Within the alliance with a man you all might call still cost and doubt and its pompous we look at why the nato can go on as it is. Its just gone 3 pm here in moscow for myself on the whole team at r. T. C. H. Q. A very well welcome to the program and our 1st story for you this hour u. S. President donald trump chose to spend his thanksgiving taking part in the puff that photo opportunity and paying his fast evidence that. American troops base and he had a message for them he told them that talks with the taliban declared dead just 2 months ago on my colleague daniel whole constituents this with maria phone off. They call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan the bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so Many American lives and so Many American dollars trump wanted to end it for his own kristis at home until hes global influence in that region and internationally of co
Stories. We begin with ongoing protests in hong kong. President trump signed a bill backing protesters. This pump to china to threaten retaliation against the u. S. As it nears a phase one trade deal. The chinese spokesman saying u. S. Stopsuggest the sticking obstinately to its course or china will take resolute countermeasures. Where does this leave them in that phase one trade deal . Reporter it is very interesting because for several days, weve had the chutneys threatening nonspecific countermeasures, but there havent really got into any detail. The most weve had is the suggestion they might put a ban on those who drafted the bill from entering china or hong kong, which is a pretty lowkey response. The fact that we had several days of this without any suggestions without any specifics suggests beijing is grappling with how to handle this. It is clear the u. S. Once a trade deal done very soon. The chinese want a trade deal done as soon as possible. They dont want to bring in tensio
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Says black friday shoppers around the world we look at the darker side of the buying frenzy. You what you ought to International Stay within the next 20 minutes as we go around the world covering the biggest stories of the day starting with this one and donald trump chose to spend his thanksgiving paying his 1st ever visit to afghanistan and greeting american troops based and he had a message for them revealing talks with the taliban about gone despite being declared dead just 2 months ago my colleague daniel this with. They call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan the bloody almost 2 decade long conflict that took so Many American lives and so Many American dollars trump wanted to end it for his own for steve at home and called these global influence in that region and internationally of course and hes been given this promises so many times that thanksgiving feels that shor
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