arthel neville. the report of the missing women comes a week after the armed abduction of four americans who had traveled from south carolina and had just crossed the border into northeastern mexico. surveillance video appears to show armed men forcing them into a truck. two were later found dead allegedly at the hands of a mention concern mexican cartel. the other two are back in the u.s. debbie lesko says tourism is on the line if the and mexico won t work together to keep americans safe. our administration can do more to force the mexican government to the cooperate, and i would assume that the mexican government would want to get their act together and keep americans safe, otherwise tourism is going to the go down the tubes. and i would recommend that all u.s. citizens do not do so until the mexican government takes control of the mexican cartels. eric: bill melugin is live in texas where the three missing women began their journey as they crossed over the border. bill,
been distractedded with counterterrorism internationally and, sadly, internal division divisions at home, beijing has quietly been building itself up into a great power. we ve neglected great power competition, and this is, sadly, part of the result. right now china is our greatest adversary militarily, economically, geopolitically which this deal shows and even perhaps scariest, technologically. eric: and following, you know, the traces, let s say we go from beijing, they headed the agreement between iran and saudi arabia. yep. eric: you know what s going to the happen, money and trade and support is going to flow from beijing into tehran, and that could only bolster vladimir putin because iran is providing donees drones, ammunition and other military equipment. so, in effect, is beijing indirectly helping putin s war on ukraine? absolutely.
will be ensured by the strengthening of our diplomatic relations with our allies, preserve peace and create a stable international environment in the asia pacific region. the philippines former president rodrigo duterte had sought closer ties with china. as this deal shows, the new administration of ferdinand known as bongbong marcos has been keen to reverse that. but he needs to tread a careful diplomatic line. because, while the philippines may want to protect its territory, china is its biggest trading partner. here s hermin kraft from university of philippines. this is, to a certain extent, part of the foreign policy plan of the marcos administration about being friends to all, but at the same time, you have to take into consideration the strategic relationship between the philippines and the united states has been a long standing one. and the idea of increasing or putting some teeth to american guarantees of security has been something that the philippines