the u.s. has traditionally viewed u.s. oil as exports as a threat to u.s. national security because that was a supply that could not be controlled, access to which could not be controlled or intermediate by u.s. companies and most importantly, by the, employer the u.s. navy. we want to make sure that oil revenues go to our partners, and not to hostile oil producers. i think that should be pretty self explanatory. we want to enhance the u.s. economic position in the gulf, that if oil producers are selling to u.s. partners and allies in the united states and they're doing so through u.s. companies, even if we are sending dollars to that part of the world they will need to recycle those dollars using companies and banks that tend to be american or american allies and partners. it's a way of recycling this petra dollars and ameliorating they can't strain that is placed on u.s. balance payments. and most importantly, and i will close my top with this point. we want to prevent the domination of the gulf by any external power. what this means is that we want to ha

i think the u.s. government will send us more clear signals in the near future on how are they going to approach their economic relationship with asia in general and with china in particular. meanwhile, mexico continues to be part of the cptpp, and we continue to work very hard with them. with the pacific alliance, you will remember colombia, chile -- we are progressing on that. we have a huge agenda in the future on the trade agreement, how we manage to not integrate but harmonize nafta with a you -- new u.s. mta -- usmca. how do we deal with cptpp? how is the other agreement going to work? we are also in the process of going through the reciprocation process of the new agreement of mexico with the european union that will also have a huge impact on the automotive sector. dir. runde: look, my last question for you, ambassador, is we have an incoming mexican ambassador to the united states. at some point, the united states will name a new ambassador to mexico. could you just give a little bit of advic

the u.s. killing iran's top revolutionary guard general in a missile strike something iran has promised to take retaliation for. the other context that's important the biden administration just a week ago announced they're ready to hold talks with iran and possibly re-entering the nuclear deal that was designed to keep iran from becoming a nuclear power. that was the deal that president obama entered into with iran that president trump pulled out of. as we've been reporting out the story trying to understand the scale of these air strikes tonight we have just gotten in some tape from the brand-new defense secretary lloyd austin. he spoke with reporters on a flight back to washington. he had been visiting the u.s. military facilities. this was onboard the plane back en route to the u.s. east coast. >> we're confident in the target that we went after. we know what we hit. and we're confident that target was being used by the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. we're very deliberate abo

u.s. capitol that killed five people. they are arguing that trump had been stoking his supporters for months. our washington correspondent is standing by with the latest. the u.s. announces sanctions againsthe military regime in myanmar following a coup there last week. protester in the fifth straight day with two protesters -- hurt in clashes with police. one critically. a well-known activists in saudi arabia is released after serving three years. she was a leading voice in the fight in her countries ban on criminal -- ♪ hello, everywhere. thanks for joining us. the inciter in chief come the name house managers gave to donald trump as they argue h is responsible for an insurrection of the u.s. capitol on january 6. this is the second day of his impeachment trial in the senate. since he's already out of office he faces the punishment of not being allowed to run for political office again. they are using unseen video from the capital -- the u.s. capitol and clips of trump's statements to

as you travel the u.s. to report on her and her campaign, what has been the reaction of the indian american community to her success? >> it has been interesting. her selection as joe biden's running mate was celebrated and hailed. and when joe biden won the election and she became the first asian and black woman to ascend to the vice presidency, that has been a huge source of pride for indian americans everywhere in the u.s. and in india. he saw more tempered reactions when vice president harris was running her own campaign for president. i had done some reporting to explore the reaction among indian affairs -- indian americans, and while indian americans were glad she was in the race, and proud to see her there and proud to see more representation of indian americans and asians in the political landscape, they were not rallying to her campaign. there certainly was a generational difference. a lot of older indian americans were very excited about her candidacy, a lot of younger indian americans told me they

u.s. federal reserve chairman jerome powell made no changes to policies on wednesday despite the unemployment rate down to 6.3 percent although powell admitted a true count is closer to 10 percent paul said policy will need to stay patiently accommodative to the disappointing job markets he also said inflation has been much lower and more stable over the past 3 decades than in earlier times in the past when the jobless rate fell the fed would typically raise rates to prevent inflation but they aren't making those changes right now so for more. openness i'll see the ottavio good to have you as always the federal reserve it's indicated that it's not worried about inflation it briefly even if it means that it's surpasses that 2 percent goal is there any wesco inflation exceeding and even staying above 2 percent if unemployment stays that high and congress continue sending these drug payments to americans or is the government setting itself up for policies that in that of a inevitably are goin

safe and highly effective u.s. regulators are set to approve johnson and johnson's single shot coronavirus vaccine paving the way for global rollout. problems all rommany want to al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up facebook targets me and miles military bombing the armed forces of using any of its platforms as protests against the coup showed no signs of letting up. i believe. also more violence at one of 3 prisons in ecuador where riots broke out killing at least 79 people.

the u.s. says the ball is in iran's court as the republic and washington spar over how to revive the deal. we have the latest. it :00 a.m. across the emirates. welcome to the monday edition of "daybreak: middle east. " assets ride -- rise as yields ride. it is melting quite literally in front of your eyes and our guest says this is the consequence of the reflation is trade as bond markets reprice negative yielding debt. i am asking the question, i didn't yesterday, i ask it today. are we at the beginning of a regime change. let me show you where bond yields are. big moves and copper and oil, playing reflation trade but the movement in the government bond yield still as more to run if you want to get back to pre-pandemic levels, 1.6%, the consensus is 1.45 by the end. the british bond market is up. the german market is up by 10 points. i take it to copper, ripping it up, above $9,000, the longest running rally since 1986. they say this is the largest deficit in a decade and inventories are shri

that's according to a long awaited u.s. intelligence report it details how the crown prince's absolute control of the kingdom's intelligence operations would have made it nearly impossible for the attack to go ahead without his approval the report lists 21 individuals u.s. intelligence feels were complicit in the. death in the saudi consulate in istanbul they include 7 members of the crown prince's elite personal protective detail agnes the u.n. official investigating hushes death has urged washington to order new sanctions directly targeting bin selman saudi arabia has rejected the report calling it unjustified and inaccurate riyadh maintains the killers were a rogue group and says it's done all it can to punish them well the state department meanwhile has announced a so-called ban on 76 saudi nationals secretary of state anthony blinken says the new policy goes some way to making sure he didn't die in vain we now have in place a new policy that applies not just to saudi arabia but across the board and it gives us i think

now u.s. president joe biden has outlined his vision for u.s. foreign policy in his 1st major policy speech biden said he wants to reassert u.s. global leadership we build alliances and reverse donald trump's america 1st agenda he added that he aims to end u.s. support for the war in yemen and halt the withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany the united states is ready to engage with the world again that was joe biden's message from the modeled holes of washington state department for biden that means foreign policy must be grounded in a multilateral world rather than a defense of america's interests that puts america 1st. is back diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy so the u.s. will once more try to find solutions to the world's problems like in yemen dubbed the world's worst humanitarian crisis years of conflict has destroyed much of the country killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving more near starvation the u.s. has given tacit backing to one side of that war no more says by. this war has to end. and to underscore

u.s. chamber of commerce and greece and much more to come. we will continue to be a strong voice in not observing the problems but really being actors of change. this year the eu will be our priority. we will partner with the eu delegation in washington to launch a national campaign to reset eu-u.s. relations and explain the european union to americans and explain why a strong and united eu is a core national interest of the united states. the mr. president, you've been transformational leader for europe leading the way to a more sovereign europe on the international stage to face these challenges, and this is why we're so delighted to have you with us today. we brought a group of americans and europeans from all walks of of life and generations to ask you questions on foreign policy issues, the global economic challenges, but also the societal challenges that our countries face together. let me ask you the first question, mr. president. joe biden was inaugurated as president two weeks ago

active activists in the u.s. -- activists in the u.s. demonstrate. -- finally reunite migrant children taken away from their parents. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs, in the united states and around the world, welcome. we begin tonight in moscow, where alexey navalny has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. he was detained last month for violating the terms of his probation. he failed to check in with authorities, because he was here in germany, recovering from a near fatal poisoning, which he blames on the kremlin. today's ruling has sparked an international outcry. reporter: the only goodbye alexey navalny could manage, his wife, before he heads to prison. he told the court the charges were fabricated, a way of intimidating his supporters. >> all of these officers, it is not a show of strength. it shows their weakness. they are weak. they cannot jail thousands, or even millions of people. reporter: outside, the cavalry arrived early in the morning. lines of riot police stood in front of the court, not to kee

the u.s. is rejoining the paris climate agreement. >> so now, as our first speaker in this program, it is my privilege to welcome the 46th president of the united states. president joe biden has truly been a loyal and long-term friend of the munich security conference. in 2019, mr. president, you said in this very place in this very hall, we will be back. mr. president, thank you for keeping that promise. we welcome you back to this stage and you have the floor. thank you so much. pres. biden: thank you, mr. ambassador. it is great to be with angela and emmanuel. we just spent a part of the morning together. i want to say hello to everyone and thanks, you at the munich conference, for hosting this special session. for decades you have pointed out that i have participated in the munich security conference as a u.s. senator joining my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to affirm the importance of the transatlantic partnership. three times as vice president of the u.s., including delivering

news that the u.s. relationship with china over the next few years will not be one of conflict but will be one of extreme competitions work focused more on international rules of the road so what exactly does that mean and what is acting a local i join me now to question host ben swan and jeffrey tucker editorial director at the american economic institute for economic research ben let's start with you breakdown for us president biden's comments what is he saying about this extreme competition. yeah you know he talks about extreme competition being the driver between china and the united states the problem with that statement you know he said that the u.s. is going to be very tough because he mentioned specifically president geo over in china referring to president g. has been very tough and very bright but he also said this he says he does not have a democratic small d. bone in his body right and we all know that's absolutely true but the reality is what biden is talking about is competing with china a

the u.s. has kind of alienated a lot of the international community and i think biden as the newly elected president has a lot to live up to he promised to enforce democracy and universal values and he wants to bring back i think the u.s. as a global superpower a global player and i think he will pick up. and so did you let me just interrupt the sound a distinctly ruffle to do some commentary he said it was just a quip this comment about china will and so our lunch but for my for my view it seemed like he was he was ruffled and very consternation about the future is i mean i think he has reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has a xi jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and road initiatives that china policy in infrastructure and the fed the developing the manufacturing industry i think if the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i t

the u.s. president joe biden has addressed america's top allies and security partners calling on them to work together to tackle a range of problems facing the international community a global pandemic a warming planet and democracy under siege by those pledging $4000000000.00 to the kovacs covert 19 vaccination program it's his presidential debut on the world stage the 1st participated in a virtual summit of the g 7 leaders of the u.k. france germany italy canada and japan britain's prime minister boris johnson hosted that virtual meeting to come up with a united strategy to tackle the globe in the covert 900 pandemic let's hear what he had to say. our plan is to ensure. that the building better. technology that will be used to tackle climate change delivers the hundreds of thousands if not millions of new green collar jobs that we knew it could produce a job growth is what we're going to need after this pandemic and i think that the other bill that operation offers the right way forward or m

the u.s. is defending its decision to bomb a target in syria the attack on what's alleged to have been a base of an iranian backed militias the 1st known military operation carried out by the ministration iran has strongly condemned the strikes illegal aggression mike hanna from washington. the decision to strike was taken at the very top after days of consultation with his national security teams president biden ordered the attack which took place on early thursday evening d.c. time this apparently in retaliation for a series of recent attacks by militia groups in lebanon and iraq one of which killed a u.s. contractor. the target. it's believed the attack was carried out by 2 f. 15 s using joint direct attack munitions a j.-dam is described as a precision weapon with g.p.s. navigation capabilities the target says the pentagon was a base being used by an iranian backed militia on the syrian side of the border with iraq and this response was conducted together with diplomatic measures including

the u.s. for example when you combine the f.a.q. see price and logistics you really have what i believe is the best of a cure the world and me scientists in the world agree the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3 trials of sputnik and their good side effects if any doesn't require a deep freeze so more widely available to poorer nations when russian scientists said all of this it was met with our roles and mockery but when other scientists say the same thing they all gnawed sagely in agreement this is clearly good news as these geo formulation vaccine is comparatively easy to manufacture and to deploy i mean they anticipated global shortage of vaccines and logistical problems in vaccination rollout it's interesting timing too now that maternal vaccines are experiencing shortages and disruptions sputnik isn't so bad after all it never was but politics is politics and a vaccine isn't immune to political trash talk as sad as that is around 50 nations have already

now to the u.s. capitol that's where correspondent oliver saladin standing by good evening to you we know that the attorneys for donald trump they say that this trial is unconstitutional what are their main arguments. o'brien there are trying to question the legitimacy of this trial centrally focusing on this very point that donald trump is no longer president of the united states therefore can't be impeached what we're really seeing here is somewhat of an attempt to hide behind those technical questions all this question of can he be impeached or not but really trying to avoid the real question that's at stake here and that is how much damage has been done to the american democracy and we know the democratic prosecutors they are calling it an obligation to hold donald trump accountable what is their line of attack the democrats are trying to lay out that they believe the doll trump can be held accountable for this riot that took place here at the very place where we are standing right now in front o

now ben this is a big issue in terms of china becoming far less dependent on the u.s. over the past year correct. that's right i mean i think the professor is right when he says you know when we're talking about studying the issue that doesn't really resolve anything it doesn't resolve anything here's here's the reality though of the situation with semiconductors the trumpet ministration really try to block china from having access to semiconductors specifically for companies like wall way they have access to them as well as companies that he said that the trumpet ministration claimed were working with the chinese military well as a result of that what china did was they stopped being so dependent on the us in terms of you know buying simming conductor chips from the u.s. in the says sort of developing their own they also bought up incredibly large numbers of semiconductor chips and they've been holding them and using them over time kind of rationing them along the way so what that leads us to is the point we're at today where the u.s. once again is playing from behind

the former u.s. administration was highly critical of the wto and threatened to cut ties. >> there is great desire to reform the dispute settlement. i know the biden administration still has issues with it, as have previous administrations. there are valid criticisms about the way the body functions. vonnie: ghana is the first country to receive covid-19 vac settings through the wta kovacs rollout -- wto covax rollout. the astrazeneca shot is one of the most successful in the world and doesn't need to be stored at freezing temperatures. the hong kong exchange says it wasn't consulted on moves to resume stock trading's, a move that sent stocks tumbling the most in six years. it is seen as raising a next 1.5 billion dollars u.s. a year for finances hong kong exchanges -- for finances. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: let's tune -- shery: let's tur

two u.s. fighter jets dropped precision guided bombs on a compound in syria just across the iraqi border. at least several suspected militants were killed. the u.s. allegations the site was used by iranian-backed militias to smuggle weapons and are the same militias that have been firing rockets at u.s. force necessary iraq in recent weeks. cnn's arwa damon joins us from baghdad with the perspective from there. we've heard condemnation from syria, from iran. what's been the reaction there in iraq? >> very muted, kim. because the iraqi government really does not want to get any more involved than it already is. and what has to say that this country is extraordinarily involved, given that it is the proxy battlefield, the main proxy battlefield between the u.s. and iran. because, let's just note that the united states carried out air strikes against iraqi iranian backed militias inside syria. and it just gives you an idea of how complicated all of these dynamics are. but for quite some time now,

the u.s. releases an intelligence report that says the saudi crown prince approved an operation to capture or killed journalist jamal has. false and unacceptable saudi arabia rejects washington's report and says it's taken steps against people behind the killing. i'm about this in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up use any means necessary to take action against them. a stunning defiance me amar's ambassador to the u.n. urges the international community to act against the coup and restore democracy. more than 300 nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by on demand the 2nd such incident in as many weeks. so i think crown prince mohammed bin someone approved the operation to capture or kill journalists. that's according to a long awaited u.s. intelligence report it details how the crown prince's absolute control of the kingdom's intelligence operations would have made it nearly impossible for the mission to go ahead without his approval 76 people from saudi arabia have now been banned

the u.s. state department u.k. foreign oe have urged beijing to allow independent investigators into the camps. china's reign ministry has denied the allegations. matthew hill spoke to several former detainees for his report. aarning -- you may find some of their accounts distressing. reporter: two dayo, we broadcast the story. she described how she was held in this reeducation camp for months and it was a victim of repeated rape. x there were three men -- >> thereere three men. not one, but three. they did whatever their mind could think of and they didn't spare any part of my body. to the extent it was disgusting to look at. they did not just rape. they were barbaric. they had bitten all over my body. reporter: we heard from someone living in the relative safety of this tumble have them fled china. she's a kazakh who said she w forced to be complicit in the rape that goes on in the camps. >> my job is to remove their close completeld handcuff them on their bed so they cannot move. reporter: reaction to our story

well the u.s. is on the brink of a nuclear war with russia and china that's the stark warning from 4 star admiral charles richard the u.s. strategic command chief the u.s. military must shift its principle assumption from nuclear employments is not possible to nuclear employment is a very real possibility and act to meet and deter that reality. let's delve into all of it with former united nations weapons inspector scott ritter who we welcome to the program scott good to see you last aspect a pretty blunt a pretty shocking statement from the admiral could he be right though. well i mean it could be if the united states continues on the you know in the direction that it currently is where it is identified russia and china as sheer adversaries requiring the buildup of conventional military power. to adequately contain the threat they pose both in europe in terms of the russians and in the pacific in terms of the chinese as things currently stand the united states does not have the conventional milita

the u.s. is on the brink of a nuclear war with russia and china that's the thought warning from 4 star admiral charles richard america's strategic command chief the u.s. military must shift its principle assumption from nuclear employments is not possible to nuclear employment is a very real possibility and act to meet and deter that reality of former u.n. weapons inspector scott ritter believes the admiral's warnings are a dangerous move. if the united states dare uses nuclear weapons against russian forces or on russian soil the russians will have no choice but to risk this is what makes the admiral's statements about preparing for a nuclear war so dangerous because there is no way of containing it if there is a nuclear war between the united states and russia it will be a general nuclear war which means not only will both nations be a male it but the world will also be destroyed as we currently know it the united states identified russia and china as sheer adversaries requiring the build up

history the u.s. senate acquitted trump finding him not guilty of inciting an insurrection now just imagine former president donald trump says he could stand in the shadow of the u.s. capitol launch a deadly riot to overthrow the government even be impeached and still he'd get away with it i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. this trial is about who we are proud to profit practically. and morally responsible destroying has raised the question about words actions and consequences john protests were present states. is not a guilty of recall and that day that cowardly. 33 senators were basically saying no amount of facts would have made any difference to them he has to be discredited the eyes of the american people and the judgment of history and i don't think it was his fault what happened and i look forward to him coming back. also coming up a little archie will soon be a big brother his parents the duke and duchess of sussex say their family is about to grow from 3 to 4. especially. because. previ

as important to remember the u.s. election officials have said there is no evidence of significant fraud in the 2020 presidential vote which they called the most secure in the country's history but jim hoffa of the gateway pundit thinks there's no justification for shutting out those who disagree with that twitter does not want is to release any more of this information they're citing as as spreading in violating their ethics clause that they just put in where you cannot challenge anything about the 20 twentieth's action and yet there are still individuals who are challenging the 2016 election that's still allowed on twitter they're so secure with their position why are they cracking down and eliminating eliminating. sites like myself from the social media platforms it doesn't make sense and this is what we've fought against for several months now. campaigners are demanding answers from u.k. police over the death of a black man the day after his arrest artist shaadi edwards daschle spoke to the family of muhammad huss

the u.s. attorney in brooklyn for purposely withholding nursing home death toll data from lawmakers and the public because of political reasons. a report from new york's attorney general found cuomo's controversial march 25th order may have led to more deaths in mandated covid-19 positive patients be release from hospitals. >> we make the decisions based on the information that we have at the time. we made the right public health decisions at the time and faced with the same fact when we make the same decisions again. >> zucker says the march 25th directive had no significant impact on the number of covid-19 deaths in nursing homes but a new study by a state watchdog group called the empire center says that policy led to several hundred and possibly more than 1,000 unnecessary resident deaths. >> bret: bryan llenas in new york, thank you. now the weather even though power is restored and most of texas tonight, many residents are having a hard time finding food and water. thousands and other st

it's time for the u.s. and china to get their relationship back on track at least according to beijing china is pressing the new administration and d.c. to axe many of former president trump policies against the nation in hopes of forging better relations with president biden and his team are to use alex my love it tells the story with the trumpet ministration. an opportunity has presented itself to improve relations between the u.s. and china the 2 countries are often at odds but in reality both camps know that they need each other to prosper. but the essence of sino u.s. economic and trade relations is a mutual benefit and when when the interests of both sides are deeply integrated full cooperation will benefit both good will complication you can only hurt cooperation is the only correct choice however in recent years the trouble ministration chose confrontation over cooperation during president trumps time in office the u.s. hiked tariffs on imports from china and imposed bans and other restrictions on c

it's a u.s. based far right extremist group why hasn't it been declared a terrorist group peer that's what they were discussed with our panel today there is a renewed interest of course in domestic terrorism now with the new administration of what happened on january 6th in fact i believe president biden might be the 1st president ever to mention it in an operation speech here listen to this. a cry for survival come sort of planet itself a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now a rise of political extremism white supremacy the mystic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat. white supremacy and domestic terrorism in the not her recent speech now here's the thing the u.s. actually doesn't have a formal law for domestic terrorism is of the debate as should it but as we know from the past what happens when the u.s. has expanded temp powers under the name of terrorism often has minority groups in the u.s. who have suffered the most under those new laws so that's also can

they began striking u.s. targets, and stoking conflict between iran and the u.s. (guns firing, people shouting) >> one of the worst attacks on a u.s. embassy in years. that group is known as kata'ib hezbollah. >> navai: the tensions got worse in early 2020. >> a u.s. drone strike killed one of iran's most powerful military leaders overnight. major general qasem soleimani... >> navai: the drone strike outside baghdad airpt also killed the founder of kata'ib hezbollah. >> abu mahdi al-muhandis, who was sanctioned by the u.s. for violence against americans, was also killed. >> navai: in response, kata'ib hezbollah and other militias stepped up their attacks on u.s. and coalition targets. including this rocket attack on a coalition base that happened while we were there. the latest attack happened just a few days ago, and this is missiles hit near the u.s. base in erbil, and we're about to talk to the group accused of that attack. the group is the 30th brigade, part of a network of militias known as the hashd. like other militias, they are notoriously suspicious of we

dollar the u.s. dollar and all feel money isn't a hyperinflationary collapse against because it's so obvious if you simply look at things with an unbiased view you can see the truth and but it's difficult to see the truth with an unbiased view because especially in a world without any standers and surviving institutions people live exclusively on their biases so the truth is beyond their perception but those who listen to because i understand the truth and say money is collapsing just so you know it is almost summer. like here in north carolina and we do you might start to hear some people out in the in the yard like we're doing some summer sort of work prepping the plants and stuff like that so if you hear america cleaned out or next door i'm having them chop down i thought you can say it's a defibrillator as i thought it would be later it's coming it's a flock of the 50 later is coming for the u.s. dollar. yeah right so again here's a guy saying he's very very short the us dollar look at what the a

the u.s. has kind of alienated a lot of the international community and i think biden as the newly elected president has a lot to live up to he promised to enforce democracy and universal values and he wants to bring back i think the u.s. as a global superpower a global player and i think he will pick up the issue to let me just interrupt the sound a distinctly ruffle to do some commentary he said it was just a quip this comment about china willing to lunge but for my for my view it seemed like he was he was ruffled and very constant attitude about the future is i mean i think he has reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has as xi jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and right initiatives there china policy in infrastructure and feather developing the manufacturing industry i think the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i think was

and south africa spread right here in the u.s. scientists found a number of new variants are that originated from right here the most dangerous one being the q 677 spike imitation which has been found in the u.s. right now it's difficult to answer even basic questions about the very end because the u.s. researches less than one percent of corinna virus test samples now lastly on a february 16th and another a very contagious and deadly there ian was also found in a several continent in fact this latest variant has been detected in 11 countries listed right here plus the fact that this is very and has been in so many countries indicates that it's been around for some time now. now the fear is that this mutation could also make the vaccine less effective and brand all these new very and stay opposed to major threats 1st to counteract the higher risk of infection i t v could once again be tightened pushing you know economies back into recession in britain for example where one of the fast spreading variant is now widespread they re en

if the u.s. is to avoid and mitigate major system shocks like covid-19 in the future, the president will need to prioritize an expanded focus on resilience in the early days of this administration. to kick us off for our event today, i want to turn over to the atlantic council board director, president, and ceo of -- north america. former deputy secretary of homeland security and a wonderful colleague of mine. in her role at dhs, jane was responsible for the management of the department's efforts to secure and manage the nation's orders and strengthen national resilience. she offers a distinguished understanding in the ways of u.s. responding to current crises in preparing for the next ones. jane thank you for joining us , today and for your dedicated service to u.s. security. we look forward to hearing your perspective on these issues. a couple of housekeeping notes before i turn it over to jane, this is a public event on the record. we encourage our audience on zoom to ask questions using the q

the u.s. has launched and strikes in syria targeting facilities used by iranian backed militias the main target was the military base. close to syria's border with iraq the pentagon says that it was in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq. with. the target that we were there we know we. were property that that target was being you. know sorry shia militia. that conducted destroy. hezbollah and sayyid shahada 2 of the targets of militias that part of the popular mobilization of forces on the brother of shia groups formed in 2014 to 5 i saw in iraq that he has ball all hizbollah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war its fighters attacked u.s. and coalition forces and. other was founded in 2013 like the hezbollah brigades it conducts operations in both syria and iraq let's get more on this now for months irresistible to full team is with us live from baghdad summer where does this put iraq in terms of its relationships with both the u.

one of former u.s. president donald trump's most restrictive immigration policies has started to be dismantled thousands of asylum seekers had to wait in mexico for their cases to be heard in the u.s. now one of the biden the ministration up to 25 people a day will be allowed to enter the u.s. while immigration courts consider the future fund iraq on the reports from mexico city on whether the policy change in effect the number of arrivals at the border this is very much on the radar of immigration officials both in the united states as well as here in mexico and we should note that throughout the course of 2020 the lock down from the pandemic saw an overall decline in migration from central america specifically but then something interesting happens in december we see a spike in the number of migrants coming up toward the united states we're seeing numbers that are higher than even before the pandemic began and we have heard those speculations that this could be in part due to the more quote unquote re

a u.s. congressman whose push to end american vote meant in the war says he was yelling that by the u.s. ambassador roe conn i was the lead sponsor of the resolution to cut off washington support for the saudi and the rot in the coalition representatives of ambassador yourself but deny even raised his voice of the congressman but cannot recall the incident during an interview with the intercept podcast deconstructive you know i never had a gas that are up to another country come to my office and literally yell at me but that's what i had with the ambassador to us here and i think that they were used to date the best year u.a.e. in the ambassador to saudi arabia having a very positive reception of it you know and it's really shifted dramatically in the 4 years i've been here and i also think they miscalculated in assuming that trump would just be there for another 4 years and really may no effort to think about how the world may change if the democrats came to the white house. protesters arou

a u.s. farm biopharmaceutical company is looking to bring an indian made covert 1000 vaccine to america pennsylvania based archaean inc wants to get kovacs in approved for use here in the states hopes are that it can play an important role in protecting americans from the crown of artists which would most likely boost standings in the stock market r.t.s. alex mahela bitch has a story. it has been one of the hardest hit countries in the global pandemic. with more than 10700000 registered infections india has recorded the 2nd highest number of covert cases in the world after the united states more than 150000 people in india have died so far from the corona virus but things are starting to get better . the number of active code 1000 cases in the country is continuously decreasing it is currently less than 160000 this trend of declining and cases is ongoing the mass coated 19 vaccination drive program kicked off in india in mid january so far more than 4500000 doses of vaccines have been admini

and they have u.s. operations. >> the is operations in dallas. they are based in monterey, and mexico. they are in egypt, they are all around the world. see what they are the saudi arabia cornflower. >> you could say that. >> give me another example of the mexican company investing in the unitede states, i think we never hear about this. there are tons of these there are lots of examples like this. the fourth largest confectionery in the world. >> largest breadmaker. they bought about four years ago, sara lee. >> host: really? >> guest: they own sarae lee. it is a huge mexican company. i think it's the most effective one in mexico in bread making is also a global company. they have o the best logistics you can imagine. and of course they have also more than 30 factories in the u.s. stuart are they the ones it on the twinkies? >> guest: i don't think so but i can check. sue and their also famous for the white bread. >> guest: yes yes.e basically they are great. they are other companies that are smaller,

but one of the big issues for china, in u.s. growth is, is u.s. dollar and u.s. debt. that weighs on chinese fiscal policy and chinese currency policy. that is the economic side of the contest between the u.s. and china, of course, it is multifaceted, as you alluded to, on technology in particular. on tariffs which are still imposed on chinese imports into the u.s., none of that looks like it will let up in the near term. shery: not to mention the ongoing humanitarian issues between the two sides, whether in chin jang with the weaker population or with police charging off -- opposition activists in hong kong. how do these issues risk the relationship in the next few years? >> many people in china say that china is able to crack down on hong kong and will continue to and will not pay a price for that. i guess that is true in the short-term, but, over the longer term these sorts of issues hardened attitudes in washington and also in the capitals of many other mainly developed countries, not just developed countries. you can see the issue seeping through and countries in

now the u.s. state department has defended the removal of yemen's heathy rebels from its terra blacklist however the u.s. says it will continue to pressure the 50s for what it calls a reprehensible conduct doesn't jordan has more now from washington d.c. . late last week the biden it ministration notified congress that it's going to reverse one of the trumpet ministrations final acts in all this designating the who tees a member of not one but 2 terrorist group lists we notified the hill of the secretary's intent to revoke the foreign terrorist organization and specially designated global terrorist as the nations of on surveillance we did that late last week we have also been very clear about a 2nd element of this intent to revoke that designation has nothing to do with our view of the who these and their reprehensible conduct including as you mentioned attacks against civilians in the kidnapping of american citizens a among other moves we are committed as we again said last night to helping saudi

hello and welcome to cross talk or all things considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. president joe biden has formally presented his administration's foreign policy vision it's a mixed bag for sure here on this edition of crossfire we break it all down the good the bad and the ugly. to discuss joe biden's foreign policy i'm joined by my guest claimed these and also he is a professor in author of the book russian conservatism managing change under permanent revolution and here in moscow we have maxine shook off he is an expert at the russian international affairs council originally crossed up rules of effect that means you can jump at any time you want and i was appreciate it ok let's go to glenn 1st here in oslo and looking at joe biden's 1st speech at the state department. was supposed to be his vision here and the mainstream media was positive towards it and he stressed at least in the beginning of his comments about diplomacy but if you look at he entire speech there is no diplomatic initiative being presented and very interesting way where there could be and should

it was very clear like because of their moral hot moral values the u.s. . office or against yemen but it's the us all still support saudi arabia against iran now by this previously also said that he agrees with this assessment that the yemen war is the main conflict between saudi arabia and iran so so it's a very difficult to have it both ways a lot doesn't mean that the u.s. mainly provided support for saudi arabia in disorder in yemen they want to help us out but again i did not ask saudi arabia to start or so so in some ways this is their poor souls issue it could actually mean absolutely nothing or what exactly would change and this is coming again is a running theme saying well china we will be very tough on china however sure we will succumb to the understanding and you know russia will get tough on russia you know we don't really have any more sanctions we really need this trade so i just like this foreign policy speech it really tells me that the u.s. is still trying to find its place another outlet changing world and it also tells me that the u.s.

it's time for the u.s. and china to get their relationship back on track at least according to beijing china is pressing the new administration and d.c. to axe many of former president trump policies against the nation in hopes of forging better relations with president biden and his team are to use alex my love it tells the story with the trumpet ministration. an opportunity has presented itself to improve relations between the u.s. and china the 2 countries are often at odds but in reality both camps know that they need each other to prosper. but the essence of sino us economic and trade relations is a mutual benefit and when when the interests of both sides are deeply integrated full cooperation will benefit both good will complication you can only hurt cooperation is the only correct choice however in recent years the troubled ministration chose confrontation over cooperation during president trump's time in office the u.s. hiked tariffs on imports from china and imposed bans and other restrictions on c

ever since the u.s. placed sanctions on iran its economy has shrunk at least 5 percent every year production the country's most important source of revenue has almost completely stalled as has its banking sector many european companies have also been pulling back for fear of reprisals from the us the result prices have been skyrocketing and he rants inflation rate is currently around 30 percent those suffering most are the iranian people many hope a resumption of negotiations with the west will help bring improvements under get people have been living under severe economic pressure and if they want to cut off cooperation that pressure will of course intensify the problems have become so huge the people can't even live a normal life. but the government 1st wants to get rid of the sanctions. the problem is us is addicted to sanctions u.s. is addicted to pressure the u.s. is addicted to booty. are sanctions the best bargaining chip. the u.s. is addicted to bullying. it's hard to argue with that. that's cert

no i don't think they'll do i think they have no choice i think the u.s. i think u.s. dominance is vastly diminished and i think the transatlantic alliance is vastly diminished by thanks to brag that and and britain's exit from the from the e.u. but the but the us is much weaker than it was pre trump trump definitely lowered america's profile in the in the world and has at least the loo with little choice but to strike out on its own and conduct independent negotiation means of a china russia and iran i mean i was especially interested by struck by the way biden extolled the article by the mutual defense clause and the nato charter and he said it was a joke that the only times in focus after $911.00 well it was invoked to support a war on terror which turned into a disaster there and it was especially disastrous for the european countries which were at sensually flooded with refugees and bombarded with terrorism largely due to u.s. policies and their own government's ready ready accession to those files so there has got to think for a soft of the point out just to turn

as you travel the u.s. to report on her and her campaign, what has been the reaction of the indian american community to her success? >> it has been interesting. her selection as joe biden's running mate was celebrated and hailed. and when joe biden won the election and she became the first asian and black woman to ascend to the vice presidency, that has been a huge source of pride for indian americans everywhere in the u.s. and in india. you saw more tempered reactions when vice president harris was running her own campaign for president. in the days of her campaign, i had done some reporting to explore the reaction among indian americans, and while indian americans were glad she was in the race, and proud to see her there and proud to see more representation of indian americans and asians in the political landscape, they were not rallying to her campaign. there certainly was a generational difference. a lot of older indian americans were very excited about her candidacy, a lot of younger indian americans

u.s. president joe biden for helping secure her release from prison. venezuelans are crossing the border into neighboring columbia on foot. how long will they stay? perhaps 10 years. i'm brent goff, to our viewers on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. today, chancellor angela merkel admitted to failings in the government's handling of the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. she told parliament the government had not been careful or fast enough. opposition members jeered as she defendedhe decision to extend the national lockdown. and local businesses across the country are furious. >> germany's streets will remain empty and its stores closed for another three long weeks at least. while infection rates keep falling, dangerous mutations remain. the lockdown will be extended. those despairing over the pandemic headache can go -- bad pandemic hair can go to the salon. schools will be reopening in february. the government has set an ambitious new target fo