consequence opportunity a war crime. here s what she said. there s records of illegal cluster bombs being used by the russians. if that s true, what is the next step of this administration, and is there a red line for how much violence will be tolerated against civilians in this manner that s illegal and potential a war crime? it would be. i don t have any confirmation of that. we have seen the reports. if that were true, it would potentially bell a war crime. this is something the administration has grappled with for months and months, especially since ukraine started asking for the munitions saying they could make a difference, particularly baas russia has been using them. as jake sullivan said today, the u.s. had been deferring, making a decision on this, kind of punting this down the road until it became absolutely necessary. now they feel ukraine does need it on the battlefield, because they were running low on ammunition. president biden said that in an bur view e
that are dispersed over a wide area. the concern is that some of those bomblets fail to explode, posing a danger to civilians long after a conflict has ended. and for that reason, they re banned in 120 countries. human rights watch says both russian and ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions already killing civilians and military personnel. so we know the risks of these cluster bombs but how do they work? the munition is fired, before the ammunition or bomblets from the cluster are released. the bomblets then fall to the ground, detonating on impact. in this us military training video you can see the sprawling nature of the weapon, which combined with its failure rate has raised humanitarian concerns for nearby civilians. as we said, the usage of cluster bombs is controversial, particularly due to their high dud rate or rate in which they fail to detonate. however us national security advisorjake sullivan said the cluster munitions america will send to ukraine
speaking in beijing at the start of a four day visit, she called for healthy economic competition and criticised china s recent export restrictions on key minerals. china s premier said the us should meet china halfway and work to put bilateral relations back on track. despite tensions, the world s two largest economies did a record $690 billion in trade last year. the days of talks included a roundtable focusing of climate finance earlier today. this morning she said it is critical for washington and beijing to keep working together on climate finance, let s listen to what she had to say. iam engaging i am engaging this critical time because there are disagreements between our nations. president biden and i believe it then the best interests of our peoples to put our relationship on a better track and to maintain open and honest lines of communication. this is particularly important but tackling long standing global challenges that threaten us all. as the two largest eco
each cluster munition carries large numbers of smaller bomblets, that are dispersed over a wide area. the concern is that some of those bomblets fail to explode, posing a danger to civilians long after a conflict has ended. and for that reason, they re banned in 120 countries. human rights watch says, both russian and ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions already, killing civilians and military personnel. as we said, the usage of cluster bombs is controversial, particularly due to their high dud rate, or rate in which they fail to detonate. however us national security advisorjake sullivan said the cluster munitions america will send to ukraine have a dud rate of less than 2.5%. us officials say that russia s cluster munition dud rate, meahwhile, is between 30 to a0%. earlier today sullivan defended the decision to send ukraine cluster bombs. we recognise the cluster munitions create a risk for civilian life and this is why we deferred the decision for as long as we co
the concern is that some of those bomblets that fail to explode, posing a danger to civilians long after a conflict s ended. and for that reason, they re banned in 120 countries. human rights watch says both russian and ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions already, killing civilians and military personnel. so we know the risks of these cluster bombs but how do they work? the munition is fired, before the ammunition or bomblets from the cluster are released. the bomblets then fall to the ground, but not all fall to the ground, which has raised humanitarian concerns. as we said, the usage of cluster bombs is controversial, particularly due to their high dud rate of 10 to a0%, meaning 10 to 40% of cluster bombs do not explode when initially intended. in his press brieifing earlier, us national security advisor jake sullivan defended the decision to send ukraine cluster bombs. we recognise they create a risk of civilian harm from unexploded ordinance, which is why we defe