{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64d53bc8af8fd800117b9642/67f5acebfbfca819ff609132?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"US will take back Panama Canal from China's influence: Pentagon chief","description":"<p>The US will take back the Panama Canal from China's influence, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.</p><p><br></p><p>\"Together we will take back the Panama Canal from China's influence, and we will do this along with other capable, like-minded allies and partners,\" Hegseth told a news conference with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino in Panama City.</p><p><br></p><p>Hegseth said US relations with the Central American nation will continue to grow in the months and years ahead.</p><p><br></p><p>\"I want to be very clear: China did not build this canal. China does not operate this canal, and China will not weaponize this canal,\" he added.</p>","author_name":"Daily SumUp"}