like who is the u. s. to decide who around the world gets to actually be able to process their own raw material. now the u. s. s. like they can do that. and yet here we go. so way that has been doing a pretty good job of defining and continuing to move forward. they have more than doubled their output in the last year. it's actually somewhat impressive. and under the rate, interesting, all 3 of those stories combined kind of wrap into the u. s. tried to stick their nose into all of this boom bus. been swan. thank you so much. you got it. and the race to create a central back bank back to digital current and continues as china has a now it's it is launching an app for the digital you want. now the app will be available for smartphones intense like cities including beijing and shanghai. the peoples bank of china also plans to integrate the digital currency into venue at the 2022 winter olympics next month. this is just the latest step in beijing's journey to create and creating a cbc. the admin in the work since 2014, and it's not just china, more than any countries are exploring digital currencies with 14 lau

u. s. percentage of global g d. p is roughly what it was 20 years ago. europe's gone down, decline japan's gone down, decline china has gone up. u. s. hasn't moved, so i mean it's not like u. s. power is going away. but us democracy is eroding significantly. the legitimacy of u. s. political institutions, the lack of a quality of opportunity, the lack of mobility, of members of the working and middle class, the on we that's being felt. for example, by under educated white men who feel correctly that they're losing status in a country that will be majority non white by 2045. these are deep structural issues that are not being addressed as the wealthy get wealthier and the most powerful country in the world continues to move a pace that that's a real problem. in bremar helping us put the risks, facing the u. s. in the world in 2022 in perspective in it's always good talking with we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight. thank you. oh, this is the former soviet republic. it causes stand to none protest. today's storm to set fire to government offices in the largest city, a monument, security forces use tear gas and stun grenades. in the bid to disperse th

u. s. government, you not us, us government view, and all of the u. s. propaganda stations voice america, r f e r l, they all are virtually identical. they're like problems in supporting the u. s. government position. so again, it's projection. the u. s. is projecting onto our t, which its own us media, both mainstream and government media possess. so any year where the us government is falling behind the national polls and it pull out of afghanistan, has been heavily criticized by media worldwide. is it surprising that it has decided to criticize channels it deems negative in its coverage? well, that's why i find a very anti american, this whole idea that americans are only allowed to, to consume. one perspective in the media is deeply, deeply anti american. it's deeply anti pluralist and it just reflects the kind of circular thinking within the state department. they have no clue that the vast majority of americans can't stand american foreign policy. and so what is their, what is their, what is their conclusion? well, should we change our policy? no, let's don't let them watch things. the challenge, their perspective, the challenge, their nar

and these are probably the aftershocks, the collapse of a country like the u. s. s, i was bound to have consequences. so if i tried to answer this very difficult question in just a few words, i would say that what happened back in the ninety's was one of those reasons, but, but the circumstances are different in each country. so as are the underlying reasons the conflicts, i don't think there is one size fits all explanation. going back to the gratitude by the cassock, people in the last few days i had local people thanking our peacekeepers and every one who was involved in this operation. yesterday, for example, i was having breakfast at the hotel and the guy he's an employee, came up to me and asked if i was stanislaus. disaster said yes, he asked to take a picture with me and i agreed. he said, i saw you with the peacekeepers. thank you very much. he shook my hand. it's nice. of course. this is what ordinary people think like them, replica nurse at the of the shouldn't crystal not over o as you're already another, keep on with get by. is it those with literate an

u. s. and the nato expansion on both sides have played down hopes of a break through u. s. president joe biden on the phone with moscow in december, on a business like call that was meant to ratchet down tensions over ukraine. the u. s . has threatened severe economic sanctions if russia invades an adviser to russian president vladimir putin pushed back after the call. such sanctions would be a colossal mistake that would entail grave consequences. a lot of mistakes have been made over the past 30 years and we had better avoid more such mistakes in this situation. russia is already under sanctions for its 2014 annexation of the crimean peninsula. weeks afterwards, pro russian groups seized parts of the dentist and no hans regions on ukraine's eastern frontier. near the russian border. the government launched a military operation and the long war began in earnest. meanwhile, thousands died in shelling and fire fights between separatists and government troops. russia has been widely suspected of financing and equipping the separatists . in early 2015, as the casualties mounted, the parties agreed to a cease fire in talk, sponsored by germany and franc

u. s. called an emergency meeting of the security council. the only objection came from moscow and b g. what we saw was a public diplomatic brawl. the u. s. accusing russia of acting like a bully, preparing to strike.

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u. s. really is on another level, but it does affect the rest of the world because the u. s. is like it or not better or worse, a superpower, and look to for setting an example, no matter how many times it's contradicted its own example and undermined its own example all around the world. it is still look to as an example for democracy, for rule of law, and we've seen dictators and other strong men around the world. since donald trump took power in 2016 when he was elected president. following this example of kind of using him as cover for being able to do things in their countries to their people that the united states might speak out against a kind of gives those kinds of people the ability to get away with even more. and that is, i think probably the, the biggest effect for people around the world. ok. william blue cross to thank you so much for that in his poll in washington. thank you. outer cassock star where police in the country's largest city, how matter told state and beady, the dozens of protesters have been killed. what they call an attempt to store administrative buildin

u. s. growth would have looked like if coven never happened, because it's not like the u. s. was delivering spectacular growth before the pandemic rolled back, then was pretty much already on the decline. right. and we talked about that a lot in 2019 with you on the show about the fact that it looked like we were heading into a recession. to that, obviously the pandemic kind of threw a wrench in the works and kind of changed up the whole narrative about what happened with the economy. now kristi, when it does come to this recovery, how is the u. s. actually comparing to other major economy throughout the world. well, the us and china are pretty much neck and neck in terms of recovery. they've already both surpassed their pre pandemic cause. so the chinese economy is projected to have growth of 10.6 percent larger for the whole of 2021 compared with 2019. however, even for the world's most wealthy nation, the pose pandemic recovery still remains a challenge. so you, how japan and germany and the u. k. the other, the 3 other top 5 global economies, they have yet to fully rebound

u. s. chief of the u. s. house intelligence committee. claim that the invasion of ukraine by russia is very likely, i do believe it's very likely i have notes and i actually, i see it, i don't think russia wants to do it. and obviously the west doesn't want it to happen. but i mean, the 1st, once i got that is that even if russia does invade ukraine, it's pretty clear that they would not get involved militarily. that would be very strong and so on. but the idea about the europe wide war between nature and russia as a result of what's going on in ukraine, very like going back to ukraine itself. russia's been very clear on its determination that ukraine will never join nato. nato has been equally clear on the principle. countries can join whatever alliances. they like. both sides have spent a series of meetings this week saying those things to each other. so i think is the question for mr. rob costs it today. the talk so far have failed and it's an interesting question where things go now, but i wouldn't, i mean, there's a solution to this which it was pretty obvious one. everybody knows that ukraine, it will not, it just makes hope in the, i

like whatever deal happens while the u. s. is very, very careful to include the europeans and is actively including deer pins in the end. it looks like it's going to be a u. s. negotiation with russia and the europeans are not the leading. the leading crafter of any kind of deal. but i'm afraid that the ironic thing is that means kissed out essentially, and that's why they even didn't mention it that's. that's basically also the reason why i put in is, is trying to say, or i am ready t for action, because minister is that so the, some, some minimal goals of, of the kremlin administration or not. ah, i, they haven't gotten there yet. so, and that's the point. ok, let's change that perspective a little bit. so take a quick look at russians. hasty intervention in kazakhstan was this flooded me put in responding to the vicissitudes of international politics, or is it all part of some complex long term strategy? with debris cleared and the morning of victims in erie column has descended on the cassock. megacity of alma t protests were sparked by rising oil and gas prices in the resource rich country. they are also being directed against the corrupt government, w

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u. s. and they're demanding written guarantees. rather a written response to their demands from the u. s. and from nato. so it almost seems like the e u is kind of watching from the sidelines, and that includes germany. while the foreign policy chief separate did say that a massive attack by russia, ukraine is not likely, but the block is still preparing sanctions for that. eventually ality. i mean, how has moscow been reacting to that while the threat of sanctions has become something that russians and russian politicians are almost used to and have become used to over the past few years. and i think it's kind of seen here as okay, well we're already under so many sanctions. what difference can, can a new round of sanctions actually make even though the threats of sanctions that we're seeing this time around from the u. s. and that you are rather harsh, including perhaps personal sanctions on president, letting me put in himself. but i think that the, that the russian side is kind of going into all of these talks in the past few weeks, including the talks today with the upper hand. they have the military threat on the ukrania

u. s. national defense university and served as nato operations director for the u. s. sector of defense. he believes the british accusations are likely well founded. this is extraordinary. presumably they got this from either a signals intelligence or from a very highly placed source, both of whom could potentially be compromised by this. so i think it's so shows just how seriously you k takes this problem that they're willing to go public with it right now. you know, i think it's a reaction to the russian bill, but i think what's really motivating is the fact that, you know, there was a color revolution that over through a pro russian desperate ukraine and the precedent that could happen in moscow. there's going to be a long winter, you know, with the north st pipeline on line with economic damage due to coven, 40 percent russians don't have any savings. russian inflation is running, possibly as high as 18 percent. and so, you know, meanwhile he's worried, he's worried about being overthrown. and you know, one thing the russians can do is when they survive their nations at stake, they will put up with suffering. so if you can put th

u. s. has not detailed what that might look like, but has indicated that this would include punishing financial sanctions. so the highest levels of the russian government, but the u. s. senate this week going even further drafting legislation to not only put in place those punishing sanctions, but even to level them towards vladimir putin, the russian president, himself. thank you very much, can be how can the latest from washington. meanwhile, the russian far mississauga lover of says his country's prepared to respond. if western nations reject moscow's security proposals, he wants a detailed answer in writing to the demands that russia has made. a main one is a nato commitment that ukraine will never be allowed to join the defense alliance. nato argues that countries should be free to choose their own alliance, says russia wants a band or nato deploying weapons and forces in central and eastern european countries that join the alliance, often $997.00. these include a stony out poland and the check or public nature says the demand place is russia security concerns above those of the former soviet republics. russia also once intermediate range missiles, banned in eu

u. s. and nato issue a written response to its demands. so it seems like russia is basically only really willing to talk to the u. s. and when it comes to these security and abounds, and in a way, europe is kind of on the sidelines watching emily, the used foreign policy chief adjust berella, saw that the block was ready to prepare for the sanctions against russia. how long? hm. who didn't stick to his policies in the face of these sanctions. why i think it's 1st of all important to point out that the russian side has repeated again and again that they are not planning an attack on ukraine. but they are also not willing so far to take the mil military threat off the table when it comes to sanctions. from the russian point of view, the west really has no leverage and on russia. i think 1st of all, the u. s. has made it clear that they won't defend ukraine militarily, in case of an invasion. and today we've been hearing media reports, at least that one of the biggest sanctions that the west had been kind of holding over are russia, which is that the country could be cut off from the swift banking a system that that cou

u. s. as an evasions. likely, russia denies this, and the 2 men played down hopes of finding an immediate resolution. we'll hear 1st from the u. s. secretary of state and then from the russian foreign minister, that's the choice that russia faces. now, you can choose the path of diplomacy that can lead to peace and security, or the path that will lead only to conflict. severe consequences and international condemnation. the united states and our allies and partners in europe stand ready to meet russia on either path. and we will continue to stand with you christ to i spoke frankly about this with tony lincoln's uses and he agreed that we need to have a more reasonable dialog boudreau. so i hope that emotions will decrease, although there are no guarantees with guarantee. well, that's got more or less from d w, so brussels bureau chief, alexandra font, nomine, and geneva, and d, w, correspond emily, sherwin in moscow. welcome both. let's start with you. alexandra. has this meeting lowered tensions over ukraine? those sites have agreed to father talks, and that's actually good news because we can assume that as long as the door to

u. s. is the power broker here. russia only wont wants to talk with the u. s. and yet we're talking about european security. so why does it feel like the europeans are always punching below their weight in this crisis? well, that's very easy. i mean, 1st of all, they're not an unclear power and folk rock for russia, the status of nuclear power decides if i yes, you can. france have a smaller nuclear arsenals. bought the british one is basically attached to u. s. one. and, and the french explicitly site that as a result, as a means for national defense. no, for defense of nature, alliance of such a. so, so for the bigger european security question, the big nuclear power is the u. s. then there are sort of the predominant military power. and although there are folks like me who continue to tell the europeans that in russian or mindset and viewpoint, military policy, the decisive factor up until now that europeans for happy to ignore that. i thought there is sid if one thing actually where you are really matters. and that of course is the whole topic of economic sanctions because russian european economic ties, especially the energy s

u. s. code have been declining that the decades because of cheap alternative, like wayland gas and now wind turbines and solar panels, making it full even fast. the u. s. 336 colton fluffy and has cut its capacity by 25 percent in the last decade. scientists have a problem, governments need to quit cold to keep us safe, but they also need to protect the livelihood, the communities who live from it. that's what jam needed. it closed that final hot coal mine in 2018 after 60 years of steady decline and did say without firing a single minor, the government retrained younger miners and paid out older ones. he wanted to retire early, but scientists say the energy transition needs to be fat and fast. germany dragged out its transition over decades and as recently as 9020 was still building plants, deblanco. research of the technical, university of berlin and 2019 found the to quick a phase that would have cost less and less mining communities adapt better with cling lawn for too long with an old dying industry has a tendency not to support new alternative industries because these are being seen as a kind of competition that might speed up the process to wha

u. s. to try to isolate them. we've seen them turn away from the u. s. dollar go more towards gold, and that is exactly what's likely to happen. very interesting in time now for a quick break. but when we come back, the united kingdom has seen a drug flow to a near one year as low as the nation is struggling to balance back. we'll dig into those details as we're gonna break here. the number, the quote, the me ah, horace champs all down through here, calling this the larry over here. so your camps are always a little nicer than this. this is evidence of absolute poverty, despair. people in our city and other cities all across america are living like this, where at the original need and village that opened up in 2018 right now. there's 31 homes on the property. it's a little over 4 acres with $31.00 homes. and a community center, unfortunately, a lot of people don't make it out of edition more homelessness and i'm just really happy. it made it her dad you with join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure. i'll be speaking to guess in the world of politics, sport, business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. the a

u. s. economy, the reach goes way beyond the country's political borders. and especially because much of the world has adopted the u. s. dollar as essentially a reserve currency that makes decisions like what happens with interest rates, very important that gives them a ripple effect around the world. basically what the federal do is take some of the steam out of the u. s. economy. inflation is really risen very quickly, supply shortages of added to that problem. and so by raising rates that discourages investors and normal people from investing from spending money. and so that means that economic activity pulls back. this affects overseas companies who are connected to the u. s. in some way, doing business there, or they're connected with us dollars. that's many, many companies. it also affects countries who take out debts in us dollars. that's a fair number of countries as well. and that even affects emerging economies think india, south africa, brazil because we noticed that when interest rates at home in the u. s. rise, a lot of capital comes out to go secure those interest rates. so it could be a problem for them as well. right? so it's going to affect a lot of people, how big a

u. s. called an emergency meeting of the security council. the only objection came from moscow and b, g. what we saw was a public diplomatic brawl. the u. s. accusing russia of acting like a bully, preparing to strike moscow, accusing washington of creating a crisis with fear. mark, now we've heard this over and over before to night. are we closer to peace or are we closer to war? i'm break off in berlin. this is the day ah, the situation we're facing in europe is purging danger, refill, lack, credible explanations by russia with actions. and milton, with the discussion about the imminent threat of law is inherently provocative. if russia further in bays ukraine, none of us will be able to say we didn't see it coming to play the experience. we cannot believe russian declarations. but the only practical moves on withdrawal of troops from the boy. oh, also coming up serious failures at the heart of government, a u. k. report into walk down breaking parties in downing street is blaming failures of leadership and judgment. so what does prime minister boars johnson have to say for himself? parliament? mister speaker, i get it. and i will fix it. oh, i want to soon to the peo

u. s. administration is prepared to put in place punishing financial sanctions. should vladimir putin decide to invade ukraine? now we're getting a better idea of what those might look like. u. s. officials telling reporters that some of the sanctions would be in the form of export controls on u. s. goods to russia. that what this would do is prohibit the sale of certain goods in the sectors of aerospace as well as artificial intelligence in order to try and cripple some of the industries that russia depends on. so this is just one sector that would be targeted. another area that would be targeted is that there is this fear that russia should invade, would target energy sectors for europe. and that could pose a particularly difficult scenario for european nations. in fact, we know that there are some nations that express reticence for joining the us. sort of the partnership of the united states in terms of any sort of pushback against russia. and as a result, there were some divisions. now the president saying that there is sort of unity in pushing back against what it calls russian aggression. but this was the reason behind some of those fractures and friction, is the fact th

u. s. government is run by a black rock and the military industrial complex and black rock wants to sell the u . s. natural gas and black rock heavily invested into some of the other pipelines like the saudi arabian pipeline network. and some of the other pipelines going from kata. and so i'm, so it sounds like what you're describing here though is sort of jump in what you're describing. sounds like big business rules the day. it's not what you, what, that's what you're saying. yes, it is. exactly, that's what i'm say, the big business ruling the day and they don't care at all on the, on the necessary piece of the german population of the russian public of the, your asian population. they don't care at all. they want to make big money and they don't even what risk a war. they don't care. they think in the u. s. they are far away from everything where something happens for a few bucks. they would even sell their grandma. so you think the notion to pipeline is eventually going to start flowing and it will be accepted and it's just going to be the 13th russian gas pipeline feeding europe. you think at the end of the day it will go ahead. yes, there is no question about this. the qu

u. s. you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. they would, they would like to see actually quite tough sanctions against russia. at some point . they were rumors that maybe the u. s. was molig expelling russia from the system, which is basically the global system to send and receive money. the, especially germany, against that the u. s secretary state also said in care of that unity within ukraine was important for maintaining its strength. this comes as former president pet reports shanker faces treason charges. on wednesday, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors to arrest him. portion co has been accused of dozens of crimes including helping pro russia separate says sell millions of dollars worth of coal. he says the charges were concocted by allies of the current president. the un says its stepping up its response to the volcanic eruption on su nami, and tongue. our government called it an unprecedented disaster. new zealand and australia are sending fresh water and other supplies by bo. britton's prime minister has again told parliament he won't be resigning over the so called party gave scandal for his johnson urged everyone to wait for the outcome of an

like a maniacal design or just maniacal maniacally stupid? i mean, you know, it's really a question in my mind when you think about the last 20 years of u. s. policy, the u. s. invaded afghanistan. and 2 months later, the taliban agreed to surrender in exchange for amnesty and the american said no, we don't negotiate with terrorists. and then 20 years later, the taliban, when the war in afghanistan, the invasion of iraq, you know, you can go through the entire history of the, you know, states and all of these endless wars. and they're marked by these catastrophically, dumb decisions, really stupid decisions. so there's a maniacal stupidity that exists, but because the group think in washington is so strong, none of the politicians can say, no, wait, let's actually go a different path because they'll be brought down whatever the latest hysteria is. so yeah, i mean, in the case of ukraine, what does the u. s. actually gain from from it, you know, intensifying a civil war by people in the eastern part of the country. obviously were offended by the fact that a fascist lead anti russian could a tie happened on february 22nd, 2014. that this new right when govern