TONIGHT: The show begins in the Spring rich South of France with calves wandering the roadside and the daffodils in glory. To London where Mps are trading insults. To Brussels where the EU and NATO struggle to find funding for rearming and remobilizing f

TONIGHT: The show begins in the Spring rich South of France with calves wandering the roadside and the daffodils in glory.  To London where Mps are trading insults. To Brussels where the EU and NATO struggle to find funding for rearming and remobilizing for the century. To Pyongyang and the Kim family ambitions.  To the Ghost Mansions of China, without windows, occupants, plans. To the Moon for China's plans.  Then to the frontline in Ukraine where the Kyiv Army is low on ammo and expectations. To Sub-Sahara Africa, to the Moon and Mars.

2006 Curiosity

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR


FIRST HOUR

9-915
#FRANCE: Spring in bloom and worry for the tea fleet. Simon Constable, Occitanie.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2024/02/26/red-sea-attacks-on-shipping-brings-another-pinch---a-tea-shortage/?sh=4ffc789c6ffc


915-930
#UK: The poisonous language in Parliament. Simon Constable, Occitanie.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/lee-anderson-leaves-the-door-open-for-a-return-to-the-conservative-party-as-he-tells-the-reaction-it-s-up-to-rishi-what-happens-next/ar-BB1j3ZsG

930-945
1/2: #EU: #NATO: The reluctance to defend Europe. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution.

945-1000
2/2: #EU: #NATO: The reluctance to defend Europe. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution.

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
#NORTHKOREA: Cuba shakes hands with Seoul. David Maxwell, vice president of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.voanews.com/a/seoul-s-diplomatic-ties-with-havana-seen-as-diplomatic-setback-for-pyongyang-/7496043.html
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/02/103_369441.html
 1015-1030

#PRC: The windowless abandoned mansions of China. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-property-foreclosures-surge-growth-095915227.html


https://amp.scmp.com/business/article/3252970/chinas-home-prices-fall-slower-pace-beijing-steps-resuscitate-property-sector

1030-1045
#SPACEX: Musk, Taiwan, Congress, Tesla: the confusion of commerce and security. 


Brandon Weichert, author of Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/02/24/house-china-committee-elon-musk-spacex-starshield-taiwan.html
 
1045-1100
#CANADA: #PRC bids for Canada's riche  Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
shttps://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinese-money-still-chasing-canadian-critical-mining-deals-despite-ottawas-2024-02-27/



THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
1/2:  UKRAINE: What Ukraine needs now at the frontline & What os to be done? Mark Montgomery, John Hardie FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/02/27/how-to-hold-ukraine-over-until-congress-passes-more-aid-funding/

1115-1130
2/2:  UKRAINE: What Ukraine needs now at the frontline & What os to be done? Mark Montgomery, John Hardie FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/02/27/how-to-hold-ukraine-over-until-congress-passes-more-aid-funding/

1130-1145
1/2: #AFRICA: Russia's Africa Corp and the DR Congo. Ronan Wordsworth, Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russian-influence-in-congo/

1145-1200
2/2: #AFRICA: Russia's Africa Corp and the DR Congo. Ronan Wordsworth, Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russian-influence-in-congo/



FOURTH HOUR

12-1215
1/2: #RUSSIA: #NORTHKOREA:The Kremlin and the Kims. Ekaterina Zolotova  Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-limits-of-russian-north-korean-relations/

1215-1230
2/2: #RUSSIA: #NORTHKOREA:The Kremlin and the Kims. Ekaterina Zolotova  Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures 
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-limits-of-russian-north-korean-relations/


1230-1245
#MOON: Another private probe on its side. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/odysseus-tip-over-likely-caused-because-it-landed-without-good-elevation-data/

1245-100 am
#MARS: Ingenuity broke off one blade. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuity-broke-off-one-blade-entirely/