government and lift all sanctions on the country. the male only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this is our 1937 moment at least according to general sir patrick sanders, newly appointed head of the british army. his speech this week was a shot across the bows to the politicians attending two national international talking shops the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasin
the chinese cann t be certainl what the americans might do. the chinese can t be certain. what the americans might do. who knows who will be - the next american president, what kind of lunatic it might be, or not? they can t predict how - the americans would behave if they did invade taiwan. so that makes some sense. to have liz truss| strutting about. there are many ways the chinese can recover taiwan, and the most expensive and uncertain is actually to launch an armed invasion. were they to do that, however, you should look to japan where the american bases in japan would have to be taken out, and japan is rather conscious of this and is now getting over its dislike of being a nuclear power. fumio kishida, the new japanese. .. not a member of nato. but clearly had some influence on that communique. if there were to be an assault on taiwan by china, japan is absolutely in the firing line. and when biden visited japan, the chinese and russians did
that would have prevented a lot of problems for the cdc. you have frontline health care workers or local health department heads who would understand how the policy on the national level is going to play on the local level. getting those input will be so helpful and prevent so much of the confusion that s occurred with the cdc. if there is ann t a reset ate cdc, let s say, are you concerned that public trust could further be eroded in the cdc, because we ve already seen that in the wake of confusing guidance about whether americans need to test negative before ending isolation and other issues, we ve also seen a lot of problems out there. yeah, there has been a lot of confusion around boosters, around masking, and now around isolation. we know that public health depends entirely on public trust. when you re asking people to do things that they normally wouldn t do and to give up aspects of their life, for example, being in isolation, that s really difficult. you have to have that t
tried to assert attorney dlsh client privilege saying a lawyer participated in the conversation while his father was present. a big red flag. the opinion of the spokesman is dispositive and the fact he quit the job over it thinking it might be obstruction of justice to cause me to with an n t to ask him questions. what are the facts to reach that conclusion? barbara, former u.s. attorney, thank you very much for being with us. nice the see. you. thank you, rachel. thanks. it is a busy day, a lot happened. still more ahead. stay with us.
winning again. you are going to go, cann t stand waning this much. they will say, i am sorry. you have to go back and tell them we are going to keep winning and winning and winning whether they like it or not. he will announce two other cabinet selections. rick perry expected to be nominated as department of energy. montana republican congressman ryan zinke who serves on house of natural resources is expected to be nominated for secretary of interior. after that he will only have two cabinet seats remaining veterans affairs and agriculture. the president elect will continue outreach efforts among business leaders and will be holding a tech summit of sorts with some of silicon valley s