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Welcome back, everyone. well, the talibans decision to delay the return to school of afghan girls above sixth grade is being condemned worldwide. the u.n. secretary general is describing it as deeply damaging for afghanistan. and the u.s. is calling it a betrayal of public commitments made by the group. cnns paula newton has the details. >> reporter: for the first time in more than seven months, afghan schools reopened wednesday for a much anticipated return. but it was the day that ended in hea...

Could well be struck down as well. is that -- is that an outcome that should concern people? >> senator, my note wasnt advocating for the striking down of those laws. my note was trying to identify criteria that i thought could be applied consistently to determine whether the laws were punitive or preventative. >> but with respect -- >> either -- >> you argued that they were punitive and you further say in the note and you further say if theyre punitive theyre unconstitutional. >> i was looking ...

His fellow nato leaders, he is expected to urge them to stay the course, increase the pressure on russia. also, make good on their new commitments to boost defense spending. emergency summit is expected to approve four additional battle groups in hungary, romania, bulgaria, and slovakia. the former-u.s. ambassador to nato, and co-author of "the empty throne, americas abby addition of global leadership." welcome back to "cnn newsroom.." >> great to be here. >> so here is more now on natos deploym...

About its future as a great power in the world. it doesnt want to be seen as identical to russia. and it doesnt see russia as attacks on a sovereign state of ukraine as equivalent in any way to take over taiwan. it doesnt want to be targeted with the same. and it probably does not want to get itself into military conflict. its not going to make any commitments to us, but it probably doesnt want to do it anyway. on the other hand, it becomes sanctions avoidance in ways that are beneficial to chin...

The commitments the u.s. government has made. we have u.s. troops on the ground, but, i mean, when it comes to the numbers, its still not enough deterrent for russia and for the putin as well. another dimension is as we all observe whats happening in ukraine, how russia is conducting the war on ukraine, we look at its strengths and its weaknesses and we see the russia strength is the supremacy over the air. when it comes to baltic countries, i mean, we have the same weakness. that is the air def...

That statement by john kirby. it was a bit incoherent and its just bluster. i mean, its not even about something real. chinas not moving in the direction that he has suggested. but i do. and thats why i think the conversation between the presidents of ukraine and the u.s. are important steps, the level of action that we have to really care about. the russians are listening closely to the world is watching and i really appreciate the fact that the u.s. president is trying to as much as possible w...

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Plant workers held hostage, alarm bells are ringing. >> reporter: this was terror at a new level. ukraine has 15 nuclear plants and the russian military has forgotten chernobyl and the worlds tragedy. >> we cannot go on like this. there has to be clear understanding or clear commitments not to go anywhere near nuclear facility when it comes to nuclear -- to military operations. >> reporter: some have called the targeting of such sensitive infrastructure a war crime. >> reporter: do you think tha...

Pegged his approval rating at 34%, only 37% supported his handling of the situation in ukraine. endo emerson paul has biden trailing donald trump in the head-to-head match up three points. if he thinks these appearances on the world stage are going to boost him, hes got another thing coming. europe breathed a sigh of relief knowing that it didnt have to deal with trump flexing on them any longer. after all, trump demanded so much of europe. more trade reciprocity, more military spending. of cour...

And potentially to grow. some of these troops serving in what are called nato battle groups. there were 5,000 troops across four countries in these battle groups shared by the nato nations back in february. nato says its 25,000 troops. you arent quite sure about that number. but 25,000 troops, around eight countries. i want to show people what that means. you have the today and tomorrow, about military deployments. then this nato rethinking. back in 2017, these nato battle groups were in estonia...