u. s. to engage with you concerns the europeans fear, the u. s. is new inflation reduction act will distort the trans atlantic market with its $370000000000.00 and subsidies aimed at companies producing in the us or from countries with a free trade agreement with the country. or chris yonder is a faction leader in the german parliament and was part of that u. s. visit. he spoke to my colleague michelle a curve now about his impressions. so the german and french trade ministers were here and we heard a state of the union speech that sounded very america fast or these tough times for europe to get some kind of compromise from the american. i mean, that's where we are here as germans, the road hug was here. i'm here yesterday and today and we need more talks, i guess, cuz i think we should tighten our balance really because so we're already tied together with the nato alliance and we have both economic goals on both sides of the atlantics and a thing we should more talk about free trade and even a trade union in the future. so where will the resolutio

u. u. s. trade relationship there, and commons by u. s. present jo, by the last night. let's get a better understanding from the american side. and for that i'm joined by david gans. he's a professor in trade and international economics at rice university's baker institute. david, welcome to the show. i want to touch on this idea of free trade just a moment. but 1st, here in germany, there's a lot of attention on this inflation reduction act. and it's potential to warp investment in europe. what's the sense there in the us? how much concern among policy makers is there for a while. thanks for inviting me in terms of the so called inflation reduction act, i think probably the germans, german concerned is mostly on the subsidies for electric vehicles and electric vehicle batteries which are limited to north america and 2 countries with which the u. s. has a free trade agreement, which does not include the e u. so the concerns here, i think, are basically the parties are united on the basic by the administration proposals. the legislation, which is by american invest americ

u. s. e u relations. i think there's a great deal of bipartisan support for making the transition to electric vehicles produce as many jobs in the us, or at least in north america as possible. there was some surprise here that biden carried on some aspects of that protectionism that we saw during the trump administration. would you expect that, that kind of by 1st produce 1st in america that, that kind of policy idea will continue in the future? is there bipartisan support for this now and going forward? first of all, there should the been any says any surprise that mr. barton was carrying on these policies because a significant chunk of the democratic party has been advocating it for years and years and years. and as to the future, i don't see any reasonable option where whoever becomes president say in 2025 is going to have policies that are much different from what you heard last night. it's a, it's a fairly broad bipartisan support. and i don't see anyone out there either on the republican or the demo

u. s. by the u. s. assets and syria, which has been admitted by jake, fall oven to hillary clinton and by ambassador jeff raised to the trump point man on syria. mike pompeo, that alco heater is an asset for the u. s. in the war against the syrian government and, and allies. if you look at the map of syria and you look at the northern border, it is totally under the control of either the armed groups, affiliated turkey and nato members, state or, or to al qaeda, the u. s. asset and syria. even the b, b, c. and even the new york times has put out reports saying that it's very difficult to get your monitor and supplies into the northwest pocket because of the control of alco, either the russian, a veto over the humanitarian border crossings between turkey and syria. again, this is complete, a poker, c, y, with those or border crossings reduced because what they were being used for, and this has been reported since around 2013. they were being used to expiry terrorists arms, weapons and equipment for the

u. s. president joe biden has made a surprise visit to keith biden said the u. s. would send another half a $1000000000.00 of military aid to ukraine, including ammunition, radar, and other equipment. our biden's visit comes just days before the one year anniversary of russia's full scale invasion, a gesture of solidarity, and a vital reminder of unity between the u. s. and ukraine against russian aggression air raid sirens blared across the ukrainian capital during u. s. president joe biden surprise visit. there were no reports of russian air strikes, but the sound is still a clear reminder that ukraine is under constant attack, making support from the us more important now than ever on here. sure. and we're very supportive from the emissions of the french sovereignty and, and territorial integrity. and today i open, we have a chance to discuss our united states and our allies are keep in constant contact group on our partners can most effectively support you in your cause to present ukrainian president for lot m ears to lensky voice his gratitude to the huge momen

u. s. c. u. s. that needs india authorities in nicaragua have released from jail more than 200 cru plotters. they had tried to, over through the central american nations government, back in 2018. and what was claimed to be a u. s. funded operation. it wasn't about negotiate in anything that has to be clear. we're not asking that they leave the sanctions who aren't asking for anything in return. the united states should take their mercenaries. well, i'm investigation by the grades own media outlet claimed american government agencies such of u. s. 8, helped organize the insurgency by funding rights wing groups. hundreds of people were killed then in chaotic scenes as arms. gangs attempted to storm the presidential palace with a party wednesday, killed the head of state so shield over the coup attempt where later labelled political prisoners by the us state department. earlier i spoke to nicole argue a based independent journalist, ben norton, who believes washington has links to violent extremis, righ

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

u. s. from overthrown their government, then the u. s. deems them authoritarian, the u. s. imposes sanctions on them. this is the same thing that we've seen in venezuela, cuba, nicaragua. and then other countries that don't take action against the coup ladders, well, they often get overthrown, as we saw in 2019, in bolivia or right now in peru they confirmed at all from the recent earthquakes, inter kia and syria has risen to more than 22000 people rescue operations are ongoing dis by rapidly fading hopes to find more sir. potential survivors in war torn syria. the search through the rubble continues. and the areas devastated by the earthquakes for western sanctions are making the situation even worse. international help couldn't reach syria and the initial days after the disaster and the moments when the aid was needed to save lives. after several days, the u. s. agreed to ease its sanctions on syria, amid mounting international pressure. that's all russia and arab nations were the 1st in line to help the middle eastern country with life saving efforts. argy corresponden

now as so many topics that have to do with global tech, we're seeing another e u u. s. divide. but these discussions are ongoing. the mobile world, congress only goes on for 3 days, and those issues are unlikely to be resolved. here, across europe, electricity has become a lot more expensive since the beginning of the war. that's hard for households and can be devastating for businesses trying to stay competitive. wealthier countries like germany can help their own companies by putting part of that bill. but even that's not enough for many businesses. let's take a look. hi. energy prices are a huge burden on this entrepreneur. more than 15 percent of his total expenditure is spent on energy. several $1000000.00 a year. and so on florida, we already have the highest energy prices in europe before the crisis, and they have multiplied again. now we had a 6 fold increase in our energy purchase prices at the peak. the market has since come down a bit, but we're still at around 3 and a half times the prices underlines and still very high and a burden on the plant which produces subst

u. s. is a u. s. is basically fearing that it will lose its growth on the region and on other nations and. and as i said, these exterior territorial sanctions are means to kind of give a lesson to any country that there's to stand against the u. s. is the extra territory all coercive measures and sanctions. so the u. s. is very worried that, for example, other countries would tend to deal with iran with russia, china, that the u. s. c's ads as it rivals around the world. but at the same time, i mean, you can see that, for example, european countries did not, did not stand to usaa and of course of measures and even a accepted that their own citizens would be dealing with the economy could difficulties when it came to the sanctions on impose on russia and iran, and they refused to deal with iran and russia directly even though those policies that they adopted. 2 given to u. s. s. and sanctions of, or on 3rd countries have been hurting or during citizens and both in european countries or in those 3rd coun

u. s. support for independence movements in taiwan as well as the build up of u. s. military forces in the asia pacific region. recently, the u. s. agreed with the philippines to expand defense cooperation, including access to military bases within range of taiwan or u. s. general side washington and it's asian allies are committed to countering quote, aggression from china. i'm personally a very booey by what i see by our allies and partners in this region. and the way we've come together in response to aggression by the p r c by north korea to say we will not let that stand countries like japan and australia to other great allies in this region for us have shown that they will band together, that they will that they will not stand for aggression from these, from these nations that have decided they want to change the world order out here. state hearing will be bringing the gas later in the show to discuss this topic further in depth. iran is celebrating the 44th anniversary of is it sonic revolution, isaac of aeration, of the unity of the nation. and a reminder t

u. s. what we're seeing now really is a huge departure from the u. s. policy. a former president would return it where the visiting forces agreement was almost terminated. in which case there would have been no joint military drills between the u. s. and the philippines. but 2 months from now, we will be seeing the largest iteration of follicles on joint philippine u. s. military exercises would, over 16000 forces from both the philippine and the u. s. participating earlier. also secretary austin miti with president for i didn't mark as junior. he is the 3rd high ranking high ranking u. s. official to visit the philippines since president marcos assume leadership. in june 2022 1000000 and barnaby defense secretary lloyd austin's visit to the region. it's prompted a dramatic reaction as annette from north korea. that's right. molina took there awesome did swing by south korea before he landed in the philippines on tuesday evening. and there he met with his counterpart to south korea defense minister, and they agreed to bolster defense corporation in the face of i

u. s. in ukraine against russian aggression air raid sirens blared across the ukrainian capital during u. s. president joe biden surprise visit. there were no reports of russian air strikes, but the sound is still a clear reminder that ukraine is under constant attack. making support from the u. s. more important now than ever, i'm here sure. and we're very supportive from the national french sovereignty and, and territorial integrity. and today i hope we have a chance to discuss our united states and our allies are keeping constant contact group on our partners can most effectively support you and your current. your cause to present ukrainian president followed amir soleski voice his gratitude to the huge moment, supporting lee gray. and ah, what can i say? i really appreciate that president water america, society being from the where we've, you know, all this tragedy on the world. you know, this poor kid war on being together with god feels full of supportive was from. why now to you, graham? and thank you for your leadership. thanks by boxes or thanks, congress. i think that is historic

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

wall street is not impressed by the latest u. s u. s. inflation figures. i'm on me and he said from me in the team here. thanks for watching. with nico, if he's in germany to learn jermel lewis, pinnacle, why not learn with him? t w's e learning course, eco's fake. imagine that you're eating a hamburger and as you're biting into this juicy burger, your dining companion says to you. actually that hamburger is not made from kaos. it's made from golden retrievers. should meet. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 in meeting cultures around the world, people learn to classify a small handful of animals as edible and all the rest they classify as disgusting. a docu series about our complex relationship with animals. the great meet debate. this week on d w. ah ah, i'm steven beardsley in berlin. here's a look at our top stories. us inflation edges downward, but wall street mostly unimpressed as it contemplates sticky or stubborn inflation . the e u makes an official sales of fossil fuel. cars will end in 2035, but will electric production ready will the cars, the affordable also on o

u. s. and the u. s. finds its national ego. offended by chinese power to stay in the game and avoid a tragic collision with china. the u. s. just can't sit back and hold the power has in the world, it needs to reinvent the terms of its engagement. it has to do some global deal making with china as to find ways to bring other power centers like india into the world. power institutions like the un security council. then america will read, vibrant, engaged, less resentful, and less likely to have a head on collision with china. and that's the bottom line. ah, angel gina, goes to europe's population, is aging, should pension schemes be reformed. egypt and pakistan's economic crises, a deep link will i, m f, loans, fix their problems, and we explore the implications of the tumbling value of india's dani empire, accounting, the cost on al jazeera. i just see it as our country. we high poverty rates with inequality and these are here. the boat is not an exception. many of the footballers in this country come

u. the u. s. are also calling for com, the e u r. we were seeing even israeli defense, the defense spokesman calling you know, to try to deescalate the situation as we saw on sunday, their efforts being made. there was a special summit being held in jordan to try to calm the situation. there were some positive things that came out of that, particularly there's really agreement to not continue building settlements or putting a hold on settlement expansion for some time. but directly after that we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that absolutely there was going to be no pause to settlements. and we had security minister to my bend. we're saying what happens in jordan's days and jordan? so definitely a confused messaging there. and it just doesn't see, this is all coming on the back of 2022, which was the most violent year. this place is seen in some decades almost as the end of the 2nd intifada. this year is looks to be worse. so far. we've seen already in the west bank some 60 palestinians killed this year with him now tha

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

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

u. s. from overthrow their government then the u. s. deems them authoritarian, the u. s. imposes sanctions on them. this is the same thing that we've seen in venezuela cuban nicaragua. and then other countries that don't take action against the coo plotters well, they often get overthrown, as we saw in 2019, in bolivia or right now in peru. the confirmed death toll from the recent earthquakes in turkey and syria has now risen to more than 22000 people in turkey alone, more than 21000 deaths confirmed with an 80000 injured. nevertheless, the search for survivors goes on and rescue teams from all over the world. a, working around the clock that includes a russian emergency personnel as well. let's get details, not without the correspondent. well hm. it cuts up although also as a whole, soccer ball, the russian emergency workers continued to provide assistance to the victims. many survivors are in great condition. we walk through the affected area and so the steak of these people, little foot, such a tragic situation, destroyed infrastructure and houses are ready to collap

u. s. airspace u. s. media outlets were initially hysterical over a foreign balloon flying over the country. china is responding to the discovery of a suspected chinese spike balloon flying over the u. s. as we speak, that china's china's foreign ministry is now saying that the balloon did come from china, but that it's a civilian, a balloon official say they have been tracking it for days. and there will be serious political and diplomatic consequences. the biden administration pulling the plug on secretary of state lincoln's plan trip to china. traffic near the side in billings, montana was halted earlier today. the military considered shooting it down over the state of montana. it was concerned that falling debris could hit someone with some u. s. officials went a step further and judge the military to shoot down the chinese balloon despite it posing no real threats. bring the balloon down now and exploit its tech package, which could be an intelligence bonanza. biden should shoot down the chinese sp

u. s. from overthrown their government then the u. s. deems them authoritarian the u. s. imposed sanctions on them. this is the same thing that we've seen in venezuela cuba, nicaragua. and then other countries that don't take action against the coupe ladders, well, they often get overthrown, as we saw in 2019, in bolivia or right now in peru. the confirmed beth toll from the recent earthquakes in turkey and syria, to listen to more than 22000 people. the scenes of devastation are on the epicenter and turkey. a remains shocking in a sort of year alone, more than 20000 deaths are being confirm with another 80000 people injured. a former high rise apartment blocks have been reduced to rubble with signs of those still chaff, getting increasingly more difficult to detect. and while the search and rescue work is underway, a focus is also on assisting. the survivors were in desperate need of food and shelter amid what is a very cold winter. there is a correspondent, pitas got more than 100 hours after the massive earthquake shook this region. and just as hope was fading, that

ukraine security assistance initiative, funds for critical air defense capabilities including counter u. s. u. s. systems and more. and at today's contact group, we joined again with our valued allies and partners to make sure that ukraine has what it needs when it needs. and we continue to work together to provide ukraine with full combat, credible capabilities, and not just equipment. and that's why we discussed synchronizing our donations into an integrated training plan. and you can see the importance of our coordination and our common efforts to meet ukraine's needs for armor. among the members of this contact group, we have given ukraine's defenders more than 8 combat brigades. this includes major contributions from united states of strikers in bradley's and abrams tanks and includes the u. k. donation of challenger tanks in the contribution of sen armed personnel, armored personnel carriers that canada announced last month. it also includes the refurbished t $72.00 tanks at the united states. the netherlands and the czech republic are in the process of delivering as well as poland, lat

u. s. attack on a chinese balloon that's been drifting over the u. s. for several days. despite his previous claims of the balloon was not capable of surveillance and didn't pose a threat. china re stromey dissatisfied with the u. s. attack on the chinese on monday ship invoices it's protest. we have repeatedly informed the u. s. side that the balloons design purely for civilian use, an accidental across the u. s. borders. in such circumstances, the u. s. use of force is an obvious overreaction and a violation of international practice. finally, after days of deliberation and doubt, us find a jets of short time. what they claim is a chinese spy bloom by aging, of course denies this. it says that it was a web whether observation balloon, although there is some confusion over whose recommendation it was to, to shoot down the balloon and listen to what us president joe biden told jan this 30 a successfully took it down. and i want to compliment on our aviators or did it, and we'll have more to report on a little later. thank you. by the, by now on the same

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

u. s. cares about terry and people while the u. s. itself and the u. s. coalition killed hundreds of syrians during the crisis in airstrikes on syria destroyed houses, the us looting serious resources. the u. s. is dividing the country by occupying parts in the north and the north east and getting that oil, some of that oil, to the so called periods in the product forces. former us president donal from said he said we're keeping the oil, we're not allowing the through government to get that all those statements. and those act by the united states is a clear proof that they do not care about the humanitarian situation and fight, sir. yes, all they want is to implement their agenda over here. they want their political interests to be achieved. they want the country to, to, to stay divided the end of the day. they don't care, they do what they want to do. and even if it's at the expense of syrians live, the media landscape was shaken by a bombshell this week with revelations that nato allegedly destroyed the russian nordstrom to pipelines in september last

u. s. from overthrown their government then the u. s. deems them authoritarian, the u. s. imposes sanctions on them. this is the same thing that we've seen in venezuela, cuba, nicaragua. and then other countries that don't take action against the crew plotters well, they often get overthrown, as we saw in 2019, in bolivia or right now in peru. the confirm debts hall from the recent earthquake center kia and syria has risen to more than 22000 people. the scenes of devastation are on the epicenter and turkey are simply shocking. so far in turkey alone, more than 20000 does have been confirmed. with another 80000 people injured, former high rise apartment blocks had been reduced to rubble was signs of those still trapped, getting more difficult to the attack. nevertheless, the search for survivors goes on and rescue teams from all over the world are working in the affected areas. those crews include professional russian emergency personnel assisting, and the disaster relief efforts are t correspondent mohammed casa, has the details from the scene. but also looking at the la

u. s. s. u s. secretary of state antony, blinking as reported, he canceled his trip to bay j over vincent and ukraine's president brought him his lensky has repeated his appeal for his country to join the european union at a summit with senior you officials. and keith often talks with commission president lafond alonza leslie said ukraine deserve to begin its session talks this year. and that's it from me and the news team you're up to date. so d, w 's asia is gabrielle 1st come out to the highlights you every week in your in box subscribe. now. hello guys. this is the 77 percent. the platform for africa. you to repeat issues and share ideas with, you know, are these channels we are not of great to have dealt with because population is growing. and young people clearly have the solution. the future belongs to the 77 percent every weekend on d w. ah ah, this is due to other news asia coming off today calls for accountability 3 months on from south korea's national tragedy. more than a 150 people

u. s. f 20 to successfully fart at the object. the move comes after the u. s. military shot down a similar object over alaska. on friday, the new object was tracked by the u. s. north american aerospace command for 24 hours after it had been detected flight flight floating over alaska. later on saturday, it entered canadian air space when prime minister just and trudeau, together with president fight an authorized 8 us fighter jet to target the object. officials have not yet revealed any details on the origin of the mysterious aerial body. this comes amid washington's accusations of espionage after a chinese weather balloon crossed into u. s. territory last week and was taken down by the country's military. we've heard from former pentagon official, michael maloof, who said officials need to provide answers on the spike an incident over us skies in recent weeks. it's an increasing problem that we're beginning to, to see more and more of all of a sudden having numerous objects and fly in, in a particularly over the, the north pole. ready area and it's happenin

u. s. air space. however, the u. s. government saying the presence of this balloon in u. s. air space is a clear violation of your sovereignty as well as international law, and it is unacceptable that this has occurred and after consultations with our inter agency partners as well as the u. s. congress, we have concluded that the conditions are not right at this moment. for secretary blinking to travel to china. so this is the position of the u. s. government. we should also point out that to the u. s. president spoke in the last hour or so, but he did not speak to reporters about this incident. he would only speak about the u. s. jobs report, and he ignored report as questions about this, leaving it to the state department to handle. this is not sitting particularly well with us law makers who are really looking for answers from u. s. government about why this was able to creep into u. s. air space. how this balloon, which the chinese government says is a weather balloon. and the pentagon is saying is anything, but in fact is a collection and intelligence collection devic

u. s. from overthrown their government, then the u. s. deems them authoritarian, the u. s. imposes sanctions on them. this is the same thing that we've seen in venezuela, cuba, nicaragua. and then other countries that don't take action against the coup letters, well, they often get overthrown, as we saw in 2019, in bolivia or right now in crew. the former president of kenya colds for extra troops to aid the democratic republic of congo. it continues its fight against the militant group known as and $23.00. the facilitator urges the countries of east african community regional force to deploy and take up the positions urgently and without further delay throughout east in d, r. c. and in the case of north kevin, for the regional force to inter ppos itself between the fighting forces in areas where the withdrawal of the arm groups has been affected. the people in the d. r. c, who have suffered from m. 23 rebel attacks of gather to protest what they call unsuccessful peacekeeping missions. the video here at the office from 2 days ago, when congress people clashed with un peac

u. s. itself and the us listen killed, hundreds of syrians during the christ has an air ride on syria, destroyed houses, the u. s. and looting serious resources to the u. s. dividing the country by occupying parts in the north and the north east and getting that oil, some of that oil to the so called through the product courses. former us president donald from said you said we're keeping the oil, we're not allowing the syrian government to get that all those statements and those act why they not. it is a clear proof that they do not hear about the humanitarian situation and fight syria. all they want is to implement their agenda over here. they want their political interests to be achieved. they want the conferences to, to stay divided the end of the day. they don't care, they do what they want to do. and even if it's at the expense of syrians live, well this week, the media landscape has been shaken by revelations that nato states lead by us specialists were allegedly behind the attack on rushes node stream to gas pipelines . according to the investigation, washington had been planning the operations since 2

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

u. s. has had frosty relations with cuba to say the least in the 21st century, the u. s. and a few of its allies anointed one why doe, as their chosen president for venezuela move some 80 percent of the world rejected . and now the u. s. has its site set on nicaragua, again, under the biden administration. so what do these 3 latin american countries have in common while they're all run by left us government, resist u. s. influence and exploitation by the west. so to talk more about nicaragua in the crosshairs, we'll bring in a man who's had 1st hand experience with its president. is dan co valid? he is an author and professor of international human rights at the university of pittsburgh school of law. his newest book is called nicaragua, a history of intervention and resistance. dan, thanks for joining us. first i'd like to address the us state department framing of nicaragua. if you go to their website to see their remarks on the country, they describe it as having descended into this sort of disturb, be a nightmare run by an authoritarian bonnie and clyde. in this case,

u. s military base. you could've been met g r a u. s. government to make a military base and just devoted or juggle some people from their country. so they call it returned back on the island. no, but we are fighting a real thing for the right. so i, we do not consider the right to self determination actually applies to the trickle . since i don't the question of self determination, the legal advice we have received is actually the trickle. since we're not and are not a people for me, it's time to move on and see what we can do for the congress said committee to return back home. there is no support from the nomination. i commission, i think in united nish, i don't care about chug or send people ah, they're getting you weapons. now you can be 100 percent. sure, we will destroy this lab works. you have to see wagner, chief insights on the war and ukraine with our correspondence saying that the keys, if you all, are almost also new documents, could student paul trying to run, say they strongly opposed political manipulation under the pre