a hundred and fifty two of the parliamentary seats declared so far, a simple majority. this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process wasa sham. our south asia correspondent samira hussain has been monitoring events for us in dhaka. the results of these elections come as no real surprise. prime minister sheikh hasina was all but guaranteed a win. but now there going to be some questions about whether the results actually reflect the will of the people. the country s main opposition party were boycotting the elections, saying that they didn t believe that the government could hold free and fair elections. they also encouraged their supporters not to go out and vote. then there was this general sense of apathy amongst voters because the main opposition party wasn t on the ballot. in terms of choices of who to vote for. you coul
joining me now is the man who just saw missouri senator eric schmitt. senator , good to see you tonight. now, biden is asking for a pentagon budget increase and it goes now to nine hundred billion dollars. so my question to you is , how are republicans? republicans continue to just rubber stamp the kind of spending, given what we just laid out, what they re actually doing within the ranks of our own military? well, i served on that armed services committee, laura , and we were asking some really tough questions today. i mean, it goes beyond, you know, first of all, the biden administration from the very beginning has injected identity politics, is really divisive ideology into everything for grants for schools with crt. and it s now made its way into the military. the military has been as apolitical, a place where it s a true american to see where people from the humblest beginnings can achieve great things no matter your skin color creed. i mean, we have ticker tape parades for people
attendance german chancellor merkel. the new silk road project intends to do much more than revive the trade routes with an investment of nine hundred billion dollars china wants to build an almost global trade network with roads railways ports and airports it would connect china with central asia africa and europe it s about business but also about establishing influence and political power in germany and most of the european countries there s still a feeling of mistrust feel officials won t currently sign a joint declaration they say she doesn t adhere to european values of transparency or environmental and social standards china is advancing west but who will be using the new silk for a. first cousin who will be using the new silk road and this is a threat or an opportunity well i think it s
attendance german chancellor merkel. the new silk road project intends to do much more than revive the trade routes with an investment of nine hundred billion dollars china wants to build an almost global trade network with roads railways ports and airports it would connect china with central asia africa and europe it s about business but also about establishing influence and political power in germany and most of the european countries there s still a feeling of mistrust the u.s. officials one currently signed a joint declaration they say she doesn t adhere to european values of transparency or environmental and social standards china is advancing west but who will be using the new silk road. who will be using the new silk road and this is a threat or an opportunity well i think it s
look through. some of. the. above laundry got international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week coming news investing nine hundred billion dollars in the new silk road possibly the biggest infrastructure project in history is the goal to force the trade in developmental does china have a neo colonialist find out from florida. next