Democracy. John kirby was asked about the situation between russia and ukraine, and the potential for u. S. Troop involvement. Mr. Kirby also answered questions about u. S. Defense partnerships with qatar and other middle east countries, and recent missile tests by north korea. Mr. Kirby good afternoon, everybody. A couple of things at the top. I think you know secretary alston met earlier today with the m year of qatar to affirm the strength of the u. S. Partnership. The secretary reiterated his heartfelt gratitude to their indispensable and ongoing support to our efforts to continue to get americans and our afghan allies out of afghanistan. The leaders discussed shared security interest, deescalating tensions, terrorism, and the full scope of threats represented by iran. Secretary alston emphasize the importance of multilateral efforts and integrated operations with partners like qatar to address threats confronting the region. Speaking of threats in the region, earlier this morning,
Partnership which serves as cornerstone of the u. S. Strategic bilateral relationship. Secretary reiterated his heartfelt gratitude to the amirs indespicable and ongoing support to our efforts to continue to get americans in our afghan allies out of afghanistan. Secretary austin shared his vision emphasissing the importance of multilateral efforts and integrated operations with partners like qatar to address threats confronting the region. The combined efforts successfully engaged threat and there were no injuries or casualties. And with that, well take questions. Bob, youre on the line. Bob, are you there . Ok. Nothing heard. Well go in the room. Thats fine. Just to followup on the meeting today between the secretary and emir. The president said welcoming that he will notify the congress about his intent to major ally can you explain the significance of this . How the relationship would be between qatar and u. S. . Certainly, that other i will let other nations speak for itself with q
fbi director christopher wray says it s most likely that covid 19 emerged from a chinese government controlled laboratory in wuhan. in response, china has accused the fbi of politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus, and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan s laboratories. now three years after the start of the pandemic, they have burst out into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. here, you are talking about a potential leak from a chinese government controlled lab that killed millions of americans. from the start, many scientists believed that covid had passed naturally from animals to humans. some of the first cases were centred around this wuhan s market kn
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