which nato denies. mirroring what russia does so we're not mirroring rochelle playing by play in the shoulder by shoulder point by technical exercise by exercise we are responding in our way and we do it in a proportionate michoud and defense a way and we have to remember that of course you need to also always have full on forces we have more forces than a nato response force but the whole of the you know with nato is to be so strong is to be so. united and so clear and coherent no messaging that no other so tries to know a potential twice to a technical. and polls are due to open in liberia in less than half an hour voters will be electing a new president after twelve years under africa's first elected female president ellen johnson sirleaf twenty candidates are in the running to replace them those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story to stay with us. news has another then more of a liberal but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife for the listening post prov

the bombing the nato spokesman made a long statement in the early hours of monday morning nato carried out a persistent strike using precision guided weapons on a highly significant command control node we have served the site over a prolonged period of time before conducting the precision strike which minimized any potential risk of causing unnecessary casualties very quickly it became clear that there was absolutely nothing like this in the compound that was bombed that specially not in the building where mr ahmed it would his family was living we remain confident of our information that this was a military site that there was no evidence of a civilian presence nato did not have access to contemporaneous ground observation from reliable neutral observers. incoherent incompatible statements made by two nato responsible tonight a spokesman shows as far as i'm concerned that something is wrong that they didn't say it's a mistake are that they didn't say oh sorry we were aiming at some some other building or we had wrong information so the only thing i can think of at this stage is that

i think turkey will stay in nato because there is no way out for turkey and the others are nato countries can not take out turkey from nato this is technically not possible my expectation is in the past we had several crisis really united states of america and nato but this time the problem is different it will be much more longer and it will have much stronger implications for both sides relations because the turkish government is expecting that america is not happening to the kurds the turkish government is expecting that fit a leg land should be extra the. turkish government is expecting that united states of america within nato in particular have to be more cooperative there all the issues in the last couple of months in particular when we did the donald trump ministration in the beginning turkey of donald trump will be much more friendly much more cooperative but more and more the donald trump administration is distancing its from turkish policies and this will create in the long run much more difficulties for turkey i will say in particular turkey will certainly harm also some ameri

the bombing the nato spokesman made a long statement. in the early hours of monday morning nato carried out a persistent strike using precision guided weapons on a highly significant command control we have served the site over a prolonged period of time before conducting the precision strike which minimized any potential risk of causing unnecessary casualties very quickly it became clear that there was absolutely nothing like this in the compound that was bombed that specially not in the building where mr made it would his family was living we remain confident of our information that this was a military site that there was no evidence of a civilian presence nato did not have access to contemporaneous ground observation from reliable neutral observers these incoherent incompatible statements made by two nato responsible tonight a spokesman shows as far as i'm concerned that something is wrong that they didn't say it's a mistake they didn't say oh sorry we were aiming at some some other building or we had wrong information. so the only th

that amounts to heavy breathing and if you have problems within nato, there's a lot that nato can and should do, ending duplication, scaling up defense spending, that they have not done. a wealth ya continent has gotten use to an american security guarantee and now we should get involved in a fight on russian's border to reassure them our credibility? the logic misses me completely. poroshenko being toppled. the russians would like to see him gone but he has bigger problemes. an approval rating of 22% in every single institution in ukraine, including the anticorruption bureau has a single digit approval rating. not withstanding the ukrainian economy has started growing, the debt is down and inflation is down. what will the ukrainians do with the appears? my two colleagues say, they don't -- they're not going to talk the don bas back. mr. poroshenko said that is objective was to take the donbas back. doesn't matter what we in washington think. it's what ukraine thinks that matters. principles of international order and how russia has wrecked them. employs,ese, they've done some things

general nicholson, our nato and u.s. field commander, with troops from 39 nations, has blunted the terrorist's offensive moves in afghanistan. nato strikes and support of improveding the afghan security forces and disarray amongst enemy groups have caused the taliban to expend resources constrain their movements and limit the taliban's ability to conduct major offenses. beginning last month and for the first time in this long fight, all six afghan military cores are engaged in offensive operations. during these recent months, there have been fewer civilian casualties as a result of coalition operations, although, regrettably, taliban high-profile attacks on civilians continue to murder the innocent. while the taliban still attempts to seize district or prisonsal centers before the end of this fighting season they have generally been forced into decentralized small scale ambushes and the use of improvised explosive devices. importantly the rate of afghan national security force casualties has reduced from last year. as yo

oriented toward nato. we believe that european outlook of turkey can also be a lever of pressure so we can have those reforms. positione democratic of the country. my answer to your question is easy. yes we do believe turkey must and itsithin nato european course. on the other side we have to ensure and we must make it clear to this ally of ours and its government that the road to europe and the day and collaboration with the west comes with certain conditions and responsibilities. one of them is to respect the national law, to collaborate, tension withte ally countries such as greece. i do believe, i had the onortunity to go into detail this matter with president trump, explaining the need for the fulfillment of these conditions so there are clear messages. also toward the turkish administration. >> ok, please. >> thank you. how do youinister, as greeks like to hear about the deal and strategic importance of greece in the region, what is your government planning to do for thece this role benefit of the bi

general nicholson, our nato and u.s. field commander with troops from 39 nations has blunted the terrorist offensive moves in afghanistan. nato strikes in support of the improving afghan security forces and disarray among various enemy groups have caused the taliban to expend resources, constrain their movements and lim thet taliban's ability to conduct major offenses. beginning last month and for the first time in this long fight, all six afghan military cores are engaged in offensive operations. during these recent months, there have been fewer civilian casualties as a result of coalition operations, although regrettably taliban high profile attacks on civilians continue to murder the innocent. while the taliban continues to see provingsal centers, they have generally been forced into decentralized small scale ambushes in the use 06 improvised explosive devices. importantly the rate of afghan national security force casualties has reduced from last year. as you know i just returned last week from a trip to india and af

although not all of us is in nato, it is all contributes to nato citer, -- nato security, whether in the south, or the north atlantic, where our navy cooperateds with the u.s. to confront that'ses 'on this we strongly believe that europe must do nor defend themselves. in that spirit, the french president recently decided to launch a european initiative called, europe intervention initiative. weeing chief to at the creation of a permanent corporation and europe defense fund, which i am happen to span on -- happy to expand on it further. i'd like to conclude with a slightly more global outlook if i may. france has just concluded, as you just mentioned, strategic review of her security environment at the request of the french president, and we face growing security challenges in multiple areas around the world. and this challenge is calling for new thinking how to best assure our security, which is why we launched this strategic review. this assessment will serve as a basis for the multiyear defense programming role that we well establish for the next five years. and what i would like t

the bombing the nato spokesman made a long statement in the early hours of monday morning nato carried out a persistent strike using precision guided weapons on a highly significant command to control node we have served the site over a prolonged period of time before conducting the precision strike which minimized any potential risk of causing unnecessary casualties very quickly it became clear that there was absolutely nothing like this in the compound that was bombed that specially not in the building where mr i made it would his family was living we remain confident of our information that this was a military site that there was no evidence of a civilian presence nato did not have access to contemporaneous ground observation from reliable neutral observers. incoherent incompatible statements made by two nato responsible tonight a spokesman. shows as far as i'm concerned that something is wrong they didn't say it's a mistake either they didn't so sorry we were aiming at some some other building or we had wrong information so the only thing i can think of at this stage is that the ai

should turkey remain a member of nato? pm tsipras: i can say that despite our concerns regarding turkey, despite the concerns that are also based on the daily interventions. nevertheless, we continue to support the turkish course towards europe. we respect to this regional power and we believe it must a oriented toward the european tospective, mainly oriented its collaboration with the west and ultimately oriented toward nato. we believe that european outlook perspective of turkey can also be a lever of pressure so we can have those reforms. democratizationcrat's of the country. my answer to your question is easy. yes, we do believe turkey must remain within nato and its european course. on the other side we have to ensure and we must make it clear to this ally of ours and its government that the road to europe and the collaboration with the west comes with certain conditions, certain responsibilities. one of the necessary conditions is to respect the national law, to collaborate, and not promote tension with allied countr

the bombing the nato spokesman made a long statement in the early hours of monday morning nato carried out a persistent strike using precision guided weapons on a highly significant command control we have observed the site over a prolonged period of time before conducting the precision strike which minimized any potential risk of causing unnecessary casualties very quick very quickly it became clear that there was absolutely nothing like this in the compound that was bombed that especially not in the building where mr edward his family was living we remain confident of our information that this was a military site that there was no evidence of a civilian presence nato did not have access to contemporaneous ground observation from reliable neutral observers these incoherent incompatible statements made by two nato responsible tonight a spokesman shows as far as i'm concerned that something is wrong that they didn't say it's a mistake they didn't say oh sorry we were aiming at some some other building or we had wrong information so the only thing i. i think of at this stage is that the

the bombing the nato spokesman made a long statement early hours of monday morning nato carried out a persistent strike using precision guided weapons on a highly significant command control node we have the site over a prolonged period of time before conducting the precision strike which minimized any potential risk of causing unnecessary casualties very quickly it became clear that there was absolutely nothing like this in the compound that was bombed that especially not in the building where mr ahmed it would his family was living we remain confident of our information that this was a military site that there was no evidence of a civilian presence nato did not have access to contemporaneous ground observation from reliable neutral observers. incoherent incompatible statements made by two nato responsible tonight a spokesman shows as far as i'm concerned that something is wrong that they didn't say it's a mistake either they didn't say oh sorry we were aiming at some some other building or we had wrong information so the only thing i can think of at this stage is that the aim was re

they can be nato helps us because the nato nations together have 52% of the world's gdp. they had enormous economic capability to address these challenges. thirdly, nato provides a forum, a place where these nations can gather and discuss crucial issues to include the security challenges that come from environmental degradation. i would argue nato is a force for good, a multiplier effect would be if we can convince our russian counterparts to join at least in that conversation. we may disagree with russia on syria, ukraine and cyber, but can we not agree on the challenges to the environment and the ocean? there is a chance of that. in that sense nato is a force for good. let me close by saying thank you all for coming out today, thinking about the oceans and supporting this festival, the national book festival. it is an honor to be here. [applause] ♪ >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for series readers. >> you will enjoy this book, it is an excellent read and something very different and unique

and nato and u.n. security more broadly. france is a responsible nato ally. we fully understand the u.s. insistence on burden sharing, and we are on a clear path toward reaching 2% gdp in defense expenses. and believe me, our 2% are not headquarters percentage. they are a war fighting percentage. although, not all our effort is in nato, it all contributes to nato's security, whether in desal or up in the north atlantic where our navy cooperates with the u.s. to confront threats. beyond this, we strongly believe that europeans must do more to defend themselves. in that spirit, the french president recently decided to loan europe an initiative called a europe intervention initiative. we have also been key to the creation of the permanent structured corporation and the european defense funds. i will be happy to expand on it further. i'd like to conclude with a slightly more global outlook, if i may. france has just concluded as you just mentioned a strategic review of her security environment at the request of the french president. and we face growing security c

although not all of our efforts are in nato, it all contributes to nato security, whether in the south or the north atlantic, where our navy cooperates to combat threats. beyond this, we strongly believe more torope must do defend themselves. in that spirit, the french president recently decided to launch a european initiative called the european intervention initiative. key to thelso been permanent structured cooperation and european defense fund. i would be happy to expand on it further. i would like to conclude with a slightly more global outlook, if you may. france has just concluded a strategic review of her security environment at the request of the french president. we face growing security in in multiple areas around the world. these challenges call for new assure on how to best our security, which is why we launched this strategic review. will serve as a basis for the multiyear defense oad that we will establish, defense appropriation for the next five years. i would like to give you a primer on some of its findings. is that thing i can say it is bleak. risks we arend identify

should turkey remain a member of nato? >> i can say that despite our concerns regarding turkey, despite the concerns that are also based on the daily interventions. we continue to support the turkish course toward europe. we respected as a regional power and we believe it must a oriented toward the european perspective. mainly oriented to its relationship with the west. and oriented toward nato. , we believe that european outlook of turkey can also be a lever of pressure so we can have those reforms. toward the democratic position of the country. my answer to your question is relatively easy. yes, we do believe turkey must remain within nato and its european, of course. on the other side we have to , ensure and we must make it clear to this ally of ours and its government that the road to europe and the day and collaboration with the west comes with certain conditions and responsibilities. one of them is to respect the national law, to collaborate, and not promote tension with ally countries such as greece. i do believe, i

on nato and european security more broadly. france is a responsible nato ally. we fully understand the u.s. insistence and we are on a clear path toward reaching 2% gdp on defense expenses. believe me, our 2% are not a headquarter percentage. they are a war fighting percentage. although not all our effort is in nato, it all contributes to nato security, whether in the north atlantic where our navy cooperates with the u.s. to cut off threats. beyond this, we strongly believe that europe must do more to defend themselves. in that spirit, the french president recently sti lly deci launch a european initiative called europe intervention initiative. we have also been key to the creation of the permanent structured cooperation and the european defense fund. i will be happy to expand on it further. i'd like to conclude with a slightly more global outlook if i may. france has just concluded, as you just mentioned, a strategic review of a security environment at the request of the french president. we face growing security challenges in multiple areas around the world. t

should turkey remain a member of nato? pm tsipras: i can say that despite our concerns regarding turkey, despite the concerns that are also based on the daily interventions, nevertheless, we continue to support the turkish course towards europe. we respect it as a regional power, and we believe it must a stay oriented toward the european perspective, mainly oriented to its collaboration with the west and ultimately oriented toward nato. we believe that european outlook perspective of turkey can also be a lever of pressure so we can have those reforms towards the democratization of the country. my answer to your question is easy. yes, we do believe that turkey must remain within nato and its european course. on the other side, we have to ensure, and we must make it clear to this ally of ours and its government, that the road to europe and the collaboration with the west comes with certain conditions, certain responsibilities. one of the necessary conditions is to respect international law, to collaborate, and not promote te

let me ask about nato. you met with the secretary-general recently, nato allies have made significant contribution. how are we doing with theing conference of nato? are you satisfied with that progress? >> i need to get to nato now that we have the strategy in hand, now that secretary gillibrand and i have sat down with our counterparts, we are already in contact with them, from 15 nato nations fighting under nato's flag in australia, georgia, i believe we will see 15 nations, additional troops, there could be more than that, those are just the ones i have. >> what is there steak in all this? >> if anything they are more vulnerable in the united states in terms of transnational terrorists operating out of afghanistan against the european climate. they have a lot at stake but i all the nations from south asia, india, china has a stake in this, europe does. this is a transnational problem. >> let me tell both of you i appreciate your work and i support you and i want you to tell us what you need and we will t

nato's demands so the of seconds and signifiant we are shifting the main effort for more advisers to provide training and advisory support at budget brigade level the fighting will continue to be carried out by the afghan partners and will accompany tactical units to bring support and make no mistake this is, daddy is, that the. -- is combat duty. you can see the afghan forces are the main effort the third is reenforce with the addition of 3,000 troops arriving in the coming months to sustain the advisory effort for those that are currently without. together we were in afghanistan last week sending a message reaching out to allies said 15 nations say they will increase their support so with certainty looking to partners for financial support the last is reconciled from the military operations, but it is committed to a conditions based outcome for those who will see to reconcile with be half can national government to stabilize and chief through that peace process warwick is a matter of will to make clear that it will state and along those committed to the fight to be a condition in s

plus nato's partners. we're going to work to have a very firm list of what has got to change. and then using diplomatic and economic means, having venues where we share with each other, we're going to try to get this to a productive outcome. right now based on a very recent visit by the chief of army staff from pakistan, there is actually optimism in kabul that his visit presages a new chapter. i'm in the wheel c mode. but we intend to bring all the effort we can in a whole government international framed way to islamabad and show them how to get out of the situation they're currently in. >> thank you. >> on behalf of the chairman, senator warren, please. >> thank you, ranking member reid. and thank you, secretary mat sxis general dunford for your work and for being here. in august the president released his new afghan strategy and a key part of it seems to be the idea that the military will use all of its tools -- i'm sorry, that the u.s. will use all of its tools, military, economic, and diplomatic, to g

countries moscow has accused nato of trying to encircle and threaten the stability in eastern europe which later denies . the far reaching report that looks at inequality in the united kingdom is set to be unveiled on tuesday by the british government the racial disparity audit was started last year by prime minister tourism a examines how people of different ethnicities are treated in areas of health criminal justice and education paul brennan reports on why not everyone is backing the audit. in the eighteen ninety s charles booth's maps of the rich and poor areas of victorian london showed the glaring inequalities of the age more than a century later on her first day as prime minister to race in may chose to make social justice her core priority to. that means fighting against the burning injustice that if you're born poor you will die on average nine years earlier than others if you're black you're treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if your white. inequality is stubbornly endemic in the u.k. in education employment housing health care and the criminal justice

nato has the same approach. i think that is having a profound effect on the people,gy of the afghan which we felt was a source of strength in the campaign. >> thank you both. >> secretary mattis, thank you for your solid and extort. leadership. the nation is fortunate you accepted these assignments. a lot of my questions have been i wantnd answered, but to go back to what a couple my colleagues said rigorously about pakistan. demonstratinge the right approach and expressing willingness to help, but we have seen this before. we have been disappointed and sometimes they do a little bit and make it sound like it is a lot. an openize we are also setting. what can i find about this being a false start and pressure them to cooperate? without them, we have a more difficult time in afghanistan. the reason we did a regional approach in the beginning was so we did not start with afghanistan, put together a great plan and say, now we have to add in variables. we started with india, to iran, central asia, and it down into a

plus nato's partners. we're going to work to have a very firm list of what has got to change. and then using diplomatic and economic means, having venues where we share with each other, we're going to try to get this to a productive outcome. right now based on a very recent visit by the chief of army staff from pakistan, there is actually optimism in kabul that his visit presages a new chapter. i'm in the wheel c mode. mode. see but we intend to bring all the effort we can in a whole government international framed way to islamabad and show them how to get out of the situation they're currently in. >> on behalf of the chairman, senator warren, please. thank you, ranking member reid. and thank you, secretary mat sxis general dunford for your work and for being here. in august the president released his new afghan strategy and a key part of it seems to be the idea that the military will use all of its tools, i'm sorry, that the u.s. will use all of its tools, military, economic, and diplomatic, to get the ta

although, not all of our interest is in nato, it all contributes to nato security where our navy cooperates with the u.s. and france. beyond this, we strongly believe that europe must do more to defend themselves and it spirits, the french president recently decided to launch a europe initiative called a europe intervention initiative. they have also been key to the cooperation of the tractor corporation and the defense fund and i'll be happy to expand on it further. i would like to conclude with a slightly more global outlook, if i may. france has just concluded, as you just mentioned, the strategic review of security environment and the request of the french president. we faced growing security challenges in multiple areas around the world. this challenge calls for new thinking on how to best assure our current security which is why we launched new strategic review this assessment will serve as the basis for the multi- year defense programming that we will establish for the next five years. what i would like to give you on some of its findings. the only thing i can say. [inaudible] the ri

the nato powers, the west, has poured resources into afghanistan. the estimates begin at $1 trillion. looking at afghanistan, lots of people would say that money was wasted and stolen by corrupt officials. what will you do to tackle corruption here? the strategy against corruption is being finalised in the high council on rule of law, good governance, and anti—corruption. i think the jury needs to look at it, but in comparative terms, this is probably one of the most thoroughly prepared anti—corru ption strategies. it does notjust deal with symptoms, it deals with causes. and it is notjust prosecution, though it is extremely important, but we are dealing with the fundamental ways of creating good governance. furthermore, this is not imposed. it's driven by us, it is thoroughly owned by us, and the generational change in leadership taking place is self—implemented. the anticorru ption effort is being led by this man, daud noorzai. his work challenges some of the most powerful people in the country. he's an afghan brought up in germany but who h

we agreed that nato goes to zero borders. incorporating the baltic republics we agreed on the united states to stepping out of the a.b.m. treaty so we always made concessions in the hope it will better relations with the west and finally nothing came out of it finally we're told that next is ukraine and georgia just very briefly given britain is involved in military exercises on russia's borders today as are other nato powers there is no imminent danger of energy supplies to say germany being cut off then he way if nato continues ramping up the rhetoric against moscow. we do not intend to let this tension between russia and nato bring damage to our economic relations with europe so we are mostly responding to what europe and nature does if they start to reconsider russia i think will be very quick to. respond to the european union nato unfortunately for the time being we see that european diplomacy is stuck you know on the notion of sanctions and i don't think it's realistic. in the posture with think that slowly we have to g

general nicholson, our nato and u.s. field commander with troops from 39 nations has blunted the terrorist offensive moves in afghanistan. nato strikes in support of the improving afghan security forces and disarray among various enemy groups have caused the taliban to expend resources, constrain their movements and lim thet taliban's ability to conduct major offenses. beginning last month and for the first time in this long fight, all six afghan military cores are engaged in offensive operations. during these recent months, there have been fewer civilian casualties as a result of coalition operations, although regrettably taliban high profile attacks on civilians continue to murder the innocent. while the taliban continues to see provingsal centers, they have generally been forced into decentralized small scale ambushes in the use 06 improvised explosive devices. importantly the rate of afghan national security force casualties has reduced from last year. as you know i just returned last week from a trip to india and af

over110,000 nato troops we re 100,000... over110,000 nato troops were suffering casualties, in thousands. and we did it without the air support, we did thousands. and we did it without the airsupport, we did it thousands. and we did it without the air support, we did it without the armour is, et cetera. we are developing country openly, but i am very proud of the sacrifice and the reason it is changing is because of the recruitment. every single person in the army and police and secret service is a volunteer. there is no obligatory recruitment and because of that and because of the things that are changing, is a difficult? yes. at its normal green possible. in 201a yes. at its normal green possible. in 2014 when i became president it looked impossible. now it looks like a difficult task and difficulties within our grasp. you said the taliban does not have much support and yet we see the taliban extending the area that controls and contests more territory in afghanistan. how can it operate without support? deraa two things. o

respond to the european union nato unfortunately for the time being we see that european diplomacy is stuck you know on the notion of sanctions and i don't think it's realistic. in the posture with think that slowly we have to go back to a normal relationship and when you say about nato. recently asking a question about whether we are worried by nato activity he said we're not afraid of losing his under control so i think it was a good answer so the professor pushkov thank you after the break fifty thousand deaths in the u.k. attributed to talks a caring man made chemicals we ask geographer and creative explorer daniel raven emerson if london becoming the world's first national boxes he could reverse some of the worst pollution. your headline is the white widow. recipe for a while washington cooks up. all of them all going through of growing up to grow. them. but also. to the ship. and a fairly strong one there were two thousand. do chemicals that appetizing. really increase the risk of cancer. known to be used in the launch and. they do not believe that this is true by independent sc

the bombing the nato spokesman made a long statement early hours of monday morning nato carried out a persistent strike using precision guided weapons on a highly significant command control node we have served the site over a prolonged period of time before conducting the precision strike which minimized any potential risk of causing unnecessary casualties very quickly it became clear that there was absolutely nothing like this in the compound that was bombed and specially not in the building where mr ahmed it would his family was living we remain confident of our information that this was a military site that there was no evidence of a civilian presence nato did not have access to contemporary meus ground observation from reliable neutral observers these incoherent incompatible statements made by two nato responsible tonight a spokesman shows as far as i'm concerned that something is wrong that they didn't say it's a mistake either they didn't say oh sorry we were aiming at some some other building or we had wrong information so the only thing i can think of at this stage is that th

think there have been more than just one, but a couple i would highlight is the president called on nato member countries to step up their contribution and commitment to nato and modernize their own forces. he's been very clear that as a result of that, countries have

member countries to step up their contribution and commitment to nato and modernize their own forces. he's been very clear that as a result of that, countries have stepped up their contributions towards their own defense and this leads to a strong nato, which we desperately need in the european theater and beyond in central asia where nato is playing a very important role in the fight against terrorism. the second area is our policy towards north korea. the implementing of the sanctions and diplomatic pressure. we have the most comprehensive sanctions that have ever been put in place to scramble the economic revenue streams. we have china now joining us and putting pressure on north korea in ways that have never been achieved before and i attribute that to the very strong relationship that the president has with president xi. so we are more unified than we've ever seen. countries sending north korea home. it's a combination of pressure and the president building a very strong message to north korea that you will engage with us at some point to solve this because we're not going to al

air support and nato intel support and nato artillery and broader artillery support to them. so time will tell congressmen but i think too again the strategy of regional lights at first make sure we are dealing doing with the safe havens in the broader issues to get more support to realign our forces along these lines that we get down to the tactical level. it is to rayfor some with enough that they can get down to that level and make a difference and that its reconciliation. therefore r's plus s him sustain this ever because if we are willing to sustain this effort are still remember being up here on capitol hill with dr. perry when he testified. the international community stuck without effort. how many times who read the newspaper about the murder of innocent people in bosnia. do we still have troops there in our international efforts? he as we do but the internet sticks with this and sustains this i'm confident the enemy will give the afghan people a chance to pull it together. >> general son -- general dunford and secretary mattis of i understand of i understand with a s

a growing list of diplomatic back and forth the relationship between these two nato allies started souring during the syrian civil war turkey upset the us didn't do enough against the assad government even angrier when the u.s. backed kurdish fighters and later armed them. then last year's coup attempt and it got worse blame to cleric for two of the golan who lives in the u.s. they wanted him extradited for his alleged role the obama administration refused and the trump administration hasn't moved on it either that was a big issue when he first met president donald trump but that was overshadowed by what happened when he left the oval office. turkish security officers violently attacked what appeared to be peaceful protesters outside the turkish ambassador's residence fifteen of them were indicted in u.s. courts and as a result the u.s. stopped a planned sale of small arms to turkey turkey further angered the u.s. when it agreed to buy a russian missile defense system equipment that wouldn't work with a nato has indicated he would be willing to trade americans imprisoned in turkey for good

the bombing the nato spokesman made a long statement in the early hours of monday morning nato carried out a persistent strike using precision guided weapons on a highly significant command control node we observed the site over a prolonged period of time before conducting the precision strike which minimized any potential risk of causing unnecessary casualties very quickly it became clear that there was absolutely nothing like this in the compound that was bombed that specially not in the building where mr ahmed it would his family was living we remain confident of our information that this was a military site that there was no evidence of a civilian presence nato did not have access to contemporaneous ground observation from reliable neutral observers these incoherent incompatible statements made by two nato responsible tonight a spokesman shows as far as i'm concerned that something is wrong that they didn't say it's a mistake either they didn't so sorry we were aiming at some some other building or we had wrong information so the only thing i can think of at this stage is that the

you if you look at all of the numbers you know russian defense spending versus the united states and nato i mean they're not even comparable i mean russia is actually cut down on defense spending people focus in on that looking for a conflict when there really isn't there first of all russia u.s. relations of enormous importance to russia the united states remains russia's significant other and despite that discrepancy let me present you with an. the discrepancy if you look. at the balances of military power in the areas where actual tensions are taking place and where differences of interest are most acute the statistics are entirely the opposite of what you have presented no will be you're looking at russia's border here not looking at brussels border it's also the border of europe now on the border of nato and in this sense this sense alone the situation is more dangerous than the cold war because then the line of demarcation was not only far from the russian border but from the soviet border it's now on well that's a very good point richard but it's nato that went into russia's border

google shifts have taken place in which that relationship of the nato system as you say which includes not just the united states not just nato european union as well the whole system as it were has a specific logic to it and that logic is opposed by china and a number of others and that logic is expansion enlargement it's enlargement not just physically but also ideologically the view that it's as it were positive values a virtue and so it is that is that the new terrain and terrain anatole of the one i don't like using the word new cold war because as you said earlier it was something very different and it's not the same again but there is an ideological trend to it i mean the neo liberal order believes that its destiny you know it's it's like a kind of messianic message for the world and russia obviously doesn't see it that way but nor of course do as richard said a very large number of people around the world including of course many western allies in the middle east nobody agrees with this aspect of the west from agenda it's not just opposed by iran but of course in a different wa

google shifts have taken place in which that relationship of the nato system as you say which includes not just the united states not just nato european union as well the whole system as it were has a specific logic to it and that logic is opposed by china and a number of others and that logic is expansion enlargement its enlargement not just physically but also ideologically the view that it's as it were positive values a virtue and so is that is that the new terrain and terrain anatole of the i don't like using the word new cold war because as you said earlier it was something very different and it's not the same again but there is an ideological trend to it i mean the neo liberal order believes that it's destiny it's you know it's messy it's like a kind of messianic message for the world and russia obviously doesn't see it that way but nor of course do as richard said a very large number of people around the world including of course many western allies in the middle east nobody agrees with this aspect of the west from agenda it's not just opposed by iran but of course in a differen

you if you look at all of the numbers you know russian defense spending versus the united states and nato mean they're not even comparable i mean russia is actually cut down on defense spending people focus in on that looking for a conflict when there really isn't there peter first of all russia u.s. relations of enormous importance to russia the united states remains russia's significant other and despite that discrepancy let me present you with another discrepancy if you look. at the balances of military power in the areas where actual tensions are taking place and where differences of interest are most acute the statistics are tiley the opposite of. what you have presented now will be you're looking at russia's border here not looking it broke it's also the border of europe now on the border of nato and in this sense this sense alone the situation is more dangerous than the cold war because then the line of demarcation was not only far from the russian border but from the soviet border it's now on well that's a very good point richard but it's nato that we're into russia's border was i

the nato powers, the west, has poured resources into afghanistan. the estimates begin at $1 trillion, and looking at afghanistan now, lots of people would say much of that money was wasted, it was stolen by corrupt officials. what are you going to do to begin to tackle corruption here? the strategy against corruption is being finalised at the high council on the rule of law, good governance and anti—corruption. i think the jury needs to look at it, but in comparative terms this is probably one of the most thoroughly prepared anti—corru ption strategies, because it does not just deal with symptoms, we're dealing with root causes. and also we are notjust dealing with prosecution, that is extremely important, but we are dealing with the fundamental ways of creating good governance. and moreover, this is not imposed, it's driven by us, it is thoroughly owned by us and the generational transformation and leadership that is taking place will own and implement. the anti—corruption effort is being led by this man — daud noorzai. his work challenges

that we we cannot push nato to the doorstep of the. i think you are i mean here are clever enough and experience enough observer to know that you know dad position of germany in two thousand and eight as much as it was appreciated in russia was not final push by major generals by american politicians ever closer to the russian border was not stalled back in two thousand and eight that she was not of the table and the would have passed had a declaration wasn't very conclusive i mean it still left the door open and with all due respect i don't think that the german government was very forthright back in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen when the ukrainian events were under way i'm sure you can also imagine many other scenarios that the events would have taken place would have perhaps excluded the necessity off the crimean events you know i don't think in two thousand and eight we could do very much more than we did and just stop the process and it is now as we say in german to consumers seek it something in the future i

google shifts have taken place in which that relationship of the nato system as you say which includes not just the united states not just nato european union as well the whole system as it were has a specific logic to it and that logic is opposed by china and a number of others and that logic is expansion enlargement it's enlargement not just physically but also ideologically the view that it's as it were positive values of virtue and so it is that is that the new terrain and terrain anatole of the one i don't like using the word new cold war because as you said earlier it was something very different and it's not the same again but there is an ideological trend to it i mean the neo liberal order believes that it's destiny you know it's messy it's like some kind of messianic message for the world and russia obviously doesn't see it that way but nor of course do as richard said a very large number of people around the world including of course many western allies in the middle east nobody agrees with this aspect of the west from agenda it's not just posed by iran but of course in a dif

that we we cannot push nato to the doorstep of the. i think you are i mean here are clever enough and experience enough observer to know that you know position of germany in two thousand and eight as much as it was appreciated in russia was not final push by a major generals by american politicians ever closer to the russian border was not stalled back in two thousand and eight that she was not of the table and the would have passed a declaration wasn't very conclusive i mean it's still left the door open and with all due respect i don't think the german government was very forthright back in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen when the ukrainian events were under way i'm sure you can also imagine many other scenarios that the events would have taken place would have perhaps excluded the necessity of the crimean events you know i don't think in two thousand and eight we could do very much more than we did and just stop the process and it is now as we say in german to consumers seek it something in the future it is not v

google shifts have taken place in which that relationship of the nato system as you say which includes not just the united states not just nato european union as well the whole system as it were has a specific logic to it and that logic is opposed by china and a number of others and that logic is expansion enlargement it's enlargement not just physically but also ideologically the view that it's as it were positive values a virtue and so it is that is that the new terrain and terrain anatole of the i don't like using the word new cold war because as you said earlier it was something very different and it's not the same again but there is an ideological trend to it i mean the neo liberal order believes that it's destiny it's much you know it's messy it's like some kind of messianic message for the world and russia obviously doesn't see it that way but nor of course do as richard said a very large number of people around the world including of course many western allies in the middle east we know. biti agrees with this aspect of the west from agenda it's not just opposed by iran but of c

nato of trying to in circle it and threaten stability in eastern europe which nato denies you not mirroring what russia does so we're not mirroring russia playing by play in the shoulder by shoulder point by technical exercise by exercise we are responding in our way and we do it in a proportionate michoud and defensive way and we have to remember that of course you need to also always have full on forces we have more forces than a nato response force but the whole of the you know with nato is to be so strong is to be so. united and so clear and coherent no messaging that no other so tries to know a potential and tries to attack nato. and holds a duty often in liberia in less than half an hour voters will be electing a new president after twelve years under africa's first elected female president ellen johnson sirleaf twenty candidates are in the running to replace them those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story to stay with us. news has never been more enviable but the message is as simplistic and misinformation is rife listening provides a critical counterpoint