Offered an update on the mission. Getting rid of neo nazis was not even mentioned. Im brit, dolphin, berlin. This is the day. Ah, goodness. And the head is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable way, but also important decade since the end of world war 2. We remain focused on making sure that were going to do everything that we can help ukraine to, to defend it, sovereign territory. We say we stand into historical frontier and i would say, not only are we not changed our approach the frame, but we havent seen any diminution or any, any concern expressed by our allies in partners and whats happening is ultimately for the benefit of russia and its future p, p. M, its connected with the strengthening of our sovereignty, and that in all directions for keeping the family also coming up, israel in lebanon, have been enemies for decades today. They finally agreed to set their borders in the mediterranean and moved to stave off war by keeping the peace at sea. The only one, this is your in economy. If your vehicle is with her. To our region. Which you our viewers watching on p b. S in the United States, into all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin the day with the war in ukraine, according to Vladimir Putin today in moscow, in a rear partly unscripted public discussion. Russian president putin attacked the west, accusing it of using the military and money to undermine russias National Security and its international standing. Who did accused the u. S. And its european allies of fueling the war in ukraine. He double del, on his commitment to securing the dont bass region and Eastern Ukraine. And still referring to the invasion as a special military operation. Putin went down the list of reasons for the conflict, but there was a noticeable omission. Who can said nothing about his goal of cleansing ukraine of its neo nazis. He also made it clear who qualifies now as an ally to russia, topping the list, china, which is declared a no limits partnership with russia. And there is also something personal here for putin as well. The day he called chinese president , shes being a close friend. Here is part of what Vladimir Putin said to day. He begins by lashing out at the west, debated with the state the historical period of undivided dominance of the western World Affairs is coming to an end. The unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past. We stand at a historical frontier after all that he will resume will quite recently ashamed of kirkwood. We thought that we were turning into a semi colon in human emotion. This deal. It is natural. We could not do anything without our western partners. We could assure to flee merchant previously, we cant make financial calculations. Now the shrink of new boys wont have the technologys new sushi co pretty and we wont have the markets junior student took or have to do is click on that. I never thing falls apart, but no, nothing fell apart. You and the fundamental foundations of the existence of the russian federation. And it turned out to be much stronger than some one thought about it. Or maybe we ourselves thoughtfully mitchum to the bottom. Do theres almost witnessing on my 1st guess to night is bill browder. Hes the c o of Hermitage Capital and also head of the global magnet ski Justice Campaign bill is considered in authority on all things Vladimir Putin bill. Its good to see you again. I want to get your take on some of the things we heard today, putin said today that russia stands for multi polarity and for traditional values. Who was he speaking to today . And i dare say that his intended audience may not have been sitting right there before him in moscow. No, definitely not. So, so it, his audience is actually sitting or his, his hope troy balance is sitting in america. And so basically Vladimir Putin is in a very tough spot right now because hes losing the war hes losing the war primarily because the ukrainians have been fighting so well. And also primarily just because hes that the ukrainians be getting a huge amount of military support from the United States of america. And of course west turn europe. But if, if prudent can somehow convince the United States not to support with ukraine, then hell be in a position where he can actually win the war. And so what is he doing right now . Hes trying to reach out the grass roots of the far right in america, in hopes that in 2024 with the next president ial election. Ah, there will be a groundswell, its port non to have ukraine. He funded by america. And so this is kind of a, almost a hail mary, if you will, because hes doing so badly in the war. Whether there is this concerning the u. S. The if republicans wind control of congress in the mid term elections next month, that, that will be the beginning of the end of, of this incredible u. S. Military support for ukraine. How much would you say that putin is counting on this g o, p. Im grenade to explode on capitol hill. Come november. Well, its his is his only hope really because he cant win the war militarily at the moment. Um. Hes lost 65000 troops according to ukrainians. Hes lost a lot of territories taken the people hes replaced or not experienced soldiers. Theyre getting bombed by ukrainians using western equipment. And so he really is in a, hes, hes really quite lang dice now. Hes just hoping and praying that he can somehow make the u. S. Not support him and, and i, i dont think that in the end, i mean, i think that theres been a few words spoken by kevin mccarthy. But on the, on the republican side, Mitch Mcconnell is directly contradicting kevin mccarthy. And so i dont think that americas going to pull out of their support for ukraine. But that is putins only desperate hope right now. Even for the 1st time, a majority of russians say that they favor opening peace talks with ukraine. That is, according to a poll by the independent lavonda center. The great of support for this is among young adults who also happened to oppose putins mobilization of reservists. The most, did you see these trends reflected in any of pollutants, comments to day . A put putin says hes open for negotiation. But the only problem with his negotiation that hes open for is he wants to negotiate, to say that he gets all the ukranian territory that hes already occupied. Thats not negotiable. And so, so everything that hes some, and he, hes now sounding like kind of a weak, desperate maam, saying he wants to negotiate and getting various proxies to say that there should be negotiate creation and, and getting people to criticize ukraine saying theyre not negotiating course or not negotiating on the terms that he set out, that the terms that, that should be negotiated are a full withdrawal of russia and ukraine. And of course, thats not even on the table as far as putting his concern in Vladimir Putin. And today we saw this again, he continues to shower chinese president , shes in pain with words of affection. But this often seems to be Something Like an unrequited love. Putin looking less like a russian bayer and more like a, a panda. Bear. Do you know, can you explain what, whats going on here . Well, so it went when luca rat, before this war started, putin was in beijing with jean ping at the olympics. And he probably whispered in g, pings ear. This is going to be a 3 day war. Were going to humiliate america, and the west is all going to be great. And its turned out to be an 8 month war and, and hes been one humiliated and prices of oil and gas have gone up for china. And it hasnt been, this is friendship forever. Being that student has hope for, its not like Chinese Companies are going in to russia because they dont want to be sanctioned in the west. And its not like china has a whole lot of anything other than buying a bit of discounted russian oil. And so this is kind of, as you say, unrequited love goodness is part, trying to put out there in, in, in a same kind of desperate way as hes trying to reach out to the far right in america. Hoping that somebody is going to come to his aid because hes suffering right now. Hes flailing. Yeah. The for right in america and then shes in being in beijing while those are 2 opposite ends of the spectrum there that hes trying to work. The broader is always good talking with the we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. Thank you. Thank you. The new he was Defense Strategy published today, highlights, shined down as the greatest Strategic Security threat for american of the 80 page document lays out the chinese threat and didnt outline what a future u. S. Military response should be. China may be the 21st century nemesis of the west, but white now russia continues to get in the way. Heres the u. S. Defense secretary lloyd austin on the national Defense Strategy known as the n d s. At the same time, the indie us bluntly describes russia as an acute threat. And we chose a word acute, carefully, unlike china, russia cant systemically challenge the United States over the long term. But russian aggression does pose an immediate and sharp threat to our interest and values. I want to bring in bradley bowman, now he senior director of the center on military and political power at the foundation for the defense of democracies. Really, its good to see you again, secretary austin saying that russia is only an acute threat to me. Bet. That sounds a little bit. It smacks a little bit of the rock. Obamas assertion that russia is only a Regional Power is that, is that the message that youre hearing thanks for them to join you. And thanks for the question. You know, the, its important to know that the original draft of the national Defense Strategy that was released today was done before february 24th. And then reality as it often does, intervene and had to be largely rewritten. And so we find ourselves with words like acute been attributed to the threat from russia and the pacing challenger, pacing threat for china. The bottom line here is any strategy work thats name tries to coordinate ends and means americans means are extensive, but theyre not unlimited. So we have to allocate finite resources. So you have this administration has a lot of li, establishing priorities. Any strategy that doesnt establish priorities really isnt a strategy. And theyre saying very clearly that china is the number one threat, more so than russia and the primary logic behind that from their perspective. And i think it stands up to marriage to scrutiny. Is that the relative economic power of china when you combine hostility, ology and economy, roughly the size of the United States and the military modernization effort. Never seen in the history of the peoples republic of china, that all comes together to constitute threat. Unlike anything the United States is seen in modern history, and the serious is the russia threat is from the peoples republic of china is more serious. Thats what the, by the ministration is saying. And i think the right on that secretary austin today was asked yet again about the, the Nuclear Threat posed by russia. And he said again that he sees no sign that russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons. Im wondering if you and i, weve spoken about this before. Are we playing into pollutants playbook here by amplifying this threat simply by talking about it so much. You know, the essence of deterrence is trying to fact the thinking of your adversary. So they do or dont do what you, what you want. And putin is clearly throughout this, this invasion since february 24th has been rattling, this new Nuclear Saber to try to impact the actions of ukraine. United states and our european allies are conducting a, another nucular test recently, fairly standard, but in the context of the invasion ukraine and pollutants comments. Its concerning. I think we have no choice to talk about it. But i think the by insertion is handled roughly right. Delivering as far as i can tell, very serious messages behind the scenes well being relatively cool and public insane. There would be catastrophic consequences, but not being too specific. I think thats about the right move. Ukraines president zalinski today described russian efforts to capture the eastern city of buck moot as crazy. Given the high cost of this attack and the little Strategic Value that the city presents. What do you make of russian strategy at the moment . You know, the, the russians have been getting pummeled and have been weve seen them getting routed in serious retreat and the more we learn about the state of their forces, its just not good at all. In the all the momentum has been with Ukrainian Forces because of their agility, the skill, the western weapons that are being provided and the high morale and so a pollutant, you know, and next these quote unquote in x these, for regions. Even this is forces didnt control all of them and were retreat. And thats a very awkward thing for me as hes trying to make this look more successful than it really is in gender fleeting support within russia. And so theres been this tension between putting at the political level and as military leaders is militarily to, to say, we have to do an organized retreat. Were getting pummeled here. We dont, its going to look like what weve seen around car keyed and yet, and didnt want that. So you have the what walker group and theyre trying to be more successful. And so theres an interest on my part to show more success. But the bottom line is, this is just a distraction, id say the overall narrative continues and not is momentum on the ukrainian side. Broadly, bowman with the foundation for the defense of democracies barely as always. We appreciate your time valuable analysis tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Russia is one step closer to toughening laws, banning what he describes as the promotion of homosexuality. In a 1st reading, the lower house of parliament, known as the duma unanimously adopted changes to an existing law from 2013, prohibiting what they called propaganda about non traditional sexual relations. Now, the proposed changes would make a crime any event or act seen as attempting to promote homosexuality online in movies or in public o these protest as a fighting for equal rights in russia. But demonstrations for l g b t q writes here, often brutally halted by authorities. One of the instruments of repression over the past decade has been the so called gay propaganda law introduced in 2013 authority. Say its needed to prohibit the promotion of what they call non traditional sexual values to children. Now russia set to pass new legislation further restricting the l g p t q community. By expanding the law to adults as well. You watching to recruit is congress that says, we dont live in a Democratic State other than i think that lawmakers in the doom are trying to convey the impression that they carry favor with this oppressive machine. What asian seal ear and the victims of this machine that is of the most vulnerable once the all coin is all l g, b, t, q plus people with their copious hopes for the new law that is already going to russias lower house of parliament. The state duma will effectively forbid any positive references to l g p t q, topics in popular media and on the internet. Activists fair, the new law is a further step towards state sponsored discrimination and repression. And that it will leave the l g p t q community, even more stigmatized in Russian Society or russian authorities closed down the w. Bosco office. You may remember. So now that office is operating out of the laughing and capital riga. I asked our bureau chief theory was shadow about the timing of the kremlin legislative push on this bill. Why its happening now. And one of the unofficial difference is that the, the russian government wants to distract from other very important issues. For example, from the problems in ukraine on the front lines should moscow once again, need to withdraw is truth there. For example, the debate about and l to be q along with the present a welcome distraction. The rational to q community has become accustomed to state sponsored homophobia over the past 20 years. And while there is no law with it directly punished homosexual relationships as such, even though the change to law will make an already difficult situation for divorce. But i dont expect any protest simply because the russians are intimidated and taught unrestricted in their freedom of expression, and it might sound harsh, but the Russian Society now has different problems such as mobilization. Many people are still very afraid of. Ah, lebanon in israel had ended a long standing dispute over their shared maritime border. The 2 countries are still technically a war, so the leaders of each country, they signed a disagreement separately. Both nations hoped to benefit from Mineral Resources within the formerly disputed area of the w tonya kramer. She explains what this argument has been all about. The mediterranean sea, off the coast, that fin israel and lebanon, these fair, contested waters. Both countries have long been locked in dispute over where the maritime border lies. Behind the scenes, negotiations have gone on for several years. Now, israel and lebanon have agreed on a maritime booted you mediated by the United States. This gives him his agreement, strengthens israels security, and our freedom of action against has bla and the threats to our north. Theres rare consensus in the security establishment regarding the necessity of this agreement. The dispute is about a relatively small triangle shaped area with each side claiming their part as exclusive economic zone. The areas expected to be rich in offshore gas, israel, and live an unhealthy long history of conflict. The 2 countries for the war in 2006 and the have been many security incidents between israel and the lebanese she, i militant group, has ballast since parts of the countries land border. The blue line, a demo cation line by the u. N. Is also disputed whether the maritime borders d, a could be a step towards a wide, a Peace Agreement as unclear. But the deal paved the way to more gas exploration. A potentially economic benefit for both countries. Ever more now im joined by mark r u. P is an Energy Policy researcher whos currently at the university of limerick in ireland. Org. Its going to have you on the program to nights. But you have said that this deal is not completely fair. Embedded favors is real. Why is there . Thank you for having me. Well, the answer to your question has to is to for the one is illegal slash technical and the other one is political. If we look at the agreement or what has been signed from the technical or he can perspective it, whatever lebanon has signed on, does not give him. Its for the rights, according to the want to time. Those and according to the United Nation, goes the line 23 that has been already signed today this morning or does not get the full effect off a. I am considered a fact. I and i was 1400 square feet of interest to and on behalf of level this is on the technical side, but on the political side and knowing the country and the situation of the country economically. And the political and Economic Situation never known. We couldnt have expected a better deal knowing the regional circumstances and the region and considerations. First, the ukraine, russia war, which have escalated in terms of the european needs for the natural gas. And also the geopolitical and security situation in the region. And none of the parties concerned wanted the situation to security wise and to have minute confrontation. So all of those a things have combined together to prove to have this Service Agreement today. And technically, and he is more than what these are. But politically, we cannot expect as denise a better or way to have, or this, what you mean. It sounds like youre saying that if there were not a war in ukraine at the moment, and if lebanon were not in this economic depression, that its, it, it sounds like youre saying that todays agreement would not have taken place. A negotiations between mister and lebanon, and also the location of the United States has been ongoing for 10 years since 2012 the over the past 3 months or 4 months, lets say, since june, this year. And since the arrival of the shipment drilling ship to the carriage field, which is that, is there really feel the negotiations have really, are going really fast because the war are on the had very hard consequences on the inside. And they need to get from anywhere, including the middle east, eastern, mediterranean, and 2. It has role. And these in direct negotiations and the threats that have been ongoing, the summer that womens rights were not really respected and considered there would be a higher risk of having military escalations or security escalation. And so combining those effects. Yes, it wouldnt have been possible if we didnt have those geopolitical political considerations. Mark are you, we appreciate your time and your valuable insight, helping us understand the context of all of this. Thank you. Thank you so much. Ah, and finally tonight you may remember that tom last summer was a summer of record heat here in europe. And now much of the continent is experiencing unusually warm temperatures in the middle of all of that mean, its almost november it looks like summer and it feels like summer but its the end of october. Many beach resorts in Southern Europe are going into overtime this year. Even in northern spains basque country, if you will not. Its not normal weather for this time of year, but were grateful for it for the extra work. Were really happy about the Good Business in our outdoor cafe. Normally there would be wind cold, rain in neighboring france. Normally the riviera would be slowing down for the off season. But beach goers are still flocking to the pebble shores in nice. Is sure you like yellow you some beaches would normally have already close by mid october, but theyre still open. Well, its warm and people here. So why not take advantage of it as long as you can do with it . Dont good, good oliver. 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