u. s. national security council coordinator of strategic communications is our comments comments us media report that washington officials are responsible for pushing key if out of the negotiation process with moscow. privately us officials say neither russia nor ukraine is capable of winning the war outright, but they have ruled out the idea of pushing or even nudging ukraine to the negotiating table. they say they do not know what the end of the war looks like or how it might end, or when insisting that is up to keith. washington has been one of the major supporters of key ever since the conflict ruptured are both financially and militarily. just last week, the u. s. defense department announced the additional 18 crane estimates at a more than $600000000.00 package, including additional arms, munitions, and equipment, amazon. and meanwhile, the former u. s. army vice chief of staff that said, monetary support for key f is a worthy investment. we've invested and i mean, invested $66000000.00 in ukraine this year. and that's like 1 point, one percent. and what are we getting for that inve

that the un security council. moscow further accused the west of giving instructions to the un on the white high seas. tyranny's quote, directly engaging on the ground in crimea. u. s. national security council spokesperson john kirby. them to run is providing drones and training russian troops in how to use them. rushes foreign ministry denounced the allegations as groundless artillio tranquil takes up the story. iranian drones being used by russia in ukraine, or even iranian kamikaze drove for quite a while already thereon has been under fire by western countries for helping russia with unmanned systems. although both iran and moscow have denied being involved in this kind of corporation, but like you've heard the western allegations don't, and they're now to ron as be infused of sending personnel to the conflict zone. all of this is becoming a huge concern fourty of allies. so much that they're now taking action london has sanctioned a group of iranian military figures as well as a defense contractor washington has threatened to punish anyone who facilitates the deliveries of iranian arms to russia. now this brings me to how kias allies justify the move. they say that any

u. s. a national security council suppose was in john kirby says iraq is providing drones and training russian troops . use them. russian, a pharmacy din, now's the allegations. as groundless artes india. tango has more iranian drones being used by russia in ukraine, or even iranian kami kazi drove for quite a while already. iran has been under fire by western countries for hooking russia up with unmanned systems. although both iran and moscow have denied being involved in this kind of corporation, but like you've heard the western allegations don't. and there now to ron, is being used of sending personnel to the complex zones. all of this is becoming a huge concern fourty of allies. so much that they're now taking action london has sanctioned a group of iranian military figures as well as a defense contractor washington has threatened to punish anyone who facilitates the deliveries of iranian arms to russia. now this brings me to how kias allies justify the move. they say that any contribution to the war in ukraine is absolutely unacceptable. force, no country should to no support in any way

in 5 years, united nations security council met on wednesday by the u. s. condemned north korea . the dpr k has enjoyed blanket protection from 2 members of this council. these 2 members have gone out of their way to justify the t dpr, kay's repeated provocations and block every attempt to update the sanctions regime . in short, 2 permanent members of the security council have enabled kim young on a rob mcbride that joins us now a from at so. so robert, another launch north korea, very much continuing its stance. yeah, this flurry of missile activity continues a pace these 2 missiles were detected at 1st lights, thursday local time from an area of a sam stop near pulling gang. now, according to south korean, military officials is the 1st time they've detected missiles fired from here. so the suspicion is that they were possibly fired from no, by launches. so this could well be at the north, koreans developing and showing off their ability to deploy missiles any way they want and launch them relatively quickly. one of them flew 350 kilometers. the 2nd one flew 800 kilometers landin

u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin and his ration counterpart later in the day, the national security council did release a term statement, dismissing the claim, saying it was part of a russian operation to create preemptive reasons for further action in ukraine. but there are sources in the pentagon who are happy to talk about the significance of this follow up call between the russian and us defense ministers. just to take it back on friday, lloyd austin, initiated a call with the russian defense minister. and this was the 1st time they had spoken since mid may. so this was a very significant advance in the level of communications, according to several sources saying that there had been great concern within the us about the possibility of mistakes being made with no open lines in place between the opposing entities. at this, they hope the call this morning was a follow up call. ours, followed by the russian defense minister. and so saying that they hoped this becomes part of a regular communication platform between the defense ministers of russia and of the united states. as we saw with the

capital port or prince on monday, just as the united nations security council was discussing measures to address the country's dia, security crisis. the u. s. is proposing defend international troops after the haitian government asks for military assistance. our diplomatic editor james space report, ah, protest is in the haitian capital poodle, prince angry at the idea that foreign troops could once again be deployed to their country. to 2nd. oh my gosh, we are making president biden. remember the promise he made when he knelt in front of the haitian community in the united states. he asked them to vote for him so that the situation in haiti would change. but they did not vote for him to have a president who was assassinated. haiti has a troubled history, but the situation is rarely been his grade. was this, it's a place crippled by violence and these color is spreading more than 20 people have died. many more of contracted the disease. there is an economic food and fuel crisis to the un says 19000 people in the capital are living in famine conditions. there are shortages of fresh water. some hospitals are preparing to close the main fuel

in the news, the united nations security council convened a meeting after russia requested a session to discuss the ledger u. s. biological labs in ukraine. kelly morgan takes us to the highlights of that meeting. the un security council was called, and russia presented all kinds of information and evidence regarding the biological weapons labs that are existing in ukraine. russia describe the activities of the ukrainian military and how there was talk of perhaps implanting diseases that could be transmitted by birds transmitted by mosquitoes and others. they went into great detail documenting the activities of these ukrainian bio labs that are done in coordination with the united states. how they are a threat to public health, how they violate international law. the representative of the united states dismissed all the evidence and all the claims put forward by russia as being untrue without any explanation, simply arguing that because russia said it, it couldn't be true. now what was even more interesting is that in her remarks before the un security council, the representative of the united states went as f

calling for the united nations to investigate whether russia has used iranian made drones to attack ukraine. they say the use of such weapons would breach a un security council resolution u. s. secretary of state and blank and says, washington would perceive any opportunity to engage in diplomacy with russia if it sees an opening. but he adds that he has seen no evidence that moscow is interested in ending the war in ukraine. dw correspondence killian via spoke to latvian foreign minister at guys rink of its for more analysis on the kind security situation in europe. with me is the law in foreign minister, mr. at guzman college, mr. in coverage. russia has mobilized hundreds of thousands of civilians to plug the whole holes in its combat. army research reports indicate that russia has lost almost 50 percent of its original invasion force. what does this mean for the security in the baltics of this point? we do not see any direct military threat more met our president gunnery had before the 21st of february, when nauseous thought are due to aggression against your crime. what is, of course, charlan cheese this new russian bought ocean military group that is being formed, of

u. s. would say, but if it fits the agenda, it's only well and good, isn't it? russian security chief nikolai partnership thought a meeting of the countries national security council. the western countries are using ukrainians of the tool against russia. the 4 regions determined the future in referendums, which he said were fully compliance with international standards. they logan that if he and them of got according to the results of the referendums, which were held in full compliance with the norms of international law. these territories became part of russia before the started the referendums, the west said that they would not accept the results. apparently they have forgotten what a normal democratic plebiscite looks like. the united states, britain and their western satellites are trying to drag out military operations to bring it to my territory. washington and london cannot calm down out of fear of losing their head gemini, so they are trying to ignite new conflicts, including around such nuclear powers as russia and china. washington's goal is to push europe and russia into a military confrontation. ukraine is used by them as a tool against russia. they ar

james base reports from the united nations, a neil in the resolution condemning russia that was put before the security council was drawn up jointly by albania. and by the u. s. in defense of all countries to have the right to be safe from invasion, an annexation. we are voting yes. and in defense of the world's collective peace and security. weird you to vote yes to let us show putin the resolve of this council. in response, russia sounded incredulous. scarcity. we've heard, you'll tell me, do you seriously expect russia to consider and support such a draft? and if not, then it turns out that you are intentionally pushing us to use the right of the veto in order to then wax lyrical about the fact that russia abuses this, right? those. and so when the draft resolution was put to the vote, there was no doubt how russia would respond. it's a permanent member of the security council with veto power, and it used it. abstentions, please raise your hands, but it's notable for other council members decided not to support the resolution. and instead to abstain china, brazil, gabon, and india escalation of rhetoric or tension is in no one's interest. it is important

u. s. s. russia threats to attack the dam, or another example of moscow's brutality. whitehouse corresponding kimberly how could spoke with john kirby from the national security council? ukraine president polanski has called on the west, including the white house to war. russia not to blow up or down. that could flood parts of southern ukraine. lensky argues that if russia were to blow up the down, it would be equivalent to using a weapon of mass destruction. i spoke to one of president biden's top security advisors and asked him how concerned the white house is about such an attack on acceptable these attacks on civilian infrastructure and civilian populations is absolutely unacceptable. it's another example of russian brutality against the ukrainian people who is trying to shrink fear in to them. and he's trying to affect their ability to get through what will likely be a cold winter. the threat comes amid accusations that russia is getting support on the ground from iran. president lensky has renewed his call for additional military aid. i congressional delegation has met in ukraine with zalinski pledging bipartisan support for air defense systems necessary to tak

u. s. alliance with japan, with the republic of korea is important looking at the wider international community, the being, there's an obligation or every member states to implement the united nations security council functions as there has been much action by many member states. but this is very obvious at the moment, there is polarized a sheet on the security council. and there is not the unanimity that the was in, for instance, decision making on introducing further sanctions in the security council in terms of what is needed are clearly and effective security council is vital for this issue. and for many issues in international peace and security. and it's a major concern that the, the unity is not, that i don't believe that any actual further coalition into national member face is going to deter north korea from its determination to maintain its ballistic missile programs. and it's new care programs. but nevertheless, the coordination is still required to ensure that the deterrent effect is there. and that sanctions bite and the, the message you said not just to north korea but to other countries as well. why is that? i would say if, if, if the, if there was unity on further sanctions, but it

to pull a national security council meeting over the incident with our fire north korean rocket for over 2 hours, 5 years ago in 2017. that miss out also fell into the pacific ocean. ah, the u. s. has imposed the new pack or a new pack of sanctions on iranian freight partners. i went to the name in indian based petroleum company. this marks the 1st time in india has ever been affected by far reaching us restrictions. today, the u. s. department of the treasury office of foreign asset control sanctioned an international network of companies. the action targets iranian brokers and several front companies in the u. a. hong kong and india that have facilitated financial transfers in shipping of iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. when did you decide to live and go to buy the u. s. on the move by the federal chemical company for floating, so called global or u. s. and file to function. when the company do it, essentially imported $1000000.00 worth of petrochemical thought up. so iran and exported then to china a foot eve of the 16, the water in gasoline, u. s. is not singling out indian companies in order to avoid obese confrontation with the indian government. interestin

security council vote, and the abstention some will be asking whether it's possible to reach that high watermark again. james bay's al jazeera of the united nations. lebanon's president has received a u. s. mediated proposal to resolve a maritime borders speech with his realm. michelle own was handed the draft by us ambassador to lebanon and dorothy shame. israel and lebanon have been holding talks to agree on territorial waters in the mediterranean and the division of gas fields . the lebanese has bhalla, had warned against any israeli exploration and extraction in the disputed waters. sonata has more from bay, which the u. s. has been mediating in this dispute for some time now, but it seems that there is an urgency for an agreement because the eastern mediterranean could be a hub for europe, for europe's energy crisis. europe could get the alternative supplies that it's no longer gets from russia from the mediterranean region. and israel is ready to accelerate increase in gas exports to help europe, but it doesn't want to look over its shoulder. it doesn't want to deal with security concerns. 11 on has by law group is an armed group. it has threatened israel, that if you go online an

national security council said it's reviewing the entire future of relations between saudi and the us. democrats in congress, reacted with even more fury with some leading senators, demanding that the u. s. immediately fries all aspects of cooperation with saudi arabia. meanwhile, saudi arabia denied collaborating with russia to raise the price of oil right before americans head to the poles in their mid term elections. and saudi officials had been fighting back, saying that politics had nothing to do with the decision. so is washington over reacting is react over reaching, or is saudi arabia, like many other countries around the world. recalibrating who it's friends and allies in the world are slowly drifting away from the u. s. and warming up to russia and china. today we're talking with allie, she hobby, a saudi commentator and former head of the arabia, foundation washington, d. c. he's the author of the saudi kingdom between the g hottie hammer and the iranian anvil. and daniel plaque, a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, where she focuses on u. s. foreign policy towards the middle east. thank you both for joining me alley. let me to start out with you right now. i

nations in new york. in the resolution condemning russia that was put before the security council was drawn up jointly by albania, and by the u. s. in defense of all countries to had the right to be safe from invasion and annexation. we are voting yes. and in defense of the world's collective peace and security. weird you to vote yes to let us show putin the resolve of this council. in response, russia sounded incredulous. scarcity. ruth, should you tell me, do you seriously expect russia to consider and support such a draft? and if not, then it turns out that you are intentionally pushing us to use the right of the veto in order to then wax lyrical about the fact that russia abuses this, right? those. and so when the draft resolution was put to the vote, there was no doubt how russia would respond. it's a permanent member of the security council with veto power. and it used it. abstentions, please raise your hands, but it's no to bullet for other council members decided not to support the resolution. and instead to abstain china, brazil, gabon, and india escalation of rhetoric or tension is in no one's interest. it is important