u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin earlier gave the opening remarks at the ukraine defense contact group . his dozens of members coordinate, military assistance to keep. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say. kremlin is still betting that it can wait us out. but when you're on, we are as you and that's your result will help us find your crazy momentum and the crucial weeks. and hope your pray, travel, the challenging road, the wise looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand the space in russia is war of choice. this isn't just about ukraine, right? to live in peace and security. it's also about the find a world that our children one here. and we can bring in d, w, b, or chief alexander fun nom than in brussels. he's covering that story for us. alexander, a strong message of support that by the us defense secretary confirming that the u . s. and nato allies will back ukraine in the long term and that more military support is on its way. well, i think that's the case. nato officials here told us that we can expect to him more p

u. s. secretary of defense. so if a chinese balloon is an american aerospace, or even just above it and america shoots it down, wouldn't this then give the right to china to shoot down any number of american assets that violate its air space nearly every single day? absolutely. i think for the recall the china has been condemn in the united states again and again and again, not just for days or weeks or months for years, for the fragrant violation of china sovereignty and territorial integrity, while violating the one china policy, etc. so if charla would do exactly like what the u. s. military did a few days ago by shooting down an innocent homeless as the u. s. military characterized this ship airship, for example, from the air. then china would be fully justified to shoot and shoot and shoot again and again and again. but what would the consequences, charlotte, the lava stage will be able to walk with each other who will badly bit. neither of the chinese people know the american people. therefore, under the u.

we just heard there a strong message of support from the u. s. defense secretary confirming that the u . s. a. nato allies will back ukraine in the long term. all, all the nato allies on the same page here. well, i think that all allies are on the same page when it comes to their promise to support ukraine as long as it takes support that secretary austin described as unshakable and enduring. and the u. s. is of course the main donor of weapons to ukraine with you as administration announcing just last months. and you package of military assistance with long range missiles, the ammunition and other weapons worth 2000000000. you asked to lars. but of course, there are other nations allies that are a bit more restrained. for instance, for germany agenda german it, germany took its time to decide whether they are willing and ready to deploy a leopard, 2 tanks to ukraine. and actually, there has been some discord between germany and poland, for instance, with the polish government criticizing germany for doing to little and to late. and the german government saying th

u. s. secretary of defense regarding the whole situation and the shooting down of the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the balloon which was being used by the people's republic of china in a attempt to reveal strategic sites in the continental united states was brought down above us territorial waters. in accordance with the president's direction, the department of defense developed options to take down the balloon safely over our territorial waters, while closely monitoring its path and intelligence collection activities. now there's been quite a bit of hysteria regarding the balloon in the united states. beijing has said this was simply a tragic accident. they did not attempt to deploy a balloon over the united states to violate the u. s. territorial integrity. that was not what they intended to do, basically has also criticized the wave of anti china hysteria and us media regarding the balloon. this was a complete accident caused by a 4th measure. and the facts are very clear. china has always, strictly abided by international law, respected the sergeant in turturro integrity of all countrie

u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has said that ukraine's allies are doing everything they can to keep key of supplied with ammunition. he and other nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss providing further military assistance.

u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has said that ukraine's allies are doing everything they can to keep key of supplied with ammunition. he and other nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss providing further military assistance.

u. s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, gave the opening remarks at the ukraine defense contact group earlier, whose dozens of members coordinate military assistance to gave. let's take a look now to them. what he had to say is still betting that it can wait us out. but when you're on, we are as you made it as f, that's your result will help sustain your crazy momentum in the crucial weeks. i know you're craig travel, the challenging road that lies be, are looking around this room today. i know that our unity will only grow. we all understand the stakes in rushes more towards this isn't just about your grade right. to live in these insecurity. it's also about the world that are children when they're frustrate to the w. brussel bureau chief alexander the phenomenon who's at the nato headquarters. and we're also joined by d. w correspondent in keith nick, commonly alexander, we just heard there a strong message of support from the us defense secretary confirming that the u. s . and nato allies will back ukraine in the long term. all, all the nato allies on the same page here. well i think that

u. s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, is visiting estonia, where he's going to be meeting with it's prime minister and defense minister. what you expect we might see come out of best as that has been as strategic contributes, allow of the student and the baltic states. and in this regard, you know, we cultivate, it's very close defense relationship such because it's all routine part of it. but at the same time, it goes on the eve of person bursary or russia invasion and war against ukraine. which started actually on the stony as to independence day. so in that regard, this visit is due for a just dual gesture of, of appreciation and assurance, appreciation of what his student is doing to support your brain. and also materially and, and also, you know, to reassure as the united states is going to stand by the united states is deploying additional forces to the region, infantry companies in each of the baltic states. hi marcy famous hi lars to to saw coming to to, to sonia. so in that regards to us is already doing quite a lot. and i think there will be a lot of practical discussions about

u. s. secretary of defense. so if a chinese balloon is an american ad space, or even just above it and america shoots it down, wouldn't this then give the right to china to shoot down any number of american assets that violate its air space nearly every single day? absolutely. i think for the recall the china has been condemn in the united states again and again and again, not just for days or weeks or months for years, for the flagrant violation of channels, sovereignty and territorial integrity for violating the one china policy, etc. so if charla would do exactly like what the u. s. military did a few days ago by shooting down an innocent, homeless as the u. s. military characterized this issue ah airship, for example, from the air then china will be fully justified to shoot and shoot and shoot again and again and again. but what, what the consequences, china, the loudest visual of you have a wall with each other will fairly bit. neither the chinese people nor the american people, therefore under gun and the u

u. s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, has announced millions of dollars have all of a sudden been approved for georgia. his comments came and he met with a country's defense minister at the pentagon saying that now millions of dollars will go towards the purchase of weapon. i'm pleased to say that just last month, the department notified congress of $33000000.00 to fund equipment for this purpose . and today i'm pleased to announce that we've approved georgia for the risk assessed payment schedule. so ga will be able to request and acquire vital military capabilities more easily. i was talking to the professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade, dr. stephan diet. he says that washington is interested in military cooperation with countries that border russia. it is by those on these racial which is leisurely trying to make all the bordering countries bordering russia as their proxies in a war. one thing that this is really a very mean, a very mean plan to drag more and more countries in conflict that actually what i think the americans want to do, they want to open another fro

u. s. secretary of defense lloyd austin, has announced millions of dollars have been approved for a country in russia's southern border, georgia. his comments came as he met with to please his defense minister at the pentagon saying the funds will go towards the purchase of weapons. i'm pleased to say that just last month, the department notified congress of $33000000.00 to fund equipment for this purpose . and today, i'm pleased to announce that we've approved georgia for the risk assessed payment schedule. so ga will be able to request and acquire vital military capabilities more easily. when the pressure from the u. s. on country surrounding russia extends not only to georgia dover, but to bulgaria as well. journalists, international observer from the countries simeon milan of says, people in the nation don't want to become part of the confrontation between nato and russia. most bulgarians are very, a police or a cultural scale, if not political, but that also on political. many of them are very russian and fewer research from 2020 day to show for example, 58 percent of the boy get peopl

u. s. secretary of defense announced that moved during a visit to the philippines. from manila vanderbilt has been what the u. s. defense chief lloyd austin emphasized a few times during the presser, is that this is not a permanent basing arrangement. a secretary austin said that there will be will patient presence of us troops in these 9 locations now, on the part of the philippines, the philippines defense chief carlita galvis junior said that this would improve the the philippines capability to, to respond to natural disasters, to humanitarian crisis, which is very often here in the philippines. so of course, the 2 countries also again renewed their commitment to its military alliance, long standing military alliance. and they said that the overall relationship is a deterrence to the continuing aggression of china in the south china sea. right now, po process is addressing tens of thousands of young people in democratic republic of congo. he's a live pictures from the capital kinshasa where the pontiff is kind of speaking as a huge stadium. it's the 1st people vi

u. s. secretary of defense is in the philippines to discuss a launch of military presence and access to more basis. doctors in bolivia are on high losers. i try to contend an outbreak of dingo fever, threatening to overrun the health care system, and a coordinated strike right across the u. k. he's half a 1000000 people walk off the job, demanding basic pi ah . hundreds of people have gathered in memphis church to remember tyra nichols who died off to being beaten by police. family members remembered him as loving and pain full and cold for action to prevent more cases of police brutality . gabriel elizondo reports. ah, it was a moment to celebrate tyree nichols life in gospel and prayer, but also in sorrow when those monsters murdered my maybe brother. do you live me completely harbor brother. you gone too soon? nichols was 29 years old and a father of a 4 year old child. he liked skateboarding with his friends, and he was an amateur photographer. he take pictures and post them on his website. he loved his mom so much. he tattooed her name on his arm and often would rush home to eat wi

u. s. secretary of defense the other day saying that he would allocate $33000000.00 to georgia. so it can buy weapons. what am i missing? what am i missing here? my eggs, as long as somebody is ready to die for american interests, the united states is more than happy to print more dollars in and give it away so that these people do. so. georgia has already went through a shores of bloody war against russia in 2008, and it still has a number of problems because of that, i think that a society is not ready to go to go into such as banter, especially also again having in mind that bo george was in russia or orthodox and i think there was a really, that is really powerful messages were given by. busy charges a home to georgia regional church elia regarding this, that it is a tragedy that people of the same religion are, are fighting and this is not a does not come from their own will. but actually they are constantly being forced . last time it was george w bush and his administration. and now it is by those administration, which is leisurely trying to make all the bordering countri

u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has said that ukraine's allies are doing everything they can to keep key of supplied with ammunition. he and other nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss providing further military assistance.

u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, outline just how important it is for ukraine to have weaponry from allies in the lead up to a spring offensive by russia. our goal is to make sure that we give ukraine additional capability so that they can be not only be marginally successful, they can be decisive on the, on the battlefield in their upcoming offenses. and so you've seen us deb moved to provide a bradley fighting vehicles. you've seen us deb moved to provide strikers martyrs as leopard tanks in a number of other things that we're pulling together to provide them additional capability that i think will make a pretty significant difference in their and their counter offensive in the spring . when they turn, secretary general has called our members to spend significantly more on defense than they do now. steph, austin has more from brussels, a lot more money than they are spending at the moment. the 2 percent that they agreed on in 2014 of their annual budget to go to the funds is not enough yet installed. and burke, the secretary general, has sat. we're living in a more dangerous

secretary of state lincoln there. and whether that's intentional or not, of course, we can't read their minds. but very important to know that the u. s. secretary of defense has just been in the philippines where the philippines is now grant in the united states access to foreign military sites. and that is all to continue this confrontation with china. and so china maybe trying to message the by an administration that if the united states is going to do something provocative in the military sphere, like sending our secretary of defense to the philippines right next door to china. on the eve of the blinking visit, china can do the same thing by sending something over the united states. i think this is more of a slap in the face than any real intelligence or military threat show a very interesting i was watching the pentagon press conference at an they're refusing to be drawn on whether they might shoot it down, even if it's safe to do so when it comes to debris and other things, is that because it might be then regarded as an escalation g. thank. well, i think the 1st concern really is that they don't know what could happen to the debris if they shoot it

u. s. deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. he says there's general concern about the lack of information about the flying objects over u. s. s. base. indeed it does. you know, that are fetched and i think most americans are anxiously awaiting the year. they're elected officials tell them what's going on. it's rather odd, frankly that spanish 3 days at the u. s. 0 or shoot down 3 objects in the air. and our government has yet to tell us anything about if there is a continued threat, where did the origin of these aircraft them the like? so i will tell you that during my service in government i was unaware of any such intrusions into our sovereign airspace. i chinese bullets if there is now new information again, that would be interesting to see what can be released to the public. so we have a better understanding of the threat that the united face meets. regardless. i think that what we know is the loon that was shot down on the 4th of february was chinese. that in and of itself is just the manifestation of the increasing aggress

u. s. is to expand its military presence in the philippines. defense secretary lloyd austin confirmed the move after a meeting with the president of the philippines ferdinand marcus, junior. u. s. troops have been granted access to more military camps in the country . but general austin said that the u. s. wasn't looking to have a permanent basis there. israel launched air strikes on targets in the gaza strip early on thursday. and palestinian palestinian militants fired rockets into israel in response. the strikes came hours after israeli air defenses intercepted a rocket launched from gaza. this latest exchange of fire comes amid a surge in violence in the region. protesters chanting shame, a confronted warners at the funeral of australian catholic cardinal george pell and sidney pell was one of the most senior figures in the vatican when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting fire boys. he spent a year in prison before his convictions were washed. the scandal had indian billionaire. good tom, donnie has called off a major share sale as his business. empire continues to plunge in value. his sprawling from grammar which stret

say russian troops had nearly encircled the ukrainian held town club and they were new defensive in u. s. secretary of state lincoln council says it's a beijing following hysteria in american media. it caused by a chinese where the balloon swaying into us. on the leak documents came, a british intelligence project spied on palestinian refugees using as we previously alleged to have provided funds to come with.

secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled to travel to beijing, the first visit by a u. s secretary of state and more than four years years. rising tensions in the region. secretary of defense loin aston visiting the philippines this week where manila agreed to give us access to additional military bases. the move ended deterring china's increasingly aggressive action toward taiwan in the disputed south china sea. this may be a attempt to send a message to the united states by china. what kind of message one that they're watching us and that they can look at our most sensitive sites. they probably knew that this was reported. we have an open press in the united states, and they want the americans to see that they that they do have the capabilities to put, uh, sensitive military collection devices like these over the continental united states. at least one u. s. senator is already calling for secretary blinken to cancel his trip to china next week. now beijing has not denied that the balloon came from china. in a new statement, the chinese foreign ministry says they're looking into the reports, adding they have no intention of violating another country's airspace. andrew com

of summer so far. now, u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin is in the philippines to discuss deploying more american troops as part of efforts to deter china's increased military activity and south china. c. u. s. forces have also been helping the philippines with so horde counter terrorism operations as it battles a decades long conflict in the southeast and a black man who died at the hands of u. s. police officers will be laid to rest. later on wednesday, the family of terry nichols gathered at a church in the city of memphis on the eve of his funeral, to call for police reform. they were joined by a community and religious leaders. 5 officers have been fired and charged for the fatal beating of nickels on january the 7th gabriel has under was ap at gathering there in memphis accountability and justice. that was the key message from the family of tyree nichols and also civil rights activists here in memphis. as they held this press conference a day before, tyree nichols, a funeral service will be held. now al sharpton, a nation

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. in case hostilities arise in the taiwan street, but this is really the dawn of a new era in us philippines ties. there had been a few rocky years under the administration of former president rodrigo, to return there where the further visiting forces agreement was almost terminated. the joint military exercises between the u. s. and the philippines, but have also been terminated. but 2 months from now, we are going to see the biggest iteration of bulk than joint us philippine military exercises, where over $16000.00 troops from both sides will be participating. moline and barnaby, we know, austin's trip to the region has already prompted a traumatic reaction from that north korea. what more can we expect? well, yes sir. so secretary austin, before arriving in the phili

30 say russian troops had nearly encircled the ukrainian held town and they were new defensive in u. s. secretary of state lincoln council. his visit to beijing, following hysteria in american media caused by a chinese where the balloon swaying into you with the leak documents came a british intelligence project spied on palestinian refugees using a group previously alleged to have provided fund. i'm with a very welcome. this is auntie international with the latest world news update, just good to have you with us. now we start with russia. that's up for those. yeah . region where according to reports from local officials, a police officer has died and a car bomb explosion. applause happened in the city of a new, ga dot, and these are some of the latest pictures from the scene. there's no information, yes, and what caused the explosion or who could be responsible. however, the regions of that project on her son had previously seen similar incidents with russia saying local authorities and activists being targeted by the ukrainian secret services. the town of america don is also close to these output

u. s. defense secretary are raising a lot of concern about whether they can supply enough ammunition in futurealk of our artillery units of ukraine needing to ration. so i think that is what the nato defense ministers have been discussing now is how to solve that logistical problem i think is the general secretary of nato set and that will be key because we cannot only count on the level of ambition on the ukrainian side and the the determined nous of ukrainian soldiers but they will also need additional military support and ammunition. that's obvious natalia. some u. s. military experts arare saying that it is unrealistic to try to hold mahmoud, you mentioned that very long and very bloody battle that has been going on. in fact it is the bloodiest of all the battles so far in this war so some u. s. military experts are saying perhaps ukraine needs to concentrate on its own counter offensive and stop seeking to defend. are you seeing any signs that ukrainian leaders are taking that advice and preparing to give up on the city? so from what we understand, of course we can and we do not know that

have nearly and i called the ukranian health town, a vocal adult and they never knew defensive in go u. s. secretary of state blinker counsel this visit to beijing, following hysteria in american media, it caused by a chinese weather balloon swaying into us as a leak documents clay. my british intelligence project spied on palestinian refugee using us previously alleged to have provided funds to help with.

u. s. defense secretary are raising a lot of concerned about whether they can supply enough ammunition in future. apparently there's even been talk about here artillery units of ukraine needing to ration i. so i think that is where the nature defense ministers have been discussing. now is how to solve that? no. jessica problem i think is the general secretary of nato set. and that will be key because we can not only count on the level of, of vision on the ukrainian side, and then the determiners of ukrainian soldiers. but they will also needs additional military support and ammunition, that's obvious. italian. some u. s. military experts are saying that it is unrealistic to try to hold back mote. you mentioned that very long and very bloody battle that has been going on. in fact, it is the bloodiest of all the battles so far in this war. so some u. s. military experts are saying, perhaps ukraine needs to concentrate on its own counter offensive and stop seeking to defend. are you seeing any signs that ukrainian leaders are taking that advice and preparing to give up on the city? so from w

republican dorothy say, russian troops have nearly encircled the ukrainian held town, a new defensive in go u. s. secretary of state, lincoln council. his visit to beijing, following hysteria in american media caused by a chinese weather balloon swaying into you with on the lease documents k. my british intelligence project spied on the palestinian refugees using a group previously alleged to have provided funds to kind.

under the enhanced defense vault ration agreement, which was signed in 2014, under the administration of former president. many no akina the 3rd. now u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin and philippine defense secretary currently about this junior will be holding a clor close bilateral meeting a few hours away from now inside the military compound. and after that meeting, they are expected to announce these t locations, if not the key locations. then at least they're expected to announce if there is an agreement for new locations. now, 2 of these locations are expected to be up in the north, close to taiwan, in which case it would give the u. s. a strategic advantage in case a conflict. the rises in the taiwan straits, but this is what pull testers are against. that there are now just a few pull testers right here, which is a few minutes ago. they were protesting against these new locations. they're saying they don't want the philippines to get dragged into an unnecessary conflict. the conflict that, that philippines doesn't have anything to do with. but by and large filipinos are supportive of strength and military alliance between the philippines and th

u. s. has said no before to was certain missiles to certain missile defense systems to why abrams tanks. and every time that seems the u. s. has finally given in and the secretary of state's response was as of right now, the u. s. is view is that f sixteens are not part of what ukraine actually needs in order to defend itself. that's not to say that the u. s. is wavering, in any sense, in its support for ukraine's efforts against russia. rosalind jordan live in washington dc. thank you. ah, now the white house is responded to claims published online that the us was behind a tax which sabotaged the gnawed stream pipeline last year. the claims are made in a blog post by respected investigative journalist seymour hersh. russia says the u . s. must be investigated while adam fisher is in washington, d. c. for more of this and pretty quickly, it looks like her, the white house working to pull cold water on this on. well, the white house is very clear and what they're seeing describing this as utterly false and complete fiction that also being backed up, not surprisingly by the national security council. and also the cia what seymour hersh alleges as that using the cove

of them. and yet it goes on and on. look, it was after we left afghanistan in disgrace, that within 3 weeks, you had lloyd austin, this u. s. secretary defense already in georgia and, and then the ukraine trial is kind of format problems. and this is just gotta stop stop swearing, china emphasizing the corona virus, tragedy murder. the word that is from the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, in response to recent us, packing that the prime them, it was likely china's faults. the u. s. energy department has concluded that the coven pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak. according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the white house and key members of congress. the energy department made its judgment with low confidence accordance to people who have read the classified report. she and she see a lovely is extremely unlikely. this is an authoritative scientific conclusion that experts from china and the world health organization reached after visiting the relevant laboratory and through hon and holding in debt exchanges with relevant researchers. the relevant party should start playing up the large league theo

secretary galvez and reiterated that the u. s. commitment to philippine security is iron clad. the secretary expressed his appreciation for the philippines, approval of 4 new and hands defense cooperation agreement locations, and both secretary austin and secretary galvez noted that the dca is a key pillar of alliance co operation and supports combined training exercises and interoperability separately. the department of defense announced today a significant new package of security assistance for ukraine. this includes the authorization of a presidential drawdown of security assistance, valued up to $425000000.00, as well as $1750000000.00. and ukraine security assistance initiative funds. the presidential drawdown is the 31st such drawdown of equipment from b o. d inventories for ukraine. in total, the u. s. is now committed $32000000000.00 and security assistance ukraine since 201429 point 3000000000 since rushes unprovoked, an illegal invasion nearly one year ago this month. today's announcement includes critical air defense capabilities to help ukraine defendants. people as well as armored infantry vehicles and more equipment that ukraine is using to effect so effectively including