you can't even describe the relationship between russia and the united states intelligence i mean it's a it's a big mess and i don't think we can even put some label on it i wonder if you believe this trip of yours will be noticed in washington where the friends in need their friends even the russia the russian federation president putin came today the philippines while we were fighting terrorists and i'm are we and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship where there are world issues are not being discussed our bilateral relationship is strong and we want it to be stronger now let's discuss your relationship with the united states first because obviously it has a much longer history then your relationship with russia i heard you compare your relationship with a washington to that of a family with a kid who came of age and wants to try and he's a her own. path which means meeting with people that the patterns do not necessarily approve of and do you yourself come from a very well placed family i'm sure you on earth your carrots requests and everybody else's is that how

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and the more russia discovers the filipinos will find out that we have a lot of things in common. we both have a strong sense of identity and are finding our place not only in society in the world but both of us just you know wants to get along with the rest of the world have enough food that they will you know we also often misunderstood in our intentions right that this is one that one of the things me because again the cold war mentality i mean again it's always spot caged in some western media that this is correct this is so wrong you know so we have to judge countries actions and leaders directives caseworker. you know you're going to everything us that is correct or you can oppose or say everything the us is wrong so we need more objective but the reality is. you know media tries to give the facts but also leans. their worldview so this is where social media and direct communication comes in unfortunately it's sometimes called fake news is sometimes is but it's sometimes actually a different world view package as fake news by powerful people now i know that russian particula

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reasons but the new silk road has little support in russia because russia has its own eurasian project and with the shah should have housing it all yeah if you find any they see. the full story and for putin as for stalin before him military strength is the primary factor decision but that's just not enough in today's world and you need an efficient economy technology science if you were to work with putin's russia has none of that kazakstan and his backers stand are already turning towards china while trying to maintain a balance but russia's all talk with leaders golden china has the money all russia has is memories who glorious past was when the overly copple for. people like to come to the bridge of orenburg to enjoy the sunset looking west towards europe but many confess that they're looking the other way more and more often. at this moment i'm sure their house ages year will be our future for such china and i'm sure other european are other regimes underside british developing their influence our life our culture our wealth and that's why injuries our future. may be the new silk

for example is a very very large farm russia is one of the countries that most by capacity and all the very high population so you are actually in a situation where you're by capacity is larger than even your large ecological footprint and china is in a quite different situation it has a very large population with not as high of a per capita footprint as in russia but far less by capacity per person so it takes about three china to support china and so they are there's defeating that resource constrained far more than for example russian is a very very fortunate paused position does that mean russia does need to be concerned about sustainability i would say yes absolutely you are no lucky situation where you have a lot of farm per person so to say you know you have a lot of wealth ecological wealth and the word is very scarce so that's a huge economic advantage as well and saying wow this is an amazing farm let's look after it well because that's our asset that will enable us to live well in the long run i mean mr breckon i got from what i had to stand there that the reason for having

here to tell us the east of course russia has a lot of empty land but russia is still strong central asia is weaker it's the weakest link in the chain that. has so often china's population figures are a cause for concern the fear of the yellow peril is always there below the surface a region with such a low population density like kazakhstan is always very interesting for china not least since its very rich in oil agricultural land and oil are two resources that are absolutely vital for china's growth the new silk road which goes right across kazakhstan and a north westerly direction runs right past the big oil fields as zone of the greatest strategic significance to russia. but these days china is gaining in power thanks to its state run oil company c n p c it's a pipeline now transports twenty million tonnes of cars to the chinese province of sheen junk every year there's just one up in medicine we're going with in central asia the west is the most important region at the access to the west has to be secured for that because that's where the huge energy sources line is i mean that

is the, his determination to prevent russia and other foreign influence in elections. we meet on this, the senior white house. we meet with the heads of the different agencies involved. we discussed quite regularly and in my tenure as national security advisor less than 10 months we already have to fold national security council meeting president other discussions as well. since january 2017 the president has taken this action to defend our election systems from meddling interference. this includes measures security and resilience election systems, to confront russian for an online influence in theunited states , to confront aggressive action and to reinforce a strong sanctions regime. as you know mister will role is to assess through the heads of agencies. and i also say by way of introduction that many federal government actions protect elections in the united states such as those by community or law enforcement agencies are necessarily sensitive and highly classified. we do not wish to take the efforts of our adversaries any easier through injudicious public disclos

the big focus is on russia. not enough focus is on china, countries,t those not just russia and china, there are many countries we have to watch, and probably many individuals also. i appreciate your words. you have done a great job. secretary mnuchin: i appreciate the opportunity to work with everybody on this room. this is a great example of working together to give us the critical tools we need to protect investments in the while alsoes allowing foreign investments in the united states. the pilot program very quickly and look forward to full implementation of the legislation next year. thank you everybody. president trump: do you like all those cameras behind your head? [laughter] i would take a long time combing my hair if i was going to be in that seat. tom? senator cotton: it's a good thing congress recognizes china as our chief rival worri. against ourinate companies. they just turned down the merger with qualcomm. it had nothing to do with china, just to hurt the united states. they have been conducting

let me start with russia. unlike the president, i do not consider russia a friend. i believe vladimir putin is a geopolitical adversary who presents an ongoing threat to our democracy and global stability. i'm curious to hear what advice you intend to provide the secretary and the president on how we deal with russia from its interference in democratic process to its use of chemical weapons in ukraine and syria. while the administration has taken some punitive steps against some offenses, it has failed to fully implement provisions. even if the administration will not act responsibly, congress will. as you know, senator graham and i introduced new comprehensive legislation two weeks ago, and we'd appreciate your thoughts on that bill. moving to the middle east, the administration has also flouted the statutory requirement in catsa to provide this committee with an iran strategy. reimposing sanctions that this body worked for decades to legislate in and of itself is not a strategy. trusting russia to address the iranian presence in syria is not a strategy. similarly,

watered down to doing well but i'm skeptical about the relationship between china and russia russia is facing a laborious rethinking process a solution that russia used to be china's big brother today it struggles to accept that china is superior. to handle war trauma of course china and russia are cooperating on military to raise. geopolitical reasons but the new silk road has little support in russia because russia has its own eurasian project and with the shah should have housing it all yeah i'm with you fine and you they see. the whole story and for putin as for stalin before him military strength is the primary factor decision but that's just not enough in today's world and if acutely you need an efficient economy technology science which is putin's russia has none of that cosmic stan and his backers stand are already turning towards china while trying to maintain a balance but russia's all talk of it is go order china has the money all russia has is memories who glorious past it was when the overly complex or. people like to come to the bridge of orenburg to enjoy the sunset look

russia, $1.5gdp of trillion. we have to states that have a gdp bigger in russia, and yet you would think we were in a bipolar world. do i want to throw that out? i would love to hear what you think about that. , bettere that russia than any nation in the world, use the elements of national power better. they know exactly how any western nation is doing. diplomacy, information and military economics. the elements that we never talk about our location, resources and population. i bring that up because russia only gotten smaller, the population is declining just like every other european nation. the average lifespan of a russian mail is 60 years old. ale. we can argue about this but we guess whatabout -- their economies based on? a single commodity economy. interest-earning to designeds it in a way to amplify their strength and men fought -- minimize their weakness. at the end we would use only economic power. callanipulation is what we hyper warfare. i would argue. i hope that inspires some questions. nation thats

of -- it has created a vacuum in russia -- and russia felt it was the right time to interfere. process isportant happening. there are two processes that russia's way. oil prices limited in 2015. it happened when the u.s. applied actions to russia. hinting thaty were the u.s. was behind the price plummeting directly by intelligence officers. they understood that if they do not make a deal with the gulf states or major exporters, the prices will go up -- will go further down. to the soviet in the 1980's will happen to the current regime as well. that kind of paranoia drew them closer. the way they made their way into the gulf was the power vacuum created by the strategy of the u.s. it was facilitated their, their interest in the market. one of the biggest success that they have achieved was the oil prices through this russia opec deal. it seemed incredible. nobody expected that to happen. first of all, the members of inc -- some members are constant confrontation. them to getted along and come up with a solution or a deal. russia managed to play between these two powers and comme

the different approach that both russia and china use versus the u.s. when it comes to investing in foreign countries. >> i think the russians and chinese have done a better job than the west collectively in the last few years, integrating matters of commerce into a geopolitical vision. the chinese in particular tend to view commercial investments abroad as a matter of state. my perception is that the chinese have tended to approach these questions with a much more long-term filter or framework in mind. i think in the countries of central and eastern europe, you see the results of that. a quiet, skillful building up of relationships over the last few years. i think we have to acknowledge that these are serious, well thought-out, well resourced, long-term efforts. the west, by comparison, has tended to segment strategic issues and trade. i think we have also tended to imagine that the institutional enlargements of the immediately post-cold war period were a straight-line trajectory. it was an end of history that implied a certain amount of lassitude on o

president trump: we want to have a big focus on russia. not enough focus is on china, and other countries, frankly, not just russia and china. probably individuals also. this goes a long way, and i appreciate it. you have done a great job. steve? secretary mnuchin: i appreciate the opportunity to work with everybody in this room on this legislation. i think it is an excellent example of the house and senate working together, giving us the critical tools we need to protect investments in the united states while also allowing foreign investments in the united states. we will be launching the pilot program very quickly, and we look forward to full implementation of the legislation. thank you to everybody. president trump: you guys like all those cameras behind your heads? [laughter] take a longump: i time in combing my hair if i were in that seat. i would take a long time. tom? senator cotton: it is a good thing that congress now recognizes china as our chief long-term rival. we have known for a long time china has been hurting our manufactur

saudia arabia and russia. and they call the shots in that joint mechanism commission that they have. so, yes, i think opec is becoming less and less important. as far as saudia arabia's gas import from russia, first of all, it's just a proposition. it's just a proeption. it's a political statement made by putin. saudia arabia has this aggressive state program called vision 2030 which, you know, claims to decrease the dependence on oil powers generations. and, you know, it makes sense for them to develop any gas takes more than 7 to 8 years, especially with the gas -- the foreign gas. by the time they launched a program it will take probably ten years or less than that. if they take the substitute gas, they can sign a shorter term with russia. having said that, uae is another major producer. wherever oil is used, gas is used to produce oil. there have been talks between the united states and the secretary who visited saudia arabia and other gulf states to sign these long-term deals. and we heard the deal betwee

time to train those growth forecasts mr pease to russia says new u.s. sanctions will pressure the ruble and fuel capital outflows over the next twelve months. and high temperatures and little rainfall across much of europe are causing many farmers to fear for their livelihoods. this is your business update on helen hunt free glad you could join me well the latest traunch of u.s. sanctions against russia came into effect on wednesday and officials in moscow say they're bracing for lower growth and they weaker ruble as a direct result until now the kremlin not dismiss the big falls in the currency as market volatility but not i mean all. this russian reporter is saying that the u.s. is no bandits sports or gas turbines to russia along with key items for the aviation industry like jet engines and electronics. until now the kremlin has been demonstrably on ruffled by u.s. sanctions especially since an earlier round had long reduced trade in military goods. but the mere announcement of this list sent stocks in large state owned companies tumbling on the mosc

russia says new u.s. sanctions will pressure the ruble and fuel capital outflows over the next twelve months. drought hit german farmers claims government aid but it's nowhere near enough what they really need is rain. a coup for a canadian startup which claims it's found a breakthrough method to recycle star of fun. and game on we look at what's pushing people's buttons at the. because computer games have been. all in let's do business the latest tragedy of u.s. sanctions against russia come into effect today officials in moscow say they're bracing for lower growth and a weaker ruble as a direct result until now the kremlin had dismissed the big falls in the currency as market volatility. you know it's a notice russian reporter is saying that the u.s. is now banned exports of gas turbines to russia along with key items for the aviation industry like jet engines and electronics. until now the kremlin has been demonstrative leon ruffled by u.s. sanctions especially since an earlier round had long reduced t

not russia? senator cornyn: in the long term. in addition to its military transformation and its belligerence in places like the south china sea, that senator crapo and senator rubio pointed out, they have also engaged in outright theft of our intellectual property. this addresses the problem of foreign investment made strategically to exploit gaps in the committee on foreign investment. and for them to me it would to acquire the know-how of intellectual property that they need in order to get access to this cutting edge technology. i just want to express my appreciation to secretary mnuchin and secretary mattis, general, secretary ross and a your entire administration for the partnership, we could not have gotten this done without each of these people at the table, and certainly, the leadership of chairman crapo. on the senate side and also on the house side. this is a great accomplishment. now we need to make sure it is implemented. it is on the top of secretary mnuchin's list to make sure it operates as congress intended, in o

military assistance to russia what effect if any will they have on russia. well i believe president putin was right that these sacked lose will have no effect there counterproductive they only lay only build out a monster the hysteria among the population russia does not need us military assistance or russia has developed coming age cutting edge i should say aircraft cutting edge tanks cutting edge anti aircraft systems which are in demand all over the world and by imposing sanctions on russia all the how all the u.s. is really doing is forcing russia to become even more self-sufficient than it was before and becoming more creative and more dynamic and developing its own system so all these sanctions these military sanctions against russia are going to be have exactly the opposite effect that the u.s. administration foresaw and in your opinion to what extent is this sentients push being driven by domestic pets call considerations rather than any action that russia may have taken for example. i don't believe russia has done anything in violation of internatio

hello i'm debbie gopalan in london and these are top stories on al-jazeera russia says the killing of eastern ukrainian separatist leader alexander's a high genco amounts to an act of international terrorism a moscow backed leader of rebels in the nets was killed in a blast and i cafe in the center of the city russia's accused ukraine of assassinating to try to unleash a renewed war in eastern ukraine a kid abscess that had nothing to do with the blast instead blaming separatist infighting for a challenge says the latest from moscow don't you have schools on lockdown at the moment nobody allowed in and nobody allowed out that is because both the nets and moscow are calling the killing of alexander as a shrink or an act of international terror.

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moscow over an attack on surrogate script and his daughter in britain the state department accuses russia of using the nerve agent novacek to poison them in the city of seoul very russia has called the allegations far fetched now months of national debate in argentina have ended with politicians voting against legalizing elective abortion thousands of people have gathered outside parliament as the final vote took place following more than seventeen hours of debate police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. south sudan's president salva kiir has granted amnesty to form a vice president and others involved in the five year civil war it follows a power sharing agreement signed earlier this week aimed at ending the conflict the deal gives care and its former deputy michel eight months to form a transitional government and that via has deported a leading zimbabwe an opposition figure defying a court order allowing him to seek asylum and die betty from the opposition movement for democratic change faces charges at home for inciting post-election violence the m.d.c. was defea

and russia that goes back in the soviet days of setting aside our most grievous complaints against one another to cooperate in areas like counterterrorism and sometimes on counterintelligence and other issues that impact on both on our bilateral relations and i applaud the recent meeting of the three russian intelligence. visits chiefs in washington with director pompei and others i think it's a great move toward to reinforce the idea that we must continue to cooperate in areas of common interest both countries now obviously the congress is up in arms in american intelligence she was meeting why would the lawmakers big gains this if it does bring tangible results in the fight against terrorism. well i know some people in congress and i interact quite a bit with congress too if you will inform and advise specifically on the areas that we need to talk with one another to continue keeping our country safe both of our countries i thin american interest to not see any russians die in terrorist attacks as it is in russian interest to prevent any terrorist attacks in the united states or else

you have a good relationship with russia we have got a relationship it russia but we absolutely. will stick to the european principles and we mention a point bulgaria is the best friend to get a stop south stream will get a star or stop a nuclear power bell and then what's. your position about sanctions and also bogosity from the opera's project so we are absolutely toronto european partners are you in favor for the sanctions against russia us just the european leaders to be seasoned to continue with the sanctions you are obviously bulgaria support or support for this and these are sanctions not again the russians it's the sanctions it's our red lines about rational behavior to ukraine and crimea or so but what about the ukraine what about the current crimea crisis what about syria what's your opinion about vladimir putin and his policies. for the reporting obviously want to be very strong men. there and. now for example for me are absolutely it's unacceptable and country can just decide to take this is my part and not stick to the to the international rules and values for syria

has long arms russia has lots of tentacles we imagine that they will continue to have an interest in our elections but also many other nations elections as well we continue to see a pervasive measures in messaging in pain by russia to try to weaken and divide united states intelligence blackout could also be down to a fall in u.s. operative numbers in russia the russians kicked out a whole bunch of our people laments a former cia officer a reference of course to moscow's retaliation after dozens of russian diplomats were first expelled from the united states the russian meddling saga even has the us president himself worried i'm very concerned that russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming election based on the fact that most president has been tougher on russia than me they will be pushing very hard for the democrats they definitely don't want trump. but those are named officials can explain the logic the kremlin doesn't want to specific outcome any more broad chaos is apparently the aim despite no hard evidence of meddling past or future it seems the narra

russia is not the alternative in terms of security fault politics because russia is not a reliable and resistant or resilient part of pataki. so this is why turkey would remain like within the western institutional architecture. as we all know the shiftings to form one pole to an. other happened gradually so there is the risk maybe of the purchase of the s four hundred. s. them my against it was that good you don't have to be using very strong lead language when talking about me to he's talked about being stabbed in the back of my used to teach and he's talked about the country being under economic siege and he's talked about economic tendril on social media against his country how why did should need to be about such comments and. as reliable need to add i well there are two reasons why our don is doing that the first reason is by portraying an enemy from outside he is shifting the responsibility from his misguided and failed economy and fiscal politics and policies towards an exterior dynamic. also he knows that rebelling and protesting against the west particularly against the unite

russia does not need u.s. military assistance russia has developed a cutting edge systems which are in demand and. all over the world all that the u.s. is really doing is forcing russia to become even more self-sufficient than i was before so these military sanctions against russia are going to have exactly the opposite effect this is completely a robert kagan issue this is very are over russia and the sooner the american government grows up and actually like an adult the sooner because the american people and the rest of the world of course will be thank you for trying to actually collusion stories are gaining gaining momentum right now even a u.s. t.v. channel is under fire and speculation it has links to the kremlin daniel whole can since been looking into the claims we've all heard about trump russia election collusion you know the great scam that brought the u.s. president to power whose ation of collusion collude possibly smells a whole lot like collusion there was ample evidence of collusion where is th

say it gives a number of reasons it reports that the sources have gone silence to to pressure from russia security sampras's the expulsion of u.s. intelligence officers from moscow was all say is said to have played a role as has the outing of an f.b.i. informant back in may he writes lawyer down cover leg believes however that there are a far greater challenges facing american democracy and suspected russian meddling here we have no evidence that russia is trying to interfere in the midterm elections do you thousand and eighteen and yet they take the some of the new york callum's takes the absence of evidence as evidence you know but that but that seems par for the course for the scandal and i would say that people probably have a right not to believe in the us electoral system but not because of russian alleged russian interference book because frankly you have a system that is skewed by moneyed interests by mass just and franchise middle of people particularly african-americans. you have a lot of gerrymandering which benefits one party over another usually the republicans those are thi

social media, facebook believed down accounts to be potentially from russia. or kinda large amount, of a tip of the iceberg? and will these social media companies, facebook, twitter, instagram, how much have they progressed or not progressed in what you would like to see in terms of progression from 2016 in identifying the threat? director wray: activity of the sort your describing is a good reflection of the fact that we have to have a public-private partnership in addressing these threats. we are spending so much of our effort trying to engage with social-media technology companies, because there is a very important role for them to play in terms of monitoring their own platforms. what happened started happening in a way that is much more robust, much more robust than before the 2060 election. we are sharing with them actionable intelligence in a way that wasn't happening before. we understand what they need. they are sharing information back with us. they're a things they can do on their platforms voluntarily, in terms of terms of use and things like that t

russia and everywhere in between i think that it's appropriate that the united states and russia as the major nuclear weapons powers meet and get rid of those damn things before they destroy us i think it's critical for the united states and russia as two of the nations doing the most to destroy our natural environment to meet and start reversing all the policies david that's not so much of the agenda. i mean complete agreement with you in going to stay with david here and what why it seems to me that. engagement with russia should come out very clear twitter is fine with me and i need to deal with a lot of mere putin to sign a new arms control agreement it's about to expire in two thousand and twenty one this is what's most important to all of humanity why can't it it's right that i mean that is very straight forward and you know what david it's transact. actually know what trump is supposed to be all about go ahead david well it would make perfect sense it would fit with some of his agenda of body it is not where he comes from it's not something he knows anything about it's not so

not russia think of u.s. infrastructure by building trains across the.- they the russians like butch cassidy and the sundance kid they are like the badlands attacking the train and being a pain in the butt for the railroad but the russians will not create a a new railroad. the chinese will come in either via the railroad that we have in ain it themselves and then hirer their own or build the entire numeral road and say no you have rulelay by our rules. so the russian threat in the short term hackers and their weapon nice warfare is on the margin margins but the chinese development is full-scale new major down the road we will sit in our little bubble here 30 years from now where the asian internet is the main source that is the interesting question than what happens in that world.now. ho >>host: the cover piece world war where you can find it online in magazine gideon rose herbs as says editor thank you for your time to make happy to talk about any other issues including form policy or the middle east or the

russia continues to deny using chemical weapons. what impact did think this will have on russia? will it make any change? these sanctions, i really don't think so. there is a context of much broader sanctions happening. those are sending signals to russian businesses, to foreign investors and they are really having an impact. those are the sanctions that were put in place when russia annexed crimea. they are deducting half a percentage point from russia's grow each year. but even the beginning of this year, have caused the rouble to sell off. they are causing foreign investors, russian debts, they are already having an impact. all right, thank you to coming in. we appreciate you making sense of the story. malaysia says it has cancelled two big infrastructure projects because it doesn't have the money. let's go to our asia business hub, where rico hizon is following the story. what is going on in malaysia? the malaysia in government are having some major cash problems. the malaysia prime minister is basically cancelling these china— backed projects. they are basically shelving t

russia and everywhere in between i think that it's appropriate that the united states and russia as the major nuclear weapons powers meet and get rid of those damn things before they destroy us i think it's critical for the united states and russia as two of the nations doing the most to destroy our natural environment to meet and start reversing all the policies david that's not so much on the agenda. i mean complete agreement with you in on this they would they would have what why it seems to me that. trump engagement with russia should come out very clear twitter is fine with me i need to deal with a lot of your putin to sign a new arms control agreement it's about to expire in two thousand and twenty one this is what's most important to all of humanity why can't he just write that i mean that is very straightforward and you know what david it's transactional what trump is supposed to be all about go ahead david well it would make perfect sense it would fit with some of his agenda of body it is not where he comes from it's not something he knows anything about it's not something

on top of that, it's trumps strategy on the rent and russia. -- iran and russia. turkey to join him as they are importing most of thee oil. sending the turkish there are further down. it is just collateral damage that trumped assad care about. -- trump does not care about. what do people -- >> what do people on wall street make of the behavior of the president? >> i would say that they consider it is pretty effective. china and russia are suffering. their financial markets are not as well as their economies. the moscow stock exchange. into a fair market. russia's gdp growth hovers between 1.8% in 2.6%. in the absence of any serious restructuring of the economy, russia is doing to steadily fall behind the rest of the world whose economies are growing at it we higher rate. looking over to china, the trade or cannot have come at a worse time for the country which is attempting to fix its debt situation because of the growth of the country has been seeing what the uncredited. it is really bad time for these countries. >> thank you. now, at the bit of the holiday seaso