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a john kirby of the us national security council, formerly of the u. s. state department, john kirby saying washington is not interested about a possible seas foreign ukraine, particularly if it's mediated by china. alex, why would washington be against ending the conflict? we've seen the collapse of their financial system over the last couple of weeks here. that truly shows you the power that washington really has nowadays, which is not much they're used to ripping up agreements. they're in to that apparently, and they're up to really no good on the international world wide. i would say diplomacy levels while the u. s. is scrambling. china is now gain partners one by one with their belt road initiative. and through the belt road initiative, investing in other countries, they are once again building a relationship. that is what the world is up against. and i think it's, it's quite challenging for the u. s. he make a very good point. alex, which i'll take over to, to benjamin chow now, because how, how do you think, benjamin, that the members of the brick

u. s. national security council spokesperson dismiss claims from moscow that the move raises the stakes. saying, the use of such arms is not uncommon. i mean, make no mistake in this is yet another straw man through which the russians are driving a stake. this kind of ammunition is a fairly common place. been in use for, for decades. of the west used musicians concerning depleted uranium in europe during the bombing of former yugoslavia. according to former nato sexy general lord robinson, more than $30000.00 rounds of ammunition with depleted uranium sockets at the country during that time. save in officials who this week march 24 years since the beginning of the nato bombing say those numbers are actually higher use of depleted uranium in the balkans spots number of lawsuits by those who participated in the conflicts. including troops from italy, france, and the u. k, according to journalist that doesn't per coverage and a member of the serbian parliament, me last bonds or the consequences for those involved with terrible i know good consequences. i had a u. j. a think that the, the bo

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u. s. national security council spokesman john kirby says the way for the war to end, as for russian troops to leave ukraine on ukraine. i would note that the 2 sides, your said, quote, the purposes and principles of the un charter must be observed. an international law must be respected. well, we agree following the un charter would mean that russia should withdraw from all the territory inside ukraine or the territory of another member state of the u. n. a member that it has invaded. there are reports that israel has carried out air strikes inside syria, state media, se explosions were heard in and around the city of a leper. serious defense ministry says iep international airport was hit, causing some damage. israel harmony is repealed to 2005 more banning settlers from libyan parts of the occupied west bank. it paves away for settlers to return to 4 illegal outposts near the city of nablus. they were abandoned under the lot introduced during israel's withdrawal from garza under the prime minister ariel sharon. the united nations is warned of a lou mean global water crisis says says more

u. s. national security council supported the move, but said the u. s. would keep watching china, as it continues to gain influence, and foot holds elsewhere around the world in their own self interest. in the region katara, the united arab emirates and lebanon were among those to welcome the agreement, is follow, describe it as a good development. alexandra vas begins on coverage this deal. harold's a new chapter in the middle east, bitter rivals, iran and saudi arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties, all in secret with chinese mediation shoes, the house that the consumer. we have been here in beijing for 6 days. i held talks of my saudi counterpart that led to the agreement to normalize relations. we agree with saudi arabia to open a new page based on the interests of the 2 countries and, and on regional security, and to promote stability instead of exacerbating tension. so we hope this will contribute to the establishment of security and development in the region. the historic agreement will see both nations exchanging envoys. 7 years after severing

u. s. national security council spokesman john camby says the way for the war to end is for russian troops to leave ukraine on ukraine. i would note that the 2 sides just said, quote, the purposes and principles of the un charter must be observed. an international law must be respected. well, we agree following the un charter would mean that russia should withdraw from all the territory inside ukraine. the territory of another member state of the u. n. a member that it has invaded japan's prime minister for me because she has made an unannounced visit to ukraine. he met the president, go to mozilla, and he and keith and offered japan support to the country that's been battling russian forces for just over a year. it's the 1st time since the 2nd world war that japanese promise to has been to the country during a conflict with boucher, the russian invasion of ukraine isn't aggression that shakes the foundation of international order, which i strongly feel after i visited keys and purchases. where i saw the tragedy of the russian invasion with my own eyes and us as condemned as dangerous and

this week, japan has called national security council meeting in response to the latest test. the u. s. military has released video of the encounter between russian fighter jets and a u. s. drone has been a growing war words between moscow and washington over the u. s. drawing that crashed into the black sea in a phone call, russia's defense minister told has u. s counterpart. that drone flights near crimea will provocative a police officer implicated in a fatal football stadium crush. and indonesia has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. 2 other officers have had the charges against them dismissed. a 135 people died in the disaster last year. efforts underway to find more than 2 tons of uranium reported missing in libya. bother you whence nuclear watchdog? 10 drums of the radioactive material had been declared as being at a site, but will missing when the international atomic energy agency carried out an inspection. the i a yay, will now try to clarify the circumstances behind the removal of the nuclear material and where it is now. setting alls opposition leader host mon sonco is

a john kirby of the us national security council. formerly of the u. s. state department, john kirby saying washington is not interested about a possible sees foreign ukraine, particularly if it's mediated by china. alex, why would washington be against ending the conflict? well, washington has their own role in this whole events that are taking part in the world . we've seen the collapse of their financial system over the last couple of weeks here. that truly shows you the power that washington really has nowadays, which is not much they're used to ripping up agreements. they're in to that apparently, and they're up to really no good on the international world wide. i would say diplomacy levels. let's look at what united states is done in the last year. here. they have walked, say it through proxy funded a ukraine to continue to push back russia. now, how are they funding it? they're funding it through the military industrial complex, which is one of the largest things in their annual budget every year in the united states. that's the 1st one. the other

u. s personnel in the country than the u. s, of course, reserves the right to take proportional action in the future and importantly, the national security council spokesperson there john kirby. he emphasized this morning that the u. s. is not seeking war or conflict with iran itself, but that they will take action, of course to protect us service members in the country. john natasha bertrand forest live at the pentagon and nick robinson's i bring you in. let me follow up on that point, natasha just made a lot of americans. maybe forget about this. but american serviceman and those contractors have been in syria. for quite some time. it's a dicey situation and listen to admiral kirby's the president's top spokesman, national security issues saying that this is an issue the president respond forcefully. the united states hopes it doesn't mushroom into something bigger. we don't seek a war with iran. we're not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria, which is about defeating isis. so that you've covered this for quite some time. you hear john kirby saying we're not lo

u. s. believes john kirby, with the national security council spokesperson, saying to christiane amanpour yesterday that he thinks putin could be launching a new offensive in the coming weeks. he thinks the upcoming weeks and months will be absolutely crucial. the ukraine and the u. s. wants to give them everything possible to try to defend themselves. this is something that we're seeing clearly with the ongoing intense fighting in bomb mood and several other areas along the eastern front line that will be useful in terms of the tanks and the artillery shells, which on the eu side of just announced a sort of joint procurement plan to get a million artillery shells. to ukraine patriots also in sharp focus, because overnight we did get another wave of russian drone attacks the ukrainian air force saying 21 drones are fired at ukraine, 16 they say was shut down. but according to the kiev region, police chief three people were killed in a drone hit a dormitory. so this is something that we're continuing to see president zelensky just out with a tweet on that saying over 20 iranian murderous drones, he

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u. s. u. k. and france began their bombardment of libya using un security council resolution. $9073.00 is justification. and within months africa's richest capital nation was devastated. is leader mammography brutally assassinated thanks to nato aerial bombardment. to day libya is at best a failed state. joining me today from munich, germany, the former official spokesperson for the late mammography. doctor mussa abraham. thank you so much a most of a coming back on before we get to the future. rob, i suppose i have to ask you what sir, or what your reflections are 12 years on. and they're reminders of your role as you tried to as you see it. stop the catastrophe. thank you actually, and for having me here again, when your excellent sure. of course, to morrow, marks, 12 years after the nato attack, violent aggressive attack against my country. that went on for 8 months, in which tens of thousands of libyans, civilian and military personnel died. the country lays on groins all sectors of the economy and society. stated libya is a failed states, and its neighbors are also feeling the consequences of such a military intervention. we spoke to the whole wor

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u. s. intelligence had surmised that a was a ukranian resistance group, however, both state department on the national security council refused to confirm or even de my this report, no discussion whatsoever about it. so as yet, this report is entirely unsubstantiated. apart from those unnamed and identified sources, thousands of processes have rallied in georgia's capital tbilisi against a controversial so called foreign agents bill. protestors of worried a could impact the hopes of joining the european union. george's president intends to veto a law to for americans who were kidnapped and mexico and friday have been found dead to others, happened release not being treated as a u. s. hospital. the group was abducted by armed men while driving into the city of matamoros. the 3 candidates competing to succeed, nicholas sturgeon, as scotland 1st minister, held their 1st televised debate. they attacked each other with their roles in government exchanges were dominated by social and economic issues. and the scottish independence debate. u. k. government has unveiled a bill aiming at curbing the numbers of undocumented migr

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u. s. u. k and france began their bombardment of libya using un security council resolution. $973.00 is justification. and within months africa's riches per capita. nation was devastated. is liter mama gadhafi brutally assassinated thanks to nato aerial bombardment, to day libya. is it best to failed state? joining me today from munich, germany, the former official spokesperson for the late bomber gadhafi, doctor mussa abraham. thank you so much, melissa for coming back on before we get to the future. rob, i suppose i have to ask you what sir. ah, what your reflections are. 12 years on and day reminders of your role as you've tried to, as you see, it stopped the catastrophe. thank you actually and for having me here again when you are excellent. sure, of course, tomorrow marks 12 years after the nato attack, violent and aggressive attack against my country. that went on for 8 months, in which tens of thousands of libyans, civilian and military personnel died. the country lays on groins all sectors of the economy and society. stated libya is a failed states and its neighbors are also feeling the consequences of such a military intervention. we.

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john kirby from the us national security council supported the move, but said the u. s. would keep watching china as it continues to gain influence and footholds elsewhere around the world in their own self interest. innovation can be noted, roberts and lebanon were among those to welcome new agreement, as well described it as a good development. go to the hash, them is life 1st and tear on that. it seems to be a sudden turn around. what happened? well, everyone was surprised with the timing though. the context is that iranians and saudi officials. i've been meeting over the past couple of years between 220212022 . they've been meeting in iraq. there was any recommendation also that the meeting and oh man, where there were a kind of a gatherings for that is for the security officials in order to coordinate over the situation in yemen and also what regional security. so the context is there that the timing is a bit surprising at what in general, the whole region seemed to be welcoming this move mainly the out up countries in the, in the region where it welcoming this move

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american suspect behind this and ned price, the national security councils spokesman in a press called earlier today said, well, if the message was that the u. s. shouldn't be conducting these kinds of emissions in international airspace in the interests of its own security. while that simply isn't going to happen. the united states will continue to do this. and we also heard that it wasn't uncommon to have such kind of intercepts, particularly off the u. s. stepped up at the intensity of these in a, of these, in a recognizance missions with drones. it since the russian attack on ukraine. so it's all interconnected, but this does stick out as a very dangerous encounter. indeed, in this how big over water is in the black sea, very close. as we all know, to an active war zone, which is eastern, you crate it, it would seem that this would be when washington in moscow communicate directly to avoid any accidental escalation. is that happen? well, we know that both sides are talking. now we don't know what happened before, and during this we learned from the west side. they say that these 2 russian debts, where near the us drone for 30 to 40 minutes

u. s. intelligence had surmised that it was a ukrainian resistance group, however, both state department and the national security council refused to confirm or even deny this report, no discussion whatsoever about it. so as yet this report is entirely unsubstantiated. apart from those unnamed and identified sources, thousands of protesters have rallied in georgia captain lacy against a controversial sycold foreign agents. bill protested, worried it could impact the hopes of joining the european union. george as president intends to be a lot, is unknown. always always softer. no one needed this lot on it came from nowhere, but maybe it was dictated from moscow. it needs to go. it needs to be repealed any way you want. i said from the 1st day that i would veto this law, and i will veto it to a full americans who are kidnapped in mexico and friday have been found dead to others have been released and are being treated at a u. s. hospital. the group was abducted by our men while driving into the city matamoros on your apollo has more moments after crossing into mexico, these 4 individuals were ambushed by gone men. you can