The competition with the major authoritarian powers, the transnational threats from climate change, drugs, and cyber crime, and the regional conflicts in ukraine and gaza that could yet cascade into something much bigger and far more dangerous. All three challenges are affected by trends in new and emerging technologies, environmental changes, and economic strain that are stoking instability and making it that much more challenging for us to forecast developments and their implications. These dynamics are put in unprecedented burdens on the institutions and relationships that the United States relies on to manage such challenges, and perhaps more than ever, frankly, highlight the need for sustained us leadership to uphold the rules based order. Lets speak to Lieutenant General mark schwartz, former United States security coordinator of the israel palestinian authority. Thank you for being on the programme. What did you Hearfrom Avril Haynes to date that concerns you . Avril haynes to d
Drops from the sky. The us military delivering 38,000 meals for gazans in dire need. The un says famine will be inevitable, the mission and ongoing effort to get more aid into gaza through land, sea and air. But it drops like these are not enough. Access through the land routes, say us officials, is crucial. 0n officials, is crucial. On friday, President Biden said america is insisting the israelis allow more Aid Trucks Into Gaza. Israelis allow more Aid Trucks Into Gaza into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and childrens into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and childrens lives| the line and childrens lives on the line. We will not stand by until we get more aid in there. We should be getting hundreds of trucks in, notjust several. Hundreds of trucks in, not ust several. ,. , several. Signs of hope as well for dozens several. Signs of hope as well for dozens of several. Signs of hope as well for dozens of hostages several. Signs of hope as wel
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tonight, bringing us the context are stefanie brown james, co founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics, and former ukjustice secretary and chief secretary to the treasury david gauke. welcome to the programme. for several days now western leaders have been providing political cover for the german chancellor, while privately venting frustration at his reluctance to send the leopard tanks to ukraine. according to german newspapers his refusal to approve the deliveries on friday, at a meeting of nato defence ministers, led to sharp words between him and the us secretary of defence lloyd austin. olaf schulz s office deny that, saying neither the tone nor content of the reports were true. but certainly there was frustration, and you could hear it when the bbc spoke, earliertoday, to the polish prime minister, who has decided to go it alone. let me put it this way, poland and the free world cannot afford not to send leopard ta
Intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says about 4,600 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. That includes 55 people overnight. Israels military has warned civilians in gaza to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. The Israeli Defense forces said one of its aircraft also targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the occupied west bank. Israel says the mosque was used by a hamas cell as a base to plan and execute attacks against civilians. The uns humanitarian chief hopes a second aid convoy might be able to enter gaza late on sunday. If not tomorrow. But he said 20 trucks, the ones that have arrived so far, was just not enough. On saturday, agreement was reached to allow the first 20 lorries