Now playing Next USA US scraps longstanding restrictions on contact with Taiwan “Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. 10/01/2021
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Now playing Next Israel Pompeo becomes first top US diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement Pompeo later visited the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed. 19/11/2020
Now playing Next world news Is the Three Seas Initiative an American-funded alternative to the EU? Regional leaders are set to meet at a summit hosted by Estonia to discuss improvements to infrastructure and living standards among Eastern European EU members 19/10/2020
Now playing Next USA Trump administration declares UN sanctions on Iran 'restored' Mike Pompeo has said that UN sanctions on Iran are restored in a move that most other countries consider illegal. 20/09/2020
Now playing Next Guyana US Secretary of State urges Venezuelan president to leave office Mike Pompeo delivered his unequivocal message while visiting Suriname, Guyana, Brazil and Colombia. 19/09/2020
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Now playing Next world news WHO chief hits back at Pompeo's 'co-opted by China' claims Dr Tedros said such allegations are "untrue and unacceptable" and warned against politicising the coronavirus pandemic. 23/07/2020
Now playing Next world news Airlines urge joint US-EU COVID-19 testing programme for travellers Airlines wrote a letter to US Vice President Mike Pence and EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson requesting a joint testing programme. 22/07/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 'constructive' talks with Johnson US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London to holds talks with UK prime minister, Boris Johnson. 21/07/2020
Now playing Next World Is it time to kick Huawei out of Europe? Banned by America and now ditched by the UK, Chinese tech giant Huawei is under fire across the globe. How will the rest of Europe react? 17/07/2020
Now playing Next USA Pompeo goes against US intelligence on virus being man-made The US Secretary of State says he sees no reason why the intelligence services would get it wrong, yet maintained the 'man-made' assertion regarding COVID-19. 03/05/2020
Now playing Next View Hossein Dehghani: Should Iran make a direct plea for sanctions relief? ǀ View Against the backdrop of overwhelming international calls for the easing of sanctions that have obstructed Iran’s humanitarian trade, some US officials have claimed that Iran never asked for sanctions relief. By this, they probably mean a direct plea to the US government to obtain the relief. 09/04/2020
Now playing Next Afghanistan US and Taliban reach Afghanistan truce on sidelines of Munich summit The truce came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met in Munich with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani. 14/02/2020
Now playing Next world news Pompeo visits Kazakhstan with warning over Chinese investment US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told senior Kazakh officials that Chinese investment comes with a cost to sovereignty. 02/02/2020
Now playing Next USA US says Soleimani not on 'diplomatic mission' when he was killed US Secretary of State Mike #Pompeo has been defending Trump's decision to kill Qassem Soleimani but refused to present evidence explaining why the Iranian military general was an "imminent threat". 07/01/2020
Now playing Next USA Pompeo accuses Europe of not being 'helpful' over Soleimani attack "The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did ... saved lives in Europe," said Pompeo about the killing of Qassem Soleimani. 04/01/2020
Now playing Next View The impeachment hearing eviscerates Trump and shows how he broke the rules of diplomacy ǀ View In contrast to their day jobs promoting American interests, often through discrete conversations, Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe, were asked to publicly testify against an administration and a president they continue to serve. 14/11/2019
Now playing Next View Trump rages about the impeachment process. But the GOP created those rules ǀ View If Trump is unhappy with how the impeachment process is unfolding, he has mostly Republicans to blame. After all, they are the ones who have written the rules that impeachment investigations follow. 13/11/2019
Now playing Next world news Pompeo condemns Turkey over 'unacceptable' drilling in Cypriot waters Pompeo condemns Turkey over drilling in Cypriot waters 05/10/2019
