the, the reduced to rubble over the past 9 months, the former salt mining town was turned into a battlefield. one that's all the bloodiest infantry fighting since world war 2 and russia's brutal assaults on the eastern ukrainian city. it was wagner mercenaries who took the lead. now the head of the private army says, his work there is done. the battle is one on the transfer of the city to russia's. regular forces has begun, but ukraine claims their defences are holding on and the pockets of resistance still persist. nicole for elation. berlin, and this is the day, the origin for the city we are withdrawing units from back move is now 5 am

on may 25th. why are we have to strike day and night to try to pierce the russian defense door? your why your, if the russian military has difficulties. and of course, those who played a major role in capturing development. we remain here in bucks a month with a truck was the one that they destroyed, but they haven't taken also on the day, the republican race for us president randa sanchez underwhelmed with a glitchy campaign launch on twitter. can the new florida man succeeds by stoking the culture wars? and in florida we say we're the state where work goes to die. you know, as president, i'm going to make sure woke ideology ends up in the dustbin of history, to our viewers around the world. welcome to the show, in

a city and ruins. thousands of fighters killed now, rushes, wagner and mercenary, grew claims. the battle for buck note is over, at least for them. the head of the private army says his troops are withdrawn from the ukrainian city and handing over their positions to the russian military. wagner mercenaries claim full control of the eastern ukrainian city on saturday. and what has been the longest battle of the war? keep to nice, the city has phone brushes, masonry group, wagner, sites, work and back moved is done. the city has been decimated, by the longest running and bloody a special in rushes war and ukraine. 5 minutes later you have gaining precaution, says his vices will leave by june 1st day and by the, the way, transferring positions, ammunition to the military, everything including military rations nor yes, or what if the military are in a tough situation. of course, we're leaving those who played

a crucial part in capturing back much luck was your baltimore. the cave has confirmed that wagner fights is a handing over the positions in the cities outskirts to russian troops. but they set the most and regroup remains in the city center on saturday for goes and claimed full control. in fact, moods, ukrainian troops deny this. they say they're still holding ground in the city, south west. and some of those we have to strike day and night to try to pass the russian defences in the north of back much a new bus. so flights has not moved has lasted 9 months for goes and says $20000.00 wagner. troops have been killed. but that figure may be much higher. this is not the 1st time wagner is millionaire or not, has threatened to pull out of the city. and he has frequently accused russians, military leaders of incompetence, precautions of power,

and success in black moods now enhances his pow wow. both as an ally of russian presidents, letting me a person and as a leader in the ongoing war. the west response to russia's invasion of ukraine is focused on new weapons and training for ukraine in forces, securing ammunition supplies, and punitive sanctions. there seems to be a consensus, the current climate does not allow and negotiated and to the funding for sales president, losing the silver backs to differ. he's forcing for peace talks and has proposed to act as a mediator himself. he brought that message to the g 7 summit in japan last weekend, and hope to convey it to ukraine's president will let him raise the landscape in person, but the landscape doesn't turn off to a schedule. meeting later said he was upset about the training and leaders or parent this interest and results possession, sleep free view. it is only possible to discuss peace, one wednesday,

lensky and prudes, and wants to discuss pace web to see if it is not possible to build a proposal during war time. ok, nice katie. what we want is for the war to stop 1st part of the a text to stop you both. and we will use dialog fonda negotiated way out for ukraine, and for russia, by the cody, by the host. how are we can now bring and all of us struggle, he's a political analyst and professor at the school of international relations in south paula and with their struggle. welcome back to the w. now i want to ask you right away, is the west under estimating louis capacity to mediate as well. brazil certainly believes it does because i think those are often overlooked belief in brazil that the country has a unique contribution to make to the global conversation. but in general, i would say that due to the time, somewhat controversial comments made by result, president particularly arguing that ukraine is as much to blame for the war as

russia. it seems to me that neither ukraine nor the west would accept brazil at this stage as a legitimate intermediary. however, i think a present life libby shown that he would like to prioritize this issue. so i think in the coming weeks and months, we will certainly hear more from the brazilian president about this issue. we're controversial but also contradictory at times. can you explain what results stance on ukraine and really is ok? well brazil would like to be neutral and non aligned. the big question is, what does that actually mean in the case of the war? ukraine? i mean what, brazil, as trying to do is to preserve ties to both sides. after all, russia is an important provider of fertilizers to brazil, which is hugely important to its audrey business. in addition, there is quite

a profound anti americanism, also in parts of the governing coalition. in brazil, where there's frequent uh, criticism of sort of western hyper courtesy, et cetera, people asking why the whole world needs store, impose things against russia, while in other cases of violations of the silver and t of other countries. the same reaction hasn't taken place. so, you know, so i think that the, the attempt has been made to, to kind of project brazil as impartial, but in the, in particularly considering that uh for a rush just for administer loved roof. it has recently been to buzz india and he hasn't been criticized that he was actually quite at ease. i think the overall perception is the result position is somewhat closer to russia than it is to that of ukraine. that brazil does to be fair, have a fairly strong track record when it comes to diplomacy. this one is that you'll

agree with me on that one a tough not to crack. what with little as approach to put in and this conflict be as well. the certainly, as i said, prioritizes this, which is a, somewhat of a surprise because, i mean, there's lots of challenges in latin america as well on wednesday, little organize a regional summit with south american presidents. lots of trouble are here. domestic problems in, in, in, in peru and ecuador, a profile and crises in been as well, a refugee crisis in central america. so there's lots of issues that presented could actually engage on. but i think there's a bit of a sense that lula and his diplomatic advisor uh, so moving preferred to engage on the global stage rather than the regional stage. and now i think we'll have to wait and see a bit, a lot will depend on domestic stability in brazil because unless looking the sort of rely on a stable political situation at home,

he won't have that much time to continue engaging. because if you really want to mediate that may involve shuttle diplomacy, brazil is quite far from russia and ukraine. so that may involve the president frequently visiting moscow and in cuba of so i think it probably won't be brazil alone. and that's why i think the president has emphasized the need to engage a larger amount of countries like turkey, perhaps, or india. so i think that will be a bit the idea. busy but there is an acknowledgment on the part of brazil that this will be a long term process and not something that can be sold very quickly. yeah, i want to get back to something you mentioned earlier. this double standard as it is perceived in brazil. how much does this view echo, that of other countries in the global south, you know, other countries that might be feeling patronized by the us and its allies. and i think the results position is uh, not particularly unique in the global south. in fact, i think it is pretty much align with much of

a lot america or africa where there is a sense of them. so, you know, part of the part of the negative consequences are actually due to the western sanctions rather than the war itself. and where some people ask, you know, why did nobody impose sanctions against the united states when they invaded iraq and 2003 and all these kinds of conversations? i think a quite prevalent and in that sense, i think it does also show that zalinski is message hasn't resonated in the global south as well as it does in europe in the united states. and part of the reason is that the ukraine of diplomacy is very limited when it comes to manpower. yeah, we're, while, you know, russian diploma is quite present the roof. you embassies of ukraine in the global. so we'll have to leave it there. otherwise struggle with the school of international relations and sell. paula, thank you so much for your time. thank you.

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look back at as his real declaration of what he actually aims to take into this campaign. rather than just being the one who sounds trump past won't use the word trump. and except from basically stating that he can out trump, trump, and know in as many words has those policies that could well back file on him for the key when it comes to the whole boston question, when it comes to fire arms, these are no issues that he can with the school, with in terms of popularity across the country, although he may well do in florida. yeah. let's talk about our trump thing. trump, because the sanders has obviously taken many less the street out of the trunk playbook. he's never actually been up against the former president though to think he can beat trump at his own game. it doesn't look like it when you see both in front of a crowd and run desantis, something doesn't cut it, but there are 2 important factors. first of all, donald trump may get we cut,

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years in prison. of capers founder, steward rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy. after being found guilty of orchestrating a violent plot to overturn the 2020 election and keep donald trump in power. road sentence is the longest handed down so far among hundreds of january 6 cases. mikaela, how significant is this and how much of it could rub off on donald trump? it is very significant also another member of that group cutting next was sentenced to 12 years in prison. and the student wrote actually didn't physically do anything . and that's also what his defense took. his team said it was only was they said that led to this sentence, and they will certainly be challenging this in port. but at the same time, it shows that there was somebody who actually was in vermont bands who was described by the judge is still being a danger to democracy in the united states. so that is very significant indeed,

particularly if a line can be drawn to donald trump's team, who may still face himself and it really is implicated in this. so that is still something that was feeding into his campaign, potentially had a coupon washington. when he thinks under our affairs that a polarizing election will further inflame the culture war in the us this week, the department of homeland security warrant of a rise in right wing terrorism. the potential targets, including the eligibility to community, as well as racial and ethnic minorities. now, while the debate over gun controls remains deadlocked in washington, one organization says the best protection for vulnerable groups to give them guns as well. the double use in east of caught up with them a rob roy's nose has guns inside and out. this is are the revolver that 9 millimeter. pretty standard. $45.00 is the fee for the so he's

a certified hand gun instructor. but not what you might call a typical one. he isn't a police officer, he's not in the military. and he doesn't vote republican. he's a member of the socialist rifle association. and he knows his politics may be a bit out of place here at this rural shooting range in maryland. when he talks about the training he offers. he lowers his voice. so for what we're doing, the target group is to provide a safe space for trans queer people of color and other marginalized groups to get this training. you know, teaching today just target practice with fellow s are a member eric to keep in form in the parking lot. the prejudice is confirmed a bumper sticker with an anti translator rabbit. i want to make sure that like the very fact against this kind of trans people have a right to live the socialist rifle association was formed in 2017

and now claims several 1000 members. handful of the marilyn's chapters members have come out to this monthly picnic. they say they're nothing like a right wing militia. the one thing they do have in common is the belief that gun this will make them safer. so i bought my um, i bought my 1st gun. uh was a shot gun. uh 10 days after january 6th. i was terrified that you know, there's going to be like an armed militia at the grocery store and like, my child is non buying everything. hear me say they them or whatever, and you know, so they just just total like i, you know, this essence of paranoia. so i was raised to it and i sort of recently came out as trends and both of those aspects. my identities put me as like a higher risk for political violence. what do you hear about it so much? it feels like, sooner or later it will get to you. and you don't want to be in

a position where you don't see a problem. perhaps surprisingly, there aren't any weapons at the picnic, but there are turn. it gets in wound packing. after the barbecue, rob teaches a 1st aid course called stop the bleed. stop right there. look for blood on your hands. there are no illusions here that carrying a firearm makes you completely invincible in the us and overwhelming majority of those who lean left politically support stricter gun laws and are less than half as likely to own firearms as those who mean right. but at this public outreach event in a park in washington dc, the socialist rifle association finds an audience for its message that there is an arms race in this country, whether you like it or not. and the right wing is winning by a long shot or a report by my colleague. i mean, it says who joins me in the studio. i mean, if i'm honest, this is quite disheartening. i mean, can you tell us

a little more about the socio political climate that makes people in vulnerable communities resort to guns for their own protection, because obviously they don't feel protected by the authority. certainly. certainly . yeah, i sense of the sense of hopelessness there. um and you know, the department of homeland security just came out with a report yesterday actually outlining that the new terrorist threatened the us right now is from extreme is violence specifically right wing violence. here's what they said in this bulletin, the likely targets a potential violence in the us, including critical infrastructure, are members of the eligibility to i, a community schools, racial and ethnic minorities and government facilities and personnel, including law enforcement and also the threat against law enforcement is now coming from the right way, not just the left wing like we saw with the black panthers and things like this in the sixties and seventies. so this definitely a climates here that's different from when i was a kid, you know, growing up a left wing and gun ownership just did not go together. but i think, you know, since the 2020 elections this kind of portal or is ation in the united states,

then culminating in the generally 6 riots at the capital building a storming of the capital. that was a watershed moment for a lot of people on the political left when they saw this rupture and violence from the right wing. and i think that stuck with a lot of people. you saw one of these guys in my report saying that that he literally went out a few days afterwards and bought a shot gun because his kid, i did advise as non pioneer and he was worried about protecting his own family. so this idea of protecting your own family on the, on the left, when it's an argument though that the, that the gun lobby has used for a really long time. right? it takes a good guy with a gun to take down a bad guy with a gun. how surprised were you? you see that on the left of the political spectrum, right? this is, is kind of new to this generation. now you haven't seen this since previous errors and us history. now this is not a surprising to historian, has looked at the us gun violence has existed above the left and the right. you had union members, radical socialists union members in the thirty's, carrying weapons to defend themselves. he had the black panther movement in the

sixties and seventies armine themselves against the police. that was very product, provocative at the time. but this is pretty new. this idea that the left people would you be members that's very new that the they would take up arms and defend themselves. so yeah, i think that i, i haven't heard this argument coming from the left wing and in my lifetime. but one difference that i would highlight is not this sense of like a hero who's at a shopping mall and saves everybody from an attack that didn't exist in this group that i talked to. it was more the idea of that. if i am trends and i am specifically personally at target for right wing hate crimes, then it's more about protecting myself against these crimes. it's heartbreaking really. and the truth is quite the opposite. isn't that it's more guns don't mean the more safety? that's right. statistically. it's, it's insignificant, you know, do you have these a horrible attacks from the right wing and the us this horrible bloodshed and violent, but it doesn't make individuals typically more likely to die from a gun violence, politically motivated gun violence. it's still just

a small percentage of a gun related deaths. but what is interesting is you know that, that this idea exists that, that they have to do that. um, so yeah, i think going back to the idea that yeah, that's it. owning a gun will make it safer on this to study after study shows. this is simply not true that it was one from philadelphia that said possessing a firearm. it was done over a year. existing fire makes you 4 times more likely entered a salt to die from that assault. and if you had a chance to defend yourself, meaning if you could actually draw your gun in, send yourself, then you were 5.5 times more likely to die. so even the idea of like being aware of somebody attacking with a gun and having a gun yourself, you are more and more likely the more armed you are essentially to die in an attack . how many you said thank you so much. i and the 3rd time, but make sure to stay informed. stay engaged and stay in touch. you can follow us

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