u. s. but also closer allies of the u. s. like japan in australia and that had been made the quart along with india and in yes, partnering with these countries to ensure that is some kind of stability in the maritime space. hi pond. thank you so much for joining us. leader is found the association of southeast asian nations, us yon will convene later this week and put on pen there. toughest challenge may well be nan lark, where violence has been ongoing between the military regime and the opposition. i seen has struggled to play a meaningful role in the conflict as d values. garrick matters reports from thailand, sketching to relax during difficult times. this all student from me and more has been living in neighboring thailand since the military seized power in his country over a year and a half ago. he calls himself, oh, which is not his real name, but he's afraid of what the meal more army might do. to him, if he returns and has asked to stay anonymous, the 24 year old says the people of his country feel let down by the rest of the w

like the u. s, canada, china, japan, and large parts of western europe have contributed about 50 percent of planet warming greenhouse gases over the past 100. yes. as a result, african countries now see more extreme weather, like massive flaps on a re karen droughts. so at call $27.00, african governments will push hard for a deal to tackle the impact of climate change. one of those countries in this a hell is in the chair. it's foreign minister. assume you must, who do believe the region needs a huge financial package or a steamy. we have estimated that $440000000000.00 would be needed between 201820342 be able to face the climate challenge in the south region or especially to adapt to and mitigate the damage with them and tell them that this. so these climate issues are global issues for humanity immersed in the queue, so they require global solidarity. and so we have drought here because of the actions of others. we are not responsible visits yourself to sit, but not even some person that wasn't jazz. foreign minister assume you must to do. now while some parts of africa, stuff are severe, drou

like strong condemnation. all the g 7, the u. s. 0 p and allies in japan would like that to be very tough, con condemnation of russia in the g 20 communicate. ukraine's president has visited the recaptured city of her son and says its liberation marks the beginning of the end of the war load emerge. lensky said ukraine is ready for peace with russia. moscow withdrew its forces from the city on friday. funerals have been held for some of the victims of a bombing in this town. bull on sunday. the explosion killed 6 people and injured 81 others. turkish police investigating the incident have detained. 47 people. france in the united kingdom have signed a new agreement on immigration control in the english channel. the deal is worth more than $74000000.00, and it aims to tackle illegal crossings happening between the 2 countries. the democratic republic of congo is military says, fighting with rebels has moved closer to the key eastern city of coma. the hundreds of new recruits in the area have been sent for training to help boost government forces. young peop

it seems like cases seem to be on the raw is really, i mean, the u. s. allied japan is also being boosting defense cable, but it is particularly by developing a mr with a range of that could target china. one of great, i mean, is the instability in the region and local working lebanon, w, but i just wanna double down on that and say, what could be done to reduce these tension to a number of points there? i think you certainly i, japan has made the decision to take more responsibility for its national fence. on the one hand, many of the region will find this provocative. on the other hand, it's a historic opening for japan to start to make itself less reliant on u. s. specifics for security. and this is a necessary development given the lack of trust that many have in their alliances with us. you know, if you depend too much on the u. s, than you risk abandonment or simply declines leaving you vulnerable or you find yourself as germany does presently, you know, increasingly boxed and, and incapable of mounting and meaningful independent foreign policy with its attire,

u. s. export controls, which are meant to essentially blockade china economically. washington's trying to get allies, japan, and you countries like the netherlands, for example, to follow these new export rules in an effort to economically blockade china. here's what the chinese foreign ministry said about those efforts. this is not the way an open and honest major country would act. the world sees clearly what the u. s. is up to any one who tries to block others way will only have his own path block . so the u. s. isn't really playing by its own rules that it's imposing on allies or would like to when it comes to china, or when it comes to russia, either the u. s. is already refused to impose a low price cap on russian oil, which the you wanted for fear of deregulating, the global energy market even more than it already has been. and now we're learning from the western press that the state department and us treasury have been asking us banks to maintain services and ties for certain key russian companies like gas prong or russian fertilizer producing companies. for example, remember how zalinski top economic aid was demanding th

u. s. export controls, which are meant to essentially blocking china economically. washington's trying to get allies, japan, and you countries like the netherlands, for example, to follow these new export rules in an effort to economically blockade china. here's what the chinese foreign ministry said about those efforts. this is not the way in open and honest major country would act. the world sees clearly what the u. s. is up to anyone who tries.

u. s. export controls, which are meant to essentially blocking china economically. washington's trying to get allies, japan, and you countries like the netherlands, for example, to follow these new export rules in an effort to economically blockade china. here's what the chinese foreign ministry said about those efforts. this is not the way an open and honest major country would act. the world sees clearly what the u. s. is up to any one who tries to block others way will only have his own path blocked. so the u. s. isn't really playing by its own rules that it's imposing on allies or would like to when it comes to china, or when it comes to russia, either the u. s. has already refused to impose a low price cap on russian oil, which the you wanted for fear of deregulating, the global energy market even more than it already has been. and now we're learning from the western press that the state department and us treasury have been asking us banks to maintain services and ties for certain key russian companies like gas prom or russian fertilizer producing companies. for example. remember how zalinski top economic aid was demanding t

like this, unlike european leaders. so speaking of which the big question now is, what does the u. s. going to do about it? punish japan or just let it slide. and this is a really interesting litmus tests for all western allies. we're really feeling the pressure to sell out their own interests, just to keep up appearances with respect to unity and ukraine. the european union in particular, must be watching this and thinking what you mean. we could have just said no and drawing a red line, sanctioning our own russian gas supply. because well, that's pretty much exactly what japan is just done and so far, crickets, washington, we were talking with a senior lecture at the university of bar who says japan needs his g 7 partners to understand its domestic situation. japan has to make the t 7, all i understand your position is very different from other european and also western powers. it is important to note making yourself having that relationship with all these major nuclear powers next to you. and so this is, this is reasonable that the japanese, the tissue took up and decided that, that they need to at these mitigated r