a u.s. judge rejected an attempt to postpone the murder trial for police officer charged with the death of george floyd. last week, minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to his family. lawyers for derek chauvin argued the highly publicized settlement jeopardized his chance of a fair trial. it has been a difficult year for most, but a report on the happiest countries suggest the pandemic hasn't crushed people's spirits. finland has topped the list for the fourth year in a row, followed by eight other european countries and new zealand. the report ranks 149 nations. we will have more news at the top of the hour right here on al jazeera. for now, it is inside story. ♪ >> the united states and china attempt to mend ties, but talks get off to a fiery start. each accusing the other of grandstanding and hypocrisy. what can the meeting in alaska achieve? how will it affect the friends and foes of the superpowers? this is "inside story." >> hello and welcome to the program. alaska is often known as t

u.s., obviously, followed by the independence of haiti in 1804. in the 1810s and 1820's, brazil and the entire spanish-american mainland, broke away from spain and portugal. so, everything from mexico and colombia, to chile and peru, all becoming independent, which means this half-century from 1775-1825 really was a broader age of american revolutions. it is a staggering geopolitical transformation that takes place in a relatively small swath of time. my research focuses on the second half of that 50 year window, and how the independence wars in latin america shaped the united states. i'm going to do three main things and my talk today. first i will say more about the, why. white people in the early u.s. were so excited about latin american independent. second, i'm going to talk about what this popular enthusiasm tells us about early u.s. understandings of race, and revolution, and republicanism. finally, i will talk about why this popular enthusiasm for latin american independence, starte

the u.s. government is still committed to the nuclear station a pretty robust form of it at that world opinion i think broadly is on the side of that to the south korean president went to europe for years on trying to get the europeans budge on sanctions they didn't the japanese won't budge on either even the chinese have voted for the sanctions u.n. security council even if they don't really force them as well they might you know maybe the north koreans conserve like i don't know signal what they're going to find a little bit or something like that but i think i think just too many countries in the world too many people in the world are too scared of north korea having an unchecked nuclear program and so i think sanctions are going to be used to sort of a check to get the north koreans to behave better nuclear weapons all right we've run out of times we're going to have to leave the conversation and thanks so much to our guests young robert kelly and todrick route. and thank you too for watch

the u.s. and china begin their first face-to-face talks of the biden presidency. inflation gripped the markets. treasury yields touched some of the highest levels in more than a year. some european countries rolling out the astrazeneca vaccine. shery: here's a quick check of the markets. on wall street, we saw the tug-of-war between growth and value continue with u.s. stocks falling from record highs. the nasdaq 100 erased all of its gain for the year. stay-at-home winners all turning lower. financials the only sector in the green on the s&p 500 with 10 year yield treasury yields climbing above 170 for the first time in over a year. we had wti seeing its worst day since september. five days of losses taking it to its longest stretches of daily losses in more than a year. we had vaccination effort stalling and a stronger dollar. let's see how we are setting up across asia. sophie: this friday, kiwi stocks may be an outlier because futures elsewhere are signaling losses after we saw the declines

russia recalls its ambassador to the u.s. after president biden said vladimir putin would pay the price for election meddling while at the same time branding the russian head of state a killer. the e.u. considers a controversial digital covert pass to open up travel between member states. and u.k. hospitals warned they may have to take their scalpels to their own services unless they get billions of pounds and support. from you all the most important news from around the world this is r t international i'm donald quarter and welcome to the program. russia has recalled its ambassador to the u.s. to get the lowdown on the state of diplomatic ties with washington and it comes in response to a t.v. interview where prime president biden agreed when questioned that vladimir putin is a quote killer the russian foreign ministry had this to say for us the main thing is to determine ways of improving russian u.s. ties which in a difficult state washington has in fact brought those to the data and in recent years we are interested in pr

when the u.s. was engaging with china economically, the assumption was there was a lot of economic benefit from trading with them, which has been true. in the beginning, when china first joined the wg outcome of the assumption was china was not going to impose serious concerns on the u.s., which also kind of has been true. but, the problem started before former president trump came to office. during the second term of obama, the u.s. has become more aware of security concerns over the south china sea. what we have seen, including the first two months of biden is the continuation of escalation in those areas. host: we'd like to open up phone lines to hear from our listeners. if you are a democrat, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. you can pose a question by text, (202) 748-8003. before we get to calls and comments, let's listen to what antony blinken, secretary of state had to say at that alaska meeting on how the u.s. plans to engage china. [video

last year u.s. imports from russia average 538000 barrels a day in 2020 even topping the 522000 average from saudi arabia but you would never know it from watching the latest talks so joining us now to this vastly boom bust co-host fence on and christiane i christine let's start with you this reporting seems to go against the public posturing of the u.s. which has worked hard to campaign against the north stream to pipelines that would deliver natural gas from russia to europe correct. yeah the findings of the support shows that america's increasing reliance is totally at odds with their public energy diplomacy because for the last 2 years washington has been lobbying european countries to abandon or string to fearing that it would essentially do russia further leverage over u.s. allies in the e.u. the north stream too would essentially double the capacity of the existing line in germany under the baltic sea to about 110000000000 cubic meters of gas per year and it would serve about u.s. ally ukrain

u.s. president joe biden is facing a may 1st deadline to withdraw all american troops from afghanistan has agreed by donald trump's administration the white house is now scrambling to have a peace agreement in place between the afghan government and taliban before it fully withdraws its troops concerns have been mounting that without one of ghana's down could plunge into another civil war. if there will be no peace we are obligated to have america here until there is security. the violence is increasing multiple bombings and assassinations the target civilians especially in kabul have become a daily occurrence but it's not only the war that makes the future here look bleak the uncertainty over afghanistan's future is exacerbated by your money tarrier prices all afghans are struggling to survive and poverty is on the rise but a business same time before an $800.00 trees were lied on for 20 years is also being reduced analysts some politicians have expressed fears the afghan government could

>> u.s. talks tough at the biden administration's first summit with china as the two superpowers try to repair relations at the lowest levels in decades. ♪ >> you are watching al jazeera live from london. safe and the european medical regulator gives its verdict on the astrazeneca regime -- vaccine. a meeting puts russia packet the center of afghanistan's peace. and tanzania grieves over the death of the president. but others say he has left a divided legacy. america's top diplomat says china's actions are threatening the international order, putting global stability at risk. antony blinken is holding talks with chinese officials in alaska as the two superpowers try to repair relations. it is the first high-level meeting between the u.s. and china under the joe biden administration. lincoln sit -- blinken says they will discuss a variety of issues. . >> our administration is committed through leading with diplomacy. to advance the interest of the u.s. and strengthening rules-based internation

u.s. president joe biden is facing a may 1st deadline to withdraw all american troops from afghanistan has agreed by donald trump's administration the white house is now scrambling to have a peace agreement in place between the afghan government and taliban before it fully withdraws its troops concerns have been mounting that without one of ghana's down could plunge into another civil war. if there will be no peace we are obligated to have america until there is security the violence is increasing multiple bombings and assassinations the target civilians especially in kabul have become a daily occurrence but it's not only the war that makes the future here look bleak be uncertainty over afghanistan's future is exacerbated by crisis all afghans are struggling to survive and poverty. before and. where light on for 20 years is also being reduced analysts some politicians have expressed fears the afghan government could collapse without the financial support of the international community on t

the u.s. president didn't clarify whether he was alluding to the poisoning of russian opposition leader. the response from moscow was calm. as biden said we know each other personally what would i replied to him i would say i wish you healthy i say that without any irony to visit when you should be. but what is job by. and hoping to achieve with this harsh rhetoric. matthew i want to pass that question right on to you you said clearly biden signaling he's the non trump but beyond that what is he looking to achieve and what is he likely to achieve well i think one of the main goals he has is to bring other western allies on board to the u.s. position on china and i think that is something where he's actually already had some progress because there have been divisions within sort of the western alliance about how to approach china and whether to look the other way in the face of abuses like the ones against we yours and others and i think part of this is really directed at europe in particular t

more than 82 million u.s. residents have received at least one dose of vaccine -- about one in four people nationwide. the head of the world health organization is calling on vaccine makers to license their technologies to other manufacturers, calling growing vaccine inequity a moral outrage. who director-general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus called it shocking that some countries are racing to vaccinate their entire populations -- including healthy younger people at lower risk of covid-19 -- while healthcare workers, older people, and others at high risk go unvaccinated in poorer nations. >> the gap between the number of vaccines administered in rich countries and the number of vaccines administered through covax is growing every single day. and becoming more grotesque every day. amy: saudi arabia has proposed a ceasefire to end its six-year war yemen, buhouthi rebs have rejted the de saying the saudis must first fully lift its devastating blockade which has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis. shortly

it is not just about u.s. troops. host: do you think that the u.s. public needs to reframe how they think about u.s. involvement in afghanistan? in south korea, we have had a troop presence since the korean war. in germany, since world war ii. is there a way to get americans to think about afghanistan in a -- as a strategic point at the crossroads of asia? guest: i certainly think we need to work to get our narrative right the way that we are considering this. in one way is not just focus on the deadline but really look at, what are the u.s. interests here? how do we best secure those interests going forward? the interests are broad. one of them, of course, is a lot of people thought about was the counterterrorism. we don't want to space where al qaeda and others could come back and reestablish a base for working internationally. there is broad consensus on that, including with rivals like china and russia. and even neighboring pakistan, which has given support to the taliban all during this period. though not acknowledging that. that is one area. th

senior u.s. officials, including the secretary of state, have reaffirmed washington's commitment to its alliance with japan, while also blasting china for using what it calls coercion and aggression. let's cross to our chief asia correspondent in hong kong. it does seem like antony blinken is setting the tone for the meeting in alaska. >> a pretty combative tone. on one hand, antony blinken and lloyd austin, the defense secretary in tokyo, and seoul today, creating a unified front in the face of what they are saying, increased coercion and aggression from china on numerous fronts. they have been mentioning in hong kong, shane john, taiwan, even australia. they say kurt campbell came out a day or so ago, the national security council asia coordinator saying the u.s.-china relationship will not improve until china stops its economic coercion of australia. the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing has shot back, saying australia's wrong words and deeds are responsible for the deteriorating relation

u.s.border. >>> and questions and criticism abound as more european countries suspend the rollout of the astrazeneca vaccine, despite regulators saying the benefits outweigh the risks. ♪ >> we are following new details now on breaking news here in atlanta, georgia. eight people are dead and one suspect is in custody after shootings at three metro area massage parlours. an official tells cnn law enforcement are working with the theory that all three are connected. four people were killed in one shooting north of atlanta in cherokee county and four others in two separate shootings inside the city. we've learned that four of the victims are of korean ethnicity. the suspect in the cherokee county shooting, 21-year-old robert aaron long was taken into custody about 150 miles south of atlanta just hours after the killings. atlanta police say video evidence suggests long is likely also the suspect in the other two shootings. the fbi is assisting local law enforcement as they investigate. cnn's ry

u.s. president joe biden has spoken about a number of foreign policy issues in an interview with the american broadcast to a.b.c. news including pulling troops out of afghanistan and allegations of russian interference in the 2020 u.s. election well let's ask white house correspondent can be healthy this kimberly this was a pretty fair rain fair far ranging interview from with biden here. that's right there are a number of topics discussed including the vaccines and the number of vaccines that he is still pushing out to make available to the american people surpassing the goals that were expected but joe biden the u.s. president acting surprised that there is still so much politicize ation as he calls about the vaccine saying that it is changed his life and he's making sure that other people know that so that they will be encouraged to get a vaccine as well now in terms of other domestic news he also talked about the u.s. border the fact that there is well he didn't acknowledge a crisis as

the u.s. should treat china in an objective and rational manner and stop interfering in its internal affairs. now its costs live now to benjamin chow professor at paris school of business thank you very much for joining us on the program benjamin now let's just start with this concept of vaccine diplomacy washington's basically accusing china of using its vaccine as a political tool what do you what do you make of the vaccine diplomacy even exist. well i think china's ability to supply the scenes to others look like a subtle grade to the u.s. and. the u.s. accusations through the big question given that a lot of this ls in countries including the united states came to power by wars and exploitation more than china has largely been a peace love and is rising to policies on economic you've come up with what at the motivation of helping other countries to fact yes hundreds of millions of people are going to be saved by chinese but since but not by from voice well the out ahead even the of motivat

the u.s. capitol. this photo that we showed on friday night's show is the badge of d.c. metropolitan police officer michael fanone who was injured in the capitol attack. his badge was recovered by the fbi after it was dug up out of a man's backyard in buffalo, new york. according to prosecutors, thomas sibick participated in the attack on the capitol and specifically participated in a trump supporter mob attack against officer fanone. in that attack, the officer was dragged into the mob, he was beaten severely, the mob tried to grab his pistol and screamed that they would kill him with his own gun. the police officer described hearing the mob shout that at him. there is corroborating evidence that has also been cited by prosecutors of that. the mob did not end up shooting the officer with his own gun but they did end up tasing him multiple times in the neck from close range. the officer was rendered unconscious, he suffered a heart attack, he was hospitalized. prosecutors say in the midst of t

among them the u.s.ty leader chuck schumer who reiterated today in washington that he believes that it is time for andrew cuomo to step down. wolf? >> all right, ryan, thank you very much. ryan nobles in albany for us. joining us debra katz, the attorney for charlotte bennett, one of the women accusing governor cuomo of harassment. thank you so much for joining us. you said that your client charlotte bennett met with investigators for more than four hoursier, so describe the nature of the questions they asked. were they in line with what we heard from charlotte ben net her tv interview, or were investigators pushing for more specific details? >> the investigators are very skilled. they know what to do here. they took their time to ask very detailed questions. they understood the evidence, and they were very sensitive to the issues, but they are -- they are very experienced and know just what they are looking at. >> i was going to say did they get new information, more than show tell everyone in that cbs

the u.s. government spending, plus all the spending that is done by american companies, american tech firms, american construction firms, state governments. that is how he measures that. of course, what we will judge him on is not only a -- only whether the u.s. is ahead of china when he leaves office any fears, but whether china has made any substantial gains on us in terms of wealth and military might. haidi: president biden also saying that in order to pursue this intention he wants to invite this alliance of democracies to the white house. is this the same kind of strategy of blinken and jake sullivan visiting seoul before their china meeting? >> president biden has shown he is much more interested in multilateral action than regards . the u.s. issued sanctions earlier this week in response for alleged atrocities. in xinjian province. they were done with the eu and canada and the u.k.. this is a different approach than the u.s. took under donald trump. he is trying to put together a coalit

the u.s. president didn't clarify whether he was alluding to the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. the response from moscow was calm. as biden said we know each other personally what would i replied to him i would say i wish you had i say that without any irony to visit when you should be. but what is joe biden hoping to achieve with this harsh rhetoric. matthew and i want to pass that question right on to you your said clearly by. signaling he's the non trump but beyond that what is he looking to achieve and what is he likely to achieve well i think one of the main goals he has is to bring other western allies on board to the u.s. position on china and i think that is something where he's actually already had some progress because there have been divisions within sort of the western alliance about how to approach china and whether to look the other way in the face of abuses like the ones against we yours and others and i think part of this is really directed at europe in

for a long time when the u.s. was engaging with china economically the assumption was that there is a lot of economic benefit from trading with them which has been true absolutely and at the beginning when china first joined the assumption was that china would not impose severe security concerns on the u.s. it alsoo has been true for years and until very recently but actually, the problem started before president trump evenn cae to office because during the second term of the obama and administration the u.s. has been become more aware of security concerns both by china in particular over the south china sea and so, what we have seen, i think, including the past four years in the first two months of the biden presidency is a continuation of the escalations in those security and petition area. >> host: we will open up our phone lines to hear from her callers, viewers and listeners about u.s. china relations. if you are a democrat use (202)748-8000, republicans hughes (202)748-8001, independents and others, (202)748

u.s.? a pro risk bias and that is a tilt toward more cyclical markets, whether that is europe, japan, and even u.s. small-cap where it has the twin benefit of u.s. fiscal stimulus as well as the reopening environment that we are going to be in. but why other markets, i think you are right, i think composition is a key ingredient. that cyclical gearing in europe and japan supports those markets. what i would say is this is not a view against the u.s. large-cap market. it is a view on the rest of the world improving as the global economy improves. i know you have been focusing on the downdraft. we have seen it in technology. we see cyclical reasons to catch up in these other markets. from a secular basis, we still see robust earnings in technology. it is not a theme today that we think will be driving that upside for markets. anna: thanks very much for your time this monday morning. thushka maharaj, jp morgan asset management global multi-asset strategist. coming up, we speak to the president

with the new administration in office the u.s. war on wall way continues forcing the chinese telecom giant to diversify its own network as it feels the wrath of washington's blackout wall always saw its shares of revenue from selling equipment outside of china fall 2 percent it is not going down without a fight and its latest partnership is with another one of washington's favorite rivals this week russian telecoms operator m.t.s. launched the country's 1st pilot 5 g. network across 14 locations in moscow using wall ways equipment so what does that mean for the telecom giant and how will the u.s. respond joining me now to go further on this topic or boom us co-host ben swan and kristie i christine let's start with you here what can you tell us about this new project and what does it mean for waterway. well m.t.s. is russia's top cell phone carrier and with this rollout existing empty at subscribers using 5 g. compatible smartphones will it be able to connect at speeds of up to 1.5 gigabit networks so this means that they will enjo

the u.s. and if they want to work together we can see you as a competitor as a fair competitor we can but on issues like human rights. on armed interventions and these kinds things technology competition we're going to confront you the u.s. as i said earlier the u.s. has military strategic interests and military strategic allies in the pacific region that they have obligations to protect like taiwan like south korea and they would have to act and the u.s. would be honest sticky situation if taiwan if the special taiwan if china acted against taiwan. what the u.s. would really do because the u.s. has security. i'm sure is their obligations there but what is the u.s. really going to put u.s. lives at risk to defend this that i'm sure. that is the question i think many u.s. policymakers don't would would would prefer not to confront and again as i said i also said earlier very clear that we could sit here and not have to confront that ourselves china is also a rising power has the ability now to

not why the u.s. college we're still waiting for the u.s. trade representative to get confirmed trade is not at the top of the agenda and that is the administration is looking at their assessment of china policy we have not heard that trade is going to play a major role there is no discussion at the moment about the u.s. joining or rejoining as it may be. and it's really a shame and if we're going to wait to do all of this through that we're going to be waiting a long time because the i think all would agree needs a major reform so where do you how do you respond to that because part of playing a full deck if you will is the security dimension we seem to have siloed these off saying well we can play the security card in some levels but not play the economic or the trade one is that smart. it's a problem and i think the trumpet ministration one of my criticisms even though i served in it was coming out of the gates strong on the military were going to raise defense budgets and one of the 1st actions pulling out a t p p and even worse we did a

it is u.s.naval vessels that are sailing close to the chinese mainland in so-called freedom of navigation -- right close to chinese territory and waters. the chinese do not have a military threat against the united states at all. what they are talking about has been very closely clarified at this quad meeting, which is the united states government understands that china's scientific and technological development, parcularly in robotics and telecommunications, green technology and so on, has suppressed -- far surpassed that of european companies. this is an existential threat as far as the united states is concerned, the u.s. government is concerned, to silicon valley. china doesn't threaten the american citizen, the average american citizen. a chinese tele-communication companies like huawei our generation head of u.s. telecommunications companies. rather than compete as it were a free market with these companies, the united states government is using immense military pressure, diplomatic pressu

allies are looking for is u.s. porche to stand against aggressor for unfair trade retaliation or economic kalish and by china and the most recent focal point for that is really and the china australia relationship of so myers really perked up when i heard secretary blinken you know focused on that set of issues the other is related to values i think are familiar there are areas of deep disagreement in many cases because china has tried to delineate them as internal issues but they are definitely part of a deepening values competition between the u.s. and china more broadly melinda are countries in the region the hopeful that a reset in the relationship between the u.s. and china would really work in their favor. i think each country has to be thinking that that's in their national interest i think that i think some of the smaller countries around the periphery of china are concerned about how it's going to play out. it it's a it this is there's a profound difference here in terms of how beit beijing and washington

the u.s.nd china since biden took office gets off to a rough start, chinese shares sink. warm welcome to the program. this is the european market open , 7:00 in london, mark joins us from there. what are you seeing in the markets today? corinna: good morning -- mark: good morning. i think traders are exhausted from all they saw in the tech space. it's been relatively quiet. there's been two themes, weakness, and the boj, where there weren't policy surprises, but there were confusing statements. anna: we'll get to some of that in a moment. just an hour away from the start of the european trading session. in terms of the picture yesterday, we really did see a difference in what was going on both sides of the atlantic. that was reflected in futures, or it often is. yesterday, the nasdaq down more than 3%. europe was flat to positive. european futures are pointing to the downside. we look to you -- lose our nerve in europe. u.s. futures look flat to positive. we have a mixed bag when it comes to t

the u.s.e both started working for people in uniform about the same time. 1941. and we both covered a lot of ground since then. i've been on the road so much, when i get a letter from my wife, it starts out, dear sir. but you may not know that the u.s. so a serving more guys and gals in uniform in more locations today than ever before. in an average month, something like 3 million service people visit the uso facilities around the world. that kind of service takes a lot of people and most of them are unpaid. volunteers. about 160,000 of them. i'm proud to be invited to bring you the story of the uso, and as 30 years of service. 30 years. that makes the u.s. so just nine years younger than jack penny. let's started it all with a thing called world war ii. and another thing that went with it, called the draft. qualifications were strict. if you could hear thunder and see lightning and had to teeth that hate, raise your right hand or repeat after me. the result was hundreds of thousands of new pe

u.s. vaccine trial. we are hearing from them that the phase three trial met the primary efficacy endpoint. 70% efficacy at preventing symptomatic -- i assume that means infections. i am not getting the full sentence, but astrazeneca is ebony percent vaccine i efficacy -- is evan t percent vaccine -- 70 percent vaccine efficacy. adding to the data set of astrazeneca. we have plenty of real-life trial data now, certainly in older populations when it comes to where the u.k. is vaccinating more than half of the population for the adults, many of those with the astrazeneca vaccine. this is a result of the u.s. trial, something seen as critical by u.s. regulators in terms of getting to a point where they could approve that vaccine. we will see what u.s. regulators make of that. let me just get to some other news coming through, and that is around deliveroo. the ipo consists of 384.6 million shares. they are also talking about the state of the business. delivery in january and february, gross tra

i mean u.s. or other country doesn't care too much well i mean it's totally different this time target based on your experience with the i.a.e.a.'s north korea program is there anything that the un or the i.a.e.a. or other international bodies can do to improve the situation i don't think so i think it's now again back in the court of both washington and pyongyang to sort this out even though many people criticize president trump for stepping out of the iran nuclear deal with really believe that his north korea policy of meeting with kim jong il and 3 times up having the singapore declaration and that hanoi apparently north korea offered to dismantle the young beyond nuclear site which is nearly 80 percent of north korea's nuclear program but he was dime made by the pompidou a bulletin team and we had a failure so the united nations by having more sanctions or the i.a.e.a. i don't think at the moment are in a position to improve the situation robert how difficult has this made things for the bide

across talking china u.s. relations i'm joined by my guest daniel is our in new york he is a journalist and author of 3 books on the u.s. constitution including we have daniel mcadams he is the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity and in north bill we cross the tom watkins he is president and c.e.o. of t.w. associates a global business and educational consulting firm right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate danny let me go then you make adams let me go to you 1st here i suppose it's a good idea they're meeting in and because i think the way the format has been displayed to the public and the lack of traditional diplomatic at a kid is going to be a pretty frosty meeting appropriate place your thoughts you know and i've heard they're not even going to have dinner together and that doesn't sound like a lot of fun doesn't sound like there's a lot to do there the chinese are upset because they're being forced to ta

u.s.a combined four million doses of astrazeneca's covid vaccine to mexico and canada. the biden administration has stockpiled doses, pending the vaccine's approval here. last week, the white house said president biden was not ready to share the supply, but that changed today. >> our first priority remains vaccinating the u.s. population, the reality is, but the reality is that border knows no, the the pandemic knows no borders and ensuring our neighbors can contain the virus is a mission critical step, is mission critical to ending the pandemic. >> woodruff: meanwhile, mexico announced travel curbs along its southern border, to contain covid. growing numbers of central american migrants have been heading north, toward the u.s. the european union's drug regulatory agency said today the astrazeneca vaccine does not pose a significant threat of blood clots. a number of european states had suspended use of the vaccine, pending the findings. the fight over wearing face masks sparked fireworks

we urge the new u.s. -- we urge the new u.s.mission ration to understand the sensitivity of the issue and move away from the previous dangerous practice that was playing with fire. haidi: this is of course beijing's long known that on taiwan. would any of this have surprised the biden administration? >> now. these comets at his annual press conference -- these comments at his annual press conference not surprising. they want to do set the tone quickly. there is no room for debating the one china policy. whether taiwan mines any rights to self-determination. this will not be a flashpoint, but it will be a point of contention, the has we do not necessarily -- we have not gotten necessarily yet from the biden administration its view on unwinding some of the stances trump administration has taken. the chinese authorities have clearly said they are hopeful we can have a reset under a biden administration. at the same time, they are getting hints that the biden administration might carry on with some of those trump policies. basically

under the direct threat of u.s. sanctions austria's topsoil and got companies is standing by its word on the retreat pipeline and telling washington to stop threatening and print. the rest of the world series and place in the federal reserve ready to embrace it saying it's ok it's right now is on getting americans back to work we have a lot to get to solicit started. tesla is back in the spotlight as china moves to restrict the use of the company's electric cars by military and state employees but while you're on musk has been quick to deny allegations that tussles cars are used to spy for the u.s. government this conversation has raised the question of just how much data smart cars have the power to collect in the 1st place chinese officials are questioning how much is being documented by tussles cabin camera which is meant to record the driver in the moments leading up to a crash or what happens to all about location data saved by the vehicle and it's not just tesla any car with a build an internet connection has

the u.s. is always of in for the people in the world people pay attention to what people here now does it is very good to bring the news to the world. the u.s. and china take aim at each other during high level talks in alaska with accusations of grandstanding and a cold war mentality. hello i'm rob matheson this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up european countries resume use of astra zeneca as covert 1000 vaccine after a vote of confidence from the e.u.'s drug watchdog. challenging times for the military is helping to reinforce a lockdown after a surge in covert 19 cases. and tanzania swears in its 1st female leader. takes power after the death of john i go fully. there is trying to talk to wrap up with a closing session in the coming hours after a fiery starts on thursday sitting across the table from each other in the u.s. state of alaska the 2 sides traded barbs in a point to display of how tense relations remain diplomatic editor james bays reports from anchorage. this is a mee

the u.s. of course also sees this as a geo political tool sees it as a threat to ukraine to poland to other places where russia flows dass through other pipelines member north from 2 there is a nordstrom one there's also many other overland pipelines that send natural gas from russia to germany so the u.s. sees this as a as an energy threat it's also becoming increasingly a climate threat and you have more and more voices here in germany as well and especially the green party which we should talk about that about the the election this year in germany and the influence of the greens have pushing this climate aspect it's not just your political instead of there's also climate that it violates germany's promises on climate that natural gas is not at all the sort of climate friendly or more carbon neutral energy that it's often marketed as and that all of these aspects need to kind of come together to figure out what to do with north stream to pipeline which we should note is more than 90 percent

and the u.s. secretary of state reasserted america's leadership role i have to tell you what i'm hearing is very different from what you describe. i'm hearing deep satisfaction that the united states is back there were reengage with our allies and partners i'm also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government is taking but with the mutually agreed diplomatic protocol scrafton china's foreign affairs chief deflected criticism of its own human rights record by pointing back at the u.s. world. in regard to human rights to what we hope the u.s. can do a little better in this aspect i mean it was us as human rights issues are deeply rooted it didn't just exist during the past 10 years slaughter of african-americans has always been a problem. it's all. with a chilly start to the new normal for relations between china and the u.s. the rest of the world is watching closely to understand where they fit in in this new balance between global powers. let's bring in u.s. policy analyst and th

and the u.s. so definitely a united front against russia will certainly be something that joe biden will probably want to show as a way to confront various russian actions all over the world that that contest u.s. and western dominance in that region. and that was correspondent emily sure when they're in moscow and d.-w. is william glued croft here in berlin say to look at some other stories making headlines around the world today a gunman accused of killing 8 people in the u.s. state of georgia has been charged with murder the 21 year old was arrested after a shooting spree at 3 massage parlors in the atlanta area most of the victims were women of asian descent resistance to the military government in myanmar continues on the streets of yangon despite a deadly army crackdown residents burned barricades to block riot police the army has sealed off parts of the city and imposed an information blackout in a bid to stamp out dissent. a young marine scientists and activist plunged herself into a remot

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u.s.order with mexico. i speak to a humanitarian worker from the mexican side of the border. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here, in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ u.s. president joe biden will soon be on his way here to atlanta, georgia, just days after eight people were killed in a shooting rampage at a local spas, six of them were asian women. biden was supposed to promote his huge coronavirus relief package, but will now instead offer his support to the community. he will be meeting with the mayor as well as state officials and asian-american leaders. vice president kamala harris who is a black asian-american is also on the trip. police say it's too soon to tell if the shootings were racially motivated about you that doesn't mean this had nothing to do with race as cnn's amara walker reports. >> our investigation is looking at everything, so nothing is off the table. >> reporter:

for more u.s. states have joined a lawsuit filed in texas against google that alleges the search giant broke and interest laws to enhance its advertising business earlier this week texas attorney general ken paxton said alaska florida montana nevada and puerto rico joined the lawsuit bringing the total number of plaintiffs in the suit to 15 states and territories for more on this let's bring in your she's an associate attorney with levon papen tonio rafferty sara thank you so much for joining us today. thank you for having me on i want to start with this lawsuit tech giants face so many of these suits lately what is this one actually specifically about. well states are finally pushing back against tech giants like facebook and google here we have google wrapped up in a scheme to monopolize our private information so what google is doing is pushing out 3rd party vendors and businesses that are used to track information that we use for advertising so in theory that sounds good it might sound like goo