right thomas of a home state secretary in the german defense ministry thank you very much for joining us here. and we do have some of breaking news coming into us from washington president biden said ministration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats and this is in response to interference in last year's presidential election as well as the hacking last year of federal government agencies and the u.s. for the 1st time explicitly linked that intrusion to a russian intelligence service of the russian foreign ministry has condemned the sanctions as both against the interests of both countries and we'll have more on that story for you in the next hour let's move on to some other headlines now germany and the u.s. are backing calls for russia to halt its troop build up along the border with ukraine kiev says moscow is sent thousands of soldiers to the frontier and there are fears that the 7 year conflict between russia and ukraine could flare up again . the editors of a russian student magazine that covered nationwide protests

brent: that was thomas silber horn speaking with the german defense ministry. let's look at other stories making headlines. u.s. president biden's administration announced a new round of sanctions against russia, including expulsion of 10 russian diplomats. this is in response to alleged interference in last year's presidential election in the hacking of u.s. government agencies. the russian foreign ministry has condemned sanctions, saying a response is inevitable. derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer accused of the murder of george floyd, will not testify in his own trial. chauvin told the judge he was invoking his fifth amendment right. closing arguments in the trial is scheduled monday. demonstrators pay tribute to hundreds killed following unrest after the myanmar military takeover in february. this comes after security forces arrested a main leader of the campaign against military rule and after the army opened fire on protesting health care workers in the city of mandalay. germany' is coronavirus vaccine is picking up pace. on thursday, th

the defense ministry says it completed as exercises. ella terry hardware will be left behind for another drill later this year. nato and ukraine's president have welcomed the de-escalation. oats say they will remain vigilant. western powers have been calling on russia to de-escalate after its military buildup near the border. russia has also announced it is closing the straight between the black and as off-season to ukrainian and other foreign ships until the end of october. moscow says it is for naval exercises. tf calls it a violation of international law. >> the maritime guard head out across the sea crews work with a ukrainian navy monitoring russian warships in waters both countries share control of according to a 2003 agreement. moscow recently deployed 15 warships from its caspian fleet as part of a vast russian military buildup along ukraine's borders. >> the threat level has been the same since 2014. in the past week, we have seen more ships from the russian fleet including a landing craft, three small artillery boats and other

defense ministry has announced it is withdrawing forces used in large scale military drills in crimea and the black sea they have utilized more than 10000 soldiers over a 1000 vehicles and 40 warships and we understand the defense minister has been attending those. german politicians are considering a bill to let the government regional powers and force. including. closing down the sports facilities. between demonstrators and. her. it was. was. was it was. it was. with her. on wednesday the bundestag the german parliament voted through amendments to the infection protection act which would essentially take powers to impose covert restrictions away from the 16 states of germany and give that power to the federal government here in berlin now this is being called an emergency brake what it will do is it will give uniformity to what is essentially being a year's worth of a patchwork of covert measures that have differed from state to state across germany this will allow the federal government and angle of merkel's government here in berlin to impose things like a curfew from 10 pm until

report which has been firmly rejected by the french defense ministry mean those may's able to confirm evidence celebration at the site of the strike had brought together 100 surveillance at least 22 people including 3 of the suspected my members present at the gathering were killed by the french strike on the 3rd of january 2021 in bone team of the french defense ministry claims the evidence provided was not enough to prove civilians had been killed instead it maintains its airstrikes have wiped out a group of she harvests operation baccarat and is are led by the french military with the goal of fighting is the most groups on creating stability in africa so hell region the mission began in 2013 it continues to this day with any remains high while many locals question the overall legitimacy of the french presence. i think this is the 1st time the u.n. has inquired about human rights issues amid the military action during operation but come for the observers and those who know mali very well this is not the 1st time the french army is mentioned in connection with such issues let me remi

ministry says it successfully completed its exercises but military hardware will be left behind for another drill later this year nato and ukraine's president little ms lewinsky have welcomed the deescalation but both say they'll remain vigilant western powers have been calling on russia to deescalate after its military buildup near the ukrainian border and in crimea. russia has also announced it's closing the cut straight between a black and as off sees 2 ukrainian and other foreign ships until the end of october says it's for naval exercises in the region but here of course it a violation of international law charles stratford joined ukraine's navy on the sea of us off. barrier poles maritime guard head out across a folkie see the crews work with ukrainian navy monitoring a russian warships in waters both countries share control of according 282003 maritime agreement but moscow recently deployed 15 warships to the azoff sea from its caspian fleet as part of a vast russian military build up along ukraine's borders in the. us the threat level has been the same since 2014 but in the

earlier we spoke to thomas silber worn state secretary in the german defense ministry he's a member of parliament for german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives we asked him if germany's mission in afghanistan if that mission has been accomplished. well 1st of all of the core military goal to deploy troops of coniston was to avoid future threats for us from afghan soil this core military goal has been accomplished but the political goes beyond this military perspective of course have not been fully achieved and it's a dream ains that the question of for the political leaders for all actors in afghanistan how to find 3 conciliation to a peaceful development to new elections and to stabilization in this society which is suffering for 4 decades already from civil war that was told was there speaking with the german defense ministry let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to

and we could talk more about that with thomas horn he's the state secretary in the german defense ministry and a member of parliament for chancellor merkel's conservative bloc mrs abel hunt thank you very much for joining us here on the w. is now really the right time to pull out of afghanistan. we've always said we were in afghanistan together and we will go out together so we have been in sound consultation in recent weeks and so we are not surprised about this decision taken by the nato council and we are well prepared for the withdrawal and for the redeployment of our troops you've also always said that it wasn't about dates or timetables but about the situation on the ground and we just heard that the situation isn't good the security situation the taliban is resurgent there are real concerns about what might happen to women's rights that have been won over the last 20 years so what support can germany offer that going forward. well 1st of all of the core military go to deploy troops of ganesan was to avoid future threats for us from afghan soil this core military goal has been accomp

and we can talk more about that with thomas on he's the state secretary in the german defense ministry and a member of parliament for chancellor merkel's conservative bloc mrs abel hunt thank you very much for joining us here on the w. is now really the right time to pull out of afghanistan. you always served we were in afghanistan together and we will go out together so we have been in some consultation in recent weeks and so we were not surprised about this decision taken by the need to come so we are well prepared for this withdrawal and for the redeployment of our troops you've also always said that it wasn't about dates or timetables but about the situation on the ground and we just heard that the situation isn't good the security situation the taliban is resurgent there are real concerns about what might happen to women's rights that have been won over the last 20 years so what support can germany offer that going forward. well 1st of all of the core military goal to deploy troops of ganesan was to avoid future threats for us from afghan soil this core military goal has been acco

was born there from the german defense ministry germany's coronavirus vaccination program is picking up pace on thursday the country saw a record number of daily vaccinations but it's also seeing the biggest rise in new infections in 3 months new national level controls have been approved by the country's cabinet but it could take another week to be passed by parliament and with hospitals filling up quickly doctors are warning that time is running. on germany's intensive care ward this is what the 3rd wave looks like more than 29000 new coded 19 cases were reported on thursday the highest number since early january doctors a warning that in parts of the country only 10 percent of intensive care beds around failed the head of germany's public health institute is a long. list the reason yet stood is clear that we need to act now on all levels above all the decision makers need to take action we need to reduce contacts now break the infection chain now and save lives in the health of many people feeling that. but not all decision makers share that sense of urgency in particular some reg

and earlier i spoke to were thomas silver warren he is the state secretary in the german defense ministry and a member of parliament for chancellor merkel's conservative bloc we asked him if germany's mission in afghanistan has been accomplished. well 1st of all of the core military go to the ploy troops of coniston was to avoid future threats for us from afghan soil this core military goal has been accomplished but the political goes beyond this military perspective of course have not been fully achieved and it's remained so the question of for the political leaders for all actors in afghanistan how to find to reconsideration to a peaceful development to new elections and to stabilisation in this society which is suffering for 4 decades already from civil war. thomas syllable in a speaking to the news earlier well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to interference in last year's p

ministry says it's successfully completed its not checks but military hardware will be left behind for another exercise they say this year and a funeral has been held in the u.s. state of minnesota for dante wright shot dead by a police officer this month friends and family paid tribute to the 20 year old who was killed during a routine traffic stop in brooklyn center near minneapolis. one i want east is up next i phone or. welcome sir it should be about raising sleep prices or is this entirely down to the pandemic we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in a prime minister designate a. tosca of fixing a war torn economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. these people barely know each other. separated a lifetime ago they don't speak the same language but their families together at last. thousands of children were removed from east timor during the indonesian military occupation. raised its indonesians or abandoned far from harlem and their east timor was lost generation. some way to break a family break a person and break a society by taking

ministry says it's successfully completed its snap checks but military hardware will be left behind for another exercise later this year. a funeral has been held in the u.s. state of minnesota the don't a right shot dead by a police officer this month friends and family paid tribute to the 20 year old who was killed during a routine traffic stop in brooklyn center in minneapolis the officer has resigned and been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter. i never imagined being here the role we review but. might have miles there were a $1000000.00 when you walked in the room you had a. brother so there are. so many. hong kong investigative journalist has been found guilty of making false statements while obtaining information into an attack on anti-government protesters speaking outside court about choi describe the ruling as heartbreaking and called it a dark day for the territory's press freedom to have produced a documentary showing police officers delaying their response to a mob attack against commuters and test is at a train station in 2019. are just their investigation how to sell

and a security analyst and former inspector general of somalia's defense ministry. why did the president finally give up on extending his term? was it because of mounting pressure from the international community and domestic groups? >> first, i will say to you, thank you for giving me this opportunity to welcome everybody, and say what i think it's actually to be told to somali people. i also work for my two sisters. what i am telling you is according to the relations of the country, it says that when the presence sees the situation, the members of the federal status and also the prime minister, that is when he actually decided to come back and actually ask to come on saturday, he would inform us the current situation of the country. according to the situation of the country, the somalis are suffering, and with the exclusive representation of the people. according to that, to come back to the parliament and tell us, what he meant with its, and at the same time, to think of the well-being of his own people. that is the kind of person that is supposed to help the som

ministry says it's successfully completed its exercises but military hardware will be left behind for another drill later this year nato and ukraine's president vladimir a zelinsky have welcomed the deescalation but both say they'll remain vigilant western powers have been calling on russia to deescalate after its military buildup near the ukrainian border and in crimea russia has also announced that it's closing the curch straight between the black and as of seize 2 ukrainian and other foreign ships until the end of october while sco says it's for naval exercises in the region but kiev calls it a violation of international law just right for joined ukraine's navy on the sea of azoff. mary appalls maritime guard head out across a foggy as see the crews work with ukrainian navy monitoring a russian warships in waters both countries share control of according 282003 maritime agreement but moscow recently deployed 15 was shipped to the azoff sea from its caspian fleet as part of a vast russian military build up along ukraine's borders in the. us the threat level has been the same since 2

russia's defense ministry says this footage shows recent exercises. if the situation escalates, tv screens may soon be showing the real thing. phil: the number of people fleeing the violent military crackdown in myanmar is rising, and many of people are crossing the border into india, which has a large population of myanmar refugees before the coup two months ago. he met one family in delhi who are worried about family members back home. >> for the last six years, this woman and her daughters have felt safe here in delhi. but to get here, they had to leave everything behind in their native myanmar. her husband was tortured and killed by the military. now, the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again. last month, her brother was arrested for demonstrating against the coup. >> right now, he's in the hospital. when the military arrested him, they tortured him so much that we are told his face isn't even reckon eyes of all -- isn't even recognizable. protests broke out across myanmar after the military coup in february this

it's defense ministry has started withdrawing troops from parts of crimea and the ukrainian border. or weeks, moscow's -- moscow was barking fears of an invasion. there are calls to monitor the situation closely. we have the latest from the ukrainian capital. reporter: it doesn't seem to be in response to anything happening on the ground. battles rumble on as they have been doing for weeks. it is possible it has less to do with anything going on in ukraine, as with conversions vladimir putin has been having with joe biden on other issues and relations between the united states and russia. if it is about ukraine, one thing that seems to be moving slightly is the possibility of talks between the ukrainian and russian leadership. vladimir putin refused sullen skis -- refused a request to meet, he invited him to moscow but he laid down some details unacceptable to ukrainians. the g4 are going to meet to discuss the situation. at the moment, the ukrainian side is not keen on the idea. one of the reasons they were not keen on the idea is it might jeopardize the possibility of a meeting at

and earlier today when you spoke to are thomas silver horn he is the state secretary in the german defense ministry and a member of parliament for chancer america's conservative bloc and we asked him if germany's mission in afghanistan has really been accomplished well 1st of all of the core military go to deploy troops of gunnison was to avoid future threats for us from afghan soil this core military goal has been accomplished but the political goes beyond the military perspective of course have not been fully achieved and it's remains of the question of for the political leaders for all actors in of ghana's turn how to find to reconsideration to a peaceful development to new elections and to stabilize station in this society which is suffering for 4 decades already from civil war. thomas alone talking to us earlier today let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to interference in last y

so just this afternoon we learned that the taiwanese defense ministry is planning to buy more long branch missile from the united states and in recent weeks we have also learned that taiwan is launching its own. like defense programs and i was a little like developing this on weapons as we see china's pattern of increasing the sending their military aircraft into time when a.d.i.z. in the southwestern part of taiwan might taiwan has also changed its own strath strategies rather than standing its fighter jets up and intercept the chinese fighter jets all the time shot taiwan is using its long range missiles to try to track and see if the chinese military aircraft has done anything that really threatens time when security talks close a bit about the overall when you strategery we see that china has really changed its strategy it has become a lot more ambiguous about the intention or the motives behind as military moves and experts have repeatedly warned taiwan if it continues to use its for force to respond that is not only going to put a lot of stress on its financial the air force and the

so just this afternoon we learned that taiwanese defense ministry is planning to buy more long range missile from the united states and in recent weeks we have also learned that taiwan is launching its own. like defense programs and that was a little like developing that's own weapons as we see china's pattern of increasing the sending their military aircraft into time when a.d.i.z. in the southwestern part of time one. time one has also changed its own strath strategies rather than standing as fighter jets up and intercept the chinese fighter jets all the time shot taiwan is using its long range missiles to try to track and see if the chinese military aircraft has done anything that really threatens time when security talk a little bit about the overall when you strategy we see that china has really changed its strategy it has become a lot more ambiguous about the intention or the motives behind as military moves and experts have repeatedly warned taiwan if it continues to use its for force to respond that is not only going to put a lot of stress on its financial the air force and t

russia's defense ministry says this footage shows recent exercises if the situation escalates t.v. screens may soon be showing the real thing. or the number of refugees fleeing the violent military crackdown in is rising india shares a 1600 kilometer border with me and with strong ethnic and cultural ties between local communities science so india might seem like a natural destination for some people forced to leave their homes but those who end up there feel doubly one family who settled in the indian capital delhi some viewers may find this report. for the last 6 years and how girls have felt safe here in delhi but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much hennie says her husband was thought jordan killed by the military. they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military. now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the coup he was released a few days ago but this

ministry says it found an oil spill in the location where the submarine was last detected a protest leader in me and maher has been charged along with 40 other demonstrators for the murder of 2 policemen video released shows a vehicle ramming into a convoy of motorbikes the man was then taken away by armed men the un human rights chief says the violent crackdown following the february coup has left close to a quarter of a 1000000 people displaced. the hurdle strong because roman catholic church is accusing the government of stalling investigations into the 2019 easter bombings commemorations are being held to mark 2 years since the attacks on sore legs catholic community 269 people were killed and hundreds more were injured nearly $200.00 suspects were arrested but 2 years later no one has yet been charged those are the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next is earthrise to stay with us. it was about troy it's pretty calm albeit rather windy out here amongst qatar's mangrove forests but the has been a real sense of urgency making this in the middle of

russia's defense ministry says this footage shows recent exercises if the situation escalates t.v. screens may soon be showing the real thing. let's take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world help has come to cycling ravaged indonesia the country's navy delivered supplies to the hardest hit area of the archipelago authorities declared a state of emergency until early may after tropicals tropical cyclones the rajah devastated small communities the death toll has risen to more than $200.00 and most of those people lived in the poorest provinces in northern ireland massed demonstrators hold petrol bombs at police and set fires as violence spread to nationalist parts of belfast crowds have ignored lawmakers peaceful calm the unrest began last week in loyalist communities tensions have been fuelled by the pandemic and post barriers to trade between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. . covered 19 deaths in brazil reached a new daily record for the 2nd time this week with a toll again climbing above 4000 people the country's leading health institute is calli

ministry officials a german man is facing charges after police accused him of passing the floor plans of the german parliament to russian military intelligence in february also in the same month a swedish man was arrested for selling sensitive very cold as alliance or russian diplomat in december a dutch intelligence agency said it uncovered 2 russian diplomats who were targeting the nation's science and technology sector. let's bring in gas in rome sabina castillo franco is the churn alist in moscow pavel felgenhauer a defense and military analyst also rome marco deledio senior analyst and head of the russia and balkans desk of a center for international studies while it came to the program sabina this is not the 1st case of espionage targeting a western country by a basha probably won't be the last but what is particular about this case in italy . is if i heard your question right is how the italians are reacting to this certainly no one was pleased with finding out in this country that an italian navy officer was handing over classified documents to a russian official this certainl

russia's defense ministry says this footage shows recent exercises if the situation escalates t.v. screens may soon be showing the real thing. well for games in european football on thursday night as the europa league quarterfinals got underway austin all could only manage a draw at home while manchester united won away at. last at home to roma spanish side very well meanwhile want to weigh in zagreb now the return legs will be played next week. there's some people who manage to stay young at any age like british design of if you know westwood from her early days selling orographic t. shirts to becoming one of the top names in high fashion westwood has always done things her way now the diana of punk chic is celebrating her 80th birthday still as edgy as ever. it. was. a life time of rebellion vivienne westwood makes fashion about much more than just clothes it's. for more than 5 decades the british designer has used her creations as a platform for political activism she's championed causes from wiki leaks to what west put herself has described as a war for the very existence of th

ministry officials a german man is facing charges after police accused him of passing the floor plans of the german parliament to russian military intelligence in february also in the same month a swedish man was arrested for selling sensitive very cold designs or russian diplomat in december a dutch intelligence agency said it uncovered 2 russian diplomats who were targeting the nation's science and technology sector. let's bring in gas in rome sabina castilla franco is a show on a list in moscow pavel felgenhauer a defense and military analyst also rome marco deledio senior analyst and head of the russia and balkans desk of a center for international studies while a come to the program sabean of this is not the 1st case of espionage targeting a western country by bhatia probably won't be the last but what is particular about this case in italy. is if i heard your question right is how the italians are reacting to this certainly no one was pleased with finding out in this country that an italian navy officer was handing over classified documents to a russian official this certainly d

ministry 4 syrian servicemen were injured as a result of the israeli missile strike we'll be following this story and bring you more details as they become available to us. german police have resorted to force to disperse crowds of anti-lock down demonstrators in the capital more than 100 arrests have been made pepper spray deployed with reports of injuries on both sides. according to berlin police as many as 8000 activists turned out for a protest in the german capital they were demonstrating against a so-called infection prevention act which has now been passed by the bundestag it will give the central government the right to impose nationwide lock down rules overruling the regional authorities 342 lawmakers voted in favor and 250 opposed to the bill which now a needs to go through the upper house of germany's parliament assuming that happens the central government will have the power to impose nightly curfews if covert in faction the rate spike along with various other measures we heard from politicians from both sides of the german political spectrum for their views on the new bill

ministry says it successfully completed its exercises but military hardware will be left behind for another drill later this year later and ukraine's president vladimir selenski have welcomed the deescalation but both say they'll remain vigilant western powers have been calling on russia to deescalate after its minutes she build up near the ukrainian border and in crimea charles stratford is in mary pole near the border with russia and says they're still on certainty in the area. the ukrainian president to me is alinsky has tweeted or read out what he says he says reducing the number of troops on our borders proportionally reduces tensions ukraine is always ready but welcomes any steps to reduce the military and deescalate the situation and don't bash ukraine seeks peace and thanks its international partners despite a tweet like that from the ukrainian leader who we've seen in recent weeks appealing to the international community and nato members for support in the face of what he describes as a russian provocation there is still great distrust in this country. you know you speak to

ministry says it found an oil spill in the location where the submarine was last detected chance military has promised an 18 month transition to free elections after the death of president idriss deby the army has says it was he was killed while leading soldiers fighting rebels in the north he had just run reelection his son john muhammad will take on the role of interim head of state those who are the headlines inside story with the number is next to stay with us. chad's president is killed while visiting soldiers fighting rebels in the north idrees that he leaves behind a power vacuum in an already unstable region so what's next for chad and the battle for stability in africa sadly this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm home the death of chad's president is throwing the country and its neighbors into disarray idriss deby led with an authoritarian grip for 30 years and had just won reelection in a disputed poll despite this western nation saw debbie as a crucial ally in africa's sad region the 68 year old was killed while leading troops near the northern border with l

ministry and it underwent a 2 year fit in south korea that was completed in 2002 or so the submarine in its 44 years old and is still very unclear if this is one of the main reason why this submarine lost concert couple days ago but experts say that this is the time for the government or for the military to have an affiliation about their. you know submarine i mean military ships or something like that because it's needed for the operation but of course they need to focus on the maintenance itself of course or i prefer dani pervert it up to correspondent in jakarta thanks very much for the updates thank you. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour hundreds of people has been warning don't pay right the black man killed by police during a traffic stop named minneapolis his fear all came 2 days after the verdict in the george floyd case in the same city the officer who shot right apparently by mistake has been charged with manslaughter. there's been violent scuffles between israelis and palestinians outside jerusalem's old city after proteste

ministry says the boat was destroyed but gave no evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region now when joe biden became u.s. president there were hopes of improving strained relations with china but as he approaches his 100th day in office ties are as fraught as ever adrian brown reports one call when senior u.s. and chinese officials met in alaska last month their encounter matched the freezing temperatures outside the u.s. was in no position to lecture china wounded top diplomat young. the united states does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to china from a position of strength u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has been equally blunt our relationship with china will be competitive one should be collaborative want it can be an adversarial one it must be there had been hopes that under president joe biden the relationship would be less confrontational 3 had become under his predecessor biden and chinese president xi jinping met many times when the 2 vice presidents analysts say that biden's china strategy is based on a stronger allian

ministry 4 syrian servicemen were injured as a result of the israeli missile strike we will be following the story and bring you more details as they become available. german police have resorted to force to disperse crowds of anti-lock down demonstrators in the capital more than 100 arrests have been made to pepper spray deployed with reports of injuries on both sides. i. accordingly berlin police as many as 8000 activists turned out for a protest in the german capital they were demonstrating against a so called infection protection act which has now been passed by the bundestag it will give the central government the right to impose a nationwide lockdown rules overruling the regional authorities 342 lawmakers voted in favor and 250 opposed the bill which now a needs to go through the upper house of germany's parliament assuming that happens the central government will have the power to impose nightly curfews if covered infection rates spike along with various other measures we heard from politicians from both sides of the german political spectrum for their views on the new bill. i was

russia's defense ministry says this footage shows recent exercises if the situation escalates t.v. screens may soon be showing the real thing. to bring in our correspondent yury rich chateau in moscow yury it was suggested in that report there that russia's saber rattling is part of an effort to blackmail ukraine and the west can you explain the rationale behind the. well terry the experts i spoke to says several reasons for that 1st of all they also say that russia doesn't want to annex don't boss as it once did with me instead moscow sees done by us as a part of ukraine but on its own russian terms and to that means on the larger russian control through the politics in gone by small skull could put pressure on all ukrainian politics that's what moscow obviously wants a new president selenski understands that and that is why he has changed his tactics towards russia in the beginning he used to be looking for dialogue with moscow now he's choosing a completely different tone and to once and nato membership the 2nd reason is that there has been heavily heavy pressure on the program

ministry is also a left wing 23 mobile oxygen generation plants from germany but a lot of countries have so far expressed their support and there is pressure for countries to do more because of the scale of the crisis in india which perhaps hasn't been seen anywhere else doing this and demick we have the u.s. chamber of commerce for instance it's asked the bided and ministration to free up millions of doses of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine which are currently in storage in the u.s. and shipped them to india but also to brazil in other countries hardest hit by the pandemic the u.s. chamber of commerce said that no one is safe until everyone is safe u.k. prime minister abbas johnson who recently canceled has planned a visit to india because of the situation so that has administration is looking to see what they can do the chinese government expressed their support said the same thing but at the same time we also have a number of countries including the u.k. canada new zealand putting india on their list of countries where there are only accepting bear citizens from and the u.s. gove

of the interior ministry or the defense ministry so the turkish side had already met with the protocol team for the e.u. officials that they had already already agreed upon the seating arrangement with cheryl michel's people with the you council president's team so any type of hope out that has to do with the seating arrangements is on the protocol side from what we're hearing is there's a big divide between charlotte michel and the e.u. commission head or slope underlaid and there's actually no reason to apologize because the turks have not committed any mistakes regarding the seating arrangement this is exactly the conditions that the e.u. council protocol team wanted we've even had the or were e.u. commission head john china say there's been times where he sat on this over there's been some times where he's been number 2 in the protocol and this is completely normal that it's getting blown out of proportion i said i'm sorry it's no use if you know what you're saying basically that a mountain is being made out of a wall of a molehill here so to speak but on top of that just one secon

the defense ministry says the boat was destroyed but gave no evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region the ukrainian president volodymyr the lenski has urged his troops on the eastern border to stay alert despite russia's ongoing troop withdrawal russia began pulling back its troops on friday after weeks of military buildup in the region despite the deescalation russia has warned it will do whatever is necessary to ensure its security along its borders fighting between the ukrainian army and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has escalated this year. and the u.s. secretary of state has urged african countries to beware of china's growing influence and city blinken gave the warnings are in virtual talks of the presidents of nigeria and kenya he said a number of african states are facing unsustainable deaths from chinese loans there nigerian president mohammad who bihari urge washington to consider moving its military headquarters overseeing africa from germany to the continent palestinians are due to hold their 1st elections in 15 years next month bu

ministry says it's successfully completed its snap checks but military hardware will be left behind for another exercise later this year and a funeral has been held in the u.s. state of minnesota for dante wright shot dead by a police officer this month friends and family paid tribute to the 20 year old who was killed during a routine traffic stop in brooklyn center in minneapolis. the stream is up next asking how dangerous climate misinformation is often a. while come to the final episode in the streams climate a week we're going to start this episode by going back. in 188 the un established a climate change organization i.p.c.c. where scientists from the whole world agreed with james and. been well cletus listened. to anything about this greenhouse effect and are forgetting about the white house event evidence. damage. can. do nothing. this is more than 30 years ago. the world was ready to act. so what took us so long to take the climate crisis seriously or one of the big reasons is because of climate deniers climate change deniers misinformation out this information that is our s

ministry has been airlifting most of the. oxygen generation plants from germany 23 plants from germany and the external affairs ministry has been passed with saul saying and importing as much oxygen as they can find but health experts also say that the government should have done this in the few months at the beginning of this year should have boosted their facilities when the numbers were incredibly loyal around 10 to 11000 a day al-jazeera is elizabeth for out of there live for us in new delhi liz many thanks indeed the weather next here on al-jazeera then more of the oxygen crisis in india we'll take a closer look at what has led to the shortages in many hospitals and we'll look at why there are fears libya's vaccination campaign could be marred by political infighting or favoritism. the weather pattern is stuck over europe at the moment there's activity around the baltic states this activity off the coast of portugal and in fact if you look at the shape it's sort of an omega the greek letter room it's called mimic a block

housen a security analyst and former director general of somalia's defense ministry a warm welcome to you all i'm going to let me start with you today why did president for module finally give up on extending his term was it because of mounting pressure from both the international community and from domestic groups. so to speak to a few a computer much earlier in the submission with at least 2. well i'm a bit of only and say what i think is actually to be total so many people also welcome my 2 sisters why but i know very well one of them. my present actually my mother have provided no. actual nothing precious about it anybody but what i'm telling you is actually according to the rules and regulations of the country according to the constitution it's a it's actually when the present sees the situation of the country and this is actually the members of the federal stages and also the prime minister and the consult with the speaker of the parliament that's when he actually decided to come back to the parliament actually. ask the bottoming to come on saturday and he will actually promise

ministry 4 syrian service men were injured as a result of the israeli missile strike course our team is following it and we'll bring you more information as the story develops. and that does it for me this i'll be back with more news in let's say 29 minutes you're watching our. elderly forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. must obey the orders given by human beings except when such orders to conflict with the 1st law. of the day should or should be very careful about official intelligence at the point is to create trust the shia. areas shots in with artificial intelligence will summon the demon. the obama must protect its own existence and existence. with. russia u.s. relations are in tatters at this point there is no reason to believe they will improve anytime soon it appears that washington is determined to force moscow to take the meet this is delusional this will never happen we live in the most dangerous of time. greetings and sell you take. guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty by now most of us have heard that most historic of verdic

ministry says the boat was destroyed but gave no evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region palestinians were jews to hold their 1st elections in 15 years next month but al-jazeera has learned president mahmoud abbas will delay the vote sizing israeli restrictions in occupied east jerusalem that's despite israel saying it's not interfering with the ballot as how the fossil supports candidates have been struggling to come to skepticism from voters. in occupied east jerusalem this is defined as palestinian political activity the kind that can result in a wrecked and in recent days has but on this day there are no israeli security forces to be seen no crowd either just 10 prospective candidates for the palestinian legislative council trying to infuse a population that hasn't voted for 15 years and doesn't expect to now it's up to convince them and to be with them to bring give it to a new hole for a new is a. new issues or is very certain i hope so yes i hope says ok but if residents of occupied east jerusalem have a shared such hope it's been fast evaporating wha

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ministry says the boat was destroyed but gave no evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region. the u.s. geological survey says a strong earthquake has struck northeastern india the magnitude 6 tremor in the state of assam less centered near a town in a t. growing district it damaged buildings and sent many visit ends running out of their homes. now when joe biden became u.s. president there were hopes of improving strained relations with china but a 100 days into his presidency ties are as fond as ever bronwyn or small when senior u.s. and chinese officials met in alaska last month their encounter matched the freezing temperatures outside the u.s. was in no position to lecture china wounded top diplomat young. the united states does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to china from a position of strength u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has been equally blunt our relationship with china will be competitive one should be collaborative when it can be an adversarial one it must be there had been hopes that under president joe biden the re

russia's defense ministry says this footage shows recent exercises if the situation escalates t.v. screens may soon be showing the real thing. the number of refugees fleeing the military's violent crackdown in myanmar is rising india has a 1600 kilometer long border with with strong ethnic and cultural ties between local communities on both sides so india might seem the natural destination for those forced to leave their homes but turn those who end up there feel at home one woman and her daughters who settled in the indian capital delhi. some viewers might find this report disturbing for the last 6 years and how girls have felt safe here in delhi. but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in their need of man much henny says her husband was tortured and killed by the military. they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military. now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the group he was

so just this afternoon we learned that the taiwanese defense ministry is planning to buy more long range missile from the united states and in recent weeks we have also learned that taiwan it is launching its own. like defense programs and i was a little like developing this on weapons as we see china's pattern of increasing the sending their military aircraft into time when a.d.i.z. in the southwestern part of taiwan might taiwan has also changed its own strath strategies rather than standing its fighter jets up and intercept the chinese fighter jets all the time shot taiwan is using its long range missiles to try to track and see if the chinese military aircraft has done anything that really threatens time when security talk to us a bit about the overall when you strategy we see that china has really changed its strategy it has become a lot more ambiguous about the intention or the motives behind as military moves and experts have repeatedly warned taiwan if it continues to use its for force to respond that is not only going to put a lot of stress on its financial the air force and the

. >>> taiwan defense ministry says china sent 25 war planes into its air defense identification zone this comes a day after secretary of stating antony blinken said they were ready to defend taiwan taiwan is part othe sovereign territory. we will continue to watch this for you over the straits of taiwan >>> staying with news from china. a developing story as the china crackdown on technology and alibaba. regulators calling on the ant group to revamp the business in the wake of the multibillion dollar fine. we have more on this story with arjun. >> reporter: the ipo was pulled by the regulators over regulatory concerns and regarding financial technology of fintech ant group was asked to rectify the business we know what that looks like the regulators asked ant group to set up a separate financial holding company. they must also create more separation between alipay that it runs and the credit products. they need to increase data production and scale down a money market fund. at one point, this was the largest money market fund in the world. this comes after, as you mentioned, alibaba,

russia's defense ministry says this footage shows recent exercises if the situation escalates t.v. screens may soon be showing the real thing. let's bring in our correspondents on the story eerier chateau is in moscow and david stern is in kenya welcome to you both here let's start with you it was suggested in that report that there are saber rattling on the behalf of russia there that's part of this effort to blackmail ukraine and the west can you explain this to us. there is a common belief here in russia that moscow doesn't really want to invade ukraine or to annex donbass as it did it 2014 with crimea moscow rather wants as soon as possible don't bust to be a part of ukraine fully integrated into ukraine bought into that screw crucial and the largely russian control through that political control in the eastern ukraine the criminal could put pressure on all ukrainian politics that seems to be the main geopolitical goal for the kremlin with a bedroom to the ukrainian president selenski is about to change his strategy towards russia fundamentally in the beginning of his presidenc

think the ministry of defense and the u.k. government as a whole are forgetting that interpreters were key assets off the the 18 year long combat military mission in afghanistan and leaving them behind and forgetting them is this putting them at risk over the years ukase the hundreds of interpreters who work for the british army subtler but critics say that many he won't be eligible for the scheme being denied that chance meanwhile u.s. president joe biden announced withdrawal of american and nato troops just a couple of days ago the reason the translators the help them are so scared is that the taliban which is resurgent in the country has branded the national traitors and considers them legitimate targets as the i.e.d. again says that interpreters have been left traumatized. i am regularly in touch with afghan interpreters who are searched for the british army and there are still a psych in afghanistan and they are not aware of their future they are living in trauma and fare every day not knowing what could happen tomorrow o

now, the taiwanese defense ministry says for the tenth straight day, beijing violated their air defense zone. this time sending the largest group of bombers and fighter jets so far, more than two dozen. the incursions are the latest provocation and move by the communist. they avow to one day to seize the island nation that they consider be part of their territory. the u.s. has a commitment to make sure taiwan can defend itself if they attack. they did not say if u.s. forces would intervene. >> we have a serious commitment to taiwan defending itself and peace in the area. it would be a mistake for anyone to change that status quo by force. >> tennessee senator marsha blackburn spoke to me yesterday. she says that taiwan must be able to defend itself and that washington should send the world that message, that the defense of taiwan is absolute. >> when we protect taiwan, we send the signal that we are going to stand for and protect democracy. and that signal is understood by our allies, not only our allies in the indo pacific but our allies globally. >> the u.s. admiral in charge of the a