ah, well breaking news on art see the f. b. i raids homes in washington and new york owned by relatives of the russian billionaire alike. durham pascal, the businessman's representative say the moves linked to u. s. sanctions. also ahead on the program, poland. prime minister, luscious other, brussels accusing it of blocked mail, months after the commission, chief britons action against warsaw for rejecting european laws. we cannot tend, we will not allow our common values to be put at risk. the commission will act and the options are all know on 5 years after the bomb shall see on the ledge, trump russia collusion, the former british spy who compiled it. finally admits it's not 100 percent

accurate. ah, 247 used live from moscow. this is art secret, the have you with us today. my name's you know the mill. we start this hour with her continuing breaking news, arrayed by the f. b i on homes in washington and new york linked to the russian business men on billionaire. oh leg. dora pasco, the tycoon, currently finds himself on a us sanctions list. ortiz kill up and has been following the story. while the f b, i is on the scene, the houses are indeed being swarmed. but us media is referring to these homes as being the homes of ali. thereupon sca, however, what his representative has pointed out is or not, he is homes, they are homes of his relatives and they are apparently being searched by the api i

hears the information that we have obtain. it's true, the f b i's rating behalf is owned by elect the repost. his relatives, the rates are taking place under 2 court orders related to the un sanctions. now, all of their a pasco, a billionaire and business man, and in 2018 he was put on the u. s. sanctions list in 2019, he filed a lawsuit against the office of foreign asset control, saying that he was unfairly targeted and put on that list. he should not be on that list. u. s. media has widely alleged that thereupon has a relationship with paul mana, 4 and individual associated with donald trump, who was a key figure in the russia gate investigations, etc. and he did do business with paul man of fort. however, all in europe, our guys been very clear that he was not engaged in paddling russian influence. he was not involved with donald trump or anything to that effect. furthermore,

there have been widespread allegations of money laundering and thereupon, good maintains this is politically motivated. so we have a situation where these properties are being searched there, us media is insisting these are the homes of europe. pasco, pasco representative says these are not the homes of europe, pasco, these are homes of relatives. and we have a situation where it seems like us media is once again using this opportunity to bring back to the front. trump, russia, collusion allegation that we heard and back during the presidency of donald trump. so i will be watching the situation closely. we have heard from representatives of dera, pasco, about what is taking place now. there's been a testy exchange in the european parliament after the polish prime minister launched the tirade against you in the traditions accusing them of overstepping their powers and even blackmailing his country. ortiz, charlotte dupont. he can give us a bit more loud. fiery doesn't go half the way of describing some of the

accusations that have been thrown there was mud slinging throughout this session at the european pol and by the polish prime minister. and also by m e. b 's, right back at him. this was meant to be the opportunity for the polish prime minister to come to the european parliament to try and heal these devises divisions between his country and the european union. his speech seemed to have done the exact opposite with emmy peas, accusing him of leading towards a government of totalitarianism and undermining the e. u. its foundations itself now might have ad skis talked about some of the issues that you was facing. he refused to acceptance and it was not right for emmy please, to essentially blackmail other countries within the european union bite, threatening to withdraw or to hold back their funds. and he said that the

constitutional law in poland would remain supreme to that of e. you law and he said that the idea of changing that would move the you towards a fully fledged governor ball state, which is not what members signed up for. now during his speech, he was clearly overstaying his welcome when he was interrupted and told to wrap up version of that is yep, of in the bridge for them of amateurs for i'm in the mail and i live with that supernova. you have to come on the van? no, shes. so chairman, i was told by the office of david sausalito that i was located at 3035 minutes. so i will use my time. i cannot confirmed as access and confirm that certificate. i see autopay have to go, nothing completely. i'm. i'm coming to my ears, but don't disturb their me please had plenty to say they said that the polish mp

was slightly leading his country to leave the european union. one said they thought it was nigel for raj. who was talking at that session while other emmy peas took the opportunity to congratulate the anti government protests that had been taking place in poland and suggesting perhaps it, they should continue. i went to thank those polls. he took to the streets who showed their faces to other poles, hundreds of thousands of them. real patriots took the streets with national flags, proud polish flags, and european flags in their hands. a patriot should not be a nationalist. we are all listened to your denials. but the truth is, your actions are a sly way to lead poland out of the union, unilateral illegal actions, cannot be accepted and will have consequences. the sinister game that your playing is very clear. the sinister game is that you're putting upon the size, the constitutional court,

inside the polar and better politicized. those additional court is criticized by who, by the european court of justice during your speech. i was not sure if or worse, listening to you or to nigel fresh to what you have done is in fact putting an existential tract for your country. this is a road to exit. there is no room for alternative solutions. in other words, what you are proposing here and the day it's a constitutional backseat. the commission resident ursula vaughan delane weight was demanded that she in the commission act immediately. emmy piece called on her to reject the recovery funds for poland. they called on her and the commission to trigger the rule of law conditionality, mechanism v d l herself vaughan, de leon said that the commission would do everything to ensure that it protect european citizens from threats. we cannot,

and we will not allow our common values to be put at risk. a commission will act and the options are all no 1st option on fingerprints, where we legally challenge the judgment of the polish constitutional court. another option is the conditionality, mechanism, and other financial tools. the polish government has to explain to us how it intends to protect your pin money given this ruling of they are constitutional court. this was supposed to be an opportunity to make amends, the eula rift, to bring poland back in to the full, the bosom of the e. u. what transpired was any thing, but that with the amy piece, basically realizing and saying out loud that they don't accept the pass that poland is on. judging by the session on tuesday, it seems that those divisions between poland and the rest of the you are even

deeper and wider. the u. s. defense secretary dropped in on ukraine on tuesday on underline, not no 3rd country has a veto on any wish by key f to join the nato military alliance in the future. no 3rd country has a veto over nato's membership decisions for ukraine. and as you heard me say earlier, has a right to decide its own future foreign policy. and, and we expect that they will be able to do that without any outside interference. on those remarks come in the wake of a dramatic spine contentions between russia and ne. so moscow signalled it's intent to pull the plug on its permanent mission to the block in brussels. that will

happen in less than 2 weeks. it made the move in direct response to the alliance earlier, kicking out a number of russian diplomats for alleged spine. the kremlin, meanwhile, has described any ukrainian bid to join nato. anton expansionary step too far. he cranes this session to nato would be the worst case scenario. this is the scenario that goes beyond the red lines of russia's national interests. this is the scenario that could force russia to take active measures to ensure its own security . i'm delighted to welcome on to the program live, scott ritter, former us marine corps intelligence officer for his take you to see his gun. was this just the hypothetical thinking by the us defense secretary? or is there something more concrete here? wouldn't nato make up that wall? i think right now we have to accept the fact that the united states to plain politics we're, we're in a very political situation with the choice with the,

i'm sorry about that. you're okay with your, with the, with nato and, um, in russia, jo splitting up like this. so there's a, you know, there's the united states can't be seen is allowing russia to dictate the terms to any nation now. and in this way, the united states is correct. i mean, ukraine is a sovereign state, and ukraine has him like to ah, it has every right to insist on it. so its own is a direction where wants to go. united states doug is right in saying that this is this, this is the case. the problem is, united states can't tell russia to do. i mean, that's, that's the big equation. it's not what i'm, you know, ukraine once. it's what russia is going to do. as result of this, there are consequences for actions and the united states and nato knows this.

there's been a hesitancy on the part of both united states and nato to encourage ukraine joining nato because of the ramifications. i mean, one only has to look back to the spring when russia was a 100000 troops, or were surely overnight on the border with ukraine. something nato can't match and so there will be consequences. and then mr. pascoe said so and these are the consequences that could cause. busy ukraine is sovereignty, i'm not speaking on behalf of russia. i'm merely stating that when you push a situation to the extreme, you get extreme results. and so austin is in ukraine, plain politics. he's saying things, you know, for political reasons, but there are consequences and he is rationing up tensions at a time when that's the last thing. either nato or russia need. well, that is the thing. russia saith expansion of nato infrastructure into neighboring ukraine. would be a red line on a threat to its national security forcing it to take action. i serious scanty think

this could get look. busy there has been talks, you know, with ukraine about creating the conditions in which exceptions can be made to normal nato. a processes are normally a nation that is undergoing the kind of internal strife that ukraine is, is not, does not qualify for natal membership. all borders have to be secure, there can be no internal conflict. and of course ukraine is a nation beset by internal cause a conflict. so there's talk right now vogue. busy maybe letting ukraine in recognizing only the borders of the areas that are outside of conflict as having an article 5 of protection. but this is, this is again, going in the wrong direction. russia won't allow it. and nato needs to understand that if they make an effort to bring ukraine in, russia will take action. and you know, the rush is not

a nation to bluff say. i hope nato understands is that the russians are prone to blushing. and when they talked about extreme reaction, extreme security situation, extreme means extreme. we're talking about war. and there's a real chance that nato will find itself in a shooting war with russia over ukraine, one that it and out when. and moreover, one that united states is not in a position to come to their aid. so yet again, nato will, you know, face, it's your taste defeat in this could be the end of nato. i don't know if nato can take another defeat. another embarrassment, like they had dentist in the and by the very essence of what nato is, scott disco with beyond brussels. can't moscow? you've got a lot of other nato members thinking is this the step that we want to see in her military alliance because it affects us to absolutely, and then the, the reason why i don't think there's going to be any nato expansion in the ukraine

is because there was a consensus driven organization and requires the unanimous support of all members. um and there you are regardless of lloyd austin, going in and making a politicized statement. there are calmer heads in europe that understand the consequences of a war with russia, and that, that's the last thing they want more. you're going to war with russia over ukraine, the most corrupt nation in europe. i mean ukraine brings nothing to the table for nato. other than a further containment of russia, it doesn't bring a thriving democracy, it doesn't bring a thriving economy, it brings nothing. and there's many european nations that just don't want any part of this. and those european nations are nato members. and they can vote know and out. i think right now you're seen germany is not inclined to support this. i don't believe france will support. i believe they don't want to support us. just enough nat. couple more points just to touch upon relations between russian nato that already an extremely low ab, as i went through. and this talk about ukraine won't exactly help build bridges in

any way, will it? no, it is the opposite. but, you know, sometimes relationships have to rock bottom before they can be rebuilt, nato and russia have a very poisonous relationship right now, you know, in the united states have a very poisonous relationship. and. busy you know, sometimes that poison festers in an environment where there's ill will, but no consequence. here we, we have a situation where we can see by actually discussing the, the members near ukraine, membership and nato. a war is on the table. and now people have to deal with real consequences, and this will compel nato to sit down and talk with russia, impel the united states to sit down and talk with russia in order to avoid this kind of conflict. so maybe this is what needs to happen. the further devolution of the situation so that the united states naval become, that, that more clarity is injected into their thinking so that they understand there are real consequences to their actions. and just finally then, scott,

and i appreciate you are in to in the room, but russia say that wasn't given any official explanation for the expulsions of its diplomats from ne. so though they were accused of spying, was there more behind? not news. i think there is, i mean it all one as deuce listen to john. so stillberg, the, the, the, the secretary, general nato. to understand that there is open hostility and nato, to all things. russia and nato is seeking to be provocative on as many different fronts as possible. and by expelling these 8 military observers, you know, it, it's again, it's an example of nato, you know, sticking it to russia yet, one more time. i don't know if nato expected this result if, if, if their true objective was to terminate a connectivity between russia, nato, maybe natal found, or the russian presence in nato, the,

that the russian mission to be politically. so who knows why they did it, but it was done on purpose. there's no doubt about it. did nato did this on purpose to this part of an overall strategy, of provoking russian yet is a tender time, i think is perhaps the polite way to describe it. scott, thanks very much for your time. this scott ritter for marine corps intelligence officer live in rti. thank you. there has been a miraculous escape for all 21 people on board a private chit after it crushed and burst into flames. just moments after tick off in the us state of texas, 2 people needed hospital treatment for back injuries after this, not the accident happened close to houston executive airport. the plane had reportedly just taken off its struggle to gain altitude and then it came done in the nearby field smushing through ah fence. the plume of smoke reportedly as seen

from miles away, but thankfully, no fate. talis hays quite amazingly. k, the u. k. government's emergency krona virus power is, has been extended for another 6 months. it comes as the country recorded, it's high, it's daily co debt toll since march. and also as protests are increasingly being seen against vaccine. passports are correspondent in london. shoddy, edward dusty takes up the story. the house of commons has just waived through the government's flagship corona virus act of 2020. that's the $350.00 page act. the emergency powers, as it swept through the government some time ago, introduced at the start of the pandemic. i'll now continue for an additional 6 months, so it went through without even a vote. today it was expected that the parliamentary body would be holding a vote on all of this, but literally there was no opposition to it. so it was just swept through opposition,

though was on the streets of central london today. numerous protest is gathering all across central london fighting for their freedoms and their liberties, which they say this act actually denies them off. now i was that myself and for some hours there were numerous clashes with the police throughout the day. however, the most alarming incident on the streets has to be when the cabinet, minnesota michael. gov was accosted by these protest as they coordinated pounced on the him, essentially accusing him of all sorts of things throughout at the pandemic. it was then that please, i'll shoot him into a nearby building. the department for transport is right here in westminster, offering him that much needed protection. ah, ah, ah, ah, essentially these activists today say there is no need for these emergency powers

that basically allow the government to keep its unprecedented powers in place. interestingly though, that there wasn't any opposition to it in the house of commons, especially from the labor party whose job is to oppose the government. in fact, we saw a total u. 10 from labor's shot. our house secretary asked the john ashworth, who said to day, we do not oppose the renewal of this act. but just at the thought of the pandemic, some 20 months ago, he described this act as the tony and ever seen in peace time. britain that has never been subject to any robust scrutiny in parliament, of course being swept through to day again, i really dodging any scrutiny whatsoever. so what really are we talking about then while they were having to do some 20 months ago, as i say last spring, originally, i'd say give power to the government to enforce the locked down rules. but now it's somewhat adapted into many other facets of life. as of course, lockdown is now many a thing of the past today. it's more about things like piece powers, of course,

the issue of moths and also things like the mass vaccination rollout. that is still very much underway, although it's now moved to the under 18 year old class. things like vaccination possible. it could very much become a reality. however, all of this comes in the context of the united kingdom. it has reported its highest number of kind of a death, the 7 months and case is a really going back to at the level they was some months ago. of course. 7 winter is only round the corner, meaning the pandemic could again return to the things that we've seen in the past. so all of that in context is potentially why extending these emergency powers is justified for the government. the author of a bomb shill. dossier on alleged from russia collusion is standing by his claims while also at missing there, not 100 percent true. former british spy, christopher still has spoken publicly on his findings for the 1st time. the

document was compiled in 2016 and contain details allegations of a conspiracy between trumps associates on the kremlin. the role so some saucy details about stole trump supposedly escapades in a moscow hotel room. none of those allocations humping proven the f b, i later published heavily rejected pages showing the agency had paid steel for his work, but cut him off as a source after he disposed his u. s. intelligence links to a 3rd party. years later, there are still many unanswered questions regarding the steel dossier. not least how it came into being nicer senior correspond murat gas div reports. the steel dossier has been one of the most mocked derided but, but also talked about reports in modern political history. the spot being mostly dismissed as, as a work of fiction. it has just refused to die. and christopher steel is back again

. hyping and defending. he's much maligned dossier. christopher still isn't. it isn't hero, is he traitor. crisper steals a guy who picked to fight with 2 presidents. donald trump and vladimir. and he's lived to tell the tale. mind the spoilers. there aren't any new revelations or perverted details as with the 1st dossier, no vis. todd, chris tries to defend the darcy, the multiple falsehoods and inaccurate season. make believe miley tries, unprepared to accept that not everything in the da sia is 100 percent accurate. i have yet to be convinced that that is one of them. yes, he says there are some things that my daughter that are literally made up, but he sticks. it seems by the p tape. his allegation that the russians film donald trump with urinating prostitutes. and he has a stella argument to back it up, prove me wrong. he says,

you tell him that no one's ever seen the staple heard of it, and that he's the only source ad. well, rad doesn't convince chris. it hasn't needed to be released because i think the russians felt they'd got pretty good value out of donald trump when he was president of the us. the most remarkable thing in my opinion, is what steal dossier, supporters. a saying they can't defend the dos here itself, it's, it's so full of holes and eyes. so they've come up with a different method. it was the russians who painted the dossier by purposefully feeding christopher steel. these information, it's very likely that the russians planted this information in and among other information that may have been truthful because that's exactly again the way that they operate. the victims of christopher steals reporting have also reacted michael cohen, who the dossier accused of secret meetings with

a russians in europe. he had the if the place but regardless, missed the co indeed react. he said that he was pleased that christopher steel hood cruel, that of the pop just logan enough to make up a few more stories. i'm not too sure that everyone is as please abs crease. the once was quite enough. there is nothing groundbreaking in of course. he's being, he's being interviewed by a very sympathetic, quote unquote, journalist stephanopoulos has been an operative for bill clinton in the democratic party for a long time. although looking at the mainstream coverage, this sort of rehabilitation of christopher steel seems to be seems to be coming around. you have to scratch our heads even the f b. i stopped using him as a confidential human informer because i found that he was too unreliable. i think one very important aspect is the collusion of the u. s. mainstream media in this, they absolutely fell down their jobs were expected. someone like steal to be a liar. we expect the people that hired him to be pretty dodgy people. of course,

that's the case, but we did, we, at least once, would expect, i would have expected the u. s. mainstream media, the u. s. media to have looked into some of these stories before reporting them as if they were fact. in a major show of strength, hundredths of tanks and thousands of soldiers have a must into g cust. them along the border with afghanistan. while it's all part of military drills between russia and 5 of its post soviet allies. it's also designed to send out a clear message in what's currently a turbulent region ortiz eager shit on off. so that boots on the ground for himself, some 4000 troops, 500 military vehicles and 6 nations, all participating in day one of were expected to become one of the most impressive and large scale military drills. taking place here in the steps of a country that is sharing a more than a 1000 kilometer long border with of garrison. tajikistan is

a former soviet republic now operating under the umbrella of the collective security treaty organization, a russia lead military alliance. the war games there will span out over the course of the week ahead. and while the 1st day has been quiet, there's plenty of action to come. certainly, judging by previous drills, the location for the games. just 8 kilometers away from the border with a canister is not a coincidence. when the taliban grabbed power in cobble things got tense on this side of the border. when islamic states started to take advantage of the power vacuum,

it got even more serious generals do not shy away from openly saying who the show is for which in your midst this location for the drills has been chosen. according to the practical tasks, the armies have to do. we choose with several rules in mind. firstly, we go by the logic, the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleeding was creating realistic conditions on drills, health armies to prepare for the real action. the real sites under the real conditions. it's a situation that is going to need some heavy duty. whoo gaming. and sure enough, over the next few days, pretty much all you'll hear here is the sound of every kind of gunfire imaginable. i'm a gosh darn of was informed that you could stand odyssey. reminder for up to the minute developments do give ortiz twitter page, follow a line here again, up the top of the hour with more of the stories affecting your world today. by for a

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