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>> this is dw news, live from berlin. more evidence comes to light of the devastation left behind by russian troops after their withdrawal from northern ukraine. the small town saw intense fighting between russian and ukrainian forces. nick finally spoke to residents about the ordeal under russian occupation. a bond hospital in variable and -- mariupol and ukraine.
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plus a rare admission from moscow about the troop losses in ukraine. russia acknowledges significant losses of russian soldiers, calling their deaths a huge tragedy. welcome to the program. world leaders have condemned the apparent war crimes committed by russian forces in ukraine. evidence is mounting of civilian killings, rape and torture. authorities are still trying to identify hundreds of victims of atrocities in the town of butcher outside the capital of kyiv. as russian troops withdraw, locals are coming out of hiding and taking stock after nearly a month under russian occupation.
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nick connolly visited the small town that found itself in the middle of intense fighting between russian and ukrainian forces from late february. he spoke to residents struggling to make sense of what happened. >> this is a small town just emerging from a run -- a month under russian occupation. this is as much as many residents of the tempter think of. leading to the russian troops as they hit in their homes. >> people in this village spent 27 days without water and 27 days without bread. >> they held out for three weeks until this became too much to bear and they were finally able to leave the neighboring village.
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when they got back, the ukrainian military had taken their home. >> they have gutted everything, carry everything out. all that is left are the walls and the surface. they have taken all the electronics. i don't even know where they put it all. i am just disgusted at the thought that they are moving around and eating in my house. at least they did not sleep here. they just destroy things for the sake of it. >> the impact on this community goes far beyond these homes. they were kidnapped and detained on end. several residents are still missing.
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a priest will -- a priest arrived from a neighboring village. it is not food or money that the locals are watching for. >> the people here need tranquilizers. many of them lost everything. they spent a lot of time saving for it. the houses, the cars, it is all gone. >> the damp salad where her neighbors spent the coldest nights of the year. >> we were not just hearing the family, everything was shaking. all we could do was pray it would not hit us. we just kept praying. crushed by the time you have been up and down these steps,
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you will not think of any else. >> always waiting for something they can't quite define. unable to ever let go. >> the fear they might return as soon as they appeared is never far away. >> our next guest is from kyiv. she is the head of the nonprofit organization the scent for -- center forcible -- for civil liberties. there is much more we are not seeing as russian troops withdraw from various capitals -- people around the capital.
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they are likely to escape from this area. russians deliberately isolate if they don't provide opportunity for people to recreate. my assessment is there to see international crimes that are committethere. frankly speaking, if see such crimes, what is going to happen in mariupol. >> we know very little about what is going on there. the russians have bombarding that city for weeks. ukraine officials have been burning bodies to get rid of the evidence of their crimes.
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>> people are kept in the basement without food and electricity. but now we can think about what happened in our native city. >> can i ask about the horrible things that have been telling you in variable -- >> they suffered from a lack of food and water. and other people were there. it is really horrible.
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the most problematic of that is what happened with our ukrainian officials. the russians don't provide anything to save the city now and injured. we asked the international community to raise their voice. the city is totally destroyed and people have to be safe. >> what more do you want with regards to all of the human rights violations? >> we speak not only about mariuput how to manag the situation in ukraine. we need several things to get done.
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this shows the whole world that we need weapons, we need fighter jets, we need tanks, weeed other kinds of mitary tactics. its a very huge debate. some pple say this is half empty. but the right queion is whether or not they can stop putting and ukraine. it is not enough >> -- putin in ukraine, it is not enough. >> ukrainians are searching through the rubble hoping to find the bodies of their loved ones. this was one of the first towns
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hit by russian shelling after the invasion began. local authorities have estimated that 200 civilians have been killed. alexandra is standing by in the ukrainian capital. ukrainian authorities say 26 bodies have been discovered. what did you witness? >> the scale of destruction that we saw today was shocking to all members of our team. it was shocking to see high-rise house is completely dismount -- completely demolished by russian artillery fire and bombardments there. we have to say it was also very heartbreaking to speak with the residents that had to leav under ruian occution. one woman told me the russian soldiers stormed her parents house.
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her mom was told to give the soldiers everything she had. everything of value and she begged them not to kill her. i spoke with the family there and they told me that russian soldiers came to the house and pointed machine guns at them. the mother went to her knees, begging them not to rape her daughter. really heartbreaking stories. >> you can hear that. what are ukrainian officials saying about these atrocities? >> they fear that worse is still to come because we now have access to the villages on the outskirts of kyiv and slowly we are beginning to understand the scale of destruction and how
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many people have been killed there. but we don't have access to mariupol. the port city in the eastern part of ukraine. that is for weeks under siege by the russian forces. >> thank you very much. since invading ukraine, russian forces have attacked more than 100 medical facilities. the world health organization says more hospitals and health care facilities have been attacked than ever before. >> the moment a bomb exploded in the city of mariupol. this is what was it. the maternity and children's hospital.
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since the start of russia's invasion, more than 90 health facilities including hospitals like this have been attacked according to the world health organization. some more than once. at the start of the war, the main hospital in the town was hit. days later, it was attacked again. and then again. while dozens of civilians were hiding inside, trying to escape the shelling. among them was the head of the hospital trauma center who was there with his wife and children. the experience still haunts him. >> the shelling lasted about
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20-25 minutes. my children and i did not make it to the basement. we spent all this time in the corridor of the hospital. we experienced all the shelling firsthand. >> this is ukraine because former deputy health minister. he now runs an organization trying to document each and every hospital attack. >> our main in primary goal. this is what makes our team really motivated.
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hopes of prosecution seem a long way off. >> russia has 16 -- has sustained significant losses. he called it a huge tragedy for russia and interviewed with sky news. it is a rare admission of a country's military losses. ashcraft still says russia hopes to reach its military goals in the coming days. the country's defense ministry reports that between one and 2000 russian soldiers have been killed but independent estimates put the number closer to 10,000. our next guest is a former deputy assistant secretary general of --
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>> it does not have much choice other than admitting it has really suffered losses. much more significant losses. i guess it is part o the overall gameplay to prepare the ground for longer war in ukraine. >> nato foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels. the ukrainian foreign minister was there. he needs three things. weapons, weapons and weapons. he wants them quickly. it is not clear what nato has been providing. has there been any kind of shift in the types of weapons the alliance has been sending ukraine? >> nato has not provided any weapons. it is the allies. it is the 13 number countries and military equipment. nato does newman have a cornet demo. what the secretary-general has asked for is for the allies to consider providing more of the
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heavy military equipment that is really needed to counter this. i think this is what we are talking about in the days and weeks to come as russia has started to regroup and reinforce its military troops. >> let's have a quick listen. >> allies have been doing a lot. they are determined to do more. now armed for the medium and longer term. we discussed what more we will do including cybersecurity assistance in providing the equipment.
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>> he mentioned chemical and biological threats if they were to be a type of an attack on ukraine, would nato's position change in any way? is there a redline for nato? >> it is very wise of the allies . we want to avoid this this time. at the same time, it is very important to do this to prepare for worst-case scenarios. to prepare for what-if scenarios. i think that is what the allies have started to do already with the chemical weapons that russia eventually may use. but also for a potential application or deployment of tactical nukes.
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>> if they say that we can't do anything that might make the situation worse or this will spill into nato territory, it has become very clear that the criteria for what is considered provocation is different from moscow than in the west. >> i think it is very important to consider the potential consequences of any action. this is what the allies are doing collectively. they have collectively decided to not push it too hard. to not give putin too much of a potential excuse to say i told you so. nato is becoming an active member. a party of this operation in ukraine. so let's go for it.
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in order to avoid that, they have cap this defense flying. personally, i believe it is very wise to not always look at what mr. putin has in mind but to really focus on the way we define our own strategies in support of ukraine. >> in terms of nato expansion, putin has said that this is something that has aggravated him but this war on ukraine is -- >> i personally believe we will see a formal application of finland and sweden anytime soon. i'm not talking about days but rather weeks. it is remarkable how these two countries have changed their minds. nato, parliamentary support. it is a logical step that these countries will take if they put
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an application filled out on the table. they have been partners of native for so long. very valuable partners. they have provided first-class support. they would be first-class assets. >> here are some of the other stories we are following for you. european union states have approved new sanctions against russia that includes a ban on imports of russian coal. the ban on coal is estimated to be worth 4 billion euros per year. eu diplomats are working on additional sanctions. the u.s. senate has confirmed good brown jackson as a supreme court justice. she will become the first black
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woman to serve on the country's highest court. joe biden called her confirmation a historic moment from our nation. we have some breaking news coming in. in israel, police received reports of shootings at multiple locations. one of them a popular nighttime hang out. a motive for the attack is not yet known but it follows a spate of similar incidents at the end of last month. for more on the story, we are joined by anya in tel aviv. what more do we know so far? >> it happened around 200 meters behind me. if you see the background here, you will see that this place looks ally quiet but the attack where i am standing right now is in downtown tel aviv.
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you can say it is at the heart of tel aviv. usually this place would be bustling with people. it is a thursday night. this is thetart othe beginning of the weekend. a lot ofhem would be out here and they would go to the restaurants but they don't do that anymore. they were going home looking for safety. i was trying to get closer to the site of the attack but was asked by a policeman to not do so. he felt that would not be safe for me. because the police are still looking for the perpetrator. apparently the perpetrator is still on the run. we have been hearing a lot of sirens downtown. we saw a helicopter and this is the fourth attack within two weeks. the police have already been on the highest alert for 12 months. >> thank you.
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>> a group of syrians were given refuge after fleeing war in their own country, spending time helping germans. now they are helping ukrainians whose lives have also been turned upside down by conflict. >> mud as far as the eye can see. in july of last year, hit by devastating flooding. in a matter of days, this eight campaign was launched. and hundreds of syrians from across germany and syria to help flood victims. >> we have more experience than the germans when it comes to disasters and war. we have been through it all but survived so we are better equipped to deal with it that many who have not yet faced these things.
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a group of syrians pitched in for months. they bonded with the flood victims and now some of the helpers are moving to the valley themselves. they used the network to coordinate hell. now he is using it to move house. >> we built up this team of volunteers after the flooding.
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it is our goal to help out in ukraine. and wherever else we can. day by day, they check which helpers are available. he now lives instantly. there were in ukraine has upset him greatly. he lost his entire family to a chlorine gas attack in syria. while we were filming, they will find their place in society.
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they hope to lead by example rather than keep pitching in. >> here is a reminder of one of our top stories. the kremlin spokesperson acknowledged russia sustained significant losses of troops in ukraine. the country's ministry reports that between one and 2000 russian soldiers have been killed but this has -- this will put the number closer to 10,000.
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>> it is 10:00 p.m. here in the french capital, and here are the stories making road headlines. civilians east ukraine after being warned local officials that time is running out before russia steps up its attacks on the region. the european union has approved an embargo on russian coal meetg an urgent plea from ukraine for more weapons. at least two people are dead following a shooting in to, in what police are calling a terrorist attack.
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you are watching "live from paris." monte: thanks for joining us. we begin in ukraine. with reports that russia is about to escalate attacks on the east of the country. local officials are urging residents to flee the region while they still have time. scores of civilians are heeding the advice and making their way west to the city of lviv. our correspondent is in lviv with the latest. reporter: since the start of this war in ukraine, some 200,000 people have come to lviv in the rest of the country. most of them come through transit centers like this one where they are given initial accommodation, food, security,
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and they have to go through security checks, as well. after that they are redistributed around the country to families, to churches, anywhere that can take them. i was just talking to a young man now who himself has taken in four per who he is looking after by himself, at his own expense. they have managed so far, but with the marketing more intense in the east of the country, they are expecting hundreds of thousands more. that will put the intense strain on the ability. monte: that is our chief editor, ron parsons in lviv. russia admitted it has suffered significant losses in ukraine. kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov made the admission, without specifying the number of casualties. two weeks ago the russi defense ministry said 1300 of its ldiers had killed. western officials have put that number closer to 10,000.
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the european union has approved an embargo on russian coal. e.u. ambassadors met in brussels to consider a fifth package of sanctions against russia, and that includes that embargo. west u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says the atrocities of bucha are likely just the tip of the iceberg, he made the comments after two of minutes with foreign of nato in brussels. at the same meeting, ukraine foreign minister urged the west to expedited shipments of weapons to the ukrainian army. >> i came here with a simple message. my agenda for the discussion, along with three items, weapons, weapons, weapons. to win the war, first and foremost, you need weapons. the point is very simple. your atlantic security is
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indivisible. citing against russian planes, tanks, and personnel in ukraine, we are defending not only ourselves, but also the security of nato members, of the allies. >> with each day, more and more credible reports of rape, killings, torture, are emerging. there are many more towns russia has occupied and more towns it is still occupying, leases is where we must assume russian soldiers are committing more atrocities right now. monte: and for more on the story, we are joined by our guest, she is an associate fellow at the royal united services institute. thank you so much for being with us. we just heard from secretary of state antony blinken.
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in addition to pointing out those atrocities in bucha, he also said russia has to decide if it wants to engage in meaningful diplomacy with ukraine. with the war in its seventh, do you see this war ending in diplomacy? guest: thank you for having me. i don't see any signs that russia is willing to engage in any meaningful conversation when it comes to diplomacy. we have seen that as foreign minister lavrov has also made accusations that ukrainians are changing the deal, changing the proposals. this is an indication that russia in the first place, was not interested in diplomacy to work in this case. and we have seen numerous times how russia has violated the agreement they have signed. so i am very skeptical when it comes to diplomatic solutions. and i think foreign minister
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kuleba said very direct messages today, his agenda is clear on maximizing the chances of ukraine, getting weapons. it is an existential priority. also the ukrainian side has to engage in conversations, but at the same time, i think the outcome of this war will be decided on the battlefield. . monte: picking up on what you said, ukraine's prime minister is pleading for weapons, ukraine has already pledged millions of dollars in javelin missiles to ukraine, other countries have sent weapons, that nato has stopped short of sending fighter jets. a far can nato go without prompting a further conflict? guest: we have seen absolutely horrendous images from the city of mucha. this is not an exception, a single case. this is a pattern of the
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behavior that russian forces will be continuing. so this is an indication that the west doesn't really have a moral ground to deny ukraine much-needed weapons. neither can the allies be inclined to push kyiv to making concessions with russia in the hopes that the war could end with negotiations succeeding. a tragic example of what happened in bucha shows that russians have crossed all the redlines. so in this case, it is existentially important that ukraine gets the weapons they are asking for. i think foreign minister kuleba was very clear, very clear about how ukraine sees nato support. of course, nato's role has been crucial, they have been providing very important weapons to ukraine. however, at this point, ukraine
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has a certain wish list. the weapons that are existentially important to succeed, to have a chance to succeed and defeat the russian forces in this war. i think the deal foreign minister kuleba proposed is fair and realistic because putin is attempting to destroy the entire european security architecture. the foreign minister says the world must provide ukraine all supported requires an intern, ukraine will defeat the russia without having to declare article five. that is a good deal. there is no indication at this point that russia is interested in the peace deal. so in this case, there are very few options that the western allies are left with. there have been some optimistic
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statements made today, so we will have to see how far this will go. but time is also very crucial, and there have been a number of references made today by the ukrainian side. this is actually very important point, that every single day counts for ukraine, and there isn't much time left until nato allies sit down and make some decision. monte: that brings us to the subject of sanctions. the international community is ramping up pressure even more on russia. we know that the country is already under some crushing sanctions and that has been the focus of the west. so for the sanctions haven't brought an end to the conflict, so this is a more general question, do sanctions work? natia: sanctions definitely work, but the effect of the sanctions will be felt more
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deeply as we go ahead in the future. so i think that is why it is so important to help ukraine in tactical terms, to provide these weapons, because sections alone cannot do the job -- sections alone will not do the job. we have seen that the russian economy has been weakened, and there have been cases of -- we see every day how russians are trying to leave the country, many russians have left the country due to the fact that these sanctions are overwhelming and -- it is not targeted on a specific group such as oligarchs. the sanctions concern every single citizen. to the western community, when it comes to sanctions, it is crucial. what putin hopes is that at some point, the unity will crumble. it is very important that there will be a consistency in terms of applying and reinforcing
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these sanctions. so far, i think we have seen this pattern. monte: not to assess cara, fellow at the royal united services institute, thank you so much for your time. these two people are dead following a shooting in tel aviv, in what is really police are calling a terrorist attack. six others were injured. people living in the city center were told to stay indoors as a large number of emergency responders arrived on the scene. joining us now is our correspondent in jerusalem, air ms. smucker. is this still an active scene? reporter: sll an active scene, and that is highly unusual. what police are saying they were not sure, but now they say that one gunman armed with a pistol opened fire on the main street in tel aviv, at a pub and killed a number of people and injured
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others. the manhunt is still ongoing live on tv. in t context of israeli issues, two hours later not to have either captured or killed the gunman is highly unusual. people are still indoors, still downstairs in restaurants that they were attending, waiting for the all clear from police. there are about 1000 police soldiers, special operations, splitting up the street and going house to house, looking for one man who has not yet been caught. and of course there has been no claim of responsibility, so we don't know if he is attached to a group or if he was acting on his own. monte: i know that you are saying that the suspect has not been taken into custody yet. how rare is an attack like this in tel aviv? irris: there hasn't been an
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attack like this in the last six years. i think it is part of what we're seeing with patterns, there were three deadly attacks in the span oa week tee weeks ago. there is a fear that this is back to what we have seen earlier, that what was called the knife intifada, lone attackers armed with a car or a knife, now they are armed with guns. more dangerous. monte: thank you for bringing us up-to-date on that developing story. the u.s. senate confirmed ketanji brown jackson as a just of the supreme court. the 51-year-old is the first black woman to serve on the bench of the nation's highest court. the road was mostly among party lines, with three republicans joining the democratic majority to confirm her nomination.
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time now for business with kate moody. kate: hi, monte. monte: new sanctions are being enacted against russia. kate: it is hard to keep track, but we are doing our best. e.u. member states finally approved an embargo on imports of russian coal, the first time brussels has targeted the energy sector on which it does remain fairly reliant. seven industrialized nations has put fresh sanctions on moscow. those measures will ban new investments in key sectors of the russian economy including the russian energy sector, they will expand a ban on import and export of certain goods, and tightened restrictions on russia's financial sector. lawmakers in the white house also voted to strip russia and belarus out there favored favored state status, that clears the way on tariffs to be
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imposed on any imports that aren't banned. the united states imported just $30 billion worth of goods from russia last year, including $17.5 billion worth of crude oil. north korea and cuba are the only other countries not to have normal trade relations on a permanent basis with washington. european buyers have been stocking up on coal from other suppliers, according to industry data. one ship broker reported that european companies imported 40% more coal in march than they did a year earlier. imports in columbia and in the united states were up 30% or more. europe was still buying russian coal in march. that shifting buying patterns underscores the uncertainty about tighter restrictions, and the impact they will have on european households and businesses. against that backdrop, many
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countries are accelerating their plans to reduce reliance on russia and shift to more sustainable energy sources. on thursday the u.k. outlined plans to invest in more nuclear and offshore wind power, and germany is speeding up its transition plans. . here is our correspondent. reporter: a high visibility uniform perhaps for a brighter future. it future that u.k. prime minister boris johnson increasingly fueled by nuclear power, and where oil and gas will not immediately be phased out. >> we are bringing nuclear home, one a nuclear reactor every year for eight years, rather than one per decade. what we are also doing is making sure that we take a sensible, pragmatic view about hydrocarbons. reporter: the uk's new plans seek to increase nuclear capacity to 24 gigawatts by 2050, teen about one quarter of the country's demand for electricity, up from 13% today. in addition, the u.k. wants to wean itself off relatively low levels of oil and gas imported
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from russia, just like the new energy plan proposed by the ruling coalition in germany, except berlin is more dependent, it imports 40% of its gas from russia. the new 600-page package presented wednesday aims for green, nonnuclear energy to account for 80% of the national power mix, by 2030. >>. >> at the center of this package is the formulation that will facilitate and accelerate the expansion of renewable energies in the future, particularly onshore wind. this formulation says that the expression of renewables is of paramount public interest, serving the security interest, and thereby, germany's security politics. reporter: renewable energy might be at the heart of germany's economy soon, but in the short-term, berlin has already said it will likely miss its emissions target for this year and the next. kate: western sanctions have left the russian economy facing
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its most difficult situation in three decades, that will ultimately fail to isolate it, that is the word from the russian prime minister mikhail mishustin. he made that statement in speech to the russian parliament. hundreds of international brands have a lot of pressure since it invaded ukraine. moscow has pledged to nationalize those assets. and the prime minister said other countries should reconsider their plans to withdraw. take a listen. >> we appreciate our partnership. but even if you are forced to leave, your companies have to continue their work because they provide workplaces. our citizens are working there. protection of their interests is our priority. peoples living standards can't dend on the whims of foreign politicians. kate: the number of americans
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applying for unemployment benefits last week failed to its lowest level since 1968. just 166,000 new claims were recorded across the u.s. last week, another sign of the labor market's strong recovery since the pandemic, windows weekly claims initially topped 6 million in a single week. the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits declined to 1.7 million. this time last year, it was over 18 million. job openings remained near record highs, there are 5 million more employment openings at the moment than there are available workers. wall street has rallied from a negative start this session and two consecutive sessions in the red, closing just above the flat line there, despite lingering concerns about the tensions with ukraine in russia, and about how the u.s. federal reserve will be tackling inflation going forward. about half a percentage point across the board for the major
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european indices. that share price for show dropped after it says it wouldn't lose money after its exit from the russian or market. that's it for now. monte: kate, thanks a lot. time our fact checking segment, truth or fake with james creedon. hello, james. we have the first round of the french election this weekend. some online polls are suggesting a very different outcome than what is expected. james: that's right. this is the latest that came in today, and this is more or less what is being predicted, that emmanuel macron will be first in the first round of voting, and it is likely that marine le pen will join in for a face-off in the second round. the other far-right candidate is tting cold at arou 8%, radically different outcome two this mystery poll that appeared on twitter. which said that emmanuel macron
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would be eliminated. in the second round runoff, marine le pen would be beaten by a sizable margin. that is so far from the spectrum being presented by the other polls. it would lead any reasonable person to scratch their heads. in any case, this graphic claims it was conducted by a single four based investment fund in connection with a french language newspaper based in geneva. a lot of twitter accounts were laying this, graphic some of them seemingly in support of zemmour , of course they would be happy to see this, so it is unsurprising that his supporters would seize on it, but the clincher here is that the digital editor spoke out on behalf of the newspaper, saying this has nothing to do with us, we didn't order this poll. it a french election, we are a
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swiss-based newspaper and we don't conduct polls on the french election. of course it is credible that a neighboring country might take an interest and order a fool of this kind, but the radical difference in poll numbers should have us scratching our heads. that pretty much sealed the deal on that one, it is bogus. monte: we remember these accusations during the u.s. presidential election, donald trump saying that the votes are rigged. we're in the same accusation in this election as well. james: that's right, and worth noting that twitter has been using various techniques we saw in the american election to alert users also of the social network that certain data, certain claims are bogus, or misleading is the tag here at the end of that particular tweet. it is a tweet relating claims on
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one of the lower-pulling candidates, from the far-right, and he pulled around 2% less time. he along with john la salle, they are two of the more marginal candidates, both of them have said that we are living under a dictatorship here in france, voting is going to be rigged. so first of all, it is worth noting that twitter is flagging claims, this claim is being relayed by another far-right politician, formerly of the national front party. he has been relaying those claims as well. so you have many prominent politicians seizing on these claims. one of the main private networks in france, tf1, have been looking into these claims as well.
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citizen outfits are saying, look, we need to conduct, as we saw in the u.s., a citizen monitoring of polling stations. in other words, we don't trust the authorities. steal the vote hashtags have been doing the rounds on french social media -- stop the steal, rather, you can see it there. what is worth noting with these formations here is that they are saying, we need to put our own people improving stations in order to be one of the monitors at these stations. all you need to provide is a name and address. so anyone could stand in as a monitor. there is no way of knowing if these people are actually upstanding people who would do the job that state bodies are meant to do, which is to ensure that the boat is free and fair. for from the point of view of tf1 looked into these
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organizations, they themselves need to do the vetting of recruitment procedures they have put in place. it is worth pointing out as well thatdata.gov.fr will be sharing online throughout the day sunday in a transparent manner, the data that comes through, and it is monitored by the french constitutional council and other bodies. there have been claims in the last weeks and months of this nature, not the first time we have seen this. there were claims that the french authority was using dominion voting systems, which was at the center of vote-rigging claims in the u.s. the french election authority says first, they are not bogus, and the u.s. courts in the aftermath of those claims found them not to be bogus, and french authorities are not using dominion systems as well. so huge amount of claims floating around. monte: and am sure it is getting worse as we get closer to the
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