u.s. defense trade. what all this ultimately means and what the initiative makes clear is that under this administration, there will be no more active advocate for u.s. sales than the u.s. government itself. thus a top priority of my bureau at the state department is maintaining the united states as a security partner of choice for our many friends and allies overseas. as just one example of this effort, not even a month ago, i attended the air show in the uk where i met with defense industry representatives from u.s. companies of all sizes to discuss the cat policy implementation plan and to seek feedback in realtime. let me say those companies were both small and medium as well as large. so we tried to hit on the array of companies that were represented there all of which were present. i also met with counterparts from strategic partners and allies, some from europe, other parts of the world to brief them on the new policy and advocate strongly for ongoing and perspective sales. for years u.s. embassies

u.s. defense secretary james mattis is councils three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is jew in is on about next week. in syria a string of explosions near a military airbase in damascus lit up the sky and shook the city in the early hours of the morning when reports suggest the blasts were caused by an israeli air strike a syrian state t.v. said an electrical fault had caused a nearby munitions dump to blow off. in libya at least three people have been injured in the capital tripoli after a hotel was hit by gunfire from rival militias vying for power in the city seems sporadic clashes in recent days maybe a slid into chaos after the twenty seven uprising that overthrew longtime leader moammar gadhafi. ugandan pop singer turned opposition politician bobby wine has arrived in the u.s. for medical treatment these pictures show him just before he left he's on crutches because he says he w

u.s. defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is due in islamabad next week. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote we have billeted the refugees the u.s. had been the agency's largest donor palestinians have condemned the decision. in russia protests are growing over the government's plan to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to buy food widespread criticism has pressured president vladimir putin into making changes but some are still angry. some ten thousand people gathered in central moscow for a protest organized by the communist party. they oppose the government's plan to raise the pension age

u.s. defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is due next week. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he said the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugees and us had been. condemned the decision. now is venezuela's economic and political crisis whereas on hundreds of thousands have been fleeing the country some have made their way to the south in the united states florida is home to a large community of venezuelans in exile with several trying to enter u.s. politics in order to influence the situation of their home country we have this report now from florida. the venezuelan community has been growing for years but none of them hold a political office in the u.s. and dependent candidate rafael de

u.s. defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terribly to specially near the afghanistan border to operate freely the u.s. secretary of state is due in islamabad next room. and israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised a separate decision from washington to end decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees he says the money should instead be used to quote rehabilitate the refugee u.s. had been agencies largest donor have condemned the decision. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer now obama and bush praised him as a consummate states man who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president donald trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain serving senator

u.s. defense secretary that beijing was committed to peace but could not give up even one inch of the territory on tuesday beijing demanded the u.s. cancel the three hundred thirty million dollars sale warning it would seriously damage relations washington turn insists that the deal is aimed to provide security and defensive capability adding that taiwan is an important force for political stability military balance and economic progress in the region. this proposed will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the united states was hoping to improve the security and difference of capability of the recipients which has been and continues to be an important force for political stability. and economic progress in the region. we spoke with joseph chang political analyst at hong kong city university he thinks that the u.s. is trying to put pressure on beijing. a little. american armed. with just over forty days left till the us folks in mid-term elections politics appear to be dividing how families so much so the siblings of one republican nominee. have gone on camera to publicly d

u.s. defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan and citing a lack of decisive action against militants in the country the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed several terror groups operate freely especially near its border with afghanistan the u.s. secretary of state is due to visit pakistan next week. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has praised the separate decision by washington to end its decades long funding of the united nations agency that provides aid for palestinian refugees that are you know who said the money should instead be you. used to quote rehabilitate the refugees the us had been the agency's largest you know palestinians have condemned that decision. now in russia thousands of people have been demonstrating today against the government's plans to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to earn enough to survive after widespread criticism of the plans president vladimir putin announced concessions earlier this week but many russians are still angry. some ten

u.s. defense secretary james mattis has counseled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. police pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the border with afghanistan to operate freely and u.s. secretary of state is jew in islam about next week. a suicide bomber in somalia's capital mogadishu has killed at least six people including two children according to police the bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a local government office just opposite a school the is the most innocent group says it was behind the attack. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late seventy's died last week of brain cancer obama and bush praised him as a consummate statesman who embodied the country's values politicians from across the spectrum attended the service with one notable exception president onil trump who had engaged in a bitter feud with mccain was not invited. john mccain long serving senator an american war hero l

u.s. defense secretary james mattis has counseled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the border with afghanistan to operate freely the u.s. state secretary of state is in islam about next week. in syria a string of explosions near a military base in damascus lit up the sky and shook the city in the early hours of the morning when reports suggest the blasts were caused by an israeli airstrike that syrian state t.v. set on the electrical fault that caused a nearby munitions dump to blow up. irish rock is used to called off a concert in berlin on saturday in front of thousands of fans lead singer bono was heard losing his voice after several songs the band apologized and told audience members they'll be able to return for another u two concert at a future date. former u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have led tributes to john mccain at a memorial service in washington the late senator died last week of brain cancer obama and bush praised h

u.s. defense secretary james mattis has canceled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the afghanistan border to operate the u.s. secretary of state is due in islamabad next week. egypt has ratified a new law that critics say will silence political dissent on social media the law gives the government new powers to monitor people with large online followings it's part of a series of legislation enacted by president. that takes aim at so-called cyber crime honesty international has criticized cissie calling the recent legislation quote an assault on on life. the group says that the legislation is vaguely defined and could allow the government to censor any dissent on social media. well i mean to see if has been following the story for us. it's good to see you here so what exactly does this new legislation into really with the new ball does is it's going to say that anybody who has five thousand followers or more on social media sites like facebook and twi

u.s. defense department and he says north korea was the country he was most concerned about.joining us. we have these talks happening in pyongyang. how confident are you that they will be fruitful, three months on from the singapore summit between kim jong-un and president trump, where it seems not much has happened? >> i'm not very confident that they will be fruitful, but that doesn't mean they are not important. here's why. kim jong on always needs a little bit of attention, so the personal diplomacy the president is willing to give by going to pyongyang's important for keeping progress billing. there will be a long-term things that require a lot of effort and if you don't give him attention he becomes unpredictable. >> you say when you were working for the u.s. defense department north korea was a country you are very concerned about as a potential cyberattack. are you still concerned about that, and why is president trump in gauging with kim jong-un? >> i think it is important to remember that north korea's the most unpredictable country in the world, that is what kept m

u.s. defense contract is they said they will be launching a saudi led investigation for the most obvious war crime ever committed and i'm sure they'll produce an unbiased report titled. weapons sales went up under trump but it's not that easy just to blame him even though he made this poster board bragging about his sales in one thousand nine hundred sixty one eisenhower warned against a military industrial complex and a spoiler alert it's worse than he predicted the bush administration used the first gulf war in one thousand nine hundred one as a showcase for the destructive power of u.s. weapons and the mainstream news media became the home shopping network for u.s. missiles out of the haze of a pilgrim through my third marine airwing for an approaching time to pull this. call now and get your hole in the ground four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a.r.u. industrial. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need remember is one show you know for the mid one and only b

u.s. defense secretary james mattis discussed the prospects of military corp in march as a sign of his growing relationship and maybe carrier with five thousand soldiers and pilots on board anchored near the port city of the land this was the first time that had happened since the end of the vietnam war in one nine hundred seventy five and the historic visit carried a message to another superpower now that was a very significant decision. and very astute because the. heart of the united states navy and so was about to clues into sauce china sea as a show of defaults against china the rule of president is largely seen as her money but posting was seen as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and thus the nation's top leader. i had hair on al-jazeera and environmental disaster in the us not the floodwaters from hurricane florence makes it with toxic waste. i've never seen baba off the coast of wales where campaigners say votes potentially radioactive sediment from a nuclear plant getting good is being dumped by ships like this. from the waves of the south. to the contours of the

is one hundred and twenty four point seven billion pounds their defense budget is thirty five billion so what i'm saying is that in the u.s. imagine if they did the same as the u.k. three and a half times their defense budget they spend on their n.h.s. so here in the u.s. that would be two point two trillion dollars that we would have medicare for all essentially medicaid if we decided to use the same sort of metrics as how the u.k. and the citizens there decide how to allocate their their funds but here in the us there is a huge resistance to having single payer most people if you go online if you look at the you tube comments below here they will fight you they will shout until they're blue in the face that. system is communism is socialism we don't want it but they don't shout and so they're blue in the face about the socialism that is a massive defense department spend most of that is welfare it's welfare for raytheon is welfare for lockheed martin as welfare for thousands of people who live in mansions in virginia as welfare for facebook it's welfare for google it's welfare for silicon valley and but they don't see i

u.s. department of defense to see if they know anything about this if they can comment on this somehow we haven't heard back but the u.s. has previously denied all of this they've said this is just the destruction it is just propaganda and the threat of chemical weapons use by damascus is very real but with tensions on all sides these accusations flying around it does look like something is finally coming to a head there doesn't it you know i mean tensions have been rising that the u.s. has made their position very clear multiple times they've said that chemical weapon use by damascus will trigger retaliation like a military retaliation would strikes by the u.s. and its allies on syrian government forces they've also made clear that any chemical weapon use will be blamed always print overly on the damascus government so that their position is very clear that's led to clashes between russian and u.s. officials previously things getting quite heated let's take a look just so there's no confusion here if the syrian regime uses chemical weapons we will respond very strongly. forces have no che

u.s. defense department estimates that thirty thousand to currently in that area despite the donald trump warned the syrian leader and his allies against launching an attack on the cause of potential human tragedy the fate of it libya's also on the agenda of u.n. security council on friday. more babies in italy and that terrorists when russia and the assad regime say they want to counterterrorism they actually mean they want to bomb schools hospitals and homes and lives. we are firmly under the impression that the west impotence the stoking hysteria around it live and in any case are attempting to prevent the food of the last major terrorist stronghold in syria the assad regime and its enablers russia and iran have a playbook for this for every man woman and child becomes a target this eerie an army has incurred enormous casualties and its efforts to make sure that as few civilians as as possible are killed it is the terrorists who make it their policy to go out and deliberately kill civilians history does not show that the syrian army has caused widespread civilian deaths unlike the situ

u.s. defense contract is they said they will be launching a saudi led investigation for the most obvious war crime ever committed and i'm sure they'll produce an unbiased report titled. weapons sales went up under trump but it's not that easy just to blame him even though he made this poster board bragging about his sales in one thousand nine hundred sixty one eisenhower warned against a military industrial complex and a spoiler alert it's worse then he predicted the bush administration used the first gulf war in one thousand nine hundred one as a showcase for the destructive power of u.s. weapons and the mainstream news media became the home shopping network for u.s. missiles out of the haze of a pilgrim through my. air when born approaching the time to. call now and get your hole in the ground then in two thousand and one under bush the seventeen year war on terror began and weapons sales increased as they did under obama c.e.o. lester crown and his chicago family played a critical role as clear long patrons and fundraiser for obama's rise to power and general dynamics was handsomely rewar

u.s. defense intelligence who said that the putin at one talks on syria are encouraging what do you think the u.s. opinion will be on what has transpired. well the u.s. invested. and we've seen it all around the west really western media there has been a lot of investment into the public mind. or the public sphere that you know there is a humanitarian catastrophe that is imminent and city russia should stop turkey should stop syria should stop and iran should stop and it would be easy for them to interpret what has just happened as these countries really buckling under such pressure so they would want to claim victory or so on but i would argue they they need to be i think the americans are worried again going back to the ten days ago to that iran summit. it was clear that those three countries agreed that the united states is bluffing when it says it's actually. combating terrorism in eastern syria whilst it's supporting separatists aspirations of the kurdish militia and that this is a threat to all countries involved i.e. russia well i would argue mainly turkey iran syria so i would see

u.s. defense budgets. yeah well they're directly linked the u.s. law is in the congress requires that the trumpet ministration through the secretary of state certify that that military support that the u.s. provides saudi arabia and yemen be conditional on the sort of demonstrably effort of those two nations to ensure that civilians are protected while this war is ongoing one that we should point out the u.s. has been assisting in in a limited capacity since twenty fifteen providing intel sharing aerial refueling all of that support is only allowed to continue if the u.s. secretary of state says yes we believe that saudi arabia and yemen are doing everything they can to make sure that civilians are being hurt so this is what the secretary of state is done he's put forward the statement which is raising a few eyebrows given the fact that he says the nations have been showing to mossville actions to reduce harm to civilians as a result of their military operations but again not everyone agreeing with that assessment and. i was going to ask you with t

u.s. defense secretary james madison mounts that the u.s. has no plans to suspend future joint military exercises with south korea drills which north korea have strongly protested. as you know we took the step to suspend several of the largest exercises as a good faith measure coming out of the singapore summit we have no plans at this time to suspend any more exercises all right last week president tom canceled a planned visit of secretary of state. to north korea blaming insufficient progress on the issue of denuclearization looking back trump has had a love hate relationship with north korea's leader kim jong un. developed a very special bond. north korea best not to make any more the threats to the united states. they will be met with fire as a fury and have met men out there shooting rockets all over the place you will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is a sick puppy frightened dog barks louder i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged at us doctored with fire with both but both very honored to

u.s. defense budget seven hundred billion dollars it was not trump who started the wars in libya who helped the war in ukraine and in syria it was a mama and now obama is saying that you know i think the course well he's not this is hitting an interesting point here i mean we article in the american consumer encourage our viewers to look at the american consumer some great stuff that you know all the time against trump we could talk about that there but the conclusion to this is that i think it's kind of interesting and it kind of goes back to what mark was saying quote for his supporters trump's continued occupancy of the white house is more about cultural review puts him. middle finger to a failed establishment then a knockdown drag out fight over real political change. and i think part of this effort or the course they refer to especially have been referred to as a chorus well i think the effort to bring down. or is a love of the legations which is socialism and proven it isn't going to go down well with this voters because us are mentioned a lot of this. largely came to power because of

u.s. defense spending bill and it follows multiple cases of massive million deaths by. parts of yemen. five european countries have made a last minute appeal to israel not to go ahead with the demolition of a bedouin village in the occupied west bank the plan to destroy. two hundred people live on international criticism activists to try to save the village. it is a last supper of sorts for connor lamas residents who along with activists and supporters are waiting out the hours days weeks no one knows how long before the israeli authorities send in the bulldozers safin the feeling is indescribable the uncertainty the instability the threats of the occupation the fear of the children and the woman the situation in this community is miserable. it's very painful what could be vosa losing your life and it's very difficult you may see this land as a desert but for us bedouin it's like. they destroy rebuild we either live a blight on our land. the almost a ten year long legal battle to save has drawn support from across the world and closer to home competence for peace is an israeli palestin

u.s. defense budget seven hundred billion dollars it was not trump who started the wars in libya who helped the wars in ukraine and in syria it was a mama and now obama is saying that it was you know i think of course well he's not this is hitting an interesting point here i mean we know this is an article in the american consumer been encouraging our viewers to look at the american consumer some great stuff you know all the time of the coup against trump we could talk about that there but the conclusion you know this is what i think it's kind of interesting and it kind of goes back to what mark was saying quote for his supporters trump's continued occupancy of the white house is more about cultural grievance a middle finger to a failed establishment the middle class was improving now i see trinket and the blame game or you know something that mark has just mentioned is just you know absurd the washington post accuse drum for florence in what way because all tribes hold a lot of use on climate change and i think what i saw that there is a god i'm excited to go ahead. mark. did i think many

u.s. defense budget and that six hundred seventy four billion dollars it made me think of how national priorities work and how you decide to spend as a nation your your tax collection the government decides to spend their tax question and i thought of about because six hundred seventy four billion dollars is more than medicare is about medicare and medicaid combined a little bit less but i looked at the u.k. and the n.h.s. budget there is one hundred and twenty four point seven billion pounds their defense budget is thirty five billion so what i'm saying is that in the us imagine if they did the same as the u.k. three and a half times their defense budget they spend on their n.h.s. so here in the us that would be two point two trillion dollars that we would have medicare for all essentially medicaid if we decided to use the same sort of metrics as how the u.k. and the citizens there decide how to allocate their their funds but here in the us there is a huge resistance to having single payer most people if you go online if you look at the you tube comments below here they will fight you they will

u.s. defense department estimates that up to thirty thousand coverly in the area despite that donald trump's war in the syrian leader and his allies against launching an attack on the area and what he calls a potential human tragedy the fate of it was also on the agenda of the u.n. security council on friday. peace. when russia and the as sondra. say they want to counter the terrorists. they actually mean they want to bomb school hospitals and home lives. we are firmly under the impression that the west is a state he still. and in any case are attempting to prevent the feet of the last major terrorist strongholds in syria the assad regime and its enablers russia and iran have a playbook for this every man woman and child becomes a target the syrian army has incurred warner's casualties and it's an effort to make sure that as few civilians as as possible are killed it is the terrorists who make it their policy to go out and deliberately kill civilians history does not show that the syrian army has caused widespread civilian deaths unlike the situation in mosul and rocca where the western forc

u.s. defense secretary james mattis announced that the united states has got no plans to suspend future joint military exercises with south korea those drills that the north has strongly protested against over these. you know we took the step to spare and several of the largest extra charges as a good faith measure coming out of the singapore summit we have no plans at this time to suspend eddie more exercisers last week president trump counseled his chief diplomats visit to north korea blaming insufficient progress over denuclearized should look. something of a love hate relationship then isn't a with leader kim jong un. developed a very special bond. north korea best not to make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire of fury and have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place you will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is a sick puppy frightened dog barks louder i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged at us doctored with fire with both but both very honored to sign the document thank you. today we had an histor

u.s. defense secretary has met his announced that washington has no plans to suspend future joint military exercises with south korea drills which the north a strongly protested over the is. as you know we took the step to spend several of the largest exercises as a good faith measure coming out of the singapore summit we have no plans at this time to spend thirty more exercisers last week president trump cancelled his chief diplomats visit to north korea blaming insufficient progress over the nuclear as a should looking back trump's had something of a love hate relationship then with leader kim jong il and we have developed a very special bond. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with five years of fear if you will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place he is a sick puppy a frightened dog barks and louder i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged at us doctored with fire with both but both very honored to sign the document thank you. today we had an historic meetin

u.s. defense secretary ignored his request the book is titled fear trump in the white house and quotes the presence aides as questioning his chaotic ability to lead which would help uncover the watergate scandal which led to the impeachment of president richard nixon in one nine hundred seventy four. ok let's just take a moment to bring up the dates with our breaking news new developments in the case of a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in the united kingdom and bush police have charged to russian men with the attempted murder of former spies and his daughter. which as prosecutors. for these two men. they say the men used. not to. say the. two days before. brazil is also a big fan of another. ok let's get your sport out and has to laura thank you rafael nadal and dominate teams battle first semifinal place at the u.s. open has produced a real cock sake with a five setter that went beyond two am in new york it came off to sloane stephens and serena williams had come trusting fortunes in the women's quarterfinals pool restrict ports. smiles for the cameras but there would b

u.s. defense secretary james mattis to discuss the prospect of military cooperation between the two countries in march as a sign of this growing relationship a navy aircraft carrier with five thousand soldiers and pilots on board anchored near the port city of the land this was the first time that had happened since the end of the vietnam war in one nine hundred seventy five and the historic visit carried a message to another superpower now that was a very significant decision and it's. very astute because the color would. be part of the united states navy and so was about two clues into sas china sea as a show of defiance against china the rule of president is largely seen as a ceremonial but. as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and the nation's top leader is actually general of the norwegian refugee council again egeland has sounded the alarm on the deteriorating conditions at a refugee camp at the borders of syria jordan and iraq a makeshift camp is in the u.s. controlled no conflict zone is home to fifty thousand people who are in desperate need of food and medical s

u.s. defense spending bill that follows multiple cases of mass civilian deaths by saudi led airstrikes in u.t. controlled parts of yemen. by this go back to the top story of the day that of the european parliament which is voted on hungry we can now talk to early who is a professor in european studies at stanford university in berlin he's joining us live from there thanks for talking to us what specifically do european parliamentarians think that hungary is guilty of. well the decision was taken on the basis of a report from a dutch member of parliament who listed a long list of serious problems with the functioning of the misfunctioning of democracy in hungary or starts from the independence of the judges the separation of powers the freedom of speech minorities are treated whether it's actually possible to change the government given the situation of streamlining everything so it is a long list of problems and that needs to be openly addressed and one of the issues or one of the issues that have perhaps got the most attention was hungry is approach to not only minorities but to migrants

u.s. defense secretary james mattis discussed the prospect of military cooperation between the two countries in march as a sign of his growing relationship a navy aircraft carrier with five thousand soldiers and pilots on board anchored near the port city of the land this was the first time that had happened since the end of the vietnam war in one nine hundred seventy five and the historic visit carried a message to another superpower despite the fact that vietnam is one of as many as five or six. countries within the association of southeast asian nations that has territorial claims disputes with china it's the only one of those five countries that has this consistently spoken out against china and even if you accept the fact that it's that it's that it's citing principles of international law and international norms freedom of navigation etc is done very selectively in contrast to the lack of it here and to those norms domestically in vietnam nonetheless i think the government of vietnam should be applauded for standing up for for their rights in the south china sea breeze of the china and

u.s. defense secretary mattis has denied saying any such thing. white house press secretary said this book is nothing more than fabricated stories. first here is an extraordinary part of an 11-minute phone conversation the author had with the president last month after the manuscript was finished. >> hello, bob. >> president trump, how are you doing? >> i am turning on my tape recorder with your permission. >> that's okay. >> i'm sorry we missed the opportunity to talk with the book. >> and i never got a message. who did you ask about speaking to me? >> well, about six people. you know. >> they don't tell me. >> senator, i talked to kellyanne about it two and a half months ago, she came for lunch. >> well of course you and i had a conversation, you know, a couple of years ago, so i think got you there a little bit. and we had a conversation many years ago if you remember in trump tower. >> i do. >> that has to be 20 years ago. and you were thinking about doing a book about me then which is interesting. who knew it would be about this subject. that

u.s. defense seb secretary jim mattis visited and told reporters there is quote no doubt russia's financingies the accusations and the macedonia prime minister played them down. but this is not the first hint of russian interference in the region. look at montenegro. they threatened to over throw the government and kill the prime minister. they said russia wanted to derail the nato bed. russia denied the allegations and called it absurd but it's undeniable russia long held some substantial degree of influence. part of that influence appears to come through a shadow web that involves russian born businessmen, the orthodox church and freelancers that play up divisions. russian news agencies have also a strong presence involved in media and this region is vulnerable to propaganda. a study published from the open society institute found they had the worst level of media literacy in europe with macedonia at the very bottom. so has russia succeeded in isolating the balkans? three of the western balkan territories have. montenegro is expected to be the next e.u. member and trade out does trade wit

u.s. open title defense ally. here in brokered talks between war and policies in yemen have apparently stalled zero has learned that the delegation has refused to leave the geneva the rebel group says preconditions agreed by the un have not been. met the torturing instantly recognized government of a dr a man so hardy and things were to be the first public meeting between the parties since two thousand and sixteen well anyway i spoke to hussein al because he approached to see journalists he says the un has backtracked on a key condition i was agreeing to before talks it was a deal of the two struck with the united nations envoy preeminently was the intern are fine. the deal was the plane that will take many delegates for most of it will take as will some critically injured civilians the coalition there are thousands of people a few million will need medical help outside yemen oman has offered to three people in muster but yesterday they like the nation actually did not keep its agreements with yemeni religion from

u.s. have signed a long awaited defense pact allowing them to share intelligence and high tech weaponry the deal was into after high level talks in delhi that included the u.s. secretaries of state and defense and indian prime minister narendra modi. italian prosecutors have placed twenty people under investigation in connection with the bridge collapse that killed dozens in general last month the group includes top managers at the company that operates the bridge and suspects could face charges of manslaughter for failing to comply with safety regulations now the president a bombshell that has sent the u.s. president reeling in an anonymous opinion piece in the new york times a senior white house official detail details how aides are working to frustrate parts of president donald trump's agenda from inside his administration and response trump has lashed out at the newspaper and the author who he described as gutless for hiding their identity i am part of the resistance inside the trumpet ministration the headline proclaims i work for the president but like minded colleagues and i have vow

u.s. defense -- a situation there.the limited space, is -- they have made good progress, do you see any potential for india, and the u.s. to cooperate on developing -- >> that is a very good question. so, the first point i would make, is, you have articulated the main reason we produce the national defense strategy that we did. pillar number one, is to make great power competition a great priority in our defense posture, and requirements, and indoctrinate, etc., and how to deal with competitors. having that in our national defense strategy is very empowering for people like me, but for our services, for our combatant commands, we are thinking long and hard to be prepared for whatever china and russia may do on the conventional side, as well as the strategic side. so, it has been an effort, that is enjoyed very senior leadership, president trump endorsed the national security strategy, which talked about tran as a duty to competitor, the national defense strategy, and you will see a steady flow, that our strategy will b

u.s. defense department said nearly half the population of puerto rico still didn't have drinking water. you cannot live without drinking water. there was a deadly outbreak of the bacteria leptosporosis on the island from contaminated water and soil. it may have been the reason for dozens of deaths. hospitals did not have enough fuel to keep their hospitals rung. they finally dispatched a medical ship to the island, but it didn't arrive until nearly two weeks after maria hit, and it never ran at anything close to capacity, despite the need on the island, they never got people on to the ship. a week after the hurricane, thousands of containers of supplies were sitting at port because nobody bothered to organize drivers to truck those supplies out of the ports and out to needy communities all over the island, despite the supposed massive federal response and coordinating effort run by the trump administration. there was also no clear effort to clear the roads so those trucks could get through if they did have drivers for them. reporters on the ground describe an air conditioned convention

u.s. defense assets were in a way that frightened everyone in that room. >> i think this scene is the mostlling scene in the entire book. it takes place in the tank, the sort of highly secure conference room in the pentagon. and basically this was kind of a bit of an intervention, you can call it. mattis and tillerson and other big wigs wanted to get trump out of the white house, sit him down in front of that map, and say, here we have troops, here we have trade deals. here we have listening posts, here we have an interest in this country, and that country. and basically show trump that we're interconnected with allies around the world, and we have to keep that in mind. and if you start a trade war with an ally, it might have a national security implication. and trump is just highly resistant to this. he's saying, these guys aren't allies, they don't care about us, they're not going to back me when i rip up the iran deal. they're not friends of mine and they keep trying, trying and many different directions to show him that the america has a place in ray global structure that's to the adva