this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on program, as a difficult year comes to a close, we look at the biggest challenges facing president biden. from the middle east, china, the war in ukraine, to the border. political dysfunction. this is a colossal waste of time. and the u.s. economy. i ll talk about it all with ezra klein and richard haass. and holding terror to account. a french company sued in u.s. courts by american citizens for funding isis in iraq. amal cooney and the lead plaintiff nadia murad nobel peace prize winner join me exclusively to explain the stunning legal story and the tragedy behind it. the terrorists are brazen and the financiers are brazen and they ll continue to do so as long as they re not being punished. but first, here is my take. 2023 has turned out to be a year that has seen a fundamental challenge to world order.
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Now on bbc news, europes royals revealed. Washington dc is the heart of the free world. Lets go now to capitol hill. Im katty kay, and in more than 20 years spent here in the news business, ive grown accustomed to thinking of this as the centre of power. Decisions that reverberate around the globe are made here by politicians who proudly champion democracy the rule of the people, by the people. We are here to assess the real meaning of the results in hundreds of races. But its not the only way, or necessarily the best. A recent poll shows that of the 15 most successful democracies, nine are monarchies. The Founding Fathers rejected a king, but many europeans feel a royal family is an asset. I am leaving washington on a royal mission, as the uk has a new king, charles iii. I want to find out how other royal families, many of them king charles relations, manage to stay relevant in the 21st century. I will be mixing in royal circles. How was it . Cest bien. And visiting palaces. You cant
fox news alert president biden is wrapping up his time in japan giving along press conference that ended about 20 minutes ago. live team coverage with edward lawrence covering what biden can expect when he comes home. pete: they watched it so you don t have to let s start with peter doocy was in the press conference. the two things that they talk the most about was weapons for ukraine as they fight off the russian offensive and also what to do about a rising china in this part of the world. a big focus was economic but president biden got a question about chinese military aggression particularly their decision to turn off the military hotline that the secretary uses to talk to his counterpart. listen now president biden after days of china talk here in japan answer that one. we should have a hope in hotline at the bali conference president xi and i agreed and then the silly balloon that was carrying two freight cars worth of equipment over the united states and it got s
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on program, as a difficult year comes to a close, we look at the biggest challenges facing president biden. from the middle east, china, the war in ukraine, to the border. political dysfunction. this is a colossal waste of time. and the u.s. economy. i ll talk about aall with ezra klein and richard haass. and holding terror to account. a french company sued in u.s. courts by american citizens for funding isis in iraq. amal cooney and the lead plaintiff nadia murad join me exclusively to explain the stunning legal story and the tragedy behind it. the terrorists are braise ebb in the financiers are brazen and they ll continue to do so as long as they re not being punished. but first, here is my take. 2023 has turned out to be a year that has seen a fundamental challenge to world order. the rules-based interna