u. s. s. are the 2 countries have maintained close economic and political ties, their leaders a match made in soviet heaven. dorian show a glimpse of some with netflix original. you do have to play util. nestled dudgin sport. total board regina, you're still young. you're from florida. we're still showing you're still new still do not go. the relationship, however, is far from equal. not least because luca jenko owes his political survival to vladimir putin, whose promise of a russian military intervention in bella roost. 2020 protests held quell the popular uprising. fast forward to february 2022 and brush has invasion of crane and moscow turned to minsk to cash and favour with their store. tolkien. wickersham, we once thought that lucas jenko ruled belly reuss. it turns out it is ruled by putin. lucas shanker has allowed russian troops to enter bela roost, to launch rockets into ukraine. it proves that lucas shan't go sold our country to moscow a long time ago. the entire world now sees bell rut

u. s. s. are provided the country with substantial and mostly gratuitous support in creating the foundations of a national economy, strengthening the defense, industry, and training, qualified personnel. all this has been preserved in the memory of generations and has defined the image of modern russia as a reliable and equal partner of burkina faso. this attitude is even more evident against the background of the growing rejection of the indigenous population of the neo colonial policy of france, whose position continues to weaken on the continent. in the context of the large scale, geopolitical shifts that we are observing. the berkener, b value, rushes principled, foreign policy line towards building adjust, multi polar world, or countries have the same fundamental positions and approaches to development and cooperation in the international arena. they are based on commitment to the principles of the un charter, including respect for the sovereign equality of states and non interference in thei

u. s. s. are found themselves trapped behind the borders of the country in which they thought they lived linear. though i'm talking about 25000000 russian speaking citizens who over night, woke up to find themselves living in another country. at fuss, there were attempts to rebuild the ruins. following the collapse of the soviet union, the tor right palace in saint petersburg was to become the seat of the commonwealth of independent states. a loose organisation of the former soviet republics. however, the 3 baltic states, georgia and ukraine withdrew or chose not to participate. and the commonwealth of the remaining states exists only on paper. no summits have been held and yes, the c i s, has no power gas hotman got walks of the university of ins, broken austria, and is one of the west's most renowned russia experts. he also sees the c, i ask, as a failed attempt to continue the legacy of the soviet union over madonna in moscow. although in moscow, on the yeltsin, there was certainly the expectat

u. s. e 's are interested in the selection? and um, we, we just have to look at different up perspective. the u. s. would want to control africa that would want any other it award power to have vain, super coordinator interests in africa. now some people some uses in social media, they did, he criticized this video on those u. s. officials for, for interfering in the elections. do you share that opinion or do you think it's perfectly fine? so to do something i don't, he has been be drained. i don't see that interference or b u a sound is interested in my journey. alexa is not only do you as the euro k, it does, but the empire west is interested in an legend election. because like i said, my july, i've spent the most a pool of the black. it went through on it and i have the diet of africa is a corner stone. you just cannot ignore nigeria if you are interested in african affairs and the number that the country is changing. the income bended president obama to harry, by our constitution, will have to give we or they may 29th, to another bessie who is coming in as the successfully white to imp

u. s. as for the democrats, these are the u. s. s. will take if you take a look at the list of those invited to the 1st summit for democracy. so then there are a number of interesting country is that the u. s. never considered to be a democratic state nevertheless. so and leah, this revolutionary. so team that convenes sir, for marshall. and the summit for democracy seeks to introduce some kind of a draft decision. was that who had developed on this philosophy of her talk was his versus democracies, and that would put it into practice according to our data resources. and what was the plot is as follows. these democracies will shape their demands for ta, chris's role. they will shape their own fright for mom growth model and or they will help her. the, you know, people in the autocratic countries and the autocratic governments are suppressing these people and these autocratic countries a couple of years ago. i wouldn't even believe that little to give themselves, basically the rise that they want to get when they promote via the un enti

u. s. released. so immediately we can already see how they view this visit as a not viable at all after the u. s. response and the u. s. reaction. and now the chinese are taking a very defensive position compared to the original 1st in response that they have, which is a lot more apologetic. then the 2nd one. quickly, william, how is all this being received among china's neighbors? so in taiwan on the foreign ministry immediately released an incident, a statement basically criticizing china's move and saying that china's move is creating on certain and t for regions and also the same thing, or characterizing it as an illegal move to violate another country sovereignty. and also intruding another country's air space and calling on beijing to immediately stop such actions. again, that was a william yang in taipei many thanks, william. thank you. the united states is announced a new weapons package for ukraine worth $2200000000.00. it includes new longer range missiles which could double the distance ukraine from, can strike and put russia supply lines in eastern ukraine within reach more armoured vehicles in air defense systems are also being provided. o

u. s. released. so immediately we can already see how they view this visit as a not viable at all after the u. s. response and the u. s. reaction. and now the chinese are taking a very defensive position compared to the original 1st in response that they have, which is a lot more apologetic. then the 2nd one. quickly, william, how is all this being received among china's neighbors? so in time one on the in foreign ministry, immediately released an incident, a statement basically that criticizing china's move and saying that china's move is creating on certain and t for regions. and also i the same thing of characterizing it as an illegal move to violate another country sovereignty and also intruding another country's aerospace and calling on beijing to immediately stop such actions . again, that was a william yang in tie. pay many thanks, william. thank you. a brief look now at some of the other stories from around the world. ossie and foreign ministers meeting in jakarta have urged miramar to implement a peace plan agreed. 2 years ago, miramar was banned from attending the meeting of south east asian states and its seat left empty. mir more has been r

u. s. is the u. s. and, and are, is us trapped in sort of an old mindset not realizing that the resources and whatnot that are going into that are basically giving china, you know, an easier pass in the world than otherwise would be? well, i mean, let me emphasize the very outset the russian, envision ukraine is completely legal and acceptable had asked to be condemned and we should certainly try to read it. that's all very clear. but at the same time to be completely can do so. when was break out like this day reflect job political incompetence and j a. the european union and the members of the european union should step back flat on a what is the do to have this wall remedial wall breaker in this doorstep? and my simple answer is that they didn't listen to the advice of george canon. and by the way, for affairs had just come up with another article pointing on very dearly that we back in the mid 19 ninety's almost 30 years ago. josh shannon emphasize that europe and united states should alienate russia, should try

u. s. pressure upon the iraqi government and that, you know, no r u. s. currencies are given to iran via iraq. and those militias would be pay, it would need to be paid in the u. s. daughters and not the iranian currency. so, you know, pardoning a lot of prisoners, maybe a whole different background to what we initially can think of as a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world. tens of thousands of people have attended math. how my pope frances on sunday, in a stadium in south saddam's capital g above the pope, use his visit to edge rival factions to make peace. yes, i spent 4 days in the democratic republic of congo. east african leaders have called for an immediate cease fire in the democratic republic of congo, where a rebel group has fighting to take control of a region rich in minerals. troops sent there by the d. r. c. military as well as the east africa community have failed to contain the conflict anti government protesters clashed with police and perused capital after parliament rejected a proposal to bring forward elections since dec

u. s. factor will the u. s. defend taiwan are really help taiwan and wilson escalate in a, a real pacific war. so i think another lot of variable still on the table, but it's glue that she's in pink once to want to back in chinese fold. and i wouldn't doubt that an intention nor a point. he makes it very clear. however, there are very many variables as you mentioned, and also very dubious or confusing discourse, even in china when it comes to the use of force. generally it is always mentioned, but it is always mentioned that they don't want to do. i think them as we are know that is hard to get like so the opinion polls phrases upon chinese public comment. people are actually supporting to take over town by force and how much not. but look at the sentiments from people and i think it's, it's similar but, but like russia, you know, they come when, when something turn only happens and how i is always a very good excuse to your nights. so the m. f on a national level, and i think a 11 article recently publishes quite interesting is

u. s. s u k. are refusing to work with bash al assad government un officials say deliveries of critical cross border aid could resume on thursday. the united arab emirates says it was set up a field hospital and search and rescue teams will be sent to syria. a delegation made up of civil defense workers. engineers and firefighters has been announced by lebanon. iraq has spread 2 planes of emergency relief. 127 tons of 8 has been dispatched for long jelia and russia, which is serious. biggest ally, a center team from its emergency ministry, or less now speak to or mar i'd. i'll a smile from beneath. in north west, in syria, he's a volunteer at the sand relief and development organization. thank you so much for speaking to us. are you've been working? i understand with, with rescue teams in denise, can you tell us 1st about what you've seen and what you've experienced. these past few days being okay. maam in bernisha there, there is no more destruction here. but i went to, i went to your village called

u. s. government said that there was another other political prisoner. so this is yet another example. venezuelan government has also done this where the, these governments that are heavily sanctioned illegally by the u. s. they make it an example of a concession, which is potentially a move toward negotiations to try to lift sanctions. and we'll see if u. s. actually does, of course, i think president ortega understands that you can't ever really, truly negotiate with the u. s. we saw that with the iran nuclear deal. the u. s. will always violate it side of the agreement. but it is a sign that the nicaraguan government is willing to make some compromises. if the u . s. is willing to lift some of these illegal sanctions that continue to hurt the nicaraguan economy and many, thanks for breaking all that don, frist this are always good to see on the program independent journalist, ben norton life on our team. thanks for having me. washington's and 9 slums to ease sanctions on syria, the mid mounting pressure over aid flow to the earth. quick stricken country being hampered by the restrictions. the us treasury department issued a license authorizing any aid related transactions for the next 180 days. howev

are. a lot of people know what u. s. t t, b u. s. these stable coins are so as that happens, it's going to remove that level of power that they have. and that whole hedge of money that they have over controlling the financial system, including sanctions, right? at the end of the day, right now, there's nothing inhibiting me in russia, sending money to my friend in the u. s. using crypto currencies, specifically stable coins if i want, if they can't stop me, they can't track it and they can't control it. today marks the 20th anniversary of the un security council meeting when the head of the united nations monitoring mission at the time stated that there were no traces of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. however, this that had stopped the u. s. which used the presence of w m. d, 's as a pretext for attacking the middle eastern country in 2003. here is our special coverage of one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq,

u. s. and her before was the civilian airship that flew over the u. s. completely by accident. it's described the u. s. a response as an over reaction as they are being hyped up. and it says that the u. s. expanding confrontation when it comes to this issue. and on monday, a ton is for news recently ended by saying that it is the u. s and not china that has the largest surveillance network in the world. new zealand prime minister says 25000 people will have received emergency assistance solved to psycho and gabriel bastard, the nor violent. some people have lost their homes and thousands are without power authorities. a warning the worst is yet to come. i can't stress enough bit. please have a plane to leave your home. if you see what levels rising around your or if you're worried about land stability around your property, don't wait to be told to leave. to be heard, not in a very difficult week. and for many, the recovery will be long together, open to strong by supporting each other. we will get through the sideline, stifling, safe, or close, and south central chile firefighters, from as far as 3000 kilometers away being deployed to combat co

u. s. s. based on wednesday. they are reports, military leaders even considered shooting it down, but decided against it because of the potential safety risk from falling debris. particle haine has more from washington dc. so what they're saying is that they are tracking this, that they've taken steps to make sure that no surveillance can in fact be done. but again, the official statement is there's a balloon, we're watching it. it does impose a danger to air, travel, or collecting of sensitive information in the pentagon. what they're telling reporters on background unnamed officials that they believe this is the chinese i what we do know is that they did close the air space for a bit on wednesday in billings, montana. we believe they were putting up f $22.00 raptors in the wax, those ers electronic surveillance radar up planes. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has attended the opening of charge embassy near television to may to step and normalizing relations between the 2 countries. todd 7 ties with israel in

u. s. mines that so far as because, you know, india does not need the u. s. it's the u. s. that needs india in the region to stay there and to safeguard this strategic partnership. and they are planning to gradually a encourage india to shift buying a military equipment and from the us rather than for example, russia. so i think this discrimination in treatment of india is because the u. s. is theory died there, a strategic partnership with india against china and russia would be harms. well, thank you for coming in the program and sharing your thoughts on a whole lot of issues there, independent journalists, cetera, said dickie on our t. thanks for the un peacekeepers have killed 8 civilians and wounded 28 others in the democratic republic of congo that occurred after protesters slashed with the mission over its lack of progress in combating militants in the region where there is a rising anti us sentiment in the central african countries, locals, believe the peacekeepers haven't done enough to defend civilians from the 23 insurgency group near the red one that border the un body safe. it strips open fire only to protect themselves. the convoy was attacked by demonstrators

u. s. for training shows that the situation across the taiwan straits is indeed perilous. if it wasn't the u. s. would not be doing this. why are we in danger now because we've become a porn and the conflict between china in the u. s. o. william your other son, but they are the sentiments, the oppositions alone or do they represent a considerable view in taiwan population. i think these views represent a certain faction inside a tony society, even though we are seeing the number impose, suggesting more and more people are willing to fight for time one, if a conflict broke out with china. but at the same time, there are people who i've been talking to in recent months and weeks saying at the end of the day, maintaining peace and stability across the t o n street is still their top priority and they are concerned about the moves and deepen ties between the u. s. and taiwan in on the military front. and also the, you know, want these kind of gestures, the news are going to send signals to be jane and how beaching as possibly going to respond. so clearly these are not only, you know, restricted to the opposition politicians that we

u. s. extradite for tele glenn and the u. s. has refused. we saw tensions are over, took care buying russian made as 400 air defense systems or in syria where the u. s . was banking the y p g, which is the syrian arm at the p. k. k, which turkey has designated a terror organization. there seems to be some fundamental differences between this coupling. where do you see this relationship going in the next few years? right now, i think the relationships going to be on hold for a little while. and when i mean on old is it seems that divided administration is waiting for church selections to be completed until at any series diplomacy is going to be undertaken. and the sad part is after turkish elections, whoever is in government, whoever is in power, will probably wait for the us elections to finish before they undertake some series diplomacy as well. so we're probably going to lose a year with both countries waiting and seeing who's going to be in power. come 202420232024. so we're going to lose a little time. but right now, the major issues as sixteen's 2 has been

u. s. occupation believes firmly that the u . s. and b slam mc state's appearance are linked. you have said quote, i do not differentiate at all between diet and america. you've said icily, quote, a u. s. tool and the unmarked military helicopters are supplying i sell in afghanistan. do you have even a shred of evidence for what are pretty controversial and inflammatory claims? and the evidence is sir, in the fact that they are there. in spite of the u. s. prison of garrison to fight extremist extremism is a tool in the hands of the united states. they did it when we were fighting the so it's the same tool. they do using it in a bigger way now to day. but the united states is gone. defeated by an organization that for 2 decades they tried her malign and destroy. it falls now to the taliban. fight, america's veritable creation debate. follow the committee for the infidel group. i sell has absolutely no roots and have gone society. you can find any evidence of such kind of ideology in our history. and fortunately, some people have become part of the organization in recent years i

u. s. s. based on wednesday, there are reports, military leaders even considered shooting it down, but decided against it because of the potential safety risk from falling debris. our pentagon correspondent, tactical hey, has more from washington dc. so what they're saying is that they are tracking that's that they've taken steps to make sure that no surveillance can in fact be done. but again, the official statement is there's a balloon, we're watching it. it doesn't pose a danger to air travel or collecting of sensitive information in the pentagon. what they're telling reporters on background unnamed officials that they believe this is the chinese are what we do now is that they did close the air space for our bit on wednesday in billings, montana. we really, they were putting up after you raptors in the iraq's, those ers electronic surveillance radar up planes. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was attend to the opening of chads embassy near tel aviv. it's a major step in normalizing relations between the 2 countries. char, that server ties with israel in 1972 and solidarity with p

u. s. r r, at the top of the order u. s. and e u sanctions are still falling short for many prevent for preventing many do use items from reaching the country as a category that includes everything from raw materials to electronics. one path is through turkey. semiconductors and electronic components made in germany top the list of goods. the you won't sell to russia any longer, and yet somehow that's exactly where they end up by way of turkey. the country does not support the use sanctions against russia and doesn't abide by them. that's why russian oil tanker says setting course to turkey to their oil, gets refined there before being sold in the u. s. gasoline or some other product for maximum impact. we're targeting many industrial goods that russia needs, and that it cannot get through back filling by 3rd countries. vital goods such as electronics, specialized vehicle's machine parts, spare parts for trucks and jet engines. but it won't be easy to close all loopholes as russia sources sanctioned goods through a series of countries. however, s

are you the pentagon that says it's tracking or suspected that chinese spy? belinda spotted an u. s. s. based on wednesday by reports that military leaders even considered shooting it down with the state of montana. let's speak to our pentagon correspondent, patsy cocaine, who's lie for us now in washington, dc. patty, what more can he tell us? well, i know la, pretty late in the day we heard from the pentagon spokesman brigadier general pat rider. he gave it on the record for attribution statement. he basically said that they are tracking this high altitude surveillance balloon over the continental united states. he says it's fine so high up that it doesn't pose a danger to any sort of commercial aircraft, but that they were taking steps to make sure that it couldn't gather any sensitive information. he very specifically in that for the record for attribution statement, didn't blame it on china. shortly after that reporters were given a background briefing from a senior military official. that basically means we can use the information, but we can't release that person's name. this pe

are the top stories. now, the pentagon that says it's tracking a suspected chinese spy, berlin spotted in the u. s. s. based on wednesday, who are reports, military leaders even considered shooting it down, but decided against it because of the potential safety risk from falling debris or pentagon correspondent petticoat haine, has more from washington dc. what they are alleging is that there is this high altitude balloon over the western us. they say it's china again, they haven't provided any evidence that it is in fact chinese balloon, or that its mission is to do surveillance. but they said they have been tracking for several days. i, they say it's so high altitude that it's not a risk to any sort of air travel at all. i'm but one of the reports were seen is that they presented options to the president. what to do with about this, they decided, according to these reports, not to shoot it down because that could potentially have consequences on the ground . european commission, the president erst live on the lawn, says a new sanctions package, including price caps on russian oil will be ready for th

u. s. media discriminated against blacks now. the u. s. media are being racist against whites and asians. and polls is so more and more white americans feel that they have become the target of racism. public opinion echoed by the world's richest man and by the man, many republicans say could be the next u. s. president. ticklish, we've really been fighting this woke agenda across the board in the state of florida. we fight the row in corporate america. we fight to look in schools and we fight them. what woke in the halls of the legislature in tallahassee. we in florida . we'll never ever surrender to the woke mom. arrived from the governor of the sunshine state. we want to go now to washington d. c. to shed some light on america's polarized politics and its people. to do that, i'm joined now by liz choker, she's a political scientist liz, it's good to see you again. and let's talk about brawn to santa's here. he has been described as a younger version of donald trump. he is he tapping into that, that trump base by going after what he calls the woke

u. s. government u. s. based security research is c for a d. s alleged that chinese companies are exporting equipment to sanctioned russian defense firms. but paging says its exports to russia are in line with its laws. china is already benefiting from the war in ukraine in other ways. russia now needs china more than china, needs russia, and em, i think china is always prepared to, to use this leverage that it has to its own advantage. i'm on, i think it's hoping it's already taking advantage of cheap energy. it's also looking at the invasion of ukraine to see what it could mean for its own ambitions and in taiwan and in the south china sea. as moscow's troops struggle on in ukraine, shine are, is working towards its long term go live, expanding its board as an influence on the global stage. ah, well, more than 7000 kilometers away from the battlefields and eastern ukraine. cambodia is providing valuable de mining training to ukrainian troops. now this comes after cambodian prime minister who's said offered the help to ukrainian president vladimir zalinski in a telephone conversa

u. s. pressure upon the iraqi government. and that, you know, no r u. s. currencies are given to iran via iraq. and those militias would be pay, it would need to be paid in the us daughters and not the iranian currency. so, you know, pardoning a lot of prisoners, maybe a whole different background to what we initially can think of. okay. and afraid that is all the time we have a thank you very much and do you feel a time and analysis yvonne x, but ali pacola no job. thank you. thank you. you're watching the w news live from berlin. stick around because coming up next is shift your guide to life in the digital age expense. more for you on the website, d, w dot com for all the latest news analysis and video. you can also live streaming on youtube and we're here to vomit. and to watch any of these, if i get someone else to the tv highlighted selected for you, you every week in your a box subscribe. now when you become a criminal pre, a rating with hackers paralyzed me.

u. s. so we are seeing the highest level of government here in the u. s. trying to bend this to make it more european friendly . but it's nowhere near the kind of access that countries like mexico and canada will get who actually have trade agreements with the u. s. and that's very much what the europeans are getting to feel right now. yes, michelle, a very briefly scattered talk around this issue about trade wars, or is that even possible? plausible from the american outlook the sort answers absolutely no, both sides can't afford it. and the europeans are simply too dependent on the united states, both now for energy, but also for backing against russia after its attack on ukraine to allow anything like that to happen. so that won't happen, but we will see some rather intense talks buying close doors. ryder correspond michelle a group, not in washington. thank you. and we go now to some of our other global business stories making headlines. automakers, renault and nissan have formalize their re boots of a conflict, the complicated relationship as they work

u. s. is the u. s. and or is the u. s. trapped in sort of an old mindset? not realizing that the resources and whatnot that are going into that are basically giving china, you know, an easier pass in the world than otherwise would be. well, i mean, let me emphasize the very outset, the russian. envision your praise completely. the girl on acceptable had asked to be condemned and we should certainly try to read it. that's all very clear . but at the same time, to be completely candid. when was break out like this day, the slack job political incompetence and a the european union and the members of the european union should step back flat on what did they do to have this was remedial war break out in this step. and my simple answer is that they didn't listen to the advice of george ken and bobby we for offense is just come up with another article pointing on very dearly that read back the 1900 ninety's almost 30 years ago. josh, can emphasize that europe and united states should in alien be russia. she tried to integrate russia in the new order. and i can tell you frankly, the fundamental difference between what

u. s. s. based on wednesday, there are reports, military leaders even considers shooting it down, but decided against it because of the potential safety missed from foreign deborah . we've been commission present or serve on the line that says a new sanctions package, including price caps on russian oil will be ready for the 1st anniversary of russia's invasion. made the comments soon after arriving in chief head of a summit at ukraine's push to join the u. detainee who spent 16 years in guantanamo bay has been released and transferred to police focused on a magic con, was arrested by us forces in 2003. a po francis has addressed tens of thousands of young people, a democratic republic of congo. a pontiff spoke at stadium is the 1st paper visit to the country and more than 37 years. malcolm webb has more now, from contrast, with i studied stadium a few hours. if you're a guy who is not far from me, i respect to crowder about 65000 young people. he warned them against corruption and you'll say, warned them to stay away from what he called religion is a more dr. and again, this is india. conger

u. s. s. space on wednesday. they are reports that military leaders even considered shooting it down over the state of montana, but decided against it because of the potential safety risk to residents from falling debris. our pentagon correspondent patty calhane, has more from washington dc. we do now have an official statement from the pentagon spokesman brigadier general pat ryder, and it's kind of interesting for what's not in it. he basically says the u. s. is in fact tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon over the united states. you didn't stress specify where he said, look, we've had these sorts of balloons in the past and over the past several years. but that it doesn't provide any sort of concern for commercial or air travel because of its altitude just so high up in the atmosphere. what's interesting is, what he doesn't say is what obviously people are, officials are telling reporters of pedagogy and background not renamed that they believe this is a chinese spy balloon. we're hearing reports that there we

u. s. pressure upon the iraqi government and dad's no, no arduous currencies are given to iran via iraq. and those militias would be pay, it would need to be paid in the u. s. daughters and not the iranian currency. so are, you know, pardoning a lot of prisoners, maybe a whole different background to what we initially can think of. we have like some other stories making headlines around the world. anti government protesters clashed with police and peruse capital after parliament rejected a proposal to bring forward elections. since december, thousands of demonstrators across the country have been calling on president dina ballasa to sat down. she took over from petro kasteel, who was impeached and arrested for trying to dissolve congress. the death toll from wild fires in chile has now reached 23. the government has extended the area covered by emergency orders, allowing for the to the deployment of troops to battle the flames. more than $250.00 fires on our burning due to a summer wet heat wave. tens of thousands of people attended a mass held by pope frances on sunday, in the stadium in salsa dance. capital juba, the pope used his visit to urge rival fac

u. s. actually are state postpones his trip to beijing, as a chinese surveillance balloon continues to float across u. s. s. base. the pentagon says a 2nd balloon has been spotted over latin america. ah, my mother, inside the sound, they're alive to coming up. ukraine pushes closer to joining the e. u, but more forms are needed before any membership proposal is accepted. i'm gonna show lanka of the cash strapped governments decision to spend thousands on an independent stay parade. and look inside one of the world's largest jails. el salvador vales. it's new mega prison be capacity to house, 40000 inmates. ah, the united states has taken immediate diplomatic action over the presence of a chinese surveillance balloon above us soil. it says the balloon is a clear violation of sovereignty. with the u. s. secretary of state postponing a plan visit to beijing. china says it's the civilian balloon and not being used was fine. but now there are reports that a 2nd balloon husband spotted over latin america. whitehouse. corresponding chimney hawk. it has more. the sing is up in the sky. china surveillance balloo

now on to are the news and the u. s. u s. president joe biden has delivered his state of the union address, urging congress to work with him, where the republicans are in control of the house of representatives. biden called for unity, and took credit for improving the economy and white house correspondent, kimberly hawkeye reports with his approval rating. still, among some of the lowest of his presidency, joe biden delivered his 2nd state of the union address. and despite still soaring, high inflation, biding declared backbone his nations drawn to millions tuned in to watch by then who used to speech to highlight what he sees as his successes of the past 2 years. not employment rate is a 3.4 percent of 50 year low air record on a foreigner with black hispanic workers. we've already created your help, a 100000 good pay manufacturing jobs. the fastest grows and for a year for this state of the union was different from biden's. last, this time the democratic president spoke to a divided congress, as he made the case for raisi

u. s. government u. s. based security research as see for a d. s alleged that chinese companies are exporting equipment to sanctioned russian defense firms. but beijing says it's exports to russia are in line with its laws. china is already benefiting from the war in ukraine in other ways. russia now needs china more than china, needs russia, and em, i think china is always prepared to, to use this leverage that it has to its own advantage. i'm on, i think it's hoping it's already taken advantage of cheap energy. and it's also looking at the invasion of ukraine to see what it could mean for its own ambitions and in taiwan and in the south china sea. as moscow's troops struggle on in ukraine, scheiner is working towards its long term goal of expanding its board as an influence on the global stage. more, i'm joined now by d. w. 's, chief international editor, richard walker. richard, and can you tell us how can we see china's position evolving here with regard to the war in ukraine? yeah, as we saw it, very well explained in that piece there. and also with those comments from a collea

u. s. s. based on wednesday. they are reports, militia leaders even considered shooting. it down but decided against it because of the potential safety risk from falling debris. our pants can correspond, particle hain't, has more from washington. so what they're saying is that they are tracking that's that they've taken steps to make sure that no surveillance can in fact be done. but again, the official statement is there's a balloon, we're watching it. it doesn't pose a danger to air travel or collecting of sensitive information in the pentagon. what they're telling reporters on background unnamed officials that they believe this is the chinese are what we do know is that they did close the air space for a bit on wednesday in billings, montana. we really, they were put it up afterwards. you raptors in the iraq's, those ers electronic surveillance radar up planes. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has attended the opening of charged embassy near television, the major step and normalizing relations between the 2 countries. tog 7 ties with israel in 1972 in solidar

u. s. military will have access to. busy or moline, as you mention, we know now that there are 4 additional philippine military bases, that the u. s. will have access to the u. s. military already has access to 5 different military bases across the philippines. under the enhanced defense corporation agreement, which was signed back in 2014, under the administration of former president min ignore aquino, the 3rd, the joint statement by the u. s. and philippines defense ministries, a state that the u. s. has invested around $82000000.00 in these 5 locations where they have, they have had access to 4 years. and so they are committing to investing in these additional locations. we don't know yet where these 4 additional locations are going to be. but we might find out during the presser between r u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin and philippine defense secretary currently to gov is junior. that's happening in a couple of hours from now. we do know that there have been pock sir, that possible 2 locations are going to be in the northern philippines, close to taiwan. and so if that is true, that would give a strategic advantage to the

u. s. has tightened the rules on international transfers to prevent money laundering. it's reduced cash flows to iraqi banks by about 80 percent. lou are the 100 for guided entity key. it's cleared u. s. federal reserve scrutinizing foreign transfers from iraq, and especially to those countries unfriendly with 2 u. s. army, such as iran, lebanon, by syria and yemen, others. consequently, iraq steel via transfers from the u. s. have been cut from $240000000.00 to only $22000000.00 on a day. the government has launched a campaign to combat illegal currency trading and promised to hold further discussions with washington to stabilize the exchange rate were hired out is one. this is one aspect of an economic challenge that requires a brave response and practical solutions to end the wrong financial policies inherited by the current government. in the mean time, the prime minister has extended credit to small businesses by half a $1000000000.00. despite government promises to continue the depreciation, many iraqis are worried about an increase in prices ahead of the holy month of ramadan. especially in imports such as gas and wheat, a number of currency exchanges have stopped trading anth

u. s. states have banned tiktok from government devices. kansas is the most recent u. s. investigators are worried about the amount of personal information the app collects from its users. and the fact that tiktok is owned by one of china's most valuable private companies. china has been quite clear that they are trying to, um you know, mold the use and norms around technologies that advance there and privilege their interests. those interests that are not consistent with our own. top u. s. law enforcement officials said a new u. s technology strike force is being launched to protect american technology from national security threats, according to the washington post. tiktok is used by two thirds of american teens. alright, let's move on to the holiday weekend weather forecast. that's right. i forgot about that. meteorologists anti patel is here in previewing what the weekend will look like sandia. yeah, i'll remind you that it's going to be nice. and then you won't forget about the weekend an anomaly. let's take a look at what's ahead. and here's an indication temperatures anywhere from j

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u. s. abrams are appropriate for ukrainian forces who have not trained on them for years. when the u. s. provided them to saudi arabia in iraq, their programs to train their military's up to use these tanks were 5 and 7 years respectfully. so the idea that they're just going to send over a few dozen tanks and give regime forces are just going to jump into the turrets and drive off and achieve some type of victories is frankly, it's pure propaganda. it's, it's, it's ludicrous in military terms. it, it is pure political symbolism. the abrams are even heavier and more technically complex for, for the untrained user, then the leopards, but only marginally, which is why the us doesn't want to see them sent and see them perform badly and destroyed on the battlefield. ok, just tend to fit in this last story. before we go to break. a former deputy prime minister of zimbabwe has last thought that us politicians, for interjecting in the foreign, an economic policies of neighboring south africa. we reject with the contempt that it deserves this shameful, despicable us interference and african fore