to south africa. and britain s prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi million dollar tax dispute. let s start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russia s invasion. estonia s foreign minister has been at those talks in brussels he s been speaking to the bbc. decisions need to be implemented and the decisions need to be done and there is a moment of leadership which needs to be created. and my strong message is indeed, to all countries, who have weapons and stockpiles to give them immediately without any political caveats or any further considerations or hesitance of the russian s reaction. so let s take a closer look at germany s role in all this. the leopard 2 is operated by about 20 countries worldwide
adam schiff and new york congressman sean patrick maloney were spotted sipping wine and eating hors d oeuvres on a balcony at any plant in paris, france. they stayed at a swanky hotel, of course, to fund-raising from democrats living abroad. mike waller the republican incumbent with maloney tweeted a picture of maloney with his quote jaunt to paris, switzerland and london. wallace has been speaking across the district instead of gallivanting around the globe. i mean, kennedy, we love wine and hors d oeuvres and paris, france, and switzerland, but america is suffering from crippling inflation, gas prices and armageddon. kennedy: and look at this and i look at these congressman and i think, read the room. what are your constituents thinking? and not everything is a cash grab in order to maintain power. think about the people in your district who are having a hard time buying groceries who are worried about what their kids are being taught in schools? look at the uncertainty
then the world was provided a window into the gruesome inner workings of the cartels and their alleged ties to political power. during the el chapo trial, cartel memberjesus zubaydah testified that he personally delivered bribe payments to mr. garcia luna in briefcases with millions in cash. it was a bombshell allegation that the top security official in charge of taking down the cartels was all along protecting them. it s alleged he aided cocaine shipments totalling 55 tonnes. mr garcia luna responded at the time that it was a defamatory lie. garcia luna was the public face of mexico s so called war on drugs, trusted by mexico s president felipe calderon, and a partner to top us officials in the dea and fbi. so here we have yet one more opportunity to fully flesh out and understand what went wrong with the drug war in mexico and why
After Chicago drug lords the Flores twins were arrested for their dealings with "El Chapo," their wives allegedly used drug money for their lavish trips.