u. s. thomas, the gold, a military analyst and journalist. thank you so much. you're welcome. now to asia where a deadly cold snap is sweeping across the region, causing record low temperatures and disruption. the freezing weather has effected millions of people from japan and south korea to afghanistan, which is experiencing it's coldest winter in 15 years. people in china's northernmost city more he and no strangers to the cold. the temperature here can stay below freezing for up to 8 months of the year. but this week things are especially chile, temperatures plunged to minus 53 degrees celsius. it's colder. stay ever recorded. with yet so northern china has been hit hard by the freezing front, affecting asia roads, a covered and snow rail tracks, a frozen with thick ice, actually abroad through seizure. go here and junk. a cycling isn't an option either. the cold sweep has caused sea ice and northeast and li alden bay to expand rapidly. it's not just china that's freezing. japan is also experiencing record low temperatures. heavy snow is blanketing large parts of the countr

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thomas, the u. s. also expected to announce it is sending similar tanks to ukraine. what should we make of that timing? well, it is very important that this timing is actually as it is because germany had stressed on many occasions that it did not want to be seen as making unilateral decisions on this issue. so the fact that the u. s. is probably also going to send its own tanks, means that this is a joint decision that this is something that allies decided together. so again, for germany, this is something that points to all these discussions that were happening in recent days behind the scenes also publicly. that germany did not want to make decisions on its own, didn't want to be seen as only sending its tanks to ukraine. so certainly the fact that the us seems to be on board is good news for the german leadership at a time when it is facing increased criticism by countries here in europe, but also by politicians in the united states. ukraine says it needs the tanks. now, thomas, how quickly could the tanks get there and what other support might be on the horizon

u. s. directly complicit us taxpayer should be aware of how their money is used. let's go live now to st. petersburg base german journalists, and or 3rd, selma, super high, thomas, i the u. s. high mars system. it's said to have an accuracy rate to within 3 meters all bets target. so how could high precision weaponry end up hitting hospitals or civilian homes? if not on purpose, no way. um, so this is nothing we'd have to discuss as well as was already mentioned that the u . s. is agreeing all the targets. so we see that was on purpose. it was agreed. so yeah, nothing to act at this point. this astonishing russia say's the west, as you mentioned. sure, as culpability. the u. s. mer tickler for the attack given that they provided the weapons, knowing civilians could be targeted with them. and as you say, they share a details about what they're going to attack with washington. so how does washington defend itself from that charge? not at all. it's not the 1st time, and we know that the western media just talk about this. i remember nearly one year ago, mary. okay, when there was this well attached, whatever it was on this, on the birth hospital and some days, som

with brown skin are the threat as part of the costs of war project, thomas ben, suit research, the role christianity played in the u. s. military post 911. the melchor uses christian symbols and sort of ways of talking about um, military service as it would align specifically with the sort of christian narrative. the chaplains in the military are overwhelmingly white cliffs. over 74 percent. they're overwhelmingly even jell colds over 63 percent. and they're of wrongly men at like 95 percent only fat. and so it ends up being this religious culture that is specifically bright leaning. some veterans perceived both iraq and afghanistan war as a clash of civilizations. a war between christianity and islam. richard mckinney was inspired by the rambo films and joined the marine corps to be involved in the action. he returned from iraq with a hatred from muslims. i developed a deep hatred for his long over over course of several years. i've been in the military and having to deal with these people in a harsher climate areas for this way to put a harsher existence. i saw it is my position in life to rid the world of as many m

thomas zuba on. he's a german m p from the opposition. c s u party and he's chair of the parliamentary group on german brazilian friendship. thanks for being with us. what do you make of the unrest we're seeing in brazil? oh, this is a very heavy assault on the house of democracy in britain as the biggest democracy in latin america. it's and that's all at the same time, not only of the parliament but also on the government institutions and on the independent judiciary. and that's why the entire world is broken extra. now, resilient democrats have just been together now, and they are the sort of there of democrats around to warn you twitter earlier that democrats must take action when democracy is attacked. is germany doing enough to protect democracy at home and abroad? we had a need similar attempts to seize the german bo this pack in the demonstration a few years ago. and there are parallel as to the attacks on the capitol hill in the united states. exactly 2 years ago. so everybody and to be clear that democracy need democrats. and it's afte

u. s. directly complicit us taxpayer should be aware of how their money is used. german journalist thomas roper believes public opinion on ukraine would be different if the western media wasn't ignoring such incidence. that's the way it works. there are so many walk runs from ukraine, which, which are what there's no doubt about them. they have one big civil targets in the next. well, not only since, the beginning of the preparation, but even before. so this is nothing you we have seen in mario plan while i book i've been there, i've talked to the people who just came out of the out of their houses. and we have seen that they are the credit army, use them as human shields that they didn't let them out. that lizzy lensky announced officially that he was prohibiting any kind of recreation in these kinds of cities in the west for the decisions. decisions are made about whatever they will, delivery of weapons and all this stuff. they have the people who will not get to know, and that's the point that the people would know what's happening really there. there are public opinion would be absolu

u. s. directly complicit us taxpayer should be aware of how their money is used. but another aspect of this german journalist thomas report believes public opinion on ukraine would be different if the western media were not ignoring such deadly incidents. that's the way it works. there's so many walk runs from ukraine, which, which are what there's no doubt about them. they have one big civil targets into next. well, not only since the beginning of the preparation, but even before. so this is nothing new. we have seen in mario plan while i've been there. i've talked to the people that just came out of the out of the houses, and we have seen that they are your credit army used them as human shields that they didn't let them out. that lizzie lensky announced officially that he was prohibiting any kind of recreation in these kinds of cities in the west weather decisions. decisions are made about whatever they will, delivery of weapons and all this stuff. the other people will, will not get to know. and that's the point if the people would know what's happening really there. and they're a public opinion, would be absol

what happens when an elephant thomas life off to conflict on al jazeera? ah, the u. s. designates the wagner group has an international criminal organization for supplying merson.

thomas. ve gold's specializes in international defense politics. i asked him how these vehicles might change the situation on ukraine's frontline well, or when we look at the numbers, the u. s. is providing about 50 bradley eyes, infantry fighting vehicles, germany about 14 border fighting because this is not the number you grade needs. so the number of bolt megan shaved, but it's a 1st armored company vehicles coming from the west. and i think that's a difference in itself. now it will be penned where ukraine is going to deploy these vehicles. most probably insert hogs on the front line, which are heavily contested and they are, they might make a difference. right? so we have an armored vehicles which is what we're talking about now. and so those and light tanks, that one thing, but berlin, like other western allies, is still under pressure to send heavy, more modern bottle tanks. do you think this shift is like me to continue and make berlin more likely to go in that direction? it's a bit early to tell, but we've seen in recent months how germany about other countries as well have changed their stand. they refused to send the heavy weapons in the early stages of the war.

such a meeting at u s u n with the under the auspices joined auspices of my office and that of ambassador linda thomas greenfield and eu representative special envoy uh katharina von turbine is convening such a meeting in october so we we took your challenge before you threw down the gauntlets done and done. thank you so much to our panel of expert witnesses. we appreciate your service so much and look forward to working with you. going forward to continue to address this problem. thank you so much. we'll we'll take a short break so that we can change channels and then we'll resume in about two or three minutes. [indiscernible] i'm gonna ask everybody to take their seats. thank you. our second panel consists of representatives from for social media plan. we will be joined this morning the vice president of public policy, trust and safety, michelle, from united states and canada for twitter. kevin kane, the governor policies were youtube, and eric epstein, the public policies for tiktok. i'd like a tictac, but that's not the company's name. i will now recognize each witness for five minutes to give an

thomas o'donnell is an energy analyst and lecturer at the hearty school of governance. he says liquefied natural gas from the u. s. is crucial to germany to help reduce its reliance on russia. dad, this is another front of the war that everybody knows about the hot war in ukraine . hooton's not doing very well there. his military. so he's counting and the energy war with europe, especially by cutting off and restricting the natural gas to europe to cause economic difficulties. and it is causing economic difficulties to cause the you the alliance and support of ukraine discipline. and so far they said strong and they're doing quite well the united states, as you mention biting, promised last year to send a lot of extra l n g last year. and he did the same thing this year. some people sort of made fun of it. where is he going to find it? but in both cases, it came from the united states quicker and sooner than anybody expected. so a lot of the russian guess is the made up for by ellen g from the united states in the short term. it, it doesn't like the terminal that's opened up. well, it opened up actually a week or

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such a meeting at u s u n with the under the auspices joined auspices of my office and that of ambassador linda thomas greenfield and eu representative special envoy uh katharina von turbine is convening such a meeting in october so we we took your challenge before you threw down the gauntlets done and done. thank you so much to our panel of expert witnesses. we appreciate your service so much and look forward to working with you. going forward to continue to address this problem. thank you so much. we'll we'll take a short break so that we can change channels and then we'll resume in about two or three minutes. [indiscernible]

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thomas life off to conflict on al jazeera. ah analogy 0 rate with no i'm need balkan, doha. the top stories allowed to 0. the u. s. as it will designate rushes, wagner group as a transnational criminal organization. whitehouse, national security spokesman john kirby says the private military group has about 50000 fights as a new grain. most of them drawn from prisons. we continue to assess that wagner currently has approximately 50000 personnel deployed to ukraine, including 10000 contractors and 40000 convicts. our information indicates the russian defense ministry has reservations, about wagner's recruitment methods. despite this, we assess that it is likely that wagner will continue to recruit right out or russian prisons due to recent events. we assessed that it is likely there are mounting tensions between russian officials and mister promotion. you're a secretary of defense, lloyd austin says washington is committed to supporting ukraine. defense ministers from 50 countries met in germany to coordinate military support for key if they promise more weapons. but germany has not made a decision about whether it