by the least qualify with the european union feels to agree on how to protect citizens and businesses from soaring energy bills, but safe enhanced launch the hunt for who's to blame for the market for head a gun. this are a chilly warning from the united nations, which sees the situation in afghanistan is so dire that half the country's entire population could face acute molly attrition. this winter with many dying we hear from the organization been born. busy deep, terrifying trinitarian crisis won't. even today we're talking got 19000000 people. as we say, food secure, that means the experiencing hunger on a daily basis. freedom or a possible 175 year prison sentence. julianna's son,

his face rests in the hands of the you. case. hi. extradition. appeal hearing to the us for the whistleblower starts to day in london. we will go live to our correspondent outside work later. ah midweek on me day in moscow. thanks for choosing r t for your global news update. you know, neil taking you through the big stories today. the e. u has failed to agree on how to shield consumers and european companies from soaring energy bills. although brussels now says it's looking for who to blame for the price bike the commission, competition department has begun collecting evidence about market behavior of main gas suppliers with a view to detecting any anti competitive behavior in the energy market. the use

investigators to avoid naming any potential culprits. the emergency talks were held on tuesday, ministers from the 27 member states gathered in luxembourg, hoping to come up with new anti crisis measures ahead of the winter season. some suggestions included, tax cuts for small businesses as well as social support for vulnerable households. unless predict there'll be no sign though of the energy price surge eating before the spring. while soaring fuel prices are begging the question of how far would you drive to fill up your tongue? and it seems the answer for some german motorists is abroad. increasing numbers are traveling across the border to get their petrol at much cheaper prices under the peers not could be a journey they will be doing for some time. with all the political talk at home focused on green energy or europe correspondent peter oliver reports from the polish pumps. the cost of living in germany is on the rise. it's clear when you

go to the supermarket and see the prices of fruit vege. it's even clearer when you go on to the full court of paint chill stations. and what we're seeing really is the unstoppable force of rising fuel prices colliding with the immovable object that his german reliance on the automobile. it's prompted. some german motorists to cross national boundaries like coming here to poland in order to try and find a cheaper alternatives to filling up driving across the border just to refuel is particularly worthwhile. if the price difference is a high and the distance is a very short, germany has some of the highest fuel prices in the european union. and to break down this whole situation into its most basic form. if you were to fill up a full tank of fuel on the side of the river odor in germany, it would cost you around $25.00 euros more than if you to phillip here in poland. i

spoke to some people who made that journey from germany to poland in order to fill a tank today. yes, of course everyone is worried about prices. i've heard they could tripled next year and, and just by the deity of prices going up everywhere and worried filling up the tank will become too expensive. as i depend on my car evenly, far away from public transport. what he's supposed to do on his own coverage ballasa, the price is unbelievably high. we are all shocked to worry about it a lot. and it's happening all around the world in germany. and here in poland as well. it's not just in poland that this is being seen with savings of almost 50 euro cents per liter. drivers have been going from germany to the czech republic to fill their tanks. it's cheaper than in germany. the price is here, 30 percent lower. that's why we're here. 3 way coalition talks to form a new german government. but in the social democrat, greens and the free democrats are continuing. and what to do about price high

expose at the supermarket. and the petrol station is set to be a big part of both with some suggesting but a cut to taxes, particularly when it comes to fuel is the only way forward. however, that's likely to be contested by some who would say that lowering taxes on fossil fuels sends out the wrong message when it comes to germany, strife the calvin neutrality. meanwhile, german drivers may well be forced to cross national boundaries more in order to make sure they can fill up so less feature all of a r t on the german polish border. more than half the entire population of afghan, the son could face a cute malnutrition this winter, with many dying. that is the dire warning from the un, which is demanding immediate action. its latest report stays a record. $22000000.00 plus south guns will suffer from food insecurity,

while almost $3000000.00 children under 5 are at risk of dying from nutrition. and submit the precarious state of the economy which has been heavily dependent on foreign funds for years. about 40 percent of its gross domestic product has been international late. well, the crisis follows the celtic us withdrawal after a 20 year military presence there that tell a bon class by much of the world as a terror organization, rapidly reach a control of the country and captured its capital capital. since then, western countries, along with international financial bodies have halted their 8 payments. the un food and agriculture organization has worn, the worst is yet to come. ah, 1st and foremost situation today in afghanistan and looking forward is really, really alarming. let's remember 70 percent of afghans people live in rural areas involved in agriculture said the drought has had had

a massive effect already. that's why early on this year we were already sounding the alarm for this or, you know that this bit discouragement, hearing crisis children all the worst hit a few days, a few weeks of deep hunger can lead to stunting, it can lead to wasting. these are secondly, look at the short term. we're talking about the country in which agriculture, as i said, it's, it's, it's 80 percent of livelihoods that, you know, it was, it's the most important sector in terms of people's lives in this collapse is now done with it. it was looking at massive displaced, there are thousands of health clinics that are struggling at a time when because of the, the crisis, the needs are going up. we're starting to see more and more children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. the drinks need need money for the doctors of the salaries of equipment, et cetera. a really big, broad, deep, terrifying monitoring crisis. well, even today we're talking about 19000000 people who are, as we say acutely food insecure, that means they're experiencing hunger on

a daily basis. and as you said, we haven't seen the worst yet. projections are the by the end of the year, and next year 23000000. that's more, that's 55 percent more. ringback than one out of every 2 ask our men, women and children will be in that situation. in september, a high level meeting in geneva to place a $1000000000.00 was pledge below that about $275000000.00 has arrived in the hands of human, terence fm. i and organization w, p, unicef. so one of the money that was pledged has yet to arrive, but to be quite honest, it's only gonna be dropping the ocean. the situation is, is deteriorating so quickly, so dramatically the scale and the speed which the humanitarian catastrophe, or he's human, a tearing crisis unfolding, heading towards catastrophe, means that, unfortunately far, far more money is required. here, let's tell you now. but the ongoing turmoil in north east africa, big update,

the student, the prime minister, has not been released. he'd been detained along with his wife on monday. i'm in the military takeover of the country. the military chief who led the cook claimed yesterday that the prime minister was detained for his own safety. he had been staying at the general house. the military overthrew spark widespread like rage across the country. people pouring onto the streets soon thanks to the images of chaos into done by global condemnation of the coup with washington piling on the pressure. we've already made clear that we are pressing pause on significant aspects of our economic assistance to sudan and we will look at the full range of economic tools available to us in coordination and consultation with regional actors and other key countries to make sure that we are trying to push the suit the entire student, his political process back in a positive direction after this significant and alarming setback. well, to specify what mr. sullivan was alluding to there. the u. s. department earlier,

none to halt 2 millions of dollars in economic aid to the country in response to the qu. but really just who does that decision? her? the most? the question or senior correspondent monarch garcia, has been looking into in this day and age. almost nothing is sacred off limits. you can weaponized anything, trade, culture information. it doesn't have to kill all it has to do is hut. in light of these developments, the united states is pausing assistance from, from the $700.00 are $700000000.00 in emergency assistance appropriations of economic support funds for susanna. this was badly. c needed money for one of the poorest nations in the world, but it came of all sorts of political strings attached thick cables of them. as a door assistance often does they are weapons behave do as you are told, or will cut you off. the problem is the people who get cut off usually aren't the

ones that misbehaved. like when the u. s. froze of ghana stanz bank accounts, president biden is not hurting the taliban, or the current regime. this is really hurting every day. afghans and the united states will push them into further poverty. take my word for it. while in afghanistan, i didn't see a single hungry taliban fighter. i saw thousands of civilians, the boy out in the streets, willing to sell family members for food because they weren't getting salaries because i've got a sons bank accounts had been frozen, but no magazine among them. and they sort of keratin stick approaches. seen frequently, we stopped paying a low of a to them and they will not see that money again until that here to the agreement. but they built a damn that stops the water from flowing into the neo. and you can't blame egypt for being a little bit upset. i had a deal done for them. and unfortunately,

if you have broke the deal, which it should not have done that was a great mistake. and short, the united states cut hundreds of millions of dollars worth of health care and education and development aid to the government of ethiopia. the suspension of a proved pointless that little besides irritates ethiopia. and of course de leon, stop countless health care and education programs or take palestine for ever at the receiving end of those u. s. age cut. what does that achieved? this administration is thereby targeting the most vulnerable segment of the palestinian people and depriving refugees of the right to education health, shelter, and dignified life. but that was all child's play compared with what transpired in venezuela held the long by ruinous us sanctions. they struck as venezuela was going through an economic crisis and that resulted in near complete. he can amik

annihilation inflation at half a 1000000 percent of fantastical figure, but with very real consequences. you'd think that lessons have been learned that pulling aid to poor nations is like putting a meal from a hungry parson. the leads aren't the ones that suffer and starve that isn't the reasoning behind age cut. think cynical, think heartless? the idea behind pulling aid is as simple as it is cruel to compel, ve the angry, the hungry and the desperate master rise up against their own rulers? that the elites truly fear. crime rates are skyrocketing in the u. s. city of minneapolis and the states, democratic representative has pointed the finger directly up, the police accusing officers of not fulfilling their duties. thus despite ill hon.

omar being among the most vocal advocates of the funding, the force ah, she now fulfill. oh dear oh i v i c o v m minneapolis police department is y wu, lien t ah fulfill dear. oh, well this is what the citizens themselves are dealing with so far this year there's been $75.00 homicides in the city that is up 114 percent compared to the same period in 2019. it comes as the minneapolis police department is loss more than $200.00 officers to to funding cuts, low morale, but activist claim to funding the forces not enough on wanted entirely replaced

with a so name department of public safety. minneapolis was the center of a massive wave of protest last year following the death of george floyd in an altercation with a police officer violent riots, rutted nationwide and led to a vocal defun. the police protest movement. we got the thoughts of retired police officer, dominic izzo about the issue the number one thing people wind up doing for political purpose when it comes to are defining the police as it's a gut ral gut wrench, a reaction that they're looking at. because you have your constituents that they're trying to get their votes from. i'll look at it as they're gonna get rid of police and blame police. let's define them. whatever she wants to put into place, a department of mental health to take over this. you're just, you're asking for problems. this comes from not allowing law enforcement to do their job and not being backed properly. and you're going to see such a disaster unfold in my personal opinion and experience with law enforcement. one of the main reasons that gr crime rates keep growing up is lack of prosecution. the

state attorney would always try to lessen a charge ah, to, to win more prosecute prosecutions, which would put them at about a better position for reelection. but you just, you see a lot of stuff like that, which puts people criminals back on the street. and it perpetuates a cycle. you need to go back to the constitution. you need to have like police officers do their job painting over the past. that's the claim being made against an art museum and the german city of dresden. it's decision to re title more than 100 art works to make them more politically correct, has been widely derided. since the beginning of last year, the dresden state, art collections has renamed $143.00 works, which it had deemed racist and discriminatory. for example, moore was removed from the title in room with the emerald stage. gypsy madonna became madonna with astounding child on dwarf in the title dog dwarf. and

a boy was changed to short mom. the campaigns attracted nationwide ridicule with a petition not alive, demanding its immediate reversal. i think by now i think such decisions should be taken. kathleen, if it really is discriminatory than something had to be done as a fellow that i think it's rather go to use political a correct speech. but if it used to be called that, then i probably wouldn't name it. but i think it's important to point out such things. i think they're a better approach is to highlight this without rename in historical things. you can, for example, sign to day were, would call that. but give the old name look anything at all context. and if they're not politically correct, it's probably better to give context. an officer makes relations is to the changing names and actually raising history. always from oscar push. i'm very skeptical about this. the historical meaning gets changed. if you do this, you shouldn't least leave an explanation and the original title for sure. well, what is happening and dressed and fall as

a creeping trend or on the world of renaming. last your life in canada, toronto city council, renamed a street because it had originally been named after a politician who turned out to have been involved in the slave trade. in 2020 minneapolis city council approve the renaming of a street there and tribute to george floyd said he's in the u. s. have been increasingly renaming their streets in fact, ostensibly to recognize like history. while in the u. k. hundreds of streets linked to colonialism on slavery, have seen their old names consigned to history. historian dorothea went to berg is among those concerned about efforts to simply forget the past a double month. i don't think you should rename anything. you should leave the name that painters and sculpture then south gave if you want, he can comment that it was the norm of the time and that you wouldn't say like that today. but it's 17th century work is the 17th century work in 100 years. people will judge the names were give to day in the same way and say that's wrong or immoral times change. and that's why i'm always in favor of live in it as it is in

their original home. right, let's bring you another of our big stories today. imprison, wiki leaks, thunder. julian assange, find himself back in court today after a 2 day expedition hearing gets underway in the u. k, the high court will consider an appeal by the u. s. over a previous ruling to block the whistleblowers extradition. he is wanted by washington to face 17 charges of espionage and one of conspiracy to huck. a government computer if convicted astonishingly, he could face a prison sentence of 175 years. mm. i will hearing comes after a number of potentially game changing developments that could influence the long

running pass over julian sanchez. faith right now, though, before things really get going into court room. interesting whether the judge will take them into consideration or leave a tranquil takes us through data. and some more besides, when last month's journalists revealed an alleged cia plot to kidnap or even kill julian assange. many of those who read it must have thought, wow, if the mightiest of spy agencies was so keen to get rid of the whistleblower, it's really a miracle he's still alive. if the claims from september report are true, it just shows how much he's loathed by anyone in charge in d. c. for his partner though, and other problems activists, it served as another chance to convince the rest of the world. what washington's real intentions are when it comes to assange, this is a game changer going into that appeal, because it shows the true nature,

the true origins that show criminality of the yes, actions against ju n. now reports that the ca conceited kidnapping, kill in essence, have gustin more doubt on the reliability of us promises. and thirdly, exposed to political motivation. behind this case. a quick reminder of what was revealed in september interviews with an entire team of former trump officials suggested senior members of the administration supposedly requested options for killing assange. one of these alleged options included engaging in a shoot out in the streets of london. if you read all the gory details, you'll be amazed by how hollywood it all is. that was back in 2017 when we colleagues published a damming investigation. and to see i hacking tools. this is just how embarrassing things got for the u. s. system. it's a point at which you'd expect the people and organizations involved to react or

rather fail to react by saying no comment. but my compare did, they should all be prosecuted for speaking about classified activity inside the central intelligence agency. maybe they didn't, maybe as a cop, just made it up. but you should, i take seriously my responsibilities to protect that information. this can be seen as pompoms confirmation of the assange kit, not oh, kill story. why else would you want to prosecute those sources? speaking about classified activity only a few months ago and i slattich news outlet reported on some eye opening testimonies by a key witness in the us indictment against the weeks founder. very embarrassing for the was justice system to if true. the iceland national admitted that almost all of what he said while being questioned by the f. b, i consisted of lies proffered an exchange for immunity. from american prosecution. boone

ah, this activity was sits include attempts to hack into the computers of members of parliament and recalled that conversations in fights thought us. and now mister stunted that the sancha never asked him to hack or access phone recordings of him peace. more deceptive language emerges in the aforementioned judgments where it states the songs use the unauthorized access given to him by a source access a government's website of iceland used to try to police vehicles and reaction to that. edward snowden said that it was, i'm quoting the end of the case against joy and assange wishful thinking. edward, if only for once, someone and the obama trump, or the biden administration, gave

a damn about what you've been saying or what the leading press freedom activists have been sounding the alarm about hypocrisy. first and foremost, it is a damning indictment at nearly 20 years on virtually no one responsible for alleged us war crimes committed in the course of the afghanistan and iraq was, has been held accountable, let alone prosecuted. and yet the publisher who exposed such crimes is potentially facing a lifetime in jail, right? by the looks of it be a new faces in the white house and the administration or not so new or outright old . forget even thinking about the idea of any of them showing mercy for julian sanchez. well, let's go live to outside the court and speak to ortiz shonda edwards dusty. i believe quite a few of us sancha supporters have gathered at no shoddy. is there a sense of hope? do they think he's resigned to his fate?

what's the feeling you're getting there? while the to day extradition hearing is happening right here at the moral court of justice in central london is heal. but unity now for the united states to appeal that decision by the british judge back in january, no one expedite june assigned to the united states. now that was all on the grounds . have you got a serious risk of suicide today? washington is really putting that case board to try and overturn that decision. one of the cases that the lawyers who really be pushing is the fact that the united states is also an unprecedented package of reassurance. is that your, this argument will be taken to a maximum security prison in the united states and could, even as, as his sentence in australia, they, all of you that you in the song isn't as bad as many of his toys make him out to be in terms of his mental and physical health and they also argue and will be arguing today that in fact the judge was misled back in january that many of the united

states so far as his candidate prevent him from being such a suicide risk because they want the julian, aside from his alleged role in the longest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states. and if found guilty and convicted, they could face a prison sentence of up to 175 years at behind bar that because the united states have indicted him under 18, count a large act, 17 of them for public safety, pacified documents all related to the war in iraq, afghanistan plus one up in security, the hack to those that government computers to do. so that's what this is all about today. but of course, this is a tuesday area. tomorrow will be the opportunity for you to talk to the board defense, but already outside the court. there's many, many prototypes that are already defending june assigned. and that includes the like unique editor in chief and in the seller morris, the fiance, another a both of them are calling for doing this on for the free

junior boss will not be here in person today. he was denied that opportunity was i think i'll grade the can be only one district student here. that is no extradition . us has abused the laws, the agreements with this country. it's abusing the extradition agreement with this country in order to have this hearing today, it has to come to an end. julian has to be no lawyers representing june assigned to will argue that there's been huge developments say the recent months that could potentially be game changes. and it's extradition hearing, one of which is a very fact they say have health is a significantly deteriorating. in fact, selim morris went on to say that the last time she saw him, she was taken aback by just health. then he was for many medical professionals, long been saying it's absolutely no exaggeration just how higher risk is of

committing suicide. and taking it, though, libel, that may have been a revelation. judges lloyd, what would a merger come to like, have an investigation found that around people in the intelligence agency, i was actually planning and saying, hey, kid, now may, while he was in the london regulatory embassy and even the assassination of unit for confirming that he was indeed, vital, while he was that to now as far as noise, will say that all of this really said an actual enough evidence and hopefully for out this case in court and also argue this is a 100 percent. a confirmation for this case is politically motivated and that's something that john shit for the father of units are also saying just a few moments ago before the court hearing. and he's saying that the entire campaign will not give up until june,

and it's on just a, a condition, a willingness to follow with moving it with. so it's a jam packed, 2 days ahead, but it's unlikely to reach any concrete decision. because if the united states is successful, the case can then go back to with court and the justice is in the head for a decision to be taken. but even then both sides kind of deal. and it could even reach the supreme court as well. of course, in the meantime,

you probably will not be granted bail any time soon and we'll have to remain within the united kingdom place. they tore us prison, which is that our so legal, elaborate a day have said by him for the last decade, arguing that he is paying the ultimate points for telling the truth and wanted to stand out moments for me over the last few days as the campaign is ready, that is again from selim morris the why are all june the sergeant? she says that his right, our right, that if he loses a we whole lose so many people. this bobby, on the story of jump on magic in the side where this fundamentally about the key principles of journalistic read in the right to tell with thank you very much for that. i tried to high court in london, shabby edwards in another fresh slice of cross talk action ahead in moments joined peter and guess next for debates the.