welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. president biden has announced another $800 million of extra military aid for ukraine saying, we will never let russia win this conflict. he added we re in a critical window of time with moscow launching a new offensive in the east of the country. earlier, president putin declared victory for russia in the besieged city of mariupol and ordered his forces to blockade rather than attack the last pocket of ukrainian resistance, a massive steel plant mariupol has been under attack since the russians invaded in late february, some civilians have been able to leave, but thousands have been left behind. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga reports. after a 24 hourjourney,
0ur north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. urge to have you with us. he is outlining it to its audience. talk is through a little bit more of what is expected to come from this aid. president biden said come from this aid. president biden said today come from this aid. president biden said today that - come from this aid. president | biden said today that vladimir putin would never succeed in occupying all of ukraine, and this latest package of military aid is intended to help ukrainian forces in that forthcoming battle in the east, the disputed dom bess region. russia, of course, has been putting a lot of forces in place in that region, and the president said this latest package will be aimed at providing the sort of tactical missiles, tactical weapons, i should say, that will be needed for the particular terrain in that part of ukraine. that includes heavy weapons such as dozens of howitzers and
military and second largest economy. macron wants to use that to boost eu, nato and transatlantic relations. le pen is euro and us sceptic with traditionally close ties to moscow. who becomes france s next president is as important abroad as it is at home for a number of reasons. marine le pen s programme would directly lead to a total collapse of the french economy, which would hurt the other european countries. also very important economic partner, which is the uk. marine le pen defends her economic plans. but france s next president she or he won t be able to claim the heart of all french people. this is a divided country. katya adler, bbc news, paris.
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secondly, for us, the taliban and isis are two sides of the same coin. believe it or not, in the past in one incident at least in the north in a place in the north, they shared the authorisation the operation against the hazaras, more than 50 people were killed and they got away with it. so at times they have their minor differences, but in their hatred towards hazaras and towards shi as and other religious minorities, they are the same. so if aces claim responsibility, where are the taliban? for us, the responsibility is squarely on the shoulders of the taliban, no matter who carries these