heart of the city in a civilian residential area. and it will for sure, take a few days to learn more details and to figure something out of what really happened in that area. or for south american countries have launched a joint bed to host the soccer world cup in 2030 argentina, uruguay, chili and paraguay presented their bid at the scenario stadium in want of video. that was the venue of the 1st world cup final in 1930. and where they want the final to be played a century later. it's the 1st time south american countries have made a doin bit. the continent last hosted the world cup in 2014 and germany won the title in brazil. or at his reminder of our top story, us, how speaker nancy pelosi has visited parliament in the taiwanese capital, taipei. this is the highest level trip to taiwan by a u. s. official.

u. s. trade talks. so i will highlight 2 parts here. the 1st one is the trade facilitation, because time was direct exports to eat through the u. s. have been increasing over the past few years, and u. s. is now almost the 2nd largest trading partner for taiwan. so being able to trade smoothly as an important for the 2 parts. and the 2nd important issue is digital trait. and we know the u. s. want to boot a new digital trade order in this region and town has always want to be part of it . and just as i mentioned that the u. s. is trying, again, is irma importance and also influence in this region and how, when it's ready to prove that they are in compliance with their rules. all right, so john hon into pay their let's go to yes. quarter in new york in taiwan is already an important trade partner for the u. s. who stands again from better trade terms. well, i mean, in general, taiwan would love to see a free trade agreement that really on the table remains to be seen. but we're talking a lot about technology, but also taiwan is a big importer of us. ag

is a familiar. ready pattern for anyone who has been following u. s. foreign policy. this is why this is what they always do. they make these ridiculous claims because what they're trying to do is convert reality to suit their own interests. and when the u. s. is making claims like this and not providing any evidence. we could almost always assume that it's the exact opposite . and in this case, there is actual evidence that it's ukraine not, not russia doing what shows how reckless and how desperate the west and their proxies had become. according to local authorities, these only nuclear power plant was attacked twice on thursday. as key of troops used multiple rocket launchers and heavy artillery from the right bank of the napa river. later shelling came just hours before the un security council meeting on that very issue. is all corresponding acres down off, he has more. it is dangerous. it is alarmingly irresponsible because this time apparently, the ukrainian forces have targeted the concrete storage facilities for nuclear waste. now of course, it is reassuring th

u. s. is largest employer has announced it will expand its abortion coverage to all medically necessary procedures while also reimbursing travel costs of denouncement by wal mart effects. it's more than 1600000 employees across the us . it's a change from its previous policy of only covering abortions in cases where the mother's health was endangered. the policy would still fall short of those of some other companies, which cover all abortions, many u. s. states are rushing to banned the procedure following a supreme court ruling for going out eons, quarter in new york. yes, walmart, a big player in the stock exchange in the u. s. economy. why is it changing this policy now? yeah, and it clearly is a big company, as you mentioned, to employing around one and a half 1000000 people in the us alone. and with that being the biggest private employer in the country. i mean, they're not covering all abortions, but still that is a big step for a company that size wal mart itself actually did not offic

is a major issue. instead, the majority listed inflation, government leadership, and the u. s. economy, as their talk concerns. then there's biden's approval rating, which is seemingly in freefall and is now down to an all time low of just 30 percent. yet the president is still approving more money and weapons for ukraine, bringing the grand total to nearly $9000000000.00 since the beginning of the year. the biden administration's next security assistance package for ukraine is expected to be $1000000000.00. one of the largest so far and include munitions for long range weapons and armored medical transport vehicles. the package is expected to be announced as early as monday and would add to about $8800000.00 in aid. the united states has given ukraine since february 24th. meanwhile, the congressional budget office reports that u. s. public debt is nearly $24.00 trillion dollars, which is over 100 percent of the country's g d p. yet, even with inflation at 40 year high, isn't the economy declining the vine and ministration refuses to listen. raising questions about how long the

u. s. is an active perfectly her and crisis maker. the essence of the taiwan issue is not a democratic issue, but a major principle issue concerning china sovereignty and territorial integrity. while china is continuing as live fire drills as part of the operation, beijing has launched. most of the missiles including ballistic regional observers say this is the 1st time chinese missiles, the phone over taiwan drills are being conducted in 6 zones surrounding the island, 3 of which overlap areas. the tie pe contends are part of its territorial waters. taiwan sees it has activated its defense trucking systems, alleging 11 chinese missiles were fired into waters around the island. now also, taiwan was reportedly forced to counsel at least 40 flights its largest airport due to the drill or lines are trying to avoid time when need your space with type a working to help reroute some international flight. well, in response, washington has decided to reschedule its own ballistic missile test off the coast of california. attention with china su

u. s. is still a major player in the region and they can still project power into afghanistan. and i think that that shows ultimately the, the methodology by which the u. s. is conducting the sort of imperial games. it's a great game in the region. and i think they like this is connected with the fact that by didn't just went to the middle east and said that we won't allow a vacuum and specifically targeted china, russia and neurons. so by this attack happening, they are showing that we might have withdrawn all of our troops from i forgot to sun, but like general portray it has recently said in the media form, a general patrol informers, the a directive address. he said that the over the horizon strikes are going to be commonplace for the u. s. to carry out enough that is done. and so this ultimately means that the u. s. will still remain a major part, even though they left the ground, even though they've left the ground, could the strike signal the beginning of a new wave of us military invol

so china now is getting much more aggressive, the exposing what the u. s. as being doing over the last decades, all the crimes against humanity, it is a yield exposing the yes for what it is. the u. s. is doing, victor signalling around the world. it is pretty much similar to what if hitler was actually talking about human rights of jews. 70 years ago would be exactly the same . it's a ppo, a ppo policy, and it's just a, it's just a in china is actually exposing that and gloss off. moving on to latin america, we're brazil's former left, his leader lula da silva, remains of front runner in presidential elections scheduled for october. the silva who served as president for 7 years in 2003 received 47 percent support in a recent opinion. paul, while acting, president jar both narrow a right and politician, received 32 percent. what is at stake at this moment as democracy against fascism? what is at stake at this moment as democracy against barbarism, we guarantee that 33000000 brazilians can have coffee, lunch, and dinner every day, or they will die of hunger.

u . s. and the taliban. a trading accusations the u. s. is accusing the taliban of hosting the keidel eda in the heart of kabul. why the taliban are accusing the u. s . of conducting this drones strike in the heart of a city in the heart of the city in a civilian residential area. and it will for sure, take a few days to learn more details and to figure something out of what really happened in that area was a has a reminder of our top story. you as how speaker nancy pelosi has arrived in taiwan marking the highest level visit by a u. s. official in 25 years. china has struck me to respond with military exercises of ty, one's host watching the w new slide from from berlin. stick around all the latest business with rob, what is coming up next? 3. making the headlights and what's behind them. dw news africa, the show that faculty issues shaping the continent. life is slowly getting back to normal. you.

this is not a unified u. s. government action. and the by the administration is made very clear that they don't think this is a wise move by the speaker. however, many members of congress, the u. s. senate and the house of representatives, a very strong supporters of taiwanese position, visa the beijing. they want to demonstrate strong congressional support for ty, one's ability to operate autonomously. and that if there is going to be any solution to the ty, one issue that it be handled peacefully between beijing and ty pay. and that's the kind of hybrid warfare, a wolf war, or you're diplomacy that we've seen china exercise against taiwan in recent years. it's interesting to think of the ramifications of this from, from the people in the region, the taiwanese, the chinese, do you think ironically, could such a move if it's seen as, as oregon's really, that she can touched on here. and there's going to be no huge implications that that could see people coalesce around beijing amazin, see a rise in support for time. and he's re uni

u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the, the military industrial establishment in the united states and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is, the hypocrisy is astounding. here, i think in many ways, and as he ever dobbs, the law branding those who take humanitarian aid from russia as criminals, artes rom, on closer a visits the people of mario bull, to ask what they make of the new legislation ukraine has passed and you so cold collaborator, to so law on august 16th and making any one in ukraine who accepts humanitarian aid from russia. a criminal. we are now in murray pull at one of the distribution centers where people come to receive this humanitarian aid that you

u. s. is ready to invert reality to meet its narrative. it's the united states that they're proxies and ukraine, being unable to produce any sort of result from the battlefield. so they're resorting to other, other options and in this case, nuclear black. now this is a familiar pattern for anyone who has been following u. s. foreign policy. this is why this is what they always do. they make these ridiculous claims because what they're trying to do is in reality to suit their own interests. and when the u. s. is making claims like this and not providing any evidence, we could almost always assume that it's the exact opposite. and in this case, there is actual evidence that it's ukraine not, not russia doing this shows how reckless and how desperate the west and their proxies had become. well, according to local authorities, these only nuclear power plant was attacked twice on a thursday as key of troops reportedly used multiple rocket launchers and heavy artillery from the right bank of the jan

u. s. is already engaged in another huge security challenge, namely the war in ukraine. and that, that is going to be difficult to balance. and there is the concern that the u. s. i, it might be on a collision course, essentially with 2 world powers, china and russia by aggravating china with a visit like this. and this comes at a time where beijing and moscow have already been deepening their line. so the concern pablo being that this could push them even closer into each other's arms, if you will. suit me. what about the white house? where does president biden stunned on nancy pelosi visit? well, it is a very complex issue. i mean, the white house, as you mentioned, president biden did express concern about nancy pelosi going to taiwan. and he did not actually tell her not to go, but there were concerns from the department of defense as well. and with the white house. so focused on the war in ukraine, it has been seen as a bit of a distraction, perhaps. but there has been some speculation that the white house might have privately condoned this visit by nancy pelosi as a

u. s. is taking in ukraine's military decision making the, i believe that this is a, you know, like any war, it's an intelligent intelligence drives operations. and the intelligence being provided to the ukrainian military is being provided by the united states, nato, and other european nations. and been dest linked to logistic seo, nothing happens without efficient logistics and the, the resupply effort that's going into equipping the ukranian military retraining. the ukrainian military is being led by the united states. and then when that all comes together, you know that the people that are saying now is a good time to attack. this is a place to attack. these are the resources you could be using. i think this is advice be provided by the united states. so the notion that you train is an independent sovereign entity, running its own military affairs, is ludicrous. so ukraine is the tip of the spear of a larger proxy effort. there, there, there are a proxy force fighting a war with russia tha

u. s. is it focused around the u. s. or is it more broadly spread in terms of influence when it comes to the exercises? while these exercises have a long history between indonesia and the u. s. both countries play a key role in organizing it. there are the other countries participating this year, japan and australia, but both those countries and the other observers make note that this is really a practice, a tradition that has many years of history between the u. s. and indonesia. what is significant this here is that we're seeing this scaling up not no longer just a normal ga rudo shield, but what the u. s. and in the major a calling a super rude a shield. it is likely, and we can expect that some of the countries observing this year for the 1st time, may indeed become participants in future iterations of gertrude a shield. now the both organizers have made a point of stressing that this exercise is merely an exercise. it should not be viewed as a threat to any country that message it seems to be pointed specifically at