the u. s. has been pursuing us on after he revealed classified information on american military activities during war's in denison and iraq. the with the right to me, the doctor. but i think you're very good medical the me in a major publications like the guardian in london, the new york times. they're spiegel, they all published this material, in fact one awards for it. julian, in fact, was leaked the material and did what any publisher would do, which is to put it out. he's never been charged with publishing material. it is false. are incorrect. there's a pretty amazing track record. but yes, it's very myopic on the part of us media outlets, not to understand that if julian is extradited, which is unfortunately looking more and more likely. this will set a legal precedent that any journalist who has in their possession classified material or any publisher that publishes classified material can be held in criminal contempt. it changes the game completely and eviscerate any investigation into t

the u. s. and russia's top diplomats meet for the 1st time while tensions flare rushes military build up near the border with you quite. u. s. reinstates a trump iraq policy requiring asylum seekers to remain in mexico. ah. arising corona, virus infections and the arrival of the new variant are pushing several nations to look at stricter measures to contain the spread in germany, unvaccinated people will be banned from much of public life. outgoing chance. langler merkel calling the restrictions an act of national solidarity. germany's parliament duels or owes also considering imposing a vaccine mandate. andrew simmons reports on the situation across europe in less than a week. the abi chrome variant has swept the globe with more uncertainty about covert in many countries, especially in europe. new restrictions were being introduced anyway, with the winter surgeon delta variant infections. germany is the latest to announce new measures. signs like these vaccinate immunized is the way this count

u. s. president pointed out what he called the threatening nature of russian troop movements near the ukrainian border and said severe sanctions were being drawn up. moscow insists it can move its troops wherever it wants on its own territory, while saying its nato that is making the dangerous move. the cremeans spokes person talk to r t about how nato's actions are being regarded in russia. you see jeanette intuitive, which is rhetoric is coming from the u. s. and e u leaders sounds pretty aggressive . we see plenty of fake news about russia allegedly planning an aggressive invasion . at the same time, no one talks to kia, non warns kiev again, even thinking of a military intervention in the guns conflict with him on that issue. and you know, we need to need to take in an extremely aggressive position and they all say they don't accept any red line voter. second, they say that nato will do what everyone wants, that it will do it on whatever territory one day. i mean, florida, that all of t

as we all hit in the u. s. and when you asked about where people comply, couple of other issues, of course, as we met christmas party the, the revelation that last year there was a lot of reveling going on on chris white before christmas. 10 downing street, they had a party while the whole of the country was locked down. so people's grandmothers, an elderly parents passing away when they didn't get to see that people weren't able to see their families at christmas. that's negative for the tory party. and then this just come out in the last couple of days, the guardian released photographs of boys, johnson and his wife and a garden party serving cheese and wine over the summer. and i think it was may off to the lock downs. so to answer your question directly, the british public doesn't like you poxy, but they're seeing the queen being sensible and this is necessary. what it looks like going to happen. they're not going to counsel christmas nor boxing day, which is a day after christmas, very important to the u.

so the u. s. has joined with you and other countries push fast multilaterally on the kinds of practices that we see in russia and china. it's a scary world where tyranny and slave labor become routine. it's important that the west oppose that we can do that diplomatically. we can do that through dialogue and essentially building with russia and china, if they will. but if they don't, and they persist in their ways, then there's clearly going to be a cost to pay for them. the u. s. and the west of costs. and what does that cost? the saying is china worried about the cost new? i don't think china is really to worry about what the americans are pushing at the moment, driving in china. it has a lisa who is incredibly confident in so any, in the direction of travel which that china is going when can question that and they are good ground to question whether the direction of troubleshoot jim picks. china is the white, one is the good want, but he is very confident that he is right. so he is not so worry

this is the start of a new u. s. campaign against russian maligned behavior. the u. s. government claims the strategic culture foundation is in fact controlled by russia's foreign intelligence agency. the s and that is also linked to the russian foreign ministry. the foundation denies this and calls itself a research platform about you raising global affairs. but daniel, is us as a dangerous precedent. so ready been set? i think that the that the at the s c f, the foundation hosts honest journalism. even though out i don't, i don't agree with much of it. this is, this is serious work by serious. ready journalists and that as a supporter of a free speech in a free press, i believe that readers should have access to this kind of stuff. and, and yet the, the u. s. government is trying to close down and therefore trying to stop information, which is usually at variance with official us policy, from reaching from reaching audiences, including audiences in the us, to stop journalists from writing for these kinds of websites as a new step. and i think that, and i was surpri

this weekend, a trip to the u. s. by oliver schmidt allowed epi i agent to intercept him saturday at miami airport. haps love miss so to let her soft a capsule lockers off. i made it to the restroom or dont i was able to pull my pants up if the i bought and then 5 f, b i. agents and 3 airport police storm the toilet. when in vessel had was i was put in a cell because given prison clothing on when as lives or it would have been all, i was booked at exactly 2 o'clock when the news was on new fans. the story was my arrest progress. while i had mine of her big welcome to the cell block, oh, i see it isn't it isn't st huckabee hotfoot oliver schmidt pleaded guilty and spent 3 years in a prison in the u. s. in 2020. he was transferred to a prison in germany. this is the 1st time he's talked on camera about his involvement in the emissions scandal. he had good connections with us, environmental alsera teeth being economical with the truce, cost him everything. line ashley, discuss, i'm thought. and if my crime was flying to

so of course, and on the u. s. as well, this is part and parcel of the hybrid war is the hybrid wars that we see against the boulevard in camp and land america against china. this is the unipolar hedge of mine, in decline, afraid of more, ah, multi polar world, where different countries can team up together in overcome the sanctions in the blockades, in the hybrid war. so that's what this entire war effort is and here in the west here in the united states, we only hear about quote unquote rushes aggression. but they never mention that nato in the us of the ones that since 1991 after james baker promised the secretary of state at the time that nato would never creep even one inch east every day. they creeped further and further in violation of rushes, borders, and sovereignty. we've also got her g 7 group advanced economies as well. this was much singular on threatening russia, with a severe response, a detox you crate. these threats themselves are pretty dangerous, and again, russia said has got no intention of doi

s. and the u. s. backed political actors at the time that created their crisis, and russia did not invade crimea or sylvester pool. they were there already, and there was a, there was a transition to crimea was reunited with russia and had been separated in 1954. so these nuances never get talked about. and so they think rushes in, violation of all these international laws. and that justifies nato expansion. so if we come to a forum, if we come to a negotiation table, these details should come out. will they though, is this what the u. s. wants do they want to have that conversation? i don't think they do. i don't think their allies do, they want to keep it in the realm of hyperbolic aggressive or drive by comments and accusations. because there, you don't have to have, you know, you really don't have to abide by any international agreements or treaties. you just seem to be reacting to russian aggression. so i think this is a really important point. you know, george is a b, 2 documents set out for

the u. s. and russian presidents have spoken for the 2nd time this month in a bid to de escalate tensions over ukraine. the white house says the cold between joe biden and vladimir putin lost at 50 minutes. they held a virtual summit back in december on the 7th, and vowed to stay in contact on the issue. russia has repeatedly denied its planning to invade its neighbor, despite massing tens of thousands of troops along the border. as to correspond, john, hindrance who is live for us in washington dc. john, give us the details of this conversation between putin invited well, last time this call happened on december 7th. it was the russians who came out 1st with their read out of that called owning the narrative of it. this time it was the white house jen. saki, the press. secretary issued a statement saying, president biden urged russia to de escalate tensions with ukraine. he made clear of the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively if russia further invade ukraine. pre

s. as they're no longer comfortable with the u. s. as a jurisdiction for chinese tech and the scrutiny that they will face. apparently the u. s. doesn't seem to want china to list here anyways. so it seems like this is one point that both nations can agree upon. it's just a shame that you have all these companies that are just caught in the middle that want absolutely nothing to do with the politics of it all. absolutely. now bad, i have one more thing i wanna hit on here. it's been a tough year for chinese internet billing. there's a lot more than that. the $3000000000.00 from there combined network since april. and i have about a minute left. what the story there? yeah, i think the story of the 2 words use there. it's important internet billionaires is not all billionaires. it's those who have made their money. where in that internet space, because as christy just said, it comes right as china is cracking down on companies that are too big and spread out into too many different industries. and so if you are a part of dd or if you're

s. and e u leaders sounds pretty aggressive. we see plenty of fake news about russia allegedly planning an aggressive invasion at the same time, no one talks to care if not warns care of against even thinking of a military intervention in the done yet, scandal, guns, conflict, museums, to madison, to mars. now we see that nato is taking an extremely aggressive position. first, they all say they don't accept any red lines. second, they say that nato will do whatever it wants. 3rd, it will do it on whatever territory it wants forth. all of this is aimed to deter russia. we do not like that. we will do everything to ensure our own interests. that while ukraine and the where sticky russia farming the self proclaimed republics in east in ukraine, the u. s. is openly sending armstrong key f. washington revealed that 30 javelin anti tank miss. our systems were delivered to ukraine, back in october as part of a $60000000.00 military aid package into further $200000000.00 or on the table to where russia has long insisted that nato must n

the u. s. as the worst effect, that accounting for nearly one in 3 cases in the world. the u. s. and russian presidents have spoken for the 2nd time this month and a bit to de escalate tensions of ukraine. joe biden repeated the threat of sanctions at moscow invades ukraine. vladimir putin responded that such a move could lead to a complete breakdown of ties in the us state of colorado. hundreds of homes have been destroyed after wildfires driven by high winds in gulf to cities near denver being described as a life threatening situation. tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate immediately. a group of refugees who spent days at sea at a damaged boat have been rescued by indonesian authorities. the boat was towed by a navy ship off the coast of archie, province, $100.00. 5 people, mainly women and children in box, and the port city is claimed. ok, but they've been given temporary accommodation. they have been trying to reach malaysian or human rights group as accusing government forces in northwest min, mom of killing civilians and destroying their homes. john video

if russia were to invade ukraine, the u. s. would send more defensive material and the u. s. would fortify nato allies on the eastern flank. it also looks like the u. s. will joined the minsk agreements. these are the stalled peace accords. the u. s. has not been party to these agreements, and i think russia hadn't really wants the u. s. to join in. it would be an opportunity to revitalize these discussions. but when you read the statements, moscow and the united states want very different things that the point that jumps out me to me the most is that moscow is, is saying they're, they're engaging. and what about is them? they're blaming nato. and they're blaming key of for the aggression. they're not taking responsibility. this crisis is far from being result. victor, a leverage in belgrade. i'm sure you want to respond to some of that, but i want to ask you as well. russia has said that these fears about a russian invasion are unfounded. if that's the case, what a president puts his intentions over ukraine and what's behind the, the troop build up near its border with ukrai

the u. s. has not been able to tackle those challenges itself. so when the u. s. president says it that he wants to lead by example, i think that many of the audience may be listening to that and wondering whether the u. s. president should cast his eyes on his own country 1st before offering advice to others. quickly, some of those examples, the u. s. president saying this is a, a defining challenge of our time in terms of all of the world, but that democracy is capable of self correction. and that, that can be done when parties sit down and work together. but we've seen division in this country that has only been exacerbated with each election. notably, of course, january 6th, when many conservatives in the united states attempted to overturn the results of the last u. s. presidential election when it comes to justice and rule of law that the u. s . president says needs to be upheld around the world. we see gross racial and equality, socio economic inequality and a widening wealth cap in this country. and when it comes to freedom of speech, the u. s. presiden

s. remember, the u. s. is not invited to china to the democracy summit that they're holding or russia. and at this time, both china and russia are in, in the same boat in terms of us pressing them, seemingly on all fronts. so at this juncture, china is just trying to figure out exactly what all of this stuff means. is it just political posturing ahead of the mid terms next year by president who was unpopular? or does this reflect the long term, a systematic and structural differences between the countries? so what do you think it means for ongoing us, china relations? i think that the base of the problem is that china's success has brought it to the forefront us is not used to having any rival whatsoever. and they're acting particularly as a hedge who is going to be king of the hill. they do not want anybody challenging us dominance and militarily, politically and economically. ironically, if you look at the u. s. politics and the u. s. itself, it's, it's ribbon by all sorts of factions, lyrical stalemate,

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as report say the u. s. is planning to add at least 8 chinese firms to the commerce department investment blacklist. so joining us now to discuss all the latest to host with the i am, professor richard will host of the economic update. christy, let's start with you here. what do you make of the latest economic data from china? i mean, is this just a temporary slow down, or is there more cause for concern here? well, yes, it is quite concerning china. economic slowdown this quarter has mainly been dragged down by worsening poverty markets. lumps caused by ever been prices. and china is timing up their financing. so stricter rules to discard speculation and using homes as investment vehicles, china, home sales plunge. and as we mentioned before, the real estate market has made up nearly a 3rd of china, g d, p growth. so you touched on a bit earlier in the us now the chinese government is now prioritizing debility. so that's usually the period that come after growth growth in all of its classes and sectors. chi

today, the u. s. has no moral authority to judge whether the rest of the world is democratic or not. no matter how the u. s. losses over itself, its base of seeking again many under the guise democracy has long been exposed to the world. the so called summit for democracy will let me go down in history as a manipulator and saboteur of democracy. rising corruption levels in the u. s. have also been on people's minds recently, and president biden's own son has been mired in scandals for more about what else is apparently incompatible with democratic values and commentary. heres are to give them up and the u. s. government sponsored summit for democracy has already begun. joe biden is presenting it as his glorious call to spread freedom and human rights around the world. in the lead up to it, a national anti corruption program was announced. our real estate markets are at risk of becoming a safe haven for criminals. clipped to crafts and others, seeking to pock corrupt profits by the planners say that mo

it's something that the u. s. can possibly even remotely when, if they can't even beat the taliban, chance of confrontation and extremely high. as you mentioned in afghanistan, we left point $80000000000.00 and equipment, the entire russian military budgets. 50000000000. so it's, you know, this was we were literally chased out of the, or the country by the taliban after spending $2.00 trillion dollars. that, that's an extraordinary success. if people think we can defend taiwan, they're, they're, they're lunatic. so china has so many land base cruise missiles that can go through the 1st island chain all the way down to guam. that's taiwan is in the 1st island chain. she jin ping has said before 2025. taiwan will be reunited. so i think taiwan is on the clock. well, how that's going to affect us is 40 percent of the world's semiconductor. still come out of taiwan. when china has control of that, we're going to have to big for chips. we won't be able to make f 150. we won't be able to, to do anything here without chi

the u. s. national security advisor reiterated ukraine can associate with whoever it wants. when analyst believes joining nato is unrealistic, it ought to be clear to them that we're not coming to the rescue. so you'd have to live in nest russia without a u. s. security guarantee. there were also questions about the controversial nord stream to pipeline which runs from germany to russia and whether it could be used as leverage and discussions over ukraine. the white house says it will pressure the german government to stop it. if russia invades the biden administration, will continue to work with it's european partners, promising a coordinated response. should russia ignore their warnings? president biden. we'll also speak with ukraine's president lensky on thursday. kimberly hell get al jazeera, the white house. now malaysia's former prime minister, not jabrisa, could says he's disappointed after an appeals court upheld his guilty verdict and a corruption case. he wanted the judge to throw out

but the u. s. held him in jail for almost 7 years before eventually returning him. and that was only after he took legal action against america. journalist rich of med, hearst, revealed the case papers and told us more you know, they've told the sounds that he can serve any potential sentence in his home country, australia. they said the exact same thing to mendoza, they told him just just let him come to the us and he can serve any sentence given back in spain. in mendoza's case, the united states signed a contract, an explicit contract with mendoza, and with spain saying that he must be returned to spain. he can not be given a life sentence, he kind of tried for concert structuring. they violated this, the u. s. kept him for 6 years and 9 months. the only reason mendoza was allowed to go back to spain is because he sued spain twice in the spanish supreme court. and he won. and spain threatened to cut off the extradition treaty with the us. that is when the u. s. felt pressure, they wanted to keep

and the u. s. has warned russia of severe sanctions if it invades ukraine. president joe biden and baton rouge and held a to our virtual call that ended with no breakthrough. putin ones guarantees that ukraine wont join later. now the funeral of a sri lankan man biesen to death and pakistan on friday is about to begin in his home country. a crowd attacked brianne to deal with donna before dragging him into the streets and setting him on fire staff at the factory wade. he'd worked at accused him of destroying a religious poster. pakistan's prime minister says more than a 100 people have now been arrested. well, let's speak to michelle fernandez. she is outside victims, home in tampa, in sri lanka, manella. i understand that mr. dia donna had a wife and 2 children. how is everyone doing that? her? that's right. no sir. the entire family is very much in a state of shock. i spoke to his wife, ah, who is? i still trying to take it all in the fact that her husband is no more and then he came to such a br

and spain threatened to cut off the extradition treaty with the u. s. that is when the u. s. felt pressure, they wanted to keep extra dining people from spain. and so it's only because this was imperiled and in danger of being cancelled that they then sent him back and it was expedited for drug trafficking and money laundering. and he told me, if they did that to him, if the united states did that to mendoza, what are they going to do to julian thought. this is a common practice. the united states violates its assurances, its diplomatic agreements, whether it's iran nuclear deal, whether it's, you know, a prison transfer assurances for a saundra window that they're going to violate the mark my words. this is going to happen. mendoza, certain of this, can i interviewed him for this? and he's seen dozens of people from spain, from columbia, from mexico, from all over the world who've been given assurances. and once they get to the us, it's violated these documents that i published. they weren't seen by the court yet . they weren't submitted in court. and i'm convinced that i

a change of mission for the remaining u. s. forces in iraq. instead of being on frontline combat missions, 2 and a half 1000 u. s. personnel and a 1000 troops from the international coalition forces have switch to training and advising their iraqi, our lies. the transition deal and i sit there earlier this month was sealed in july by iraqis, prime minister most of al cartler me, and he asked the president joe biden to huddle. it stimulates that you as troops would stick to only training iraqi forces and exchanging intelligence while the heavy duel and battle of seattle rock. both iran and the united states supported us in the war against terrorism, but they mustn't use our soil to settle scores. we can't let any of these parties target our people. we've addressed that message to all through diplomacy and the strategic dialogue which stressed maintaining iraq's sovereignty saralitos with a gradual downsizing view as troops was already happening on the orders of former president donald trump. but a proxy war in the region has been fermented by c

and lincoln says, the u. s. will work with its allies and its partners in the region to maintain or defend 8th, the rules based order. and for us, where we have heard lots of talk from the, by the administration about it's pivots to asia. but has there been any concrete action to date? that's why it's so by don't administration has made no secret of the fact that it wants to deepen engagement with this region. and the u. s. strategy really does have several problems. one is military. now the u. s. has regularly been conducting freedom of navigation operations even under the previous administrations, much to china's annoyance and in a blink and noun, says that the u. s. wants to strengthen connections with existing tree t partners. we've already seen how earlier this year the u. s. entered into a trilateral security packed with australia and the u. k, which we'll see is trailer gain access to nuclear power at the submarines. now in terms of trade, the hasn't been anything really as concrete as such. but blink and

s. operating their u. s. president's loud your own strikes. it makes them appear in the words of the u . s, media as quote presidential. so in other words, when you as presidents are acting in a heavy handed manner against p, mainly people of color in foreign countries, they look good in the media. the us attacks countries that can't fight back small in the countries. a young woman with a spinal defect has successfully sued her mother's doctor for giving the parent bob advice 20 years ago before her pregnancy. in a lunmark ruling, la you, case, high court agreed that the medics failure to tell her to take supplements amounted to negligence. evie tunes overcame her condition to become a parra show, jumping star, though she has to spend days of the time connected to tubes. the judge said that could have been avoided if her mother had been recommended to take folic acid, both before and during her pregnancy. in accordance with official guidance provided with the correct recommended advice she would have delayed attempts to conceive in the circums

people in the u. s. can now send money to family members in afghanistan involving financial institutions, controlled by the taliban. and connie and that work, both groups are otherwise subject to us sanctions. the money is a lifeline for many afghans with global remittances making up 4 percent of g d. p. last year. it comes as the world bank says donors have agreed to transfer $280000000.00 to unicef from the world food program to provide nutrition and health services. in afghanistan, the un has warned nearly 9000000 afghans of facing famine this winter, much more heavy is the founder of rise to piece a piece building policy organization. he's also a former us counterterrorism adviser enough. got this done. he says there's still a lot more work for the taliban to do before it's recognized by the us. there are options in terms of the us of discussing and i think from our realistic perspective we're looking into the us, his interest at the end and the actions of the tall and not the front awards. but it's

how and why the u. s . was seeing things that we were not seeing if i have to compare soundbites from before this info. and then at the nato meeting in riga, there was a big shift towards the u. s. version of things. as we mentioned, the new wave of tensions come as the u. s. and russian presidents prepare to hold a video call on tuesday, but joe biden seems to be in no mood to negotiate. i of course the diplomacy is out and red lines of that to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of the qu, in key of remember the currency of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, they're even drawing up the criminal battle plans the new year offens

k. finalizes, it puts pressure on the u. s. y. because now the u. k is in a much stronger position to negotiate the u. s. u k tre deal. because having all these other deals completed across the country. and you'll right, this is the 1st one that's actually from scratch and eliminating all tariffs. but let's talk when she was secretary of trade, she did complete 70 other ones. so that's really important in terms of the u. s. one other factor, it's very important also in terms of the you case pivot toward asia. this is one of the things in terms of moving away from the u. the u. k. wants to pivot to asia, that trans pacific, packed in terms of all those nations in the pacific region, australia with a member of that. so this is one step further to completing that agreement as well . so overall, huge. yeah. another fascinating to see how, you know, i know you mentioned the binding administration specifically and putting that pressure on them. yeah, i think that they are actually really feeling that pressure on their end. is this something that they are

as new reports indicate that u. s. federal agencies, including the military, have purchased china, made video surveillance equipment banned from use in the federal government. now, according to purchasing records, seen by tech crunch and video surveillance news site, i pvm agency called elective li, spend thousands of dollars on purchasing video surveillance equipment manufactured by laura x. a wholly owned subsidiary of di was technology. now you probably never heard of this company, but it is one of several from china that were banned from selling to the u. s. federal government under a 2019 different spending law over the years. fears that the technology could help the chinese government conduct as we are not. so for more on this, let's bring in, boom. let's go home both on an christy i to discuss ban. let me start with you. we break down for us. what this report found, what government agencies were buying this equipment. yes, pretty interesting. as we've talked about for about 2 years now, right? there was been a h

ah, the u. s. has also applauded to women's tennis association for suspending all tournaments in china for concerns about the well being of chinese tennis star punctual i. who has not spoken publicly. after accusing a senior official of sexual assault, the chinese government says it will respond with firm counter measures, but it hasn't released details as to what those might be. in recent weeks, the 2 countries announced these concessions to help the exchange of business people and industry leaders are now worried that those would be at risk. katrina, you al jazeera, aging consulting turkey sign several cooperation deals in a feather, things to the bilateral ties the agreements, cover, trade, investment, health and media, and was signed by the cause. hari, amir and turkeys president george to day visit to the gulf country jamal a shell has more on the meeting from doha. a total of $1111.00 bilateral agreements between turkey and katara were assigned in different fields, economic, foreign policy, s

the u. s. and russian presidents have spoken for the 2nd time this month, and a bed to de escalate tensions over ukraine. joe biden told vladimir pierson the u. s. would respond decisively if russia invited ukraine. john hendrick has the latest from washington. jen, saki, the press. secretary for president, joseph biden has put out a statement in that she says, president biden urged russia to deescalate tensions with ukraine. he made clear that the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. president biden also expressed support for diplomacy, and it goes on to say, the president reiterated that substantial progress. and these dialogues can occur only in an environment of de escalation rather than escalation, global current of ours cases of hit a record high in the past 7 days. with almost a 1000000 detected on average each day, the u. s. is the worst effected accounting for nearly one in 3 cases in the world. south africa has announced

the just the system in the u. s. was constructed primarily for 2 reasons, punish the poor, protect the wealthy, know jail for the rich and powerful. this country has been sold to the highest bidders, our country's legal system as a joke, stolen 70000000 in art, and no jail time. i remember a guy in louisiana getting 40 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread because he was starving. there is no justice if you're rich, i'm sure there will be unsafe to pick up the case again. my preference would have been to be pressed saturdays and having possibly a conviction as well. i'm not very happy about the final result. it has demonstrated very clearly that michael stein knew that there were serious problems with the provenance, the collective history that these of the objects he was acquiring, or at least should come, had very, very strong indications about the possibility of being looted as rags for the past stories right now, multiple people confirmed, killed, numerous other still missing of from massive gas explosion

the u. s. position is that that is a decision between ukraine and nato. and it can't be decided in bilateral talks between the us and russia. ship the u. s. is also threatened economic sanctions against russia if it were to invade ukraine with all of those troops amassed on the border, president putin says that would cause a rupture in relations. in the us, state of colorado, hundreds of homes have been destroyed off to wild fires, driven by high winds, engulfed to cities need. denver is being described as a life threatening situation. tens of thousands of people have been told to leave the affected areas immediately. the strong winds are reported to have brought down power lines leading to several grass fires in the area. gusto, hunger bridge had miles an hour in this liar. oh, the older than ours. very little time to get out. very little time. you been just the motion? way and yes, go process with rebuild was still ahead on al jazeera u. s. troops had ended their combat mission. a new rug of

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his u. s. police mugshot went around the world. well, not often. you see an auto executive arrested. breaking up tonight, major development in the volkswagen emission scandal, the new york times reports v w executive oliver schmidt was arrested this weekend, a trip to the u. s. by oliver schmidt allowed f b. i. agents to intercept him saturday at miami airport haps love miss. so to let her soft, he kept the lockers off, i made it to the restroom or down. i was able to pull my pants up if the i bought and then 5 f, b i, agents, and 3, airport police storm the toilet. when in vessel had was i was put in a cell because given prison clothing on when as lives or it would have been all, i was booked at exactly 2 o'clock when the news was on new fans. the story was my arrest progress. while i had mine of her big welcome to the cell block or said it isn't, it isn't st huckabee spotwood oliver schmidt pleaded guilty and spent 3 years in a prison in the u. s. in 2020, he was transferred to a prison in germany. this is the 1st time he's talked on camera about

so this is difficult for the u. s. and there, i think there's a little bit of panic setting in, in recent years, is finding a way to stay relevant, finding way to stay in there. no charge if, if washington and its allies reject these 2 documents. so, where do we go from there? because it seems to me that they are not taking this seriously. i think they're blinded by their own ideology. i think they're blinded by the sense of them being morally superior, which has nothing to do with international relations or international law. i mean, we're really in a quandary right now, but i don't think they understand the, the unstable situation that they have created. because russia is not going to surrender it's, it's national security full stop. yes, yes, i think so. and i think the, this goes together with the crisis in ukraine, which is what we were talking about the beginning. but the rest of the very comes with nato converging ukraine into just one giant aircraft carrier with dumping this huge amount of military hardware tra

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the u. s. is overly sending arms 10 key f. washington reveal that 30 javelin anti tank missiles systems were delivered to ukraine, back in october, as part of a $60000000.00 military aid package and a further $200000000.00 or on the table. t am with the ongoing military build up on russia's borders. the g 7 group of advanced economies is threatened to russia with a severe response if it attack she crane. moscow though, denies any plans of invasion, as we said, and in says it is nato which poses a threat to russia by expanding further east close to its borders. the white house, though, does believe that only it has the right to draw the line. yes, of course, the diplomacy is out and red lines of that to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of the qu, in key of remember the currency of no mea