same thing with vladimir putin and it was even worse when he met with vladimir putin. he said well, russia has told me they haven't interfered in our elections when our intelligence committee had told them that russia had. so he was deciding very publicly with our adversary on the international stage. that is dangerous. speaking with leaders is important, but you have to do a lot of diplomatic round work to get it where you are actually having a fruitful conversation. guest: on the north korea front, i agree that talking without gaining is for the birds, so to speak. but actually achieving a cessation in nuclear and long-range missile test was more than we had gotten. so yes, perhaps scraps, but not nothing. i do think the instinct to actually engage with these adversaries is of critical import. i do hope that trump with at least test their mettle. guest: can i say something about venezuela? post: rich in sout korea to massachusetts said our national security depends in pa sharing information with our allies. given trims famously careless approach to protecting classif

we all remember that. about vladimir putin. we all rememberthat. but about vladimir putin. r that. but when you go back and look at his record in the first term when he was president, not that long ago, he was actually pretty tough on putin. he authorised javelins when obama wouldn't. he kept the sanctions in place over crimea. he also was the one who shot down the pipeline. let's fast—forwa rd to shot down the pipeline. let's fast—forward to where we are now. he is saying i'm not going to be pushed around. he is sending vladimir putin into the war, we are going to face severe consequences. it's really game on is what trump is saying today. really game on is what trump is saying today-— saying today. he's been very clear. saying today. he's been very clear- he _ saying today. he's been very clear. he wants _ saying today. he's been very clear. he wants to _ saying today. he's been very clear. he wants to see - saying today. he's been very clear. he wants to see a - saying today. he's been very| clear. he wants to see a deal made. what could that look like from the perspectiv

i too kind towards vladimir putin, for example.- too kind towards vladimir putin, for example.amused when people say - putin, for example. i am always amused when people say that, l amused when people say that, because let's not forget that donald trump is the only president of our last for that vladimir putin did not invade another country. he invaded georgia under bush, ukraine under obama, and then again it ukraine underjoe biden. i think that peace through strength will come through, this war has gone on for way too long. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have died and it russians have died, and nobody can say what the end goal is here. so the winners will most likely be the soldiers and civilians who are not going to continue to be killed. i think peace negotiations do need to happen, and i think he is going, he is already working on that. whether he says i will solve it in 24 hours, i don't know. but what we do know for sure is that there is a lot more diplomacy that is going on then went on with the biden harris administration, who, from my understanding, had very litt

putin's forces are slowly advancing in ukraine, but at a staggering cost. the economic strain of war and sanctions is beginning to bite. my guest is vladimir kara—murza, the anti—putin activist, poisoned, thenjailed before being freed in a prisoner swap last year. putin can seemingly rely on the quiescence of the russian people. but for how long? vladimir kara—murza, in washington dc, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. it's very good to be on your programme. it is great to see you there in washington. you, of course, have had pretty much six months now to get used to being a free man. are you used to it? well, frankly, it's still feels a little bit surreal because, you know, up untiljust a few months ago i was pretty certain that i was going to die in that siberian prison. and the prisoner exchange that happened on the 1st of august was a miracle — this is the only way i can express it. but it was in so many ways a human—made miracle because it was made possible by the relentless advocacy, by the relentless efforts of so many people of goodwill in the democratic world who never stopped speaking up for the political prisoners who are lang

that is why we will engage with china, we have to challenge them, not to throw their lot in with vladimir putinnd second to be taken seriously by our opponents and allies and we must put our money where our mouth is. that starts by facing the facts. donald trump and jd vance are simply right when they say that europe needs to do more to defend its own continent. it is myopia to pretend otherwise with russia and the march and so this government will lay out a clear pathway to reaching 2.5% of gdp on defence. this is a figure unless we forget that the last labour government met and has never been met by the tories since david cameron's cuts and withjohn healy, we will lead and we will challenge to convince all of our nato allies that rising defence spending is a strategic necessity. and third, we must forge closer partnerships with the global south because the world is larger than the north atlantic and mediterranean, we cannot divorce the euro atlantic from the indo—pacific and the kremlin has spread its tentacles across the world spewing out misinformation on every continent. dispatching mercen

the white house by president biden, and vladimir kara-murza has been working steadily since his release, lobbying the west to take stronger action against putinnow. and i just said this to you privately in the green room. i will say it to you again. it is such a relief to see you, because the last time i saw you actually sitting exactly in the position we are now, i asked you why you would even think to go back to russia. number one, why on earth did you go? and how surprised were you when you were released? >> well, look, i'm a russian politician. a politician has to be in his or her own country. cannot be any other way. i mean, we did found out during covid that a lot of professions can be done remotely or by zoom, but politics is not one of them. yeah. and to me, this is a question of basic ethics, because what moral right. what i have to call my fellow russian citizens to stand up to putin's dictatorship if i wasn't prepared to do it myself. >> and were you surprised by your release? did you? what did you know about your release prior to it happening? >> i knew absolutely nothing. this was a really bizarre story, really unexpected, comple

donald trump threatens russia with high tariffs and sanctions if president vladimir putin does not end the war in ukraine soon. and an amber alert, as the met office warns of winds of up to 90 miles an hour and a risk to life when storm eowyn hits the uk this friday. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, can manchester city get back on track in the champions league? we're going to get the latest ahead of their match against paris saint—germain. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. the duke of sussex has claimed a monumental victory, after being given an unequivocal apology and substantial damages from news group newspapers for "serious intrusion" into his private life by the sun. it comes at the end of his five—year legal battle with the owner of the sun newspaper and the now—defunct news of the world. prince harry and the former labour deputy leader lord watson alleged thatjournalists from news group newspapers used illegal means to intrude into their private lives. lord watson has said they're preparing a dossier for the metropolitan police. our home and lega

interest in defending europe and american interests from russia and vladimir putin. now, the sudden reversal is welcome, because i think it's very important that our secretary of defense understand how critical nato is and that it's stronger now than it was in the last -- anytime in the last since it was formed probably. we now have 32 members of nato. but mr. hegseth's 11th hour conversion to understanding the importance of our allies and partners raises questions about what he really believes. we asked in our questions for the record about nato, and we didn't get much of a response. now, if i had had the opportunity, i would have also brought up ukraine and mr. hegseth's head-spinning contradiction on this matter. just as america's national security interests are not to be trifled with, neither should be our commitment to defending democracy and the international world order, and any inconsistency in that committee -- let me start that again because this is really important. any inconsistency in our commitment to support our allies and partners, to support democrac

assad is a liability for vladimir putin.m his warm water port in syria, he no longer buys his weapons or backs his worldview, you know, that it'sjust the imperialist west and somehow russia is not imperialist and it is just trying to protect itself. and assad has lost all the value that putin even saw in him, so pressuring russia and pressuring putin to give assad up is something that is very realistic and can be done. i don't want to see assad poisoned off in some apartment in moscow. i want to see him come back to damascus, where, in damascus, a syrian court can try this dictator for the horrific genocidal massacres that he's perpetrated. ahmed al—sharaa, the leader of hay�*at tahrir al—sham, was, until very recently, seen by much of the western world as a jihadist terrorist, a man associated with islamic state—style militancy. why do you now place so much faith in his ability and willingness to move forward with a free syria, committed to equal rights for all? well, first of all, it's not just now, all of a sudden, you kn

i'm no fan of vladimir putin. i think he's evil, a murderer.ll of this was unnecessary, it could have all been negotiated from the beginning. i would like ukraine to remain a country and not have all of it's infrastructure destroyed in all of this. the president did say about vladimir putin, he said the following that their economy is failing, he said settle this, and stop this ridiculous war. it's only going to get worse. if we don't make a deal soon i will have no other choice but to put high levels of tariffs, taxes and sanctions on anything being sold by russia to the u.s. and other participating countries. let's get this war which never should have started. if i were president over with. make a deal. no more lives should be lost. i agree with president trump. i don't want any more people to dye in this war. that's why i'm asking, if the president can put enough pressure on vladimir putin and -- is there a negotiated deal on the table that is going to take some give and take? i would assume it would involve nato. it will evolve your future

all sorts of money problems in this country and for us to lean even harder on the taxpayer when vladimir putinms absurd to me.- putin could pay for this thing seems absurd to me. does this have implications _ seems absurd to me. does this have implications down - seems absurd to me. does this have implications down the - have implications down the line? will other countries be looking at this and say why should we put our currency reserves, why should we allow the uk, for example, to hold currency reserves if down the line we have a problem with them and they decide they want to seize those that are at the net assets?— to seize those that are at the net assets? . . net assets? that argument might work if we do _ net assets? that argument might work if we do it _ net assets? that argument might work if we do it by _ net assets? that argument might work if we do it by ourselves - work if we do it by ourselves but i think the argument to do it is to do it together with other countries. with the eu, the us, with canada, with japan, with switzerland. if all the major reserve currency countries do i

in russia.— and he's very close vladimir putin in russia. s also touching - putin in russia. indeed, and as steve is also touching on, - putin in russia. indeed, and as steve is also touching on, any| steve is also touching on, any credible opponents are annex i or in prison, we werejust hearing from our correspondent in warsaw which says that when he said that the opposition leader has been at a protest march: fellow belarusians not to give up hope of change. is there any hope for critics of president lukashenko that they could be —— there could be a democratic process in the country one day?- democratic process in the country one day? there is alwa s country one day? there is always hope. _ country one day? there is always hope. never - country one day? there is always hope. never say . country one day? there is - always hope. never say never. it is possible. lukashenko is mortal, he may think otherwise but he is and it depends what happens with regards to the russian war in ukraine, and whether there is a possibility that ukraine is able t

, first initiatives is going to be having this call or maybe a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. what would you encourage him to say on that call? >> handle handle off georgia, hands off the caucus that is an interest of the western countries it cannot become again a dominated region dominated by russia. it has to be a region that exist on its own. and that has been for history, for centuries has been a place for different civilizations meetings, and it has been a place where european values are always been at the center stage and country that society is a vibrant civil society that wants to be part of the community of

donald trump has said he will be talking to vladimir putin.ll donald trump perhaps come to ukraine to meet president zelensky. will he make big gestures? one of their hopes in ukraine is that as president trump is now styling himself as a strong leader, the hope here is that means he will not want vladimir putin to be able to claim a win in war. thank you. something donald trump was extremely vocal about during the campaign was the threat china poses to the us economy. talking a lot about tariffs. so what has been the reaction so far from china? let's go live to beijing where i'm joined by stephen mcdonell, our china correspondent. let's start with that. was much attention given to the inauguration where you are? there has been a mixture of chinese people tuning in and others not paying any attention. the fact of the inauguration happening has been reported in the press here. as you would expect, some engaging in it and others not really. it is interesting that when it comes to china and tariffs, he did say i will impose swingeing tariffs on c

the president said he is keen to meet vladimir putin.ut he has been taking a more confrontational tone. he has warned on social media that he will be forced to impose more tariffs if the kremlin won't deal. and he told leaders at the world economic forum today that they need to cut the price of oil to force the russians to the table. if the price came down, the russia ukraine wari would end immediately. right now, the price is high enough thatl the war will continue. you got to bring down the oil price, you're . going to end that war. putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov said they are "waiting for signals that are yet to arrive". their team at the un say they want to see what president trump wants in the deal before taking any further steps. the ukrainians are warming to the idea. starved of resources, by europe's flagging supply lines, a ceasefire, pending negotiation could offer welcome relief. asked for his reaction to donald trump's warning to russia, the ukrainian foreign minister had this to say. it was a really strong message, and str

that vladimir putin source, there's no such countries rushed here to the neo cons. they only say vladimir putin, but that president put and didn't have achieved his objectives. but what they do is they personally assigned the objectives that vladimir proven wanted. and then they say they say by and they put, wanted to take the the 1st day and he didn't do it therefore, and they go forth with them for with some absurd premise. and i would argue that the countries in asia and around the world have learned from ukraine, they've, they've learned that the united states, we have the neo cons, the fascist, as i call them, that are in a significant position of power in the leadership of this country. have been for some years that they will utilize your country for cannon fodder, and they will walk away and leave you dead, impoverished and, and destroyed. and i think the world and other countries are learning exactly what happens by looking at ukraine when you go along with these lunatics offload details on any of us stories to check out websites onto dot com is always good

but at the same time, vladimir putin has also been making phone calls and, and having conversations with china and iran, which of course, are us adversaries. so perhaps to hedge his bets, donald trump is pushing vladimir, putting a bit to kind of show whose side is really on. and that's why he's saying it might be time to make a deal kind of to show where his alliance is really are. and so that is why we're seeing this on the keels of the fact that we also know. but on monday that just shortly after is an operation b. u. s. president also said that he would be speaking with the russian president very soon, something that russia has already responded to saying they're open for dialogue on the ukraine conflict. time can be another priority that trump has announces, of course, immigration, and it seems that would already save him, make good on a pledge to send more troops to the us border with mexico. yeah, we're hearing that coming down in just the last to our the, the us president, making good on a promise that he made on the campaign trail to send another 1000 military federal troops to

assad is a liability for vladimir putin.warm water port in syria, he no longer buys his weapons or backs his worldview, and somehow russia is not imperialist and it is just trying to protect itself. assad up is something that is very realistic and can be done. apartment in moscow. i want to see him come back to damascus, where, horrific genocidal massacres that he's perpetrated. world as a jihadist terrorist, a man associated with and willingness to move forward with a free syria, committed to equal rights for all? well, first of all, it's not just now, all of a sudden, you know, he's somehow changed hats and overnight he changed. that's not what happened. i've watched ahmed al—sharaa and hts rule the management of only one group that's part of the joint i get that point, but the truth is hts is now in control in damascus. it is ahmed al—sharaa who has chosen... ..i guess we can call it an interim government, and in that government, he has appointed a host of loyalists, whose position and loyalty sits directly with him. ther

for nearly three years ukraine's people have stood up to vladimir putin's invading army.half of ukrainians want to negotiate a cease-fire, according to a recent poll. that is more than double the figure at the start of the war but many here told us they have conditions. yevheniya puzikova lost her husband, oleksandr, and her eldest son, oleksiy, in the fight against russia. do you support negotiations with russia to try and agree on a cease-fire? >> [speaking in a global language] >> interpreter: i support it. but simply freezing the front line will not do anything because in a few years, russia will invade again. >> reporter: ukraine's government shares that fear. it says it will only agree to a cease-fire deal if its allies protect it from russia. perhaps with european peacekeeping forces or nato membership. we don't know for sure how many casualties ukraine has suffered but it's thought to be in the hundreds of thousands. this soldier was hit by shelling. he has a shrapnel wound to his head. he is unconscious and on ventilation. this ambulance is run by moas an interna

this is a man who has publicly praised vladimir putin, who is sceptical about continuing support for of donald trump as someone who likes to do a deal, likes to get things done, someone who has pledged to end this war quickly. and the hope here in kyiv is that as soon as donald trump realises that vladimir putin is in no mood whatsoever to negotiate in any meaningful way, vladimir putin thinks that he's winning this war, then perhaps donald trump will swing his support behind kyiv and flood ukraine with weapons, allowing it to bring the war to an end quickly. canadian media are reporting that prime ministerjustin trudeau could step down in the coming days. the globe and mail — quoting sources close to the matter — said mr trudeau may resign as leader of the liberals ahead of a party meeting on wednesday. it follows months of pressure to resign, including from more than 20 members of his own party. awards season is getting under way in hollywood, with the 82nd golden globes ceremony kicking things off in beverly hills. the brutalist took a slew of awards, including best drama, best di

same thing with vladimir putin and it was even worse when he met with vladimir putin.id well, russia has told me they haven't interfered in our elections when our intelligence committee had told them that russia had. so he was deciding very publicly with our adversary on the international stage. that is dangerous. speaking with leaders is important, but you have to do a lot of diplomatic round work to get it where you are actually having a fruitful conversation. guest: on the north korea front, i agree that talking without gaining is for the birds, so to speak. but actually achieving a cessation in nuclear and long-range missile test was more than we had gotten. so yes, perhaps scraps, but not nothing. i do think the instinct to actually engage with these adversaries is of critical import. i do hope that trump with at least test their mettle. guest: can i say something about venezuela? post: rich in sout korea to massachusetts said our national security depends in pa sharing information with our allies. given trims famously careless approach to protecting classified in

same thing with vladimir putin and it was even worse when he met with vladimir putin.said well, russia has told me they haven't interfered in our elections when our intelligence committee had told them that russia had. so he was deciding very publicly with our adversary on the international stage. that is dangerous. speaking with leaders is important, but you have to do a lot of diplomatic round work to get it where you are actually having a fruitful conversation. guest: on the north korea front, i agree that talking without gaining is for the birds, so to speak. but actually achieving a cessation in nuclear and long-range missile test was more than we had gotten. so yes, perhaps scraps, but not nothing. i do think the instinct to actually engage with these adversaries is of critical import. i do hope that trump with at least test their mettle. guest: can i say something about venezuela? st: rich in south korea to ssachusetts said our national security depends in part on sharing information with our li. given trims famously careless approach to protecting classified in

so that's the last that the mon, you started corresponding with president vladimir putin 3 years ago, as well as what the children have done bass and began collecting humanitarian a for syrian refugees. and residents of don bescedy. how did you come up with the idea to help those in need of why i did change the feelings? hey, any child, especially considering that terrorism is now present on by the way it has, it is the same terrorism that was in syria and killed syrian children. now this terrorism is killing the children of dumbasses and that i collected my clothes, personal savings and toys and sent them to the tools moved on boston, drew pictures for them. i wrote matches to the soldiers in don't bass, who are fighting terrorism. so what do the children have dumbass swamped? they just want to return to the homeland and feel the stomach piece. so showing the neighbor that had it so that was it, your idea that your parents supported you in or did the initiative come from that? this was my idea together with my friends parents involved in the head. we decided to help syrian refugees a

vladimir putin. >> he said more. >> negative things about. >> putin in. >> the last. >> couple. >> ofe's destroying his country. but then we have to. address the facts. >> as you hinted. >> at. >> when's the last time you. >> bought something. >> from russia? >> what tariffs. what tariffs are we going to put on? >> we don't. buy goods from russia so we have nothing. >> to tariff. second, on sanctions i applaud that he wants to do more sanctions. >> but as you. >> said. >> we've put. >> other sanctions in place already. and the revenues that are most central. >> and. >> the technology that is most central for supporting putin come from china. so that means we have to put secondary sanctions on china to stop them from buying russian oil and gas and to stop them from providing the russian. military complex with technology. i hope he can do that. i fear he cannot. i have to ask you this because you were in the diplomatic side of the world, the soft power side of america. but tonight we've been talking a lot about the hard power side of america with the nomination of pete hegseth and the a

about coercive steps towards vladimir putin. aid more negative. >> things about. >> putin in the last. >> couple of days than he said in ten years. >> that's new. that's different, right? >> he's destroying his country. >> but then. >> we have. >> to address. >> the facts. >> as you hinted at. >> when's the last time you bought. >> something from russia? >> what tariffs. what tariffs are we going to put on? we don't. >> buy goods from russia so we have nothing. >> to tariff. second, on sanctions i applaud that he wants to do more sanctions. but as you. >> said. >> we've put. >> other sanctions in place already. and the revenues that are most central. and the technology that is most central for supporting putin come from china. so that means we have to put secondary sanctions on china. >> to stop. >> them from buying russian oil and gas and to stop. them from. providing the russian. military complex with technology. i hope he can do that. i fear he cannot. i have to ask you this because you were in the diplomatic side of the world

pleased. >> that president trump is finally starting to think about coercive steps. >> towards vladimir putin. >> he said more negative. >> things about putin in the last. >> couple of days that he's said in ten years, that's new. that's different, right? he's destroying his country. but then we have. >> to address. >> the facts, as you hinted at. >> when's the last time you bought. >> something from russia? >> what tariffs. >> what tariffs. >> are we going. >> to put on? >> we don't buy goods from russia so we have nothing. >> to tear up. second, on sanctions i applaud that he wants to do more sanctions. but as you said, we've put other sanctions in place already. and the revenues that are most central. and the technology that is most central for supporting putin come from china. so that means we have to put secondary sanctions on china to stop them from buying russian oil and gas, and to stop them from providing the russian. military complex with technology. i hope he can do that. i fear he cannot. i have to ask you this because you were in the diplomatic side of the world, the soft power s

plus, the president is pushing for an immediate meeting with vladimir. >> putin as. >> he tries to pressure russia to make peace with ukraine. cnn is live in moscow. with reaction from the. >> kremlin. >> welcome to our. >> viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin with breaking news up on capitol hill. the u.s. senate clearing the way for a confirmation vote on defense secretary nominee pete hegseth, despite new cracks in republican support for one of president trump's most controversial cabinet picks. cnn anchor and chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is standing by over at the white house. but first, let's go to cnn's chief congressional correspondent, manu raju, up on capitol hill. manu, you have new reporting about hegseth and a payment he made to a woman. >> that's right. wolf. a 2017 incident where he was accused of sexual assault. hegseth was not ever charged in an incident. he has long denied that episode, but we have known that he had reached a nondisclosure agre

and president trump says he would like to meet with and talk to vladimir putin. he's always been so many hoped aid in that discussion who believes conversation is a good thing. even with our adversary for here is the russian deputy u.n. ambassador response to this. he says it is not merely a question of ending the war, its first and foremost a question of addressing the root causes of ukrainians crisis. so we have to see what does diehl mean in president trump's understanding? how do you read that? >> yeah, the story putin has told the whole time was this somehow said nato would invade them which is ludicrous. that's an echo at least of that. they are going to chart shows try to create space they know there is a new leader and america and there will be real consequences, "serious ones as i think presidential alluded to to their economy if they do not bring down the violence and actually bring a settlement. i think the deputy u.n. ambassador knows exactly what they're up against and i think he is looking for a bit of space they so they can see how they will respon

thank you very much- _ us president donald trump has urged russia's vladimir putin to make a deal toculous" ukraine war or face new tariffs and sanctions. in a post on social media, president trump said, "we can do it the easy way, or the hard way". russian ambassador to the un dmitry polyanskiy responded saying, "we have to see what does the �*deal�* mean?" here's our north america editor sarah smith. applause donald trump has enormous ambitions that include ending the wars in the middle east and ukraine. my proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. that's what i want to be. he had claimed that on his first day in office he would end the ukraine war. 0bviously that didn't happen, but he is making clear he wants to see a peace deal asap, threatening that russia will pay a high price if they don't enter negotiations. he posted on social media... meeting mr trump in new york just after the election, ukrainian leader volodymyr zelensky said he thinks the new president could be decisive in ending the war, and he knows he really has no choice but to start negotiating. zele

i think the conversation between president trump and vladimir putin, which people are now talking about be absolutely critical, which is the trump administration prepared to put pressure on vladimir putin to persuade him to bag his gains and bring this war to an end. —— bank his gains. i think it will only happen if the us shows russia that if it does not stop the war, american aid to ukraine will increase substantially and that is a promise not yet made. there is a potential there. one thing thatis a potential there. one thing that is motivating trump is he wants to be seen as a peacemaker, a president that can force others to do deals. he knows that the people he is trying to persuade our hard men who only respond to very credible pressure. so that is a test. if the us cuts off aid to ukraine, then in the coming weeks and months, russian military advances are likely to accelerate and this will be a majorforeign policy accelerate and this will be a major foreign policy loss to the united states and a blow to president trump's credibility. it is an open question as to whether he is prep

vladimir putin seems to be ready to talk.nch coming after trump threatened actions and tariffs and vladimir doesn't end the war. trump saying this on social media. this would never have started if our president. easy or hard way and the easy way is always better. it's time to make a deal, number lives should be lost and putin apparently couldn't agree more. >> i couldn't disagree with him if he had been president in 20 2020, the crisis that emerged in ukraine in 2022 could of been. >> a little manipulation. joining me now, ceo head of the president's intelligence advisory orders in job. your thoughts about where we are at. the president will biden to the russia ukraine war and these are the toughest he's had on vladimir putin. >> you couldn't have said it better that was playing. the president knows what he's dealing with, he's always been sensible and said from the very beginning before they made up the whole russia collusion hopes the president said you got to get them to the table and talk and that's where democrats for ye

president trump used to boast about his great relationship with vladimir putin and insists russia woulde if he had still been in the white house. but now he seems to be rapidly losing patience. without american—supplied weapons, ukraine could not continue theirfight. mr trump had said he would stop paying for ukraine's defence, but hasn't yet moved to cut their funding. he does think, though, america is paying too much compared to other nations. one thing i do feel, the european union should be paying a lot more than they're paying, because under biden, i mean, we're in there for $200 billion more. now, it affects them more than it affects us. we have an ocean in between, right? a little thing called an ocean. 0n america's southern border, donald trump has introduced strict new immigration laws that have banned refugees and asylum claimants from entering the us. last year, he said he would close the border. now he's sending 1,500 troops to stop what he calls "an invasion of aliens". and he's changed the law to make it easier to detain and deport illegal immigrants already in the united

vladimir putin, among — of deterrence. vladimir putin, among his _ of deterrence.alculations, one compilation he took going to ukraine _ compilation he took going to ukraine was that the europeans would _ ukraine was that the europeans would complain, perhaps hit him with sanctions and write some strongly— with sanctions and write some strongly worded letters but ultimately would not be able to do anything effectively because of how— do anything effectively because of how much they depended on russia — of how much they depended on russia and in some cases continue _ russia and in some cases continue to depend. i believe france — continue to depend. i believe france is _ continue to depend. i believe france is the third leading player— france is the third leading player into russian energy in the world and i think a couple of other— the world and i think a couple of other european countries followed behind, so there is still— followed behind, so there is still significant dependence, and that dependence is a tremendous amount of leverage that vladimir putin holds on

donald trump says a meeting with russian president vladimir putin is being set up. let's bring in our east asia government editor. significant if this is indeed happening. how do we characterize this? >> it's one of the issues trump has wanted to deal with. we still don't really know a lot about what is going on or if something has been set up at all. trump said if that it -- that if a meeting were to, it would come after the inauguration. there is no set date or time, just this announcement that he is looking to have the meeting. they met previously when trump was previously president and there's been an opec -- opaque nature about some of these meetings. the new york times reported that trump took the notes of the interpreter and did not allow the interpreter to speak when anything can happen in the meeting and there's been this close to nature of the meetings and information has been closely controlled. >> what does it mean and where does it leave ukraine? >> yeah. ukraine is definitely a key part of this. on the campaign trail trump pledged to end the war in ukr

view. presidents failed to do. so how can you be confident that donald trump is going to and not vladimir putinr keep assad in power or take off sanctions and for the sake of our allies. statement of president biden. the biden white house put out a statement that said, de—escalate what? the liberation of literal concentration camps where we just got rid of a horrible evil, defeated russia and iran and hezbollah and assad at the same time, continued to be very good allies and now good friends the trump administration, i would say, with very closely, that actually are, probably, you know, very good on syria. marco rubio, mike waltz, "administration is going to be good on syria," do you believe as a terrorist organisation? displaced, who fled from syria — is it truly safe for them to go home? number one, there are sanctions and designations, both state designate sponsor of terror all the way to 1979. even the state sponsor of terror designations. why? it was becauseof . , hafez al—assad. short of military intervention. for democracy, liberty, freedom, and trying to get rid when the authoritarian i

us president donald trump has urged russia's vladimir putin to make a deal to end what he called theridiculous" ukraine war orface new tariffs and sanctions. in a post on social media, president trump said "we can do it the easy way, or the hard way". russian ambassador to the un dmitry polyanskiy responded saying, "we have to see what does the �*deal�* mean?" here's our north america editor sarah smith. applause. donald trump has enormous ambitions that include ending the wars in the middle east and ukraine. my proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. that's what i want to be. he had claimed that on his first day in office he would end the ukraine war. obviously that didn't happen, but he is making clear he wants to see a peace deal asap, threatening that russia will pay a high price if they don't enter negotiations. he posted on social media... meeting mr trump in new york just after the election, ukrainian leader volodymyr zelensky said he thinks the new president could be decisive in ending the war, and he knows he really has no choice but to start negotiating. z

vladimir putin invading ukraine, nobody thought that could happen but it in the reality is, europe needsspend more on defense and donald trump knows that. also his right to say why should america respond to any from a country that is prepared to pay for supposed to pay dues? i agree and he's right. >> by the weapons were must, want to defend yourself so we have you back. the last two times you appeared on our show, donald trump text you to see the great appearance, you think you will text you again? >> i was remembering the week after he got shot he appeared to honor another on stage and he came on your show live and amazing a week ago nearly was assassinated in the way he responded, shouting fight, fight, fight the most extraordinary act of courage and the price imaginable it a week later back up there, 20000 strangers knowing there might be another shooter, i thought that showed remarkable bravery and they said that on your show. we had a great 20 minute conversation. this was a slightly changed guy and he would win the election. few hours after he won the next morning, i said you know

leaders that openly express adulation for antidemocratic foreign leaders like viktor orban and vladimir putin according to a recent poll approximately 38% of americans support authoritarianism as a response to the direction of democracy in the united states. and, less than one third of millennials consider it essential to live in a democracy. polls also indicate an alarming percentage of americans in the range of 25% say violence is justified if their candidate for office is not elected. as a boy in the 1960's, the largest and all too common word in my small lexicon was the 13 letter word assassination. within a five-year period, five national leaders were assassinated. medgar, malcolm, martin, bobby, and jack. due in large part to the hard work and vigilance of the secret service. as part of dhs, yes, i will say something nice about the secret service. prior to july 13 it had been 43 years since anybody tried to take a shot at a president or a candidate for president. political rhetoric condoning or accepting violence is escalating and becoming mainstream while actual political violence is a

coming up, president elect trump and president vladimir putin are inching closer to meeting once mr. trump is inaugurated. what the two leaders plan on discussing. dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. into the oval office and he's got a lot on his agenda. mr. trump is arranging a meeting with russian leader vladimir putin to discuss ending the ongoing russia-ukraine war. russia has continually said it's open to conversation with international leaders, but critics say it's unlikely that russia will sway in its demand for ukrainian surrender. ukrainian officials did not directly comment on this possible meeting, but have previously said meetings with putin do n

you noted vladimir putin is perhaps if not the most dangerous person work, maybe can kim jong-un's is a close compared to putin in terms of being a very dangerous player. but characterize a bit the threats we face with north korea and iran. obviously very different ones. >> they are very different and here, at the basic level is with your most different. north korea is a nuclear power, and they view nuclear weapons as the best deterrent to regime change. nuclear weapons are how they're going to maintain control internal in their own country and to fend off of the world powers like the united states and remain relevant. iran doesn't have that. they aspire to be a world, i mean a nuclear power. we all have the capability to stop one of those two countries from getting a nuclear weapon, and that's iran. the thing about iran response in the intelligence community is i mentioned north korea using nuclear weapons as a deterrent as we maintaining power. we don't know what the iranians would use a nuclear, a deliverable nuclear weapon for. when you before a effect or for an offensive effect?

reporter: you have already spoken to vladimir putin. pres. trump: i don't want to say that but we are having serious discussions. i just don't want to say. we are having serious discussions about that war, trying to get it ended. reporter: with russia? pres. trump: yes. reporter: at the fbi and the primitive justice there are a number of high level being -- and the department of justice there are a number of high-level people being asked to resign. pres. trump: we have some very bad people over there. it was weaponized at a level no one has ever seen before. they came after a lot of people, like me. no, i was not involved in it. i will have to see what is exactly going on after this is finished. if they fired some people, that is a good thing, because they were very corrupt people. and they hurt out country very badly with the weaponization. they used the justice department to go after their political opponent, which in itself is illegal. obviously it didn't work. reporter: [indiscernible] pres. trump: what does that mean? reporter: [indiscer

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all right, the rest of the president vladimir putin is answering questions from a russian journalist in the criminal. and we're going to take you to that now and have a listen that excites president's. so you didn't have any statements caught you at a hutch, just because it's on this subject sized something else. carlos have come to, i'd like to say that russia another refused to 3. and you're not sure of enough dumpster somebody to contact the united states ministration, to, to contact the end of the house for no fault of us that. so the previous administration may choose to jump them for sure to communicate. i've always had to deliver a business like relations with a previous us presidents. that's where very business law comes pragmatic and most currently a model. you said, well it's just a slap. so there was a, just the trust and well when your dishes and the good when you, if we had been the president of virginia, what could you just know the victory wasn't stolen from him in 2020, maybe the training crisis that arose in 2022 is going to be something that is better than that. you

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