Hello and thanks forjoining us. China has reacted angrily after president biden ordered an intelligence investigation into whether the coronavirus first emerged as a leak from a chinese laboratory. Beijing said us intelligence had a dark history of spreading misinformation. President biden says he s likely to release the report and its findings publicly. Here s our china correspondent, john sudworth. For more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. The invisible enemy, the china virus. The theory s association with donald trump made it for manyjust one more piece of disinformation. But in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world s media are taking it seriously. Well, i think it s very important because it will feed into. A welcome change for those long trying to argue that all possible origins need to be investigated. Well, it matters because it has had a huge impact on
In the universe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. China has reacted angrily after president biden ordered an intelligence investigation into whether the coronavirus first emerged as a leak from a chinese laboratory. Beijing said us intelligence had a dark history of spreading misinformation. President biden says he s likely to release the report and its findings publicly. Here s our china correspondent, john sudworth. For more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. The invisible enemy, the china virus. The theory s association with donald trump made it for manyjust one more piece of disinformation. But in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world s media are taking it seriously. Well, i think it s very important because it will feed into. A welcome change for those long trying to argue that all possible origins need to be investigated. Well,
Hello and thanks forjoining us. China has reacted angrily after president biden ordered an intelligence investigation into whether the coronavirus first emerged as a leak from a chinese laboratory. Beijing said us intelligence had a dark history of spreading misinformation. President biden says he s likely to release the report and its findings publicly. Here s our china correspondent, john sudworth. For more than a year, the theory that the virus leaked from this wuhan laboratory has largely been dismissed as a conspiracy. The invisible enemy, the china virus. The theory s association with donald trump made it, for many, just one more piece of disinformation. But in the mouth of president biden, well, that feels different, and suddenly the world s media are taking it seriously. Well, i think it s very important because it will feed into. A welcome change for those long trying to argue that all possible origins need to be investigated. Well, it matters because it has had a huge impact
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Two european airlines have had to cancel flights to moscow after russia rejected their flight plans, which by passed belarus. Russia is siding with belarus after restrictions were imposed by western countries on its aviation sector, following the controversial interception of a ryanair flight which landed in minsk on sunday. The family of the opposition journalist detained as a result says it s desperate for his release, as mark lobel reports. Every day since roman protasevich s arrest in minsk is agony for his parents they re pleading for anyone to help free their hero. Translation: i want you to hear my cry, the cry of my soul, so you can understand how difficult it is for us right now. Then, a message for her son. Stay strong, son, stay strong. We will love you and we will get you out. Translation: we have no idea where our son is. We still can t confirm his location. President lukashenko boasts he s captured a terrori
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