s. navy and advise the u. s. department of state on defense on march time, he joins us by skype from new york. thank you very much for being with us here on the program. so let me ask you got him put in his came to show that his navy is top class, but how does it actually compared to other countries like the u. s. the u. k. and china, for example, is difficult to make comparisons in the absence of true experience between the navy's. i've spent a lot of time in the u. s. navy, over the past, 50 years or so. and i operated with and negotiated with russian and their predecessors, soviet naval officers and semen. they're good, they're equipment, however, is substantially different than us naval equipment. and their ability to deliver weapons is somewhat questionable. we've had series of good negotiations and attempts to resolve peacefully the risk of disputes starting with the inks, the agreement between the russian, the soviet navy and the u. s. navy, nearly 50 years ago. following some bad incidents that did not

when the u. s. military shot down iran air flight 655 . the initial story was that a u. s. navy ship and the persian gold has somehow mistaken the air bus a 300 for an f 14 fighter jet. despite the obvious difference in size. they said the plane didn't respond to their signals and they only open fire because they believed it was descending towards them. and the u. k was right there with them insisting the tragedy was proof that it was time to move on and focus on ending the war. instead, we understand that in the course of an engagement falling an iranian attack on us forces, warnings were given to an unidentified aircraft, apparently closing with the u. s. warship. but these warnings received no response . we fully accept the right of forces engaged in such hostilities to defend themselves. this tragic accident underlines the urgent need for an early end to the iran iraq conflict, including an end to all attacks on shipping. the only problem was the u. s. military's official story wasn't what actually happened. it turns out that the officials conducting the investigatio

s. navy is now raising awareness about pronouns for l g b t. bride. using the right pronouns is really simple way to affirm someone's identity. it is a signal of acceptance and respect. if it's a signal of acceptance and respect, how do we go about creating a safe space for everybody? that's a good question. a really good way to do that is to use inclusive language. now the new woke optics might be one thing, but there are real problems that the u. s. military has failed to meaningfully address. among them are suicide and sexual assault. the brass are holding summit on these matters, but incident persist. what's the problem? well, it appears commander in chief joe biden isn't as popular as he might think years, but it also appears that the bungle pull out of afghanistan has cause a lot of rank and file was in the military to lose confidence in the chain of command. also that woke make over is not really a big deal with the fighting men and women and dying for america now doesn't seem to be so popular. now, america is continuing with its usual habit of

and this comes just days after china lashed out of the u. s. after an american naval destroyer was spotted in the disputed taiwan straits. the u. s. navy claims the warship arts it in accordance with international law, adding to the trip demonstrates commitment to a free and open indo pacific. beijing, however, it doesn't agree and says the move stoked the risk of a compensation. the frequent provocations and showing off by the u. s. fully demonstrate that the u. s. is the destroyer of peace and stability in the taiwan strait and a maker of security risks in the taiwan strait. us china, tensions are on the rise amid conflicting messages over taiwan coming from washington. beijing considers the island part of its territory, while the u. s. does not recognize, ty, one as an independent country. washington has shown strong backing for the island nation. early this week, the state department defended its decision to approve potential arms sales to taiwan with over 100000000 dollars of the china demanded the u. s. cancel the deal . ages to these pro

s. navy claims the warship acted in accordance with international law, adding that the trip demonstrates commitment to a free and open endo dis, pacific. but beijing does not agree and says that the move is only rising, the risk of confrontation, the frequent provocations and showing off by the u. s. fully demonstrate that the u . s. is the destroyer of peace and stability in the taiwan strait and a maker of security risks in the taiwan strait. us china, tensions are on the rise and made conflicting messages over taiwan coming from washington. beijing still considers the island part of its territory while the u. s has not recognized taiwan as an independent country and has shown strong backing for ty pay. earlier this week, the state department defended its decision to approve a potential arms sale to taiwan worth $100000000.00 after china demanded that the united states cancel that deal asian studies. professor benjamin chow told us that american domestic issues are to blame for the confrontation between washington and beijing. the current us initiation isn't united behind policies visi

this comes just days after china lashed out at the u. s. after an american naval destroyer was spotted in the disputed taiwan strait. u. s. navy claims the warship acted in accordance with international law, adding that the trip demonstrates commitment to a free and open indo pacific. beijing doesn't agree and says the move is only stoking the risk of a confrontation. the frequent provocations and showing off by the u. s. fully demonstrate that the u. s. as the destroyer of peace and stability in the taiwan strait and a maker of security risks in the taiwan strait. us china attentions are on the rise and made conflicting messages over taiwan coming from washington. beijing still considered, considers that island part of its territory while the u. s. has not recognized taiwan as an independent country and has shown strong backing for type a. earlier this week, the state department defended its decision to approve a potential arm sale to taiwan worth over $100000000.00. that's after china demanded us cancel that asia studies. professor benjam

s. navy is still incredibly powerful and perhaps on the other side of this conflict, although the us will take heavy losses, they will come out in a better position and, and be able to reassert themselves over china. and this is, this has been their goal for decades, and like i said, the window is closing, this is their last chance. while brian, if pelosi is visit, does go through to taiwan, what kind of concrete response do you expect from beijing? honestly i, china has been extremely patients. the leadership is incredibly smart and they know time is on their side and they know that if they just allow the clock to run out on us privacy around the globe, eventually they'll be in a position where they. ready can reunify taiwan entirely with the mainland as they can move forward with their sovereignty protected without ever having to go to war with united states. so i think they will try to do everything possible to avoid it . of course, publicly, they have to condemn that. that is a blatant violation of their sovereignty. but beyond that, i think they're thinking long term, other than

s. navy's ohio class, ballistic and guided missiles submarines. is the bell girl here today? i'm not seeing it, but if you do see it, you can not miss it. it is a up to you, lee. it size supp marie, i'm all aerial shots now over that of some peters and the bay of finland. right. that is the gulf of finland that the river never rolls in through and dizzy. what feeds st. petersburg that through the river? never. and it's a part of the bay of finland that can actually freeze during the winter months. some of the water you see can be frozen for 3 to 4 months at a time. so any of the vessels passing through these waters have to have a strength and how strong keel they ultimately in some form. another type of ice breakers ship. and russia, of course, is leading the way with ice breakers in the world with atomic pallet ice break is, of course, russia and china continuing to develop the northern maritime trade through trade route up across the arctic. certainly got some of their western professional partners in the west, rather concerned as to why russia and china a developing this n

he says, the russian navy will face challenges competing with the u. s. a. nato fleets, the russian navy, the surface navy, at least, is out numbered for to one by europe's nate. nate, as european members alone, and of course by far more than that by the american navy. so in terms of numbers, there is really no contact where, of course, russia is the policy and i could, states is been nuclear weapons, which is why president putin, you know, repeatedly emphasizes rushes missile technology. because this is the one area in which russia is still a super unlike the army, the navy has not for an equal, but we do know that he suffered heavy losses in the, in the black sea in the ukraine war. that may well simply illustrate the power of american weaponry which has been supplied to the ukrainian or russian navy has always been considered to have had comparatively high morale and good commanders. but it cannot realistically fight nature. the only area where the navy is actually in action is in the black sea. and russia cannot reinforce the navy in the black sea. so

s. naval presence in the taiwan strait. the chinese navy says it followed and warned an american destroyer that sailed through the waterway. wednesday, the us says its presence in shows freedom in the you know, pacific the you with is legally committed to helping tie one defend itself under the taiwan relations act. that washington also follows a policy of strategic ambiguities on the status of ty, one to preserve relations with china. former general max, you was the dean of taiwan national defense universities, political warfare college. how likely, in your opinion is a chinese attack on tie. what? ah, i think it's more than to use less likely is because china is facing external and internal problems. the external, as we know, japan, united states, they already said that any a tech on taiwan will be you know, equal to take on the japan or even the united states. he will have to response in kind and domestically right now it's not a good timing for she came into on to use force against i wanted because internal issue such a

al jazeera, also coming up russia flex is its muscles on navy day and identifies the u. s. and nato was, it's 2 biggest threats. a low turnout for senate goals, elections as critic slammed the disqualification of popular opposition, candidates partial collapse. so beirut court saw those 2 years often explosion that kill more than 200 people. ah, iraq's, she, a politician, looked harder. outsider, is asking all iraqis to join protested who camped inside parliament on saturday. thousands of his support. a storm the building in baghdad. the 2nd time in a week. so there and his support is now demanding a complete change to the legal system and the constitution, they vowed to stay put until their demands are met. the supporters have rejected the nomination of mohammed. she are also donny, as prime minister. it's been 10 months since the country held elections, but a deadlock remains over the formation of a new government. mama rudolf had de la had reports from inside parliament in baghdad, screens or that quarter of iraq's parliament is in limbo. that is censor supporters of the

s. is quest to dominate the oceans? are the biggest threats facing moscow? according to a new russian naval doctrine signed by president vladimir putin on sunday. the doctrine was signed on russian navy day, an event designed to showcase the nation strength and capabilities. at a time, the russian president has threat, trust them squarely in the spotlight. warships lead a huge show of force in russia's former imperial capital of st. petersburg, the parade of boats, submarines, personnel, and fighter jets is ostensibly to honor russia's naval forces. but with the absence of victory in ukraine and isolated by much of the world, it appears more a highly choreographed signal of defiance and persistence president vladimir putin who started the war now in its 6th month, came back to his home town to oversee the spectacle. the occasion was somewhat mod, though, by a drone attack on the crimean peninsula, russia forcibly annexed it from ukraine. in 2014, the attack happened in the port city of sylvester poll home to russia's black sea fleet. russia has accused ukrai

now where u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi is plane is reportedly heading toward singapore. the precise location of the aircraft is being tracked on the flight radar. $24.00 website and earlier china warned against pillows he's playing trip to taiwan promising, serious consequences if the visit goes ahead are corresponded. rachel blevins has more on the story. nancy pelosi has kicked off her highly anticipated trip to asia, but she refuses to say whether she will visit taiwan this week, claiming she can't reveal too much for security reasons. of course, so far thou speakers team has provided a list that includes japan, south korea, malaysia and singapore. however, china continues to warn against us politicians setting foot and taiwan, and beijing's military has started conducting unscheduled exercises, 280 kilometers from the island. tangents continue to escalate in the south china sea with taiwan launching drills of its own. all of this as beijing says, it considers a below sea visit to be a red line that the u. s. should not cross blue. you do? we have repeatedly made it c

i asked congresswoman mikey cheryl , former navy pilot and russia expert. if u. s military advisers should be sent here to ukraine, the first green beret elected to congress, michael waltz believes they should. it would be good, i think to have a logistics officer here to make sure that we understand and track the weaponry that we're sending. i don't think anybody is advocating for any military on the front line. but helping with that logistics planning. there's operations. integrating the intelligence is incredibly important right now. officials here on the ground said the us is giving ukraine just enough weapons not to lose and not enough to defeat russia. and they also say ukrainian forces are not ready to launch any major counter offensive to retake russian held crimea or eastern ukraine. in kiev, ukraine. lucas tomlinson, fox news. the bird flu is spreading and it's hitting close to home coming up how one california zoo is taking steps to keep birds safe. adding whether i'm tracking another round of fog pushing back into the bay for tonight, we could bump up

s. drug enforcement agent. he was released on a technicality in 2013 and returned to drug trafficking. bite vigil is the former chief of international operations for the u. s. drug enforcement administration. he says, this is a when the authorities, the drug enforcement administration, is elaine. it went the capture of colonel king dental, simply because we feel that this is a tremendous victory. more just us in the rule of law. and as you indicated, the united states have a bounty on kind of dental of $20000000.00 us dollars. it's the more the biggest reward ever. it's a reward even bigger than the one that existed for chopin's mon and low s for what? in the 1980s there was only one cartel that existed in mexico. that was the one a lot of cartel, which was handed by cutting dead. oh. in 2 of his cohorts, and they were trying to jean drugs, cocaine marijuana year, went into the united states. in february of 1985, they decided that they weren't going to kidnap the agent. then king that in pre k t j come on in, r

u. s. won't abandon the region to china, russia or iran. united states is going to remain active, engaged, partner, wish ah, on carry johnston. this is al jazeera, well live from. also coming to lancaster, unpopular president may be gone or the country is still running out of money to pay for basics like fuel. we report from columba wildfires spread further across southwest europe, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. a trauma of war is taking its toll and ukraine, the reports from a hospital that's coca with cases of mental stress disorder. ah, you as president joe biden has just wrapped up the high stakes for they tore them, at least it started an israel and ended in gender saudi arabia. well, just to hours ago, biden laid out his strategy for the middle east and the room full of regional leaders, including saudi crown. prince mohammed been so man biden promised, the u. s. would not walk away from the region. let me state clearly that the united states is going to remain an

u. s. won't abandon the region to china. russia or iran. united states is going to remain active, engage partner in ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al jazeera, alive from all start coming up for the anchors on port for the president may be gone, but the country is still running out of money to pay for basic select fuel. we report from columbus. the trauma of war is taking its toll in ukraine. the report from a hospital that's coping with cases of mental stress disorder. wildfire spread further across southwest europe, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. ah, u. s. press joe biden has just wrapped up a high stakes for a tour of the middle east. it started in israel and ended jetta saudi arabia. just hours ago, i've laid out a strategy for the middle east and the room for the regional leaders, including saudi crown. prince mom had been so man, pardon promised the u. s. would not walk away from the region. let me state clearly that the united states is going to remain active, en

the mexican navy arrests notorious drug lord, convicted for the murder and torture of b. u. s. drug enforcement agents decades ago. and parts of europe swelter under a staring summer heat wave spark it wildfires, prompting evacuation. ah 1st we begin with breaking news, alto garza explosions, have been heard in the besieged enclave hours earlier. israel's military said that at least 2 rockets were fired from garza over the southern city of ash cologne. this video shows one of the rockets which official se was intercepted by the israeli air defense system with the iron doug. the other hit an empty area, but as we said, we are now hearing that explosions have been heard in garza and we will bring you more on the story as we get it's i was a candidate he pledged to make saudi arabia a pariah. now on his 1st visit to the kingdom, as you, as president joe biden is trying to reset relations and a push for more oil iden, says he confronted saudi crown. prince mom had been salomon of the murder of journalists, jamal christian g, and raised the issue of human rights, was the 1st enco

they oppose in her signed a new naval doctrine, which designates u. s. and made her military infrastructure moving towards the border. as rushes main challenges put in attended the navy day ceremony in st. petersburg worships submarines and hundreds of other personnel took part in the parade. well, that'll just want to do it sir. coming up next here on out is here. it's this week's edition of the listing post on counting the cost. the european central bank raises interest rates to rain in inflation. good wising borrowing costs and political turmoil was italy's death book and the e u. a grease to come, natural gas use in winter, will that help to avert an energy crisis? counting the cost on al jazeera julian assange is still in the legal fight of his life. and there are geo political angles of clinton. in this story, blacklisting journalists, it doesn't like the zalinski government. censorship can be kremlin. s and with misinformation and propaganda swirling across social media, kenya gets ready to vote. ah, hello richard gibbs burton. you're at the liste

okay, we have the u. s. russia contact, we don't have a sucker contact from nato to russia. we don't have a navy contact in the baltic sea, which de facto now transforms into a need to see in a way. yeah, so there is a lot of risk there and this is why i feel that both sides will look very, very into am intensely into looking for ways to manage this new confrontation. because as you're saying and i agree, it will probably stay here for years. and years and years was a, what's the, the, the natal point of view on that was the promised di, conflicting mechanisms are between russia and nato. is that, that moscow wants to talk to washington. and when he comes to common structures and soccer is, is, is almost accepted because it's an american commander. but when we talk, for example, about the multinational core in shushing, which is a nature multinational core and which is responsible for military operations in the baltic area. it's not taking seriously in moscow because it's not american and the think, well, you know, in, in moscow thinking, it's sort of it, the pentagon comman

and murder of a u. s. narcotics agent decades ago. one ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world cup is on its way to cat hook your travel package today. kyle, i that we've seen some live showers pushing out of for central parts of the u. s. central areas of canada as well. a big plume of heat coming right up into our ontario manse manitoba further south. real heat down here, we're looking at temperatures again, getting up across see the high thirty's. they're touching 40 degrees in parts of texas. down towards luciana that deep south with some very hot weather, staying in place further north, we should start see the heat breaking when he peg it around 30 degrees celsius. moment. picking up to route $35.00 on sunday, and then easing back off as we go into the early part of next week, but showers there for central parts of canada across the northern plains, down towards the southwest. there's a southwest, hopefully some welcome and useful shower. still some love examples around the eastern seaboard re

of the torture and murder of a u. s. drug enforcement agency decades ago on parts of europe swelter under a searing summer heat wave sparking, while fi as i'm prompting evacuations. ah, as a candidate, he pledged to make saudi arabia a paranoia now and his 1st visit to the kingdom as us president joe biden was trying to reset relations and i pushed for more oil. i'd and says he confronted saudi crown. prince mom had been salmon over the murder of the journalist, yamaha shogi, and raised the issue of human rights. it was the 1st encounter for the 2, which began with a fist in jetta. a white house correspondent, kimberly hunk reports us president joe biden arrived in saudi arabia to a subdued reception. that may have been because of his past comments about the kingdom. we would run in fact make them pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are applied. she made as a presidential candidate after a cia report suggested the saudi crown prince mohammed been solomon, may have ordered the 2018 killing of jou

u. k . and since 2003, that number goes up to 77 of the hottest 10 years have taken place since 2003. earlier my colleague needs barker spoke to tom berk, he's a chairman of e 3, g, a 3rd generation bar, mentalism explained what's at stake if a government's fails quickly to counter the effects of climate change be more accurate to say the probability of events like this and the intent see when they occur is a result of human activity. so we're seeing more very more heat waves and the heat waves that we're seeing are hotter. and that's because of the fact that we're burning fossil fuels simple exactly. no, in northern europe, especially the u. k, a talking about the weather is a fact of life. it's will miss that kind of national art form, isn't it? but but homes there, for instance, on nots designed to with strand, it would stand such extreme heat, not the same applies to schools and hospitals. a railway stations retrofitting entire countries is going to be extremely expensive. i couldn't

s. and datas military infrastructure. moving towards russia's board up as moscow's main challenges. putin side the document during the navy day ceremony in saint petersburg ill. so announced the delivery of new hypersonic cruise missiles within months. glitchy always easy. it was mercilessly by key thing here is the capability of the naval forces. our navy can respond with lightning speed to all of those who infringe on our sovereignty and freedom. it honorably fulfils strategic tasks on the border of the country and in any part of the ocean in the world. he has high readiness for active operations of its coastal surface air and submarine forces. and it is constantly improving like with the latest zurich on hypersonic missile systems, which have no counter types in the world. yes. and no barriers. dear comrades, their delivery to the russian armed forces will begin in the coming months. at least 25 people have died in flash floods that have swept across the mountainous appellation region. the u. s. state of kentucky. the

torpedoes, depth charges you name it on the u. s. military has completely faced out those types of weapons and doesn't need them anymore because it has bitter conventional forces. in 2018, it seemed as if russia was placing its faith in nuclear weapons simply as if economic weakness. so is a limited nuclear war in europe conceivable. once again, we have many, many statements from russian military and political leaders, that they are prepared to employ nuclear weapons on a limited basis. and a war against nato is war between russia and nato. likely, i don't think so. is a completely out of the question. i wish little were, but it's not. so how likely the risk of limit the nuclear war is today is very difficult to calibrate. but relative to the peaceful period we lived in on the 19 ninety's and the decade afterwards. it's higher if we're talking the russians different kind of concern there. because with the russians, they might take some nuclear reaction against a major nato based, for example, to demonstrate their capability or an

s. house speaker nancy pelosi is possible trip to the island that she kicks off her tour of the region. beijing, as warned the move could mean crossing a red line. and in this week's top stories, rushes foreign minister gets a warm welcome as he visits for african nations. that's despite western pressure for them to snub moscow with just after 6 pm here in moscow, and you're watching the weekly on our team international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now to our top story, russian authorities are investigating a drone bombing of the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet. 6 people were wounded in the attack. in the crimean city of civil stobel and officials say an improvised you a v bomb could have been used, but it's not clear where it was launched from christopher milton. around 6 am, there was an explosion in the courtyard of the fleas headquarters. the attack was carried out by an unmanned aerial vehicle. there were no deaths, but 6 people were heard to staff