the prospect of us military action against syria appears to be moving closer, because of the suspected chemical weapons attack which killed at least 84 people. syria s claims that it didn t carry out the attack have been met with widespread scepticism, and strong words from the us secretary of state. rex tillerson said there appears to be no future for president assad as syrian leader. he s again appealed to russia to reconsider its support for the regime in damascus. nick bryant reports from new york. yesterday, we saw abdul hamid alyoussef grieving for his twin children, poisoned in the attack. today, he suffered the further agony of burying them. often, the images we see from syria are of helpless victims, caught in a spiral of violence that they have no way of controlling. but today, these syrians became activists. doctors, rescue workers, children, a silent protest, an expression of dignified rage, an act of self preservation. they re demanding punishment for the assad r
Speaking to politico, nato s former supreme allied commander in europe, admiraljames stavridis says russia s actions in the international waters of the black sea create a real risk of escalating this to a war at sea between nato and the russian federation. he said nato, is not going to provide all the weapons and money for ukraine, only to watch russia strangle their economy with an illegal blockade. tensions in the black sea have escalated dramatically since russia unilaterally withdrew from a u.n. grain deal injuly and warned that ships travelling to ukrainian ports could be seen as military targets. in response, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg accused russia of dangerous and escalatory actions in the black sea. he was also referencing russia s bombardment of ukrainian ports.
President putin wants nato to pull its forces out of the former soviet countries, and to rule out the possibility ukraine will everjoin the alliance. nato s secretary general says the two sides have significant differences, but the door remain open. it s not possible to say anything with certainty on the likelihood of conflict. what i do know is there s a real risk for renewed use of force against ukraine. that s exactly why the meeting today was important. because we believe in political path that we engage in good faith and sit down and ukraine to find a peaceful way forward. and ukraine to find a peaceful way forward. admiraljames stavridis is a retired united states navy admiral and joins us from jacksonville, florida. lovely to see you. essentially, russia was a veto on all nato s activities in europe, that s a nonstarter, quite plainly. so what we doinu nonstarter, quite plainly. so what
Nuclear powered fleet in adelaide and will become the seventh nation on earth to have that technology. these nuclear powered engines makes the subs faster. they can stay submerged for longer, shoot missiles further they are harder to detect. the us says that capability will help the alliance promote a free and open indo pacific . maybe, regaining an edge, they had lost to the chinese in recent years. speaking in the last few hours, us secretary of state antony blinken said the us and uk would stand with australia in the face of threats from beijing. there is no regional divide separating the interests of our atlantic and our pacific partners. this partnership with australia and united kingdom is a signal that we are committed to working with our allies and partners, including in europe, to ensure a free and open indo pacific. i m joined now by admiraljames stavridis, former nato supreme allied commander for europe. hejoins me from florida. i need a man and a former supreme commander
Let s bring in admiraljames stavridis, who is a former supreme allied commander at nato. he was deeply involved in the war in afghanistan for many years. admiral, good to have you back on the programme. i know you were ready to talk to us a few minutes ago so you may well have heard the former us afghan interpreter who was stuck there in kabul, he has recommendations from the military and he can t get to the runway. how will the us military evacuate people like him? it’s will the us military evacuate people like him? , , will the us military evacuate people like him? , , ., ., like him? it s up to the taliban, and that s like him? it s up to the taliban, and that s a like him? it s up to the taliban, and that s a pretty like him? it s up to the taliban, and that s a pretty slim - like him? it s up to the taliban, and that s a pretty slim read i like him? it s up to the taliban, and that s a pretty slim read to | and that s a pretty slim read to depend upon. clearly at this p