let s bring you some breaking news now the united states has signed a deal allowing large numbers of its troops to return to the philippines for the first time in three decades. the agreement was announced after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, met president ferdinand marcosjunior in manila. both countries are seeking to counter china s growing military influence in southeast asia. the us says it will open up for new sites in the philippines a former us colony. beijing has accused washington of trying to push the philippines towards confrontation. pope francis has appealed for peace and reconciliation in the democratic republic of congo, during an official visit to the country.
amazing amount of racial profiling and police misconduct that we see in this country today. thank you for that and giving us your take on the situation in the us at the moment. there is much more on our website as well. staying in the united states who has signed a deal allowing large numbers of its troops to return to the philippines for the first time in three decades. the agreement was announced after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, met president ferdinand marcosjunior in manila. both countries are seeking to counter china s growing military influence in southeast asia. american forces will now have access to four more bases on the islands of palawan and luzon. beijing has accused washington of trying to push the philippines towards confrontation. australia s former prime minister has described the controversial cardinal, george pell, as the country s greatest ever roman catholic. tony abbott was addressing the cleric s funeral in sydney. cardinal pell s conviction for child
we ve had, what, you know, during trump administration, by my count, 27 letters exchanged between kim jong-un and donald trump. kim jong-un wants that kind of attention. reporter: former u.s. diplomat joseph yun advises the biden administration to try harder to engage with the north korean regime. otherwise we re going to return to the bad old days of 2017, which is really a crisis atmosphere. reporter: so far, pyongyang has rejected multiple u.s. requests for talks. in the meantime, the biden administration imposed sanctions for the first time last week in response to north korean missile launches. targeting north korean and russian nationals, as well as a russian company accused of helping pyongyang s weapons program. north korea accused washington of gangster-like logic and launched two missiles the very same day.
biden administration to try harder to engage with the north korean regime. otherwise, we re going to return to the bad old days of 2017, which is really a crisis atmosphere. reporter: so far, pyongyang has rejected multiple u.s. requests for talks. in the meantime, the biden administration imposed sanction for the first time last week in response to north korean missile launches, targeting north korean and russian nationals, as well as a russian company accused of helping pyongyang s weapons program. north korea accused washington of gangster-like logic, and launched two missiles the very same day. clearly, the north korean government does not want to be ignored. ivan watson, cnn, hong kong. still ahead here on cnn newsroom, winter weather warnings in place for millions of americans in the southern u.s. the latest forecast, coming up.
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