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Rifts in West exposed as Russia-Ukraine conflict drags on

STORY: Rifts in West exposed as Russia-Ukraine conflict drags on DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:36 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Europe and the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CSABA MOLDICZ, Hungarian analyst 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ALEXIS BAUTZMANN, Editor-in-Chief, Diplomacy Magazine, France 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN PANG, Senior fellow at Bard College, New York STORYLINE: The Russia-Ukraine conflict has been ongoing for 100 days. As the crisis drags on, some media outlets have noted emerging differences among Western countries regarding the issue. As the U.S. announced Tuesday that it would send more rocket systems to Ukraine, a report by the Wall Street Journal, said this: "Cracks are appearing in the Western front against Moscow, with America's European allies increasingly split over whether to keep shipping more powerful weapons to Ukraine." The report continues to say that France and Germany are "growing reluctant to provide Ukraine" such weapons, and that

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EU-U.S.-RUSSIA-SANCTIONS-RIFTS

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES OF MARCH 25, 2022 (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)

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EU-U.S.-RUSSIA-SANCTIONS-RIFTS

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Leaders attend the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES OF MARCH 25, 2022 (European Union/Handout via Xinhua)

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EU-U.S.-RUSSIA-SANCTIONS-RIFTS

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member hangs a U.S. national flag before U.S. President Joe Biden arrives for the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES OF MARCH 25, 2022 (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

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EU-U.S.-RUSSIA-SANCTIONS-RIFTS

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden attends a press conference at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES OF MARCH 25, 2022 (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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EU-U.S.-RUSSIA-SANCTIONS-RIFTS

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2022 shows diesel and gasoline prices displayed on a screen at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES OF MARCH 25, 2022 (Photo by Armando Babani/Xinhua)

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Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021

(211230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Children are seen at a refugee camp near the Belarusian-Polish border in Belarus, Nov. 14, 2021. Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021 Russia-West relations worsen again amid deep rifts Moscow suspended the operation of the Russian Permanent Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from Nov. 1 in retaliation against the alliance's expulsion of Russian diplomats. Since the United States has long been sticking to the Cold War mentality and ganging up with its allies to press Moscow, Russia has clashed with Washington and some European countries over a series of issues, including Ukraine, cyber security and the so-called election intervention. The two sides reciprocally expelled diplomats several times. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, so far met twice in 2021, but the two sides.....

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Rifts deepen over Okinawa base transfer

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters in Naha, the capital of Japan's southernmost prefecture, on March 24, 2015, as the central government continued preparations for relocating a U.S. military base in the prefecture, effectively ignoring instructions by the local governor to stop the work and deepening their rift over a land reclamation project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rifts deepen over Okinawa base transfer as gov't ignores local calls

This March 24, 2015 photo shows the coast of Henoko in Okinawa, where the Defense Ministry continues undersea research for relocating a U.S. military base. The Japanese government is effectively ignoring instructions by the local governor to stop the work and deepening their rift over a land reclamation project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rifts deepen over Okinawa base transfer as gov't ignores local calls

This March 24, 2015 photo shows the coast of Henoko in Okinawa, where the Defense Ministry continues undersea research for relocating a U.S. military base. The Japanese government is effectively ignoring instructions by the local governor to stop the work and deepening their rift over a land reclamation project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo