joe biden wanted to end this war in 2009 and he ran last year saying he wanted to end it and how about that $50000000000.00 that the united states spends every year on this war to put it in perspective be entire gross domestic product the g.d.p. of afghanistan is just $1000000000.00 ok so what's choice number 2 biden can just call it quits like the one president trump was about to do regardless of whether that leads to a collapse of the government or the takeover by the taliban or more civil war in the country and more humiliation for the united states for withdrawing from the country without making it safe or stable comparisons with the soviet union withdrawing 30 years ago humiliated will be made so any way you look at it there's really no happy scenario for the long suffering people of afghanistan but the u.s. must decide why it's still there and move beyond the blur of inertia to deciding a clear course any clear course and that's the bottom line. planet earth a wondrous diverse ecosystem but human activity is the escalating climate change and posing an x. the stench of threat in t

biden and his administration has come in and now they've taken the helm of foreign policy and economic policy i guess the question is it it's america what in your in your sense . well actually any country any movement ease i'm going to get for us all friends service you know friend go to see these defending the interest of your own country the problem was that when trump was sitting america 1st actually he meant america to them basically says don't matter we are simply defending our own into waste we don't taking care what john kerry and i start knows about the story and so all we've joined i don't want to go expecting is it would be america 1st but it would be i'm going to got plowed off a community 1st in a community of democratic nations ringback and the all they're not judging organizations but also to us as a stakeholder off of the human kind if i may say. you and i had a conversation with a group of people once we were talking about american power or chinese power or european power in the world and and it came up that power is often like the value of a stock in a stock market it'

president joe biden says it's time for american soldiers to return home we cannot continue.

yes actually state and lincoln has flown into kabul a day off to president joe biden laid out how all american troops will leave the country by september lincoln reassured late is that the u.s. remains committed to afghanistan and will maintain humanitarian support. and iraq at least one person has been killed an explosion rocked baghdad the car bomb went off in a market in southern district which is in the iraqi capital. coming up next. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question on immigration policy is rhetoric the only difference between joe biden and donald trump let's get to the bottom line. for a nation of immigrants it's a bit ironic that nothing divides america more than immigration the political debate on whether to allow more immigrants into the country especially from latin america can help a party win or lose an election they were present on a trump used the general anger of american workers to attack immigrants and demand that a wall be built between the united states and mexico paid for by mexico that didn't go very far but it helped them win in 2016 last year candidate

president joe biden has called for dialogue after signing off on sanctions against russia over cyber attacks and other acts of hostility also tonight the accusations said it would respond in kind and the group of political parties from myanmar have joined forces to form a national unity government outside the country opposed to myanmar's military which seize power in a coup back in february well miles are your headlines stay with us the bottom line is up next. how concerned should we leave our raising food prices or is this entirely down to the pandemic we bring you the stories and developments the rapidly changing the world we live in a new prime minister designate an adult i mean. the task of fixing a war torn economy counting the cost on al-jazeera hi i'm steve clements and i have a question on immigration policy is rhetoric the only difference between joe biden and donald trump let's get to the bottom line. for a nation of immigrants it's a bit ironic that nothing divides america more than immigration the political debate on whether to allow more immigrants into the country espec

biden and donald trump let's get to the bottom line. for a nation of immigrants it's a bit ironic that nothing divides america more than immigration the political debate on whether to allow more immigrants into the country especially from latin america can help a party win or lose an election former president to use the general anger of american workers to attack immigrants and demand that a wall be built between the united states and mexico paid for by mexico that didn't go very far but it helped him win in 2016 last year candidate joe biden ran on a more immigrant friendly platform which helped him win in 2020 but after a surge of people wanting to cross the southern border this year we saw the same problems thousands of children arriving without their parents locked up in camps and $100000.00 arrests at the border in february and now almost $200000.00 in march the by the administration says it wants total reform of immigration policy but what does that mean and can achieve that in a country that so deeply divided on these issues to f

and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now president joe biden opened the global climate summit with faulty world leaders pledging to cut in half the coal and petroleum fumes the u.s. pumps out the summit takes place as earth day is marked around the world most of the marches and rallies that usually take place those being canceled because of the pandemic by maintaining those investments and putting these people to work the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade that's where we're headed as a nation and that's all we can do if we take action to build an economy that's not only more prosperous but healthy fair and cleaner for the entire planet you know the steps will set america on a path of net 0 emissions economy by no later than 2050 but the church this record represents less than 50 percent of the world's admissions no nation can solve this crisis on our own as i know you all fully understand all of us all of us and particularly those of us who represent the world's largest economies we have

president joe biden is pledging that the u.s. will be a global leader on climate change he's promising to cut emissions and hoff by the end of the decade and china says that it will phase out its use of coal from 2026 dozens of world leaders of joint business chiefs and activists for a 2 day meeting. military judge has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government formed a week ago that's led by oh own son suchi who was ousted as the country's leader in a military coup in february she's already detained on several charges. russia has announced that it's moving its troops away from its border with ukraine it sent tens of thousands of soldiers into the region leading to tension with ukraine and its western allies moscow maintains that it was a military exercise but some equipment will be left behind for another drill due to take place later this year nato and ukraine's president welcomed the move but say they remain vigilant the u.s. is sending aircraft to help find a missing indonesian submarine which will

headlines joe biden has become the 1st us president to formally recognize the mass killing of armenians during the ottoman empire as an act of genocide biden said his intention is not to cast blame but to ensure it never happens again turkey has rejected by the statement has since summons the u.s. ambassador on korean protest the armenian prime minister nico past you know meanwhile says it is a powerful step towards justice. southeast asian leaders are calling for an immediate end to the violence against civilians in may in ma they met the head of the military shooter at an age summit in jakarta a block agreed on a 5 point plan based on dialogue india has set yet another global record number of new coronavirus cases 346000 infections in 24 hours many people are being admitted to hospitals because of a lack of oxygen beds. 53 sailors on board the missing submarine in indonesia are now presumed dead after debris from the vessel was discovered it was missing for days the submarine has officially been declared sunk and is lying at a depth of around $850.00 metres and russia has restricted a

biden my mind is joe biden has always always been a consensus democrat he will basically be where the democratic party is kind of wherever it goes and so in that in that sense i agree with liz it does not surprise me greatly that this is where he has ended up i was telling a lot of people in kind of intradermal craddick party discussions you know during the primaries that that this is this is where i thought that you know where i thought that he would be look there's some obvious things with joe biden look joe biden is old he's an old white catholic man who has a very kind of genie all personality even people who are trying to demonize him now a hard time getting past that barack obama was a young black man with a foreign sounding name rooted in arabic. is a very different people right it's not surprising to me at all that that that things you know he is a different person american politics reacts to those 2 different kinds of people differently i think that that's just you know that that is just obvious the other thing is and this is one of those examples of sometimes a flawed person

biden look joe biden is old he's an old white catholic man who has a very kind of. personality even people who are trying to demonize him now a hard time getting past that barack obama was a young black man with a foreign sounding name rooted in arabic. these are very different people right it's not surprising to me at all that that that things you know he is a different person american politics reacts to those 2 different kinds of people differently i think that that's just you know that that is just obvious the other thing is and this is one of those examples of sometimes a flawed person we're all flawed but sometimes a flawed person. meets their moment and the kind of a signature thing about joe biden to his political career has been the politics of empathy. and at many points in our history that is that is all that is of only limited political you know currency political resonance he managed to become president though in a period where it was a central grounding aspect of a political personality both because of covert and because he was succeeding a man who is w

here now to syria now talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal are set to resume in vienna president joe biden says he's ready to lift sanctions but 1st washington wants iran to return to the full limits imposed on its nuclear program as it has more from tehran on the priorities for the iranian side the negotiating team is being very careful with its language and that's partly due to the internal political situation inside iran there are many factions here you have presidential elections coming coming into play in june and this is president has under harneys final term he will be leaving office later this year and he doesn't want to be remembered as the president that resided over a failed nuclear deal and he was able to deliver on his promise of lifting the sanctions and also the nuclear deal will play a major role in terms of those t.v. debates when that presidential election takes place. voting is underway in djibouti president. seeks f. 5th time in office main opposition parties of boycotted the vote djibouti is strategically located in one of the world's busiest trading routes is ho