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different this time around. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we start here in the united states — where the pentagon says a leak of classified defence department documents poses a �*serious risk�* to national security. as well as some highly—detailed information about the war in ukraine, the documents also contain sensitive details about us allies — and this country�*s dealings with china. it has been described as one of the largest public breaches...

6:00 eastern. > . tonight a critical moment in the war in ukraine and a crucial one for country supporting it with russia potentially just a couple months away from a spring offensive defense contact group led by america top military leaders met at the base failed to get german sign-off on the allies foremidible tanks, president biden was asked about it today. >> polands goal to send the tanks by germanys other countries to ukraine, and >> ukraine needs all the help they need. >> as...

Days of quite large scale drills. but for now, it�*s going to stop. it�*s going to let economics and politics take a front seat. here in washington, the world bank and the international monetary fund are hosting their spring meetings this week. the state of the global economy will be front—and—center of those talks, which involve finance ministers from around the world, and the war in ukraine will also be high on the agenda. our business correspondent samira hussain will be covering the ...

And then ah, a partner and ally here in this region, north korean military moves it appears are not the main focus here. its in an area of the world that significant right now, but it is routine. it has been scheduled. weve done this many times, so the fact that those things are happening around us, really. our focus is just on the exercise. interoperability is the most used term during this drill working on smooth american korean maneuvers. were used to this now, so if we have to do this for re...

Second gigantic attack even as theyre already under assault by russia. ukrainian units held large scale drills to prepare for bigger battles to come. the head of ukrainians joint forces command tells me. >> what exact told prepare the forces for and how they should be prepared, he says, thats why this is so important. were in that chernobyl exclusion zone site of the most nuclear disaster in history, special forces practicing urban combat in the abandoned buildings. >> the u.s. and alleys believ...

Military drills together with the belarusian military in february, large scale drills. one of the things they also said yesterday is that theyre already holding sniper drills. those are going on in whats called the southern military district. thats also an area that is very close to ukraine. now, all this comes as the german foreign minister has arrived here in moscow for talks with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. the germans also saying there would be a big price to pay if russia did fu...

Royal duties. russia says its pulling back some of its troops from near the border with ukraine, after a recent military build—up had raised fears of a possible invasion. russias defence ministry says large scale drills will continue, but some units are returning to their bases. there is however no independent confirmation, of the withdrawal. president putin says the west still hasnt addressed his concerns about russian security, and natos eastward expansion, but he is prepared to continue dia...

Agree on anything last week. george? >> paula, im curious to know, if you had a chance to get a sense of what people think about this, or what is the general mood about the fact that these drills that typically are larger in scale, that they have been scaled down. >> well, as far as i can gauge last week, george, these drills were being planned as normal, this is a relatively new occurrence that they are going to be -- they are going to be canceled, these large scale drills. the plans were going...

Theyre pretty substantial. according to the defense department, this is due to a diminished threat from north korea and would be running smaller scale drills if they say it is not due to anything that came out of the hanoi summit, but it should be noted president trump again in a press conference noted how expensive the drills were and how the cost should be taken into consideration. i can only tell you what we have been told as weve been on those drills by the men in uniform. they say they are ...