[000:00:00;00] the damage will be in negative old moscow warns of repercussions out the mold over using almost all of the revenue earned on frozen russian assets to keep funding key of in the ukraine and also head on the program, a regional, a counseling ukraine, the owners, the infamous nothing veteran. the other stuff i've got coming as the west that tends to white towards the scandal, isn't that jump western leaders applauding in the canadian parliament class. the conflicting statements from the us says, washington say is the protection of palestinian civilians must be a priority. but continues to support israel's ongoing war and gals with including with the supply

the 247 use life of our most go studios. this is our to your top story at 10 pm in the russian capital. russia is warning they'll say, european union may be shooting itself in the thoughts for proposal to use russian money for ukraine is given the green light, you foreign policy chief useable has offered to allocate 90 percent of the revenue or, and unfrozen russian assets for aid. and munition, to be sent to keep moscow say as the move will provoke decades of legal bottles to you should know this isn't of a statement in line with the movement towards the destruction of the legal foundations of europe. in an international law. the europeans are well aware of the damage, such a decision can bring both to their economy and to their reputation as reliable

guarantors of the involve ability of property. the damage will be inevitable. the presence will be involved in making such decisions. the countries that will decide this, they will become the objects of prosecution for many decades. yeah, well it's basically the easy all resorting to assess release thinking to new lows. so found this front of ukraine, as we know is the ukraine is really running dangerously low, munitions that help that it's expected from the us in terms of money and weapons installing, as they can come to an agreement. they're. so e officials said, hey, what can we do vote, let's use the money that we froze from the russians. and this is exactly what they're doing. the proposal right now is to use the profit acquired from those assets and uh, from the war. and you can now, let's talk a little bit about these assets. what i was talking about, we have about $300000000000.00 belonging to the russian central bank that was frozen by the west. the majority of that money is held by a company euro clear in belgium,

and they have made done their math. and apparently, all this money, this profit could yield them about 15000000000 up to 20000000000 euros after tags until 2027. so this is the money that they can use to fund the award decline supply weapons, and all of that, this is what they're proposing right now. so joseph burrell decided to propose this to e member states. i send to the country to a proposal. i've come, she'll decision a proposal for that control decision to allocate the bulk of these revenue to, to be in union financial capacity. and this proposal is about to allocate 90 percent of these revenue digital. the beast facility on the tops will defy billions, not them substitution off, but adding to these 5000000000 revenues generated by these pros and assets. you know, that we increased in military support to ukraine. so and so for so there he is.

there he propose that we are getting reports right now that apparently the european commission has approved that plan even though there was supposed to discuss this and vote on this at the e u. leaders summit taking place on thursday and friday. but we are now getting reports of the european commission has approve that most of the moods like inside the u over this proposal. but originally, the idea was yes. to use these assets to use this profit to help with build ukraine for reconstructions was mandatory in a. and some of the member states were agreeing with this that where they went along with it. but they didn't like the idea of it being used in any militarily. sort of ways and it was or sort of underlying that european commission for us and they have, this really is ideal, but hey, listen, only use this for him in this area and purposes. let's actually use it where we need it most to buy those weapons that you claim badly since they are not able to do it themselves. let's have the russian money do it to for them. and a lot of people,

nobody appreciating all these new ideas that are still of underlined sheep. simon, recently there was a growing discontent against fonder. lion for improvising said an a you diplomat, diplomat said founder lions approach is particularly disadvantageous for smaller member states that have more to gain from collective decision making. now we have all these countries that are not agreeing in terms of these assets being used to help buy weapons. but joseph, well, for example says, well, this is a brilliant idea. why? because it's sold, they're not using the easy bunch of this money would go to a special fund that is called the european nice facility, which is a joke in itself to have the word piece in there. and this fund runs off budgets. doesn't have to abide by the same legal standards or even be approved by the european parliament. but also this is really bad in terms of what it does for countries that wants to, for example, hold their money in western reserve, is because this shows them, hey,

if one day in the future you happens to disagree with the west. they can always seize your assets, use the profit to see from the european central bank before said that cesar ross and assets will undermine confidence in the your current c, n e u markets. but apparently now joseph or else as well they're, they're back in the plan because it's only the prophets that we're using, but the message and the idea that they're sending through the world is exactly the same. this is again, another message we're hearing from experts. be careful when you're doing things like that. the short of the global currency can actually go further and use its financial power to actively influence international developments. but this spyware must be used wisely. because when, when i think it currents, it may stimulate dimensions of alternatives. at last i forget that russian courts can always retaliates because that's a company that holds the majority of the frozen russian assets, the euro clear in belgium. well, actually, right here in moscow,

they have the national securities that add up to 33000000000 euros. so russia could retaliate and then sees their assets, so we'll see how it ends up. and we're still waiting to see whether it was actually finally officially approved or whether this will be discussed and put up to vote at the summit on thursday and friday. my colleagues mean across the river. nicky are in there will european parliament and member from the alternative for germany party . gunner beck told r t brussels is in the proceeds from russian assets because it's running out of cash for ukraine. the year itself is short of money, whatever needs. now it's either pottery or pretty cheap. so this some decision bank cuz if thoughts see easy way out, let's restaurant pay for what the you either doesn't have or fix it,

cannot spend. but i should like to stress again, this is effectively an act of confiscation aside. well i the, all the g trumps legal considerations, e and he goes to columbus is fund and i have all obviously decided that they will decide ukraine to come. what may more of it, and then everything else, including the, use the economic, well be a math. it's has to take 2nd place in so far as the confrontation with rush dries, sun, trust. ok. now the story we're across today, the european union has extended it's tara free policy on ukrainian. i greg cultural imports. that is the spike. you may recall the months long protest by farmers across the continent against the use trade privileges for kids. brussels saves

action will be taken, however, if your opinion markets are seriously impacted, the commission can take swift action and impose any measure is it deems necessary, should there be significant disruption to the market, or the markets of one or more e u countries due to ukrainian imports, members of the european parliament secured the expansion of this list to include outs, mays growth and honey. they also obtained firm commitments from the commission to take action if there was a surge of ukrainian imports of wheat, a well polish farmer's house being among the strongest critics. i'll b e use policy on this. poland has been dealing with nationwide protest with farmers blocking for the roads, preventing you printing trucks from entering the block. those rallying say you printing in ports are lowering prices on the european market and putting farmers livelihoods in jeopardy. earlier slovakia hungry joint warsaw claiming they would

defy the use directive in the event of tar of suspension for key of being prolonged . let's cross like not to george zamarelli senior research fellow off the global policy institute. think tank you're most welcome, george. did you ever suspect if i can put a to this way? that the e, you wouldn't extend? it's tara free policy for ukraine and listen to it. citizens listen to its farmers concerns. i had a key of the month was not ever a possibility. we have, we know exactly how the you operate, the least of his concerns is the well being all its citizens and of the most powerful voices in the you are actually very unsympathetic to all of the farmers and are obsessed with the whole issue of ukraine. quite why that's so obsessed with ukraine here remains a mystery. but none the less,

they feel that they have to do whatever they can to commit themselves to ukraine. and so this decision of essentially extending for another year, the tardy free imports of grain from ukraine is clearly an insult to the father. that is going to do absolutely nothing to a temper, but the protests and these approved as it were going on throughout europe. it's not enough testing bullet and it's around the earth. and um, and clearly this disclosing immense hardship. so the follows, i mean, you know, the, the people who are very unsympathetic of the farm is, don't, don't appreciate what it, what it means for a family funds that have a very narrow margin to quote, to cope with a situation where agricultural products are being sold at ridiculously low prices, while at the same time inflation an interest rates, heating them hot when for

a whole the products that they need to buy in order to maintain their phones. the u talks about possible measures in case things get out of control. come brussels or will brussels at peace protesters without addition or are even bigger rallies, most likely a head george, a shoulder big around is a head because this, um, uh, you know, this the limit the tires that they intend to impose. that only comes into effect if the uh, the imports from ukraine are above the average for the previous 2 years, really uh, the high ridge above the previous 2 years has been well a pub. he stand the uh, in previous years. because because in, in early on, in 2022, the, you lifted the tire, it's on ukrainian grain,

and so therefore enormous quantities of your brain in grain well imported. so the average, which is what they counting on the average is actually very high. what the found as one to is that you count for the average, the full uh, the you lifted of the, the tires. but that's not what they do. so therefore this is doing, this will do nothing to appease the front of those. it appeared to be a charm offensive in the days before this by the commission president, you recall, he evaluated the possibility of in producing restrictions on products from russia on beller roost. instead that made headlines. the main stream media is not really what you are paying. farmers are asking for, couldn't make an impact for them. you know that the doesn't really mean anything very much. i mean, like elizabeth wanted is the being in people just from russia and bella rose isn't so important the will. so the problem is that, um, they all know that, um, uh,

the cheap leave of the product. so russian better. so they were already fairly expensive than not on the competing. um the, the products of pollution and other european farm was the problem with the green was that they never really followed any of the type of regulations that are mandatory getting the e u. so that's why they're able to, on the european farm is because since they don't follow these are regulations, this stuff is very cheap, nothing really applying the case of russian and beller roost products. good to see you and thank you for your thoughts. as always, george zamarelli senior research fellow with a global policy institute speaking to us from budapest today towards thanksgiving. our region in ukraine has decided to owner the infamous not see event for any auto slough hooked up with a mental scandal interrupted. you may recall last year when the canadian prime minister applauded the boss and ss veteran in parliament use of the ukrainian

consul in question has justified their tribute to the 3rd right cooperator, a yellow slab whose elisha division vet to him is to be decorated for a significant personal contribution to providing assistance to ukrainian armed forces. ready in charitable and public activities, so it's not exactly clear what contribution 0 slab hung come made it to the armed forces of ukraine beyond. of course this service and hitler's watson s ask alicia division of ukrainian nazis who spent world war 2, killing jews and our russian allies fighting against hitler along with us in the west at the time. he's 99 years old now and yeah, you pre. busy getting short on troops, but i still don't think they're calling up the 99 year old x that's from canada. yeah. to serve as count and potter. so about the only quote public activity that home car is actually known for these days. sitting in canadian partners while

visiting ukrainian prime is there as long as with the and all elected representatives cheered. i want to speak to introduce them as a guy. russians, totally ignoring the historical contacts that russians back then were allies of the west against taylor. we have here in the chamber today ukrainian canadians cleaning canadian world veteran from the 2nd world for from fort ukrainian independence against the russians. the plain regional council is doing russian propaganda now ripping off this band aid on through those political career and putting hunger back into the spotlight with an award and the name of the euro. slide stetsco, whose name as an added bonus, figures and some online holocaust studies courses as someone known for giving

denazi's his seal of approval for their extermination methods used on jews. former house speaker scope out and explained to all the was his constituent and lived in his districts. and he said last year that he had invited home prior to parliament. what actually happened? wrote that clarified was that the canadian ukrainian congress lobby put forward honk his name, and the parliamentary protocol office had the whole list that is by to those office with a fine tooth comb. before that invitation was sent out, not surprising that the russian embassy had a bit of fun. with that fact, he was prime minister justin to don't mean bought to desktops criminal to the parliament last year. as recommended by the current in canada and community the 5 months later, still that silent, don't you, of whom cause nancy post. no condemnation equals justification. team sure don't characterizes new fiasco, which was revealed alongside another new little bit of information that hunker had

also been invited to a private end. by all means swap a in toronto with 2 dogs, a whiskey, and about a 1000 other of their closest friends. now the email invite for that came from to those office and that was linked to the canadian press also back in february. at which point the official opposition wants to know why true joe didn't come clean about all of this when he had a chance. months ago now we know that he personally invited that same individual and he said that the former speaker had to resign or were doing the exact same thing. so will he hold himself to the very same standard method he's not fit for off the leader of the off position is choosing to me against the ukrainian canadian congress. straight to this conservative party no longer stands with ukraine, used to not stand. we do not stand with ukrainians,

not with you. and you all team zalinski is talking about how they're ready to join you like right now has to clean up and ukraine is going faster than expected. maybe that has something to do with food and siding. the notification as one of the 2 goals that process military operation in any case looks like they may have missed a spot over there at the turn of all region. a lot of drama for a country that's already really high maintenance and costing a lot of money to the west and well, to kind of high drama that usually rates to a break up long before marriage. protecting civilians must be a priority. that's what washington has said, and urging israel to delay any military offensive against the rock fat to ensure the safety of palestinians, not the city on the, at southern border with egypt. but at the same time, the us is continuing to fill

a weapons to it's all i we acknowledge from the very beginning that israel has a fundamental right to be able to defend itself. and, and so we're going to continue to support them as a, as they try to do that, ensure that they have what they need to defend their people. but we also recognize the importance of ensuring that people remain safe and gauze and, and the 2 things aren't mutually exclusive or we've been clear about the need to prioritize the protection of civilians. so that, that should be a key part of any military, any plan, any, any type of operational planning to for, to account for and protect those civilians that are in the battle space. and again, we've yet to see such a plan, but we'll have an opportunity to engage the leadership here on that. so it's almost as it does have a plan. no one saw it yet. but anyway,

it seems that these roles and vision into rough on is the matter when not if, despite growing global disapproval, the biggest concern was and remains the estimated 1500000 palestinians currently sheltering in the area. more than half of gathers population in many swats the worlds have been born and against invading such a densely populated region. but isn't it 10? yeah, hold these really prime minister takes into consideration any opinion from abroad? that would be american america is send and conflicting messages from one hand. it says don't invade russell and his monday phone conversation. for example, with nathan yahoo bite. and according to his administration, said, the sold will be any state for us national security advisor olsa points, and it would lead to more innocent civilian deaths and deep and humanitarian crisis in the in place. and yeah, who doesn't ignore this criticism? a high ranking is rarely delegation is of the us so presents and he's really plan

off evacuation of gases before the operation and to call the american leadership as well separately is really defense minister also travels to the us next week to meet his american counterpart and clearly, russell will be on the agenda, but at the same time, we just heard the us secretary of defense reiterating washington, his commitment to our israel, no matter what even before they. so any is really fun or really cajun gases. 1.5000000 palestinians from ross or before the on slots. so why would israel terror at all the decision has been made and there are no real obstacles to the the model huck. we have an argument with the americans about the need to enter off on record, not about the need to eliminate. come off the need to enter rafa. we see no way to eliminate from us militarily, without destroying these remaining battalions out of respect for the us. the president, we agreed on the way in which they could present their ideas to us,

especially on the humanitarian side, which we have coal share in this desire to allow an orderly exit of the population and provide aid to the civilian population. but i made it clear to the president in our conversation, in the clearest way that we are determined to complete the elimination of these battalions in rafa. and there is no way to do it other than the ground invasion is out in the hallway. so confidence, in fact, america is divided over washington, the support of h ro, here, figures in the, by the administration. and all of us officials say israel is breaking the law in gaza with the help of america and using american weapons, making washington accomplice on the pressure from congress president to by and introduce a new policy last month of acquiring all countries that received american military supports. to advise by us and international law provided is to continue his backend of israel,

secretaries of state and decides must indoors these roles assurances who send before within the next 5 days. on tuesday, the rest invested of israel privately told the state department of israel fulfills as obligations and that's part numerous reaction across the american political establishment with officials calling the ambassadors assessment homeless, comical, unobserved, unclear, actually what decision will eventually be made. but in the meantime, to human rights organizations submitted to ad documents to the us government's claiming these rarely assurances are not credible. the accused israel of violated international humanitarian law and urge the america to stop arman as well, and a joints memorandum, base summarized as rarely violations, such as striking hospitals and ambulances, or preventing humanitarian aid, including us, funded. from crossing into the gather streets, we urge secretaries blinking and austin to consider the likely violations below

when determining the credibility of these really governments assurances in response to n. s. m. 20 ox fam, and human rights watch. believe a suspension of arms transfers to israel is necessary so long as there is an overriding risk that they are being used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and us law and policy. while president joe biden and others supporting arms deliveries for israel, se washington sends weapons to help israel defend itself and protect its citizens. in fact, american supports israel with all kinds of weapons and in much bigger amounts than it is needed for self defense. in 5 months of the war, washington improved and delivering more than $100.00 separate for and military sales to israel, including thousands of precision guided munitions and bonds. previous, the only 2 approved contracts were made probably x h more than

a $100000000.00 worth. and it turned out the figure is much higher to versus $100.00. and that shows just how extensively washington is involved in the 5 month long conflict in gaza. it has so much criticism about, but only in wards. the irish to shock leo for up to her house, unexpectedly resigned from the post. i'm from the party he had to his emotional speech apparently came as a surprise to his deputy and stuff. i'm sorry i'm resigning as present the leaders and the guy was i to today i will resign as the teacher. as soon as my successor is able to take up that office, it has been the most fulfilling time of my life. however, politicians are human beings. we have our invitations, we give it every time until we count anymore, and then we have to move on. my reasons for stepping down are both personal and political. there are loyal colleagues and good friends contesting local. you repeat

elections and i want to give them the best chance possible. and i think there's a better chance under a new leader. well, the bomb shell are nice been comes less than a fortnight after irish voters overwhelmingly rejected, proposed changes to the constitution, including saying no to the definition of a family being altered the referendum was one of the cornerstones of the prime minister social policy agenda. the 1st became leader and $27.00 opposition party heads including from sion fame which supports reunification with northern ireland has already called for the date of a general election to be brought forward. busy or unexpected decision to signal that your stepping down as to shock bears all the signs of a government that has lost confidence in itself. because it knows it has lost the

confidence of the majority of people in this country. so we don't need a shifting of the deck chairs on the titanic. we don't need an internal election in seen a gale. we need the people to decide we need a general election here. that is the democratic thing to do or less cross live. now to jason, michael, an independent journalist, i like it demick based in dublin. jason, good to see you collected. how did to you, jason, that the real surprise here is that there is any surprise. the constitutional referendum was so heavily backed by mister roger, as well as the irish political and media establishment that when the public sold welding he rejected. how could he govern the people? well, it did, he couldn't. um the both referenda one on the family and one on k of were full

bodily presented to the i feel like to that that even those who would normally be in favor of such a thing just didn't feel that they have the personal confidence for them to stand on this we saw across the entire political spectrum by king a yes. yes. uh, from the socialist pop. these last leading parties on june saint lou old bought a yes. yes. in both in the referendum, in the immediate aftermath where you know that cutting i'm challenging the government on the lack of explanations of a certainly felt on the ground that none of that had all the hallmarks of something . i'm prepared in haste and cruelly can setup this. is it? um the, the people say we're not going to be dictated to i'm, you know, all the regions apart from dumb larry. i think it was in dublin and said no 2 to one of the the amendments and then overwhelming me and the other as well. but what does it mean uh that the fraud for it is going,

what does it mean for our that of what it means, a lot of things and no one here is quite sure for any of law means i'm the most of the referenda leo. but i'd cons has sent over what has been described as a catalogue of political failures, and they think and abroad assessment. that is true. it has been effectively a lot. okay, cool. issue of to rob of unpopular potties backed up by the green coffee scene, a fall scene, a gale. i'm really to stop sh, insane from having any tool room in government. and effectively this, this sort of political soniega link has led to a situation in which a number of social crises, an island. how do you think homelessness? how just become on manageable? i'm childhood, homelessness alone has increased until the, you know,