u. s. security coordinators report and the israeli investigation. u. s. security coordinator on the grout, worked with both palestinians and israelis, in some cases physically bridging those 2 investigations to prepare his own set of findings. so let me just ask you about the central claim in these railey military's report, that if it is really soldier killed her, it was because she didn't was caught an exchange of fire by palestinian gunman in the area. that claim is completely disputed by eye. witness testimony and video footage from that area in the minutes leading up to and during the shooting. doesn't that discrepancy concern you? of course, we are concerned when their allegations that a civilian was intentionally targeted, what the israelis found, and what our security coordinator found was that there appears to have been no intentionality. our security coordinator found no reason to believe that serino block. leigh was intentionally targeted line footage by is really of course and, and i have, i've looked at everything that is available in the publi

u. s. security coordinators report was not an investigation. was based on the israeli investigation, the investigation there was a ballistics analysis done that was inconclusive. none of the key eye witnesses have even been interviewed. why has us not conducted an independent investigation to the killing of an american citizen? we said from the very beginning that we wanted it fully transparently investigated . we recognize that these really did conduct a thorough investigation. do characterize a thorough investigation with no key eye. witnesses have been interviewed under clear video evidence that contradicts a central claim in the killing of a us citizen. again, we continue to mourn with the family and the dish obviously should not have happened, but i'm not going to speak any more about the investigation. that's been completely question just 2 weeks after this and over 6 months after she didn't was killed. hughes broke that the f b i, independent of the white house, would open an investigation into the killing israeli government made clear t

u. s. security official said there was surprisingly a lack of foreign interference. he said that rush and the wrong was supposedly not to focus on the u. s. they were too preoccupied by the ukraine conflict and the wave. i'm a wave of process in the islamic republic. metals live out 2 journalists and foremost, sorry, analyst mr. john curio cool. john, always a pleasure to see so thanks so much for joining us. so much. matt lazy is mike, thanks. what do you make of these, these, these us cyber policy, this new s are opposed to the washington increments beyond it's borders. you know, i've never, i've never been of the belief that there was any foreign on involvement from russia or from anybody else. we routinely blame the russians, the chinese, the iranians, the north koreans. and then there's never any evidence that's ever presented either from the intelligence community or the white house, or the pentagon, or anybody else who looks at these issues. there's just this blanket statement that there's been interference or an attempted interference, and then no proof, no ev

u. s. has been accusing russia and a run of meddling in its elections for many years. but in the recent mid term vote, a senior, a u. s. security official said there was surprisingly a luck of foreign interference. he said that russia on iran were supposedly not focused on the u. s. they were too preoccupied by b crane conflict. on a wave of protests in the islamic republic were former c. i a analyst, the ants r t program host junk harry alco. say's washington uses claims a foreign meddling to brush off more pressing, domestic concert. there's literally no evidence that any one has found of russian or any other foreign interference in american elections. the mother investigation outlined in the mala report found, for example, that there was no foreign interference. specifically no russian interference in the 2016 election. there wasn't even an accusation of foreign election interference in 2020. and then we geared up for some sort of interference in the mid term elections this year. in 2022, the cia named jeffrey wickman as the intelligence community's director of this effort to rude out foreign interference. and there was none

u. s. security official said there was surprisingly a lack of foreign interference. he said that russia wrong was supposed to be not focused on the you are so too preoccupied by the grain conflict. and the wave of protests in the islamic republic form a c. i a analyst, and just john curio that is in washington uses claims of forum meddling to brush off more pressing domestic concerns. there's literally no evidence that anyone has found of russian or any other foreign interference in american elections . the mother investigation outlined in the muller report found, for example, that there was no foreign interference specifically no russian interference in the 2016 election. there wasn't even an accusation of for an election interference in 2020. and then we geared up for some sort of interference in the mid term elections this year in 2022. the cia named jeffrey wickman as the intelligence community's director of this effort to rude out foreign interference. and there was none. this is, this is like the dirty little secret now, of american politics is that we blame al

on the national security front, how important is it to have these leaders in washington dc because the u. s. must see africa is essential to its national security due to the presence of farm groups . like boca hot, i'm in west africa and, and shabba as well. there are certain, certainly there are no u. s. national security interests at stake throughout the continent as they are at stake throughout other parts of the world. latin america, the middle east, certainly europe, right now. we certainly have national security interests here. what so do they? so do these countries and these are the kinds of concerns that they also want to bring to the table and talk about. and they will find in the united states, a willing partner, certainly a sympathetic ear and willingness to continue to help them address these challenges . all right, still ahead on al jazeera, the former head of crypto currency from f t. x denied bale in the bahamas. as the u . s. falls a long list of criminal charges against him, and a court in peru rejects an appeal by the ousted president and his detention ah, anticipation is

u. s. government for quote, showing the great importance it attaches to taiwan u. s. relations and strengthen in taiwan security. although often more than a $100000000000.08 a ukraine in less than a year and 2 trillion dollars spent in august, dance, and billing for timeline might seem like a change. but to put it into perspective, the u. s. former president donald trump was impeached for withholding nearly $400000000.00 in military for ukraine. that's oral allocated formula to responding in this latest veal is $858000000.00. this is the highest price sac. the u. s. has ever seen a ukrainian presidential advisors called flu targeting of rain in weapons factories over there alleged upcoming supplies of arms . so russia was with moscow and darren of delight iran plan and seduce me, saw drawn supplies for russia, blood, and leaf cumulate. the situation of international sanctions, important to abandon none, walk in sanctions in develop young resolutions concept and moved to more destructive two's liquidation of plants arrest of supplies. moscow says he has failed to present any evidence of his allegations of the ru

on the national security front, how important is it to have these leaders in washington dc because the u. s. must see africa as an essential to it's a national security due to the presence of armed groups like boca hot, i'm in west africa and shabba as well. there are certain certainly r u. s. national security interests at stake throughout the continent as they are at stake. throughout other parts of the world, latin america, the middle east, certainly europe, right now. we certainly have national security interests here. but so do they. so do these countries, and these are the kinds of concerns that they also want to bring to the table and talk about. and they will find in the united states, a willing partners, certainly as sympathetic year and a willingness to continue to help them address these challenges. court in france has jailed 8 people for their roles in the attack in the southern city of niece. in 201686 people were killed and hundreds injured. when a truck drove through crowds celebrating frances national holiday, the attack was late, acclaimed by ice, 3 highest profile defender

u. s says something is always blames national security. at one point we were claiming that sugar had to be protected because of national security. let's suppose that china cannot important from the us. they're going to develop their own industry, and the u. s. is shooting itself in the foot. next, you know, we're going to have the chinese making the conductors as good as way you. that's not going to be good for the us. 40 years ago china was, was us, mary knew about sean ers right now. china is the 2nd largest economy in the world and soon will be the 1st. so i'm just gonna be in the world. so whatever, whatever my opinion doesn't matter because the facts are in china has been booming and wrong, spectacular in the last 40 years, much more so than the u. s. well, around has also a rock there between china and the american tech giant google. it's off the google refuse to change your search results to display china's national anthem rather than a protest song. when use a search for hong kong, national anthem. the sound glory to hong kong was

u. s. says something is always blames national security. at one point we were claiming that sugar had to be protected because of national security. let's suppose that china cannot important from the us. they're going to develop their own industry, and the u. s. is shooting itself in the foot. next to, you know, we're going to have the chinese making the semi conductors as good as way you. that's not going to be good for the us. 40 years ago, china was, wasn't us. mary knew about china right now. china is the 2nd largest economy in the world. will be the 1st. so i just got him in the world. so whatever, whatever my opinion doesn't matter because the facts are that china has been booming and wrong, spectacular in the last 40 years, much more so than the us. coming up shortly. here in the, our program you can find out how google and the hong kong authorities are certainly locking horns. it's over the issue of search results of national anthems. details that come shortly the found the program, the holo corruption scandal that erupt this week, o

u. s. is national security concerns and so that the world trade organization is not the right forum to be having this discussion. as we have already communicated to the people's republic of china. these targeted actions relate to national security and the w t. o is not the appropriate forum to discuss issues related to national security. let's not forget, these are metal tariffs that the trumpet, ministration put forward in 2018. they were not just unpopular with china. they were also unpopular with some of the u. s. is traditional longstanding allies and this time china is not standing alone either. there's also turkey and switzerland who supported china's complaint that was lodged in the world trade organization as well. so we're gonna have to see how far the biden administration is willing to go to continue this trade war. that his predecessor started author and a financial comment that a jim rogers, he joined us a bit or other in the program. now he believes that washington's measures against china, semiconductors industry is not only dangerous, but actually a very counter productive move wh

u. s. national security whistleblower case that is ongoing as we speak. this is the case of steven friend an f. b. i. agent who recently blew the whistle on an increasingly politicized f. b i. for his trouble, the 12 year f, b i, veteran and member of the f. b. i's. special weapons and tactics team was stripped of his gun and his badge and escorted out of the building. let's start this story from the beginning. stephen friend did exactly as he was instructed to do when he made a complaint to the f b. i inspector general saying that the f b, i's leadership, has become increasingly politicized. he offered proof that the f, b, i's washington dc field office was exaggerating the threat of domestic terrorism, even calling parents who complained about educational curricula in their children's schools. potential terrorists. he argued that many of the f b i's targets were having their civil rights and civil liberties violated in the specific incident that led to his whistle blowing. stephen friend was ordered to participate in a raid in daytona beach, florida, wh

u. s. maximum security prison. now some of the highlights of the discussion there lasted about a 45 minutes. the whole discussion. i think the food said that it just take about for a moment in case you didn't know he was arrested in 2008 in a sting in thailand. in 2012, he was convicted in a u. s. cord of attempted arms smuggling, among other charges, he says that you are so authorities just wanted to make an example of him for other russians. he also said when he was originally arrested, the agents in charge of arresting him, told him, it's nothing personal. it's only business, i thought boot. perhaps you didn't know this. he's actually been under sanctions since 2000. so the whole issue with him and, and a certain western players, it does go back some years. indeed. he said since 2000 a year, he hasn't even been able to make bank transfers among many other inconveniences. and he did say for example, the western press in western politicians for, for years have been saying that victor boot was, are linked to the ta

u. s. national security whistleblower case that is ongoing as we speak. this is a case of steven friend an f. b. i. agent who recently blew the whistle on an increasingly politicized f. b i. for his trouble, the 12 year f, b i, veteran and member of the f. b. i's. special weapons and tactics team was stripped of his gun and his badge and escorted out of the building. let's start this story from the beginning. stephen friend did exactly as he was instructed to do when he made a complaint to the f b. i inspector general saying that the f b, i's leadership, has become increasingly politicized. he offered proof that the f, b, i's washington d. c. field office was exaggerating the threat of domestic terrorism, even calling parents who complained about educational curricula in their children's schools, potential terrorists. he argued that many of the f b i targets were having their civil rights and civil liberties violated in the specific incident that led to his whistle blowing. steven friend was ordered to participate in a raid in daytona beach, florida, wher

u. s. must secure even more new manufacturing capabilities and bolster micro chip research and development in america. the frets $52000000000.00 investment in public mining b. i chips is likely just the beginning. we really do want to be on top of the a leading nation in terms of the semiconductor industry in terms of semiconductors are designed production and, and the rest of it. we really do need to step up our game. we need to make continuous investments, both primarily private, but also public. america's focus on getting back in the game of semiconductor production is as many say just the beginning of renewed u. s. dominance in the field. the pursuit of growth, whether it's growing ship production or growing wealth often drives human behavior . we want to go higher, faster, and further and some areas that's causing exponential growth. it's a type of growth that has brought us prosperity and health, but it can also pose an existential threat. thus, because as soon as something increases exponentially, it becomes difficult to control the dangers of exponential growth make it all the more

u. s. national security council says john young sent rockets and missiles for used by mercenaries in ukraine. the m 23 armed group and the democratic republic of congo says its withdrawing from territory as a good will gesture. the group says it will give up its position near the city of go mine the northeast to regional peace towards commission. is african leaders have been pushing to end the conflict that's force hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. thousands of board for staff a walking off the job in the u. k. days after health workers took similar action that demanding a 10 percent pay increase as inflation source. and at least 8 people have died in heavy snow storms in north western japan. more severe weather is forecast in the coming days. as all the headlines, news continues here now to 0. that's after one i one east stating on counting the cost. getting more bang for your buck. the dollars been on the up in 20. 22. what's next? for the greenback why gold hasn't been doing so well this year. and the crypt of currency was we're going to look at what's next by the industry

u. s. national security commission co chair, rapid work said a, a i in warfare is already happening. so if it's already happening and again, the most powerful people are behind it. what do we do? is it too late? i think that that is a very, very at nationalistic kind of approach to, to take too much. okay. look at nuclear weapons. they were used in 1945 and they hadn't been you since. so it's possible to refrain from the use of certain weapons as regards development. and there is also been very, very strong. norm has emerged against chemical weapons and also biological weapons . and of course, there's a very, very strong emerging norm against the use of landlines because of the, the hard that they do to civilians. so i think it's, i don't, i don't think it's correct to say that there's no hope that the weapons never beat that weapons are never ban door. those days, never refrain from using particular types of weapons met. it's never too late, but we have to put human beings and not data points ahead of the agenda. anatomy seems higher time again. even issues of check. as soon as enou

u. s. maximum security prison, you can read all about it and the entire interview online at odyssey, thought. com. daughter there is an american who is also currently serving a 16 year sentence that of penal colony here in russia that's pull whelan. he remains in prison for espionage before my us marine recently expressed frustration about the victim boot and greiner, prisoner swap. i am very disappointed that more has not been done for my release, especially as the 4th anniversary of my arrest approaches. i was led to believe that things were moving in the right direction and that the governments were negotiating and that something would happen fairly soon. i was arrested for a crime that never occurred. i don't understand why i am still sitting here. the leaders of several major west african nations have agreed to set up a collective military force to address arising security threats in the region. and the new grouping hosted by nigeria is tossed with neutralizing insurgents, restoring order and preventing military coups, 3 countries in the region. but in a fast, so marley and guinea have

u. s. national security council says pyongyang sent rockets and miss se my mercenaries in ukraine. managers of a hospital in china's biggest city say half of its population of 25000000. could be infected by coping 19 by the end of next week, cases or surging in the country off the government began easing restrictions this month. following a wave of protests, the shanghai edgy hospital told its staff to prepare for a tragic battle. at least 8 people have died in heavy snow storms in north west in japan. a path where the system started on saturday. so drifts have caused traffic chaos, disrupted railway services and cut power to thousands of homes. a severe winter storm has also hit united states. national weather service says temperatures are the coldest recorded in for decades. the conditions of disrupting holiday travel from millions of people on the founder of the failed crypto currency exchange f t. x has been released on the $250000000.00 bond while he awaits trial. sam. back when fate has appeared in the u. s. caught off to be extradited from the bahamas on fraud charges. prosecutors ac

u. s. national security council says young young sent rockets and missiles for you . spike most news in ukraine. thousands of board for staff of walking off the job in the u. k. it comes days off to health work as took similar action had demanding a 10 percent pay increase as inflation source authorities in peru say at least $22.00 people were killed during processed spot by the ousting of forward president pedro kasteel early this month. rights groups have condemned the use of force by police on the army on demanding investigations. marianna sanchez reports from lima. o tears and anger. the family of 27 year old. no, not of the one good laid him to rest. then i'll see you soon. little brother, i know that we are all going to die. may they be justice law again? no, now to lose one of more than 20 protesters killed in clashes with security forces. at least 4 of the victims were children. prosecutor say it is likely that most of the demonstrators were killed by gunfire in the region. if i have 2 children, arm claims protestors attacked them with blunt objects. after weeks of protests, the

u. s. national security commission, co chair, robber work said a, a i in warfare is already happening. so if it's already happening and again, the most powerful people are behind it. what do we do is too late? i think that that is a very, very yeah, minimalistic kind of approach to, to take too much to look at do for weapons. they were used in watching 45 and they haven't been used since. so it's possible to reframe from the use of certain weapons, drug development. there's also been very, very strong norm for merged against chemical weapons and also biological weapons. front of course, does a very, very strong emerging norm against the use of landlines because of the, the hard but they do civilians. so i think it's, i don't think it's correct to say that there's no hope. the weapons never beat up weapons are never bound or the state never refrained from using particular types of buttons that it's never to. but we have to put human beings and not data points ahead of the agenda. as we've seen climate time again with even issues of check as soon as enough people are aware of the kind of

u. s. national security council says pyongyang sent rockets and missiles for use by mercenaries in ukraine. at least 8 people have died in heavy snow storms in northwestern japan. the powerful weather system started on saturday. snow drifts have caused traffic chaos, disrupted roadway services, and cut out a thousands of homes. more severe weather is forecast in the coming days. a severe winter storm has also hit united states. the national weather service says, temperatures are the coldest recorded for decades. the conditions are disrupting holiday travel for millions of people. monitors of a hospital in china's biggest city say half of its population of 25000000. could be infected by kirby 19 money end of next week. cases are surging in the country after the government began easing restrictions this month following a wave of protest. shanghai desi hospital told its staff to prepare for a tragic battle. and the founder of the failed crypto currency exchange f t. x has been released on the $250000000.00 bond while he awaits trial. some thank men for he has appeared in the us court after be

on the national security front, how important is it to have these leaders in washington, d. c. because the u. s. must see africa as an essential to its national security due to the presence of armed groups like boca hot, i'm in west africa and shabba as well. there are certain certainly r u. s. national security interests at stake throughout the continent as they are at stake throughout other parts of the world. latin america, the middle east, certainly europe, right now. we certainly have national security interests here, but so do they. so do these countries, and these are the kinds of concerns that they also want to bring to the table and talk about. and they will find in the united states, a willing partners, certainly as sympathetic year and a willingness to continue to help them address these challenges. let's make the questioning, who's the director of research at the cofi and on international peacekeeping training center. he's joining us from across to discuss the african liter summit in washington, d. c. welcome to al jazeera, mr. and i'm also when i spoke to john kirby earlier on, he

u. s. decision to provide $10000000000.00 and security assistance that i pay the bite in administration labeled the chinese drills in this rate as provocative and reiterated its commitment to the islands defense. the united states is concerned by the people's republic of china's provocative military activity near taiwan, which is destabilizing risks, miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability. we will continue to assist taiwan and maintaining a sufficient self defense capability in line with our long standing commitments and consistent with our one china policy. tensions between beijing and washington escalated after us. how speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan back in august after which other us lawmakers and foreign delegations also began doing up to visit the move sparked theory from beijing, which in turn launched unprecedented life fire drills and circling taiwan. victor cow, vice president of the center for china, and globalization says us is trying to instigate a conflict which goes against the interests of both the chinese and the american people. united states

u. s. national security council says pyongyang sent rockets and missiles for use by mercenaries in ukraine. south korea's military says north korea has fired to short range ballistic missiles towards the sea of its east coast . the weapons are set, have been fired from the sonata area tongue has conducted an unprecedented number of tests this year. a suicide bomber has killed a policeman and injured 6 others in pakistan's capital islamabad. police say officers were conducting checks on the streets, and i signaled a suspicious vehicle to stop. the car exploded soon after it stopped near the offices. athens, a board of 4 star for walking off the job in the u. k. days after health workers took similar action that demanding a 10 percent pay increase as inflation source. at least 8 people have died in heavy snow storms, northwestern. japan or severe weather is forecast in the coming days. and the severe winter storm has hit the united states. national weather service says temperatures are the coldest recorded in for decades. the conditions are disrupting holiday, travel for millions of people.

u. s. pro western bed to the security council. and so to question what the u. s. is doing particularly with aid to ukraine, is, is something they don't hear much. i would say i was pretty, i felt pretty jaded after it. i was very i don't know of disappointed the word, but it, impressed upon me that you know, most of the speakers from france, the us, the u. k. ireland, even, um, they didn't address the issues. we raced about the weapons ending up an unsavory hands. they just ignore that went back to their. busy taught anti russian talking points. meanwhile, there's tons of evidence that you crane or forces in you crank gangs in ukraine. these right as groups like the as a battalion, ukraine to have an are diverting weapons to other countries. but again, the security council seemed to largely ignore all that and tried to blame again all the plight, problems on russia, which seems par for the course. i don't see real discussions coming out of the security council on any of these important issues. and that's very sad because the security council is the body in the wor

u. s. authorize a massive security assistance package to the island. china sent over 70 war plains and 7 ships toward ty want in 24 hours on monday in a show, a force i want. officials say it was the largest error incursion to date, though no sirens were sounded that's after beijing condemn the u. s. s. decision to provide $10000000000.00 and security assistance, i pay the byte it administration label, the chinese drills industry as provocative and reiterated its commitment to the islands defense. the united states is concerned by the people's republic of china's provocative military activity near taiwan, which is to stabilizing risks, miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability. we will continue to assist taiwan in maintaining a sufficient self defense capability in line with our long standing commitments and consistent with our one china policy. tensions between beijing and washington escalated after you as how speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan back in august, after which other us lawmakers and foreign delegations also began queueing up to visit the move spark theory

washington is committed to taiwan on the island security. u. s. arm sales to taiwan have continued to grow, and this is despite the issue straining. beijing is relations with washington. a. we spoke to nelson wong again, the vice chairman of the shanghai sense of international studies. he says that the u. s. uses tie one as a tool in it's multi level strategy with china, where i think it's quite apparent that the taiwan strait is not at peace of the moment. and the main reason we all know that it's because the u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card so hard as to, to irritate china. but on the other hand, the government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they do not seek taiwan independence. they won't assist taiwan independence, but what they do, what they say they don't actually match. so of course the chinese government is quite happy about this, and we've already seen spokesperson from china's defense ministry making of our position. very fun. so let's see. let's see, but i ho