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Thank you. It's Friday, the 18th of April.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

We'll start things off with China. as reports emerge that a satellite company with links to the Chinese Communist Party, the CCP, has been helping the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen

target vessels in the Red Sea.

Now we've got reports that they've been supplying artillery and munitions to the Russians and providing

support to the Houthis. Now, very interventionist of them. Later in the show, Secretary of State

Marco Rubio says the U.S. may walk away from peace talks regarding the war in Ukraine if significant

progress is not made in the coming days. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

At a time when U.S.-China relations stand at a major crossroads, we're learning that the Chinese

military may be covertly supporting Iranian-backed efforts to destabilize the Middle East.

According to an exclusive report from the Financial Times, a Chinese

satellite company with strong ties to the CCP and the People's Liberation Army, the PLA,

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