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Pyongyang uses US and South Korea exercises to ramp up military capabilities.

Defeat russia. >> we will continue to support ukraine as long as it takes in terms of the kinds of capabilities that they will need going forward. that will be a continuing discussion that we have with the ukranians and with our allies and partners. >> in other breaking news the biden administration and iran have apparently agreed to a prisoner swap. the deal involves iran releasing 5 iranian american prisoners, while the u.s. will send back an unconfirmed number of iranian prisoners and unfreez...

But will remain response is going to be to try and upgrade their own technological capabilities so they can advance economically and probably militarily as well without the help of foreign technology. in terms of retaliation, my view is that we are unlikely to see major retaliation. theres a rapprochement under way between the us and china, as your correspondent mentioned, visits by high—level officials was that i think beijing wants keep that going to we have an apec summit coming up in novem...

To grow their internal capabilities and their values. donna, we have delivered there. thank you forjoining us today. finally to sri lanka, a country brought to its knees a year ago by its worst economic crisis in 75 years of independence. a $3 billion bailout from international monetary fund has given the government financial breathing space. now it is banking on a surge in tourism are one of the main sources of foreign currency reserve as visitors return to its idyllic beaches. we go to sri lan...

Take a listen. >> i think every ally, every partner, every nation, more than 50 at them, including the united states, that are involved in supporting ukraine, feels responsible for helping ukraine be successful on the battlefield. no one wants to see them struggle, but like i said, even day myth that theyre struggling and not doing as well as they would like. we are all dedicated to continuing to think what they need. if that means more training, that means more training it will be. if that mean...

Expected. ukraines president on tuesday admitting that the counteroffensive has not been easy and is happening probably slower than some had hoped. john kirt it and has not given up in the face of difficulties. >> nobody wants to see them struggling and gotting as well as they would like. so were all dedicated to continuing to help they will what they need. if that means more training, then more training it will be. if that means more capabilities, more capabilities it will be. were all in this ...

For weapons capabilities, we are doing that, we are also increasing our intelligence capabilities, seeing what china is doing, or the leadership is doing, and threats it may pose and also sharing that intelligence with our allies so they understand what china is doing. some of the things they are doing a wide open, for example they are tripling their nuclear weapons capabilities, they are telling new icbms, the silos, and putting weapons in them, the world can see that and that is something a na...

Republican presidential nominee, she has been talking about the threat that china poses to the us over the weekend and this is what she says. china has been planning war with the united states for years. thats not over dramatising. this— thats not over dramatising. this is— thats not over dramatising. this is the _ thats not over dramatising. this is the biggest threat we have — this is the biggest threat we have had since pearl harbour. do you agree with her? well, think that china has be...

Absolutely.— absolutely. china is more vulnerable _ absolutely. china is more vulnerable to _ absolutely. china is more vulnerable to the - absolutely. china is more vulnerable to the west i absolutely. china is more l vulnerable to the west than absolutely. china is more . vulnerable to the west than i think the west is to china. the whole economy is based upon the world shopping there, if you will. what we need to do is to make certain that we have inherent domestic capabilities inherent dom...

Upon the world shopping there, if you will. what we need to do is to make certain that we have inherent domestic capabilities in case there is a conflict so that we dont have massive disruptions of supply chains. clearly, china believes our dependency might result in there being able to exert their will around the world and thats just not the case. the west, especially as we have seen with russia and ukraine, is united on, you know, democracies need to stand, authoritarian nations are not going ...