With the agreement on Finland and Sweden at the NATO summit, Turkey has shown that it is a “loyal partner” of the West, according to former Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal. Because of the ties between NATO and the European Union and the possibility that America could take a different political path, Rosenthal believes that European countries should not hesitate to cooperate more with Turkey. Europe correspondent Gert Jan Han points out the similarities and differences between NATO and the European Union.
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Hong Kong 25 years Chinese
Hong Kong is experiencing special days. China’s special administrative region gets a new leader and celebrates the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China. President Xi Jinping will be present, which is great because he only appeared in public at the Olympics. The guest is former CDA MP Kathleen Ferrier who lived in Hong Kong.
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Postma in America | Conservative media divided over Trump
America was chattering in its ears this week at the last session of the Jan. 6 committee. Cassidy Hutchinson, the former right-hand man to Trump’s chief of staff, revealed what Trump was doing about the storming of the Capitol. America’s reporter Jan Postma saw how divided the reaction of the conservative media was.
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