the big thing about joe biden in my mind, joe biden has always been a consensus democrat. he will basically be where the democratic party is wherever it goes. in that sense, i agree with liz. it does not surprise me that this is where he has ended. i was telling people during the primaries that this is where i thought that, where i thought he would be. there are some obvious things with joe biden, and joe biden is old, he is an old, white, catholic man who has a very genial personality. even people who are trying to demonize him now have a hard part getting past that. barack obama was a young black man with a foreign sounding name rooted in arabic. very different people. it is not surprising to me at all that things, he is a different person, american politics reacts to does two different people differently. that is obvious. the other thing is, and this is one of those examples -- some time, a flawed person, a flawed person meets their moment. and the signature thing about joe biden to his political career has been politics of empathy. and at many points and our history, t

joe biden has designated the mass killings of armenians in 1915 as genocide summoned the u.s. ambassador and called it a wound that will be difficult to repair so where does that leave relations between 2 of nato biggest allies this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter the u.s. had long avoided formally recognizing the 1915 mass killings of armenians as genocide but now president joe biden has become the 1st american leader to do just that he said washington is doing this quote not to cost to blame but to ensure what happened is never repeat the move has caused anger in turkey there the government disputes the number of armenians killed during the end of the ottoman empire and denies it was genocide it strongly rejected by designation and summoned the american ambassador in protest but many armenians and rights groups have welcomed the decision we'll bring in our guest in just a moment 1st this report from rob reynolds want to bellow california. a day of sorrel and remembrance at the armenian martyrs memorial near los angeles all day long families came t

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president joe biden officially declared the mass killing of armenians under the ottoman empire during the 1st world war as genocide i think the whole armenian community really think you for him to pronounce as a genocide so we. we so appreciate it the finally the justice it's coming i'm so happy that president biden made the statement today and. i wish my parents were alive to hear this and see this my mother and her family did go through the walking through the desert and syria. they killed her father my mother's father my mother's youngest sister died biden statement said we remember the lives of all those who died in the ottoman era armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again recurring previous presidents of voided use of the term for fear of angering nato ally turkey and indeed turkish officials lashed out summoning the u.s. ambassador to lodge a protest and foreign minister may have let couples so glue declaring words can't change history we won't take any lessons about our own history from anyone turkey has fiercely denied the mass kil

the only difference between joe biden and donald trump, let's get to the bottom line. for a nation of immigrants, it is a bit ironic that nothing divides america more than immigration. the debate on whether to allow more immigrants into the country can help a party win or lose, election. donald trump use the general anger of american workers to attack workers -- and demand a wall be built between the united states and mexico. that did not go very far, but it helped him win. last year, joe biden ran anymore immigrant friendly, platform but after a search of people wanting to cross that southern border, we saw the same problems. thousands of children locked up without their parents. about 100,000 arrest at the border in february. the administration says it wants total reform of policy, but what does that mean, and can it achieve that? to find out where talking with a guest whose family came from peru when she was just a child. now, she is fighting for immigrants as copresident of community change, a national organization. professor francisco gonzalez, teaches about the p

and nato say they're ending their military campaign in afghanistan after 20 years president joe biden announced all troops in afghanistan will be withdrawn by september the 11. nato has around 10000 troops stationed there quarter of those are american but testers and police have been facing in the u.s. state of minnesota for a 4th night of the fatal police shooting of dante writes and when i curfew is now in place in brooklyn center the officer importer has been charged with manslaughter and a nearby minneapolis the defense has been making its case in the murder of former police officer derek show ven i was charged before just testified george ford died of multiple factors including preexisting heart conditions and the u.s. and china are the world's 2 biggest polluters requirement for john kerry is in shanghai to mates chinese leaders this it is to make the environment an area of course or cooperation its 1st trip to china a high ranking identity ministration official with us up to date keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next. al-jazeera is news that the biggest stories of the

president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin to secure a u.s. desire for a predictable relation. ship the united states announced surprise russia sanctions we cannot allow a foreign power to interfere in our direct democratic process with impunity more than 30 russian entities are being targeted at least 10 russian diplomats will be expelled from the united states and some tech firms are being punished for allegedly providing support to russian intelligence the sanctions also put in place rules banning some financial dealings involving russia's sovereign debt to choke off lending and inflict economic harm we want a stable predictable relationship and russia continues interfere with our democracy i'm prepared to take further actions to respond. the white house says the sanctions are retaliation for russia's alleged aggressive actions including the occupation of crimea interference in u.s. presidential elections and last year solar winds hack that infiltrated the computers of thousands of u.s. businesses and government agencies. the sanctions also

president joe biden is reportedly removing military assets from the gulf. washington still considers iran a threat in the region -- is this a shift in military strategy, and what does it mean for security in this area. this is "inside story." ♪ >> hello, welcome to the program. u.s. president joe biden has ordered the pentagon to remove some military assets and forces from the gulf, and that is according to a report by the "the wall street journal." at least three patriot antimissile batteries have reportedly been withdrawn including one from a base in saudi arabia. biden has pledged to recalibrate u.s.-saudi ties since taking office in january, including freezing the sale of some weapons used by the kingdom and the war in yemen. his administration says it does not want to destroy the relationship. it says it will still continue to help the kingdom defend itself against increasing attacks from yemen and the rack. saudi officials have not commented on this, and why the american say the decision was taken to meet military needs elsewhere. we will bring in o

president joe biden is reportedly with moving military assets from the gong even as washington still considers iran a what in the region is this a shift emitter a strategy and what does it mean for security in this volatile area this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. u.s. president joe biden has ordered the pentagon to remove some military forces from the gulf that's according to a report by the wall street journal at least 3 patrick anti missile batteries have reportedly been withdrawn including one from a base in saudi arabia biden has pledged to recalibrate u.s. saudia ties since taking office in january including freezing the sale of some weapons riyadh uses in the war in yemen but his administration also says it does not want to destroy the relationship it says it will still continue to help the kingdom defend itself against increasing attacks from yemen and iraq saudi officials have not commented on this why the americans say the decision was taken to meet military needs. will bring in our panel shortly to discuss this further but 1st let's take a closer look at th

politicians were about to a farm joe biden is the winner of the 2028 presidential election you remember there was a big security cordon put on place after that particularly for inauguration day that over the last few weeks has come farther in but there are still these checkpoints and clearly at some point in the last stone and this is all happened just in the last hour and a car has tried to access one of those entry points it hasn't stopped it has hit 2 police officers the suspect is no in custody and 2 police officers have been injured all 3 all no way to a hospital ok so can i go back to the bit you talking about the the security that has come down i remember all of that from inauguration day that huge ring of security around the whole area when you say it's come down and been brought back how close could a person have gotten to the capitol these days. there are certain roads that take you up past the capitol building such as the cannon house building if you go there there is an entrance there staff use it journalists use it gets you into the complex there is a barrier there but in m

joe biden once back in. what are the challenges ahead? can the two sides find agreement? this is inside story. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. the dispute has been going on for months about who should take the first step toward reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. the u.s. and iran are gauged in talks with -- in vno are presented of's of china, germany, france, the u.k. and the e.u. hold official meetings. the delegations will be in separate delegations with the e.u. shoveling between them. negotiations are getting all part -- are focused on getting all parties back inside after donald trump withdrew from the packed in 2018. tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. neither washington nor tehran can see an early breakthrough in the vienna talks. >> we don't underestimate the scale of the challenges ahead. these are early days. we don't anticipate an early ora media breakthrough as the -- in early or immediate breakthrough. we do believe these discussions with our partners and our partners with iran is a healthy step forw

now president joe biden has spoken directly with the ukrainian leader flooding is alinsky the white house says he affirmed the united states is unwavering support for ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of russia's ongoing aggression my bedtime now we discussed the situation in the bus in detail president biden assured us that ukraine will never be left alone against russia's aggression. or c. . russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says any new conflict in the east would quote destroy ukraine. he's warned against incitement by western powers with the nato defense alliance saying it's concerned about a russian build up moscow says the real threat is nato sending troops to ukraine. undoubtedly such a scenario would lead to a further increase of tension near the russian border of course this will require additional security measures from the russian side in february 2040 the so-called my down revolution saw ukraine's russia friendly president viktor yushchenko bitch deposed and the opposition take power the next month russian forces are next crisis from ukraine promp

joe biden said he would not deal with the crown prince. saudi u.s. relations are largely on track. is that a similar case in your mind? >> you can go beyond that because china is i think 20 times more important to the u.s. then saudi arabia. and you have also a democratic administration and a democratic administration during the first six months are the first year, usually it is keen on defending human rights. after a while, if we remember brezinski, and after a wild, the administration is obliged also to take into account the core k ality of the world. >> and of the issues you dealt with both at home in france and also when you were ambassador in the united nations and the united states was our allied efforts on terrorism. any people think terrorism hijacked and distracted the foreign policy as tablet spent from a lot of other threats. how would you frame those years that may be are continuing in which terrorism domestically inside france, against the united states and other of our allies was such a prominent feature of our security policy? >> i think it is a question of course fo

president joe biden has formally recognized the massacre on millions under the awesome an empire well for one as an act of genocide turkey says it entirely rejects that decision and that it will open a deep wound in already frayed ties i mean it's prime minister welcomed as an important day and fishes in washington with more remember back in 2019 both the house and the senate here in washington on a bipartisan basis that cleared what happened in that area just in 1915 as a genocide joe biden believes that by doing this it will stop future atrocities of this kind but the statement is coached in terms of trying not to upset turkey too much you hear him see the ottoman era genocide you to hear them talking about how not to cast blame and how it's important that both countries look to the future southeast asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to violence against civilians in myanmar as an emergency summit and to cosset as e.m. bloc agreed there must be dialogue to work towards a peaceful solution to end a deepening political humanitarian crisis. and the situation in myanmar is unac

president joe biden called on vladimir putin to deescalate tension he's proposed a summit with the russian president and european leaders have also demanded russian forces a pullback from the border ukraine's the the held talks with the french president and german chancellor in paris on friday under serious child stratford reports from kiev on people's fears. ukrainian soldiers on the front line on the highest level of alert since the signing of an often violated cease fire agreement with pro russian separatists 7 years ago russia says its deployment of an estimated 100000 soldiers and heavy weaponry to areas near the border with ukraine poses no threat ukrainian military say they are preparing for the worst. was over because i was mobilized and came back to the front line i believe this is a crucial moment to defend my country world leaders and nato have urged moscow to pull back its forces most of these houses were destroyed in fighting in 2015 around a 1000000 people live in a 10 kilometer wide so-called contact zone the stretches on both sides across the front line. oxana says she fled

and iran hold indirect talks in vienna donald trump pulled america out joe biden once back again but what are the challenges ahead in the 2 sides find agreement this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the disputes been going on for months about who should take the 1st step toward reviving the 2015 nuclear deal now the u.s. and iran are engaged in direct talks in vienna while representatives from 6 other signatories of the agreement china russia germany france the u.k. and the e.u. old official meetings the u.s. and iranian delegations will be in separate rooms with the e.u. shuttling between them the negotiations are aimed at getting all parties back onside after the u.s. under then president donald trump withdrew from the pact in 2018 the deal was aimed at making it harder for iran to develop a nuclear weapon and tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions now the washington or tehran can see an early breakthrough in the vienna talks we don't underestimate the scale of the challenges ahead these are early days we don't

president joe biden says he is willing to rescue the deal that was abandoned by his predecessor donald trump. that is, if iran comes into compliance with the deal. there have been two attacks against the natanz nuclear facility in the space of a year. israel has also been blamed for the assassination of iran's lead nuclear scientist and an attack on a ship in the red sea. this has raised questions about the country's ability to protect its facilities. just days ago, state television aired a music video promoting its nuclear program. for now, it is unclear how much damage has been inflicted and how much the program has been set back. >> iran was top of the agenda during the u.s. defense nksecretary lloyd austin's visit to israel, where he met benjamin netanyahu. >> we both know the horrors of war. we both understand the importance of preventing war. we both agree iran must never possess nuclear weapons. my policy as prime minister of israel is clear. i will never allow iran to obtain nuclear capability, carry out its genocidal goal of illuminating israel. -- eliminating israel. >> joini

biden had initially agreed to limit admissions 215008 cap set by his predecessor but he faced criticism from his own party and says the cap will be increased by mid may. the united nations nuclear watchdog says iran is enriching uranium at 60 percent purity confirming earlier statements from tehran it comes as members of the 2050 nuclear deal continue efforts to revive the agreement in vienna the head of the iranian delegation says talks are on the right track. former italian interior minister and deputy prime minister matthew selvi has been ordered to stand trial the right wing likud party leader has been charged with kidnapping for refusing to let a migrant ship dock in sicily 2 years ago ukraine is expelling a russian diplomat after one of its officials was detained in russia russia accuses alexander source the nuchal trying to obtain classified information ukraine rejects the allegation is calling it an illegal detention was the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera right after inside story. the end of an era after 6 decades of a castro's cuba gets a new leader will it bring ch

joe biden has become the 1st u.s. president to formally recognize the mass killings of armenians during the also an empire as genocide media welcomed the move turkey has summoned the u.s. ambassador in protest there's the headlines more news fear here on al-jazeera after today's inside story next. argentina's life is being jeopardized by industrialised agriculture and uncontrolled cattle grazing to resemble takes you want to jump into the event on national to explore what's being done to protect nature and meet some of those determined to work on rebuilding argentina told to al-jazeera in the feet . mean mas military leadership is on the regional pressure as a special summit southeast asian leaders call for an end to the post to violence but beyond words can assay an offer to diffuse the country's crisis this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on peter dhabi it's been nearly 3 months since a military coup plunged me in law into a state of chaos with street battles breaking out between protesters and sec

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biden plans to withdraw all u.s. troops from afghanistan by september the 11th that's exactly 20 is after the invasion was ordered by george w. bush following the attacks on new york city and the pentagon the planned withdrawal will miss a may 1st deadline for a pullout that the trumpet ministration agreed with the taliban last year the u.s. has some $2500.00 soldiers in afghanistan as part of a nato mission it spends trillions of dollars on the conflicts and lost more than 2007 members since 2000 and. one washington says it will reposition its troops in the region to keep an eye on afghanistan but some u.s. officials have criticized the decision they say is a grave mistake that could embolden the taliban and lead to more violence senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said foreign terrorists will not leave the u.s. alone simply because our politicians have grown tired of taking the fight to them the president he says needs to explain to the american people how abandoning our partners and retreating in the face of

president joe biden formally recognized the mass killing of armenians cheering the also an empire a genocide armenia's prime minister has resigned the move will set the stage for snap elections on june 20th. indonesia's military chief has confirmed that search teams have found a submarine that was missing for 4 days or that all 53 people on board of died the vessel was declared song called saturday 4 days after it disappeared there's been another bunch of violence nearly alex a mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem israeli security forces fired stun grenades and water cannon a palestinian protesters the angry at restrictions on gatherings during the muslim month of ramadan. voting is underway in albania and what's expected to be a tight race between the governing socialists and opposition democrats it's the 1st vote contested on the new laws that are aimed at stamping out irregularities others the headlines more news feed here on al-jazeera of the inside story which is coming up next. mean miles military leadership is on the regional pressure as a special summit southeast asian leaders

president joe biden into the white house facing multiple crises including the coronavirus and a divided america 3 months on has he managed to follow through on campaign promises to fix the country stay with us the special coverage of biden's 1st 100 days in a. just. global military spending reached nearly 2 trillion dollars last year the u.s. is still by far the biggest spender a new report finds many countries have spent lavishly on their militaries despite the global pandemic so what's fuelling this spending spree this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter one might think governments facing a global pandemic would be tempted to spend much on buying weapons one would be wrong so despite the economic impact of covert 19 military spending reached nearly 2 trillion dollars last year that's according to a report from the stockholm international peace research institute it's an increase of 2.6 percent from 2019 the researches of caution the trend might not be maintained for the 2nd year of the pandemic they say countries will likely take some time to adapt to the impac

biden says he's willing to risk the deal that was abandoned 3 years ago by his produces a donald trump that is if iran comes into compliance with the deal there's now been 2 attacks against in the times nuclear facility in the space of a year and israel has also been blamed for the assassination of iran's nuclear scientist and last week's attack against in the rainy ship in the red sea this latest incident has get again raise questions about the country's ability. to protect its facilities iran has always boasted about its nuclear chief and some capabilities leverage it wants to use in negotiations. just days ago state television aired the music video promoting its nuclear program but for now it's unclear how much damage has been inflicted and how far back the program has been set aside bake for inside story iran was top of the agenda during the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin's visit to israel where he met prime minister benjamin netanyahu this is circular we both know the horrors of war we both understand the importance of early war and we both agree that iran must never possess

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highest since the onset of the pandemic in the total number of cases have now exceeded $1000000.00 joe biden has become the 1st us president to formally recognize the mass killing of armenians mass killing of armenians during the ottoman empire as an act of genocide and so it is intention is not to cast blame but to ensure it never happens again. turkey's rejected biden statement though and some in the u.s. ambassador in ankara in protest i mean prime minister nicole passion young says this is a powerful step towards justice there's been a 3rd night of violence in iraq from mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem israeli security forces fired stun grenades and water cannon at palestinians who are angry at restrictions on gatherings during the muslim holy month of ramadan. russia has restricted access to the coach straight which was used by the ukrainian navy to access its eastern ports that route will not be closed for 6 months for military exercises $53.00 sailors onboard a missing submarine in indonesia are now presumed dead after debris from the vessel was discovered it has been

biden and india's prime minister narendra modi promising u.s. assistance in this coronavirus surge is not clear exactly how many doses will be given to india to other news a court in iran has sentenced the british iranian aid worker gary radcliffe to another year in prison she was released in march after serving 5 years on charges of plotting against the government this latest jail term comes from a new charge of spreading propaganda against terror from. u.s. attorney general merrick garland has announced an investigation into the louisville police department in the state of kentucky law enforcements faced scrutiny over last year's killing of briana taylor a black woman shot during a botched raid on her home it is the 2nd such investigation ordered in a week after a similar probe into the minneapolis police was announced a group linked to the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been suspended prosecutors are seeking to have the anti corruption foundation which novelli founded declared as an extremist group. ukraine's president told me t