I just want to take you to central london, where a Security Conference is taking place. Among the speakers at the the event are william burns, head of the cia, and sir Richard Moore, head of mi6. Two big names. They have already been talking about two big names. They have already been talking about the war in ukraine and they have also just been talking about the Middle East, so what we are going to do is take a listen into what they are saying to the audience that is at an event organised by the ft. A very highly fragile price in the Middle East, but all the risk to go with that, and we have navigated, touch wood, touch wood, past a Crisis Point between israel and iran, but as long as we dont get to a ceasefire, that risk is there, and for all the horror of gaza, and for all the horror of gaza, a wider conflict in the Middle East would be vastly worse. figs East would be vastly worse. As Ou East would be vastly worse. As you both know, in negotiations, you both know, in negotiations,
custody. and as the push to charge an alleged grocery store gunman with a hate crime grows, buffalo begins reflecting on the lives lost in that deadly mass shooting. and we begin in seoul, south korea, where right now joe biden is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his debut trip to asia as u.s. president. now, earlier mr. biden participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the national saerm. he wore white gloves in a show of respect to the koreans who died to protect hir country. mr. biden is now at the korean ministry of national defense for his meeting. we re expecting them to give remarks some time this hour. on friday the president said the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. we re standing at an inflection point in history where decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. on the agenda mr. biden s meeting with south korea s leader is of course
about china s policies so this is something that will just about china s policies so this is something that willjust deepen the antipathy of american people to china and it will make it more difficult for those in the business community and elsewhere that want to keep a close engagement with china, it will make it more difficult for them to sustain their positions and i hope the chinese are well aware of this. i think they are but if that is the way they want to manipulate the american situation well, that is what is going to happen. bud the american situation well, that is what is going to happen. what is going to happen. and how much this damage what is going to happen. and how much this damage relations - what is going to happen. and how i much this damage relations between washington and beijing, do you think? i washington and bei ing, do you think? ~ washington and bei ing, do you think? ~ ., , ., think? i think it adds to. there is a strong think? i think it adds to. there
over north korea s actions? and even if they have influence, will they use it? well, by their treaty china and north korea are still allies. they have a mutual defense clause in their treaty. and in terms of damage relations and trade, china is pretty much the sole provider of trade and economic assistance of north korea. so by that you could didact china has more influence than any other country in the whole world, but whether china will use that influence is a completely different matter. first off the chinese find les incentive or zero or no incentive to help the united states with the countries on the issue of north korea. instead china is willing to hold north korea as leverage for future negotiation and bargain with the united states.