it's remarkable, the smallest one source had shaped the wing from us tension, spiral of freed crania, a navy ship approaches russian waters without authorization. something moscow slammed as provocative and threatening described as a dark day for journalism. during this, saudi support is lashed out at the london high court ruling that to allow is possible expedition to the united states. yet another hearings now needed to decide his faith. this is not a case that is being fought on the basis of laura. this is an absolute travis, do any legal grosses and devastating tornadoes tear through parts of america with more than 75th dead in the state of kentucky alone. ah,

good evening for russia. my name's kevin o, in here with you at our t's world news, h q, with the weekly round of the big stories and brought over the last 7 days and tensions over ukraine ran. hi, this last week with russia criticizing the west for fueling, the escalation and voicing concern nato's actions in the region. moscow saying it could potentially lead to a large scale conflict. the escalation happened than after a ukrainian navy ship approached rushing waters without authorization on thursday evening. a mover at russia regarded as a threat to the navigational safety of other vessels in the area. ukraine denied all allegations and in fact, insisted the ship was an unarmed search and rescue vessel that never entered restricted waters or posed any threat. it did eventually change course. ukraine was the main topic of discussion to between vladimir putin and joe biden. on tuesday, the u. s president pointed out what he called the threatening nature of russian troop movements near the ukrainian border had said severe sanctions of being drawn

up. moscow though, insist sit, could move its troops wherever it once on its own territory. while la, saying its nato, that's making the dangerous moves, the travellers spokesperson talk to r t about how nato's actions are being regarded in russia. just susan editorial is which is rhetoric coming from the u. s. and e u leaders sounds pretty aggressive. we see plenty of fake news about russia allegedly planning an aggressive invasion. at the same time, no one talks to kiff, non warns care of against even thinking of a military intervention in it, and yet, elegance, conflict, museums, toneta, shown to mars. now we see that nato is taking an extremely aggressive position. first, they all say they don't accept any red lines. second, they say that nato will do whatever it's once. 3rd, it will do it on whatever territory it wants forth. all of this is aim to deter russia. we do not like that. we will do everything to ensure our own interests. while ukraine in the west, syracuse, russia of arming the self proclaimed republic,

southeastern ukraine, the u. s. many times, openly sending arms to care of washington revealed that 30 javelin anti tank miss. our systems were delivered to ukraine in october as part of a $60000000.00 military, a package, and a for the $200000000.00, or on the table to and with the ongoing military build upon russia's borders than the g 7 group advanced economies, threatened russia with a severe response, if it attacks ukraine. moscow though denies any plans of invasion and insists it is nato, which poses a threat to russia by expanding further east, closer to its borders. but all that said, the white house believes that only it has the right to draw the line. yes i of course the diplomacy is out and red lines and that to be crossed when the big bad wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian tubes gathered for snap

training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of the qu, into of remember the currency of no me neither because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, even drawing up the kremlin battle plans the new year offensive. and for the umpteenth time this year, russia is forced to defend the presence of its own troops on its own land. russia is not a threat to any country. the deployment of russian troops on the national territory is our sovereign roy, and no one's business. it is nato on its members states a recklessly moving their military forces and infrastructure to the russian borders . so what is washes red line, u. s. spy pains jetting towards russia's borders,

passenger jets with hundreds of civilians on board, diverted because then nato re complain was to close and wouldn't respond to ground control. the actions by the u. s. air force created the threat to civilization and the fact that a catastrophe was averted over the backseat doesn't mean that the u. s. in nato can go on the risk in people's lives with impunity. the latest american war ship sailing into waters bordering russia. what issues was nature? you know, a u. s. warship has now entered the black sea. we can see it through binoculars or the crosshairs of our defense system system alone or multiple missile systems just across the fence. it what it was with him look at where nato's military infrastructure is located, just a short distance from our borders in romania and poland. and to miss our defense systems have already been deployed and they can easily be converted into offensive missile systems that targets us. it only takes a matter of minutes to change the software. now, instinct tells me that

a russian destroy was spotted steaming into new york harbor. it would be a flaming red line for washington, but believe it or not for us all, this is a pink line at best. the real issue is nato, or rather, nato's expansion and expanded it has from this humble state in 1990 to this empire in 2020. now back in the day, russia was promised, nater would grow not one inch eastward of berlin. wel, that's berlin. so no, it's not an inch, it's over a 1000 kilometers. and now it's knocking out rushes door. ukraine joining nato and we've been talking about it for a long time. is a red line for us. the continual drawing of keys into the military or bit of the alliance, the de facto start of natives, assimilation of the military infrastructure of this country. and the desire to turn it into a foothold for confrontation with russia could all cause severe negative consequences

and destabilize the military and political situation in europe. but lucky for nato, it's got a gas out of jail free card because in politics whoa promises are made to be broken . where is that? where is that written down? where is that from? was written down. and under the rumeliotis. when, when, when did rich current which it didn't quantica one us think another degree. in the meantime, the u. s. unfazed, by its terrible track record of predicting russian behavior is covering its bases and drawing up some economic sanctions. you know, just in case while speaking of sanctions, washington's already threatened moscow with extreme measures and globally those penalties are a central tool of us foreign policy to talk to which americans just to irritated beijing by imposing a diplomatic boy caught on china's upcoming winter. olympics aids also impose sanctions on 14 officials and 4 entities in iran and syria over alleged rights abuses. in the way we discussed the role and impacts of america's punitive policies

with a panel of guests. essentially, you gotta, you gotta view it and walk into that. it's us, it's american exceptionalism and, and supremacy. and they are basically, they're, they're, they're doing whatever they can do, you know where we're married? it's a very arrogant policy. they use the sanctions. and if it really is a means to destabilize other countries, sovereign nations and create that can make hardships early. why do you think america is threatening to sanction russia for something that a has not happened? and b will not happen according to the kremlin? i think in one way the political move on, on that side. the other part is they, we need it, we need a bogeyman and i think partially, there were luther are in once it's kind of like a rabid dog. you know, you start to lash out in, in different ways,

trying to project yourself. and the only one problem we have is a thinking is this kind of destructive approach to international relations. but it's, it's just so silly because ultimately you saw the brand. he was sitting on or do you think the continental united states is going to survive? if it makes a devastated mess of the rest of the world? do you think any western power seriously believes russia is about to invade ukraine? you know, it's hard to understand the logic. what could moscow stand to gain from, from starting a war? well, i think that the western governments do well know that this is rather a blame game. they make the public believe that russia is a real threat to the ukraine at the moment. russia is really in defense because they have to fear that a ukraine will become a part of the nato alliance. and this is of course,

a major threat to the geopolitical setting of russia. cutting russia off. busy from swift would be the most extreme of measures deployed yet. it happened to iran devastated the economy there. is there any chance of washington pursuing what's being called a nuclear option based on their questionable diplomats that they potentially good. i think be very unwise move, very little impact, i think internally, externally it would, it would kind of back fire. i would think europeans would be very strongly lobbying against such an action. and if you're going to set off to do something like that, presumably not the goal. well, let's just like opening a black hole up under the international banking system. we're seeing what's happening and showing with a grunt warbling and the property market possibly going down the drain. uncles if that happens, that's going to pull down the western banking system, potentially. this is big news in the wake of dark day for journalism. that's how

janet is sancha support has reacted to the british high court ruling on friday. the wiki leagues found that can be expedited to the u. s. washington. one, it's appeal against a previous decision blocking, aside from being sent to america to face trial on espionage charges, campaign is slammed the latest smoother, which was handed down. what was the un human rights de we condemn today's u. k. high court decision to allow the expedition of julian so on, so the us, which will prove historic for all the wrong reasons. we fully believe. but julian saw and just been targeted for his contributions to journalism. back in october, those a to day, harry, i was the united states trying to appeal over numerous grounds, including the fact that it offered an unprecedented package of assurances, as i saw it would not be held under the maximum security the strictest, maximum security conditions in prison. over there and that he isn't unwell is being, he's made out of continue to say that he is indeed

a suicide risk. and that all of these assurances are meaningless and vague as they put it. they said that the united states can reverse any decision. not any point. class is also concerned about the trustworthiness of america's guarantees to pointing to one of those reports in the year that the cia had prompted to kidnap during the song spoke to, to kill him speaking outside the high court. this morning. we've heard from stella morris, the partner who's incredibly disappointed and she's saying why and how is this happening for? how long can this go on today is international human rights day? what a shame, how cynical to, how this decision on this day to have one of the foremost the foremost publisher journalists of the past, 50 years in

a u. k. prison, accused of publishing the truth about or crimes about cia killed teams. many people have been supporting her outside here. many, many protests is that also all similar questions. who is a glimmer of hope that you know, the british justice system might actually prevail for once? the british judiciary, the system on every level of the u. s. campaign to get to the next slide 10 years, 10 years in the streets of london, public opinion and this sounds. but obviously the judge's decision is not on the side of public opinion. it's absolutely devastating. so she, this time of year to another christmas about, do you know that is children without their dad stay on to fight to free. judy massage. that's all. i say we will prevail. eventually, many people outside as

a high court say, where is the human rights? in the case of june assange, obviously listed on the foreground of the royal court of justice, that they call it the royal court of injustice. now i spoke with julian assad beyond a just as i said, it was being announced, i protest even through eggs at this side, directly behind me, which just goes to show the sentiment and feeling here on the streets of london. the so much back story here, but let me briefly bring up to speed was ham, lately in 2019 jill in the sands was forcefully removed by british police from ecuador embassy in london. after the country terminated his 7 year asylum, he saw refuge after sexual assault. delegations and sweden,

which were later dropped. then the british authorities arrested him on a separate charge of jumping bale. america wants to work, he lives, found a extradited on claims of conspiring to her government computers and publishing classified material. meantime, a sanchez fiance claims this was new entity suffered a stroke during a hearing in october. we can leaks editor in chief, kristen have france and talked to us following fridays ruling was actually on believable. and so i run a good disposition should be handed on the united nations human rights. the united states had all opportunity in the madison court to make those so called, oh, sure, and it's not. it simply pressed him forward after the last in the manual court in general, the united states had given assurances that the they would to treat the julian fairly and he would get the treatment and be housed in an adequate to jail

and could even server the new sentence if he gets one in australia, all of these so called assurance and have been and been investigated by human rights organizations such as amnesty international and found that the us you are. and so some of the work and paper they're written on. they are simply not reliable . we are dealing here with a nation where individuals on the top level in the junior, the top level of the cia and in the white house contemplated, kidnapping were killing julian assaults. this is not a case that is being fought on the basis of the more this is absolutely tried to steal any legal process. this is a political case, and the julian arrest us we have said for many, many years is a political persecution your without international the channel. the questions will allow for moscow with me, kevin own tonight. thanks for company this weekend. but more of the headlines and after the break, unprecedented tornadoes have work across central and southern parts of the u. s. is

left many debt and injured will bring you the latest. ah! ah. i her driven by dreamer shapes bankers are those

with dares sinks. we dare to ask oh, hi again. sue's men should before get into the break. the devastating stones have ripped through central and southern parts of the u. s. with kentucky suffering, some of the worst damage. president biden said the tonight is could be the most disastrous in american history rescuer cuz of already far more than 40 missing people amid the damage buildings and there are concerns, the number of deaths could exceed 100 shelters had been opened with the help of the

red cross, and kentucky's governors declare the state of emergency his local reporter edgar costa. this is the severe destruction that we can see in many places across different states where several tornadoes have heated, really hard. the worst part here in mayfield, kentucky, the governor of the state to announce that 70 people lost their life on these tries, you get the so this is been the most devastating tornado event in our states history, the level of devastation is unlike anything i've ever seen. satellite far too many homes, that people were likely an entirely devastated this will be, i believe, the deadliest tornado system to ever run through kentucky. the devastation we can see here in the city center. he says something that will take a long time to recuperate. but many people took the streets. we can see lots of citizens that got together to do all. they can wendy's hard time. while these

images show the remains of what was a candle factory hit by one of those tornadoes, its roof collapse, authority say more than a 100 my. but inside, when the stone struck till night is of also told who other parts of the u. s. 26, a dead in the state of illinois where the roof of an amazon warehouse was brought down during the storm. that in our console, one person's thoughts have been killed and 5 seriously injured after a tornado damaged a nursing home that many others are trapped inside on the severe where there's also claimed at least 4 lives in tennessee. here there was shock in the russian capital on tuesday when a man shot dead. 2 people in dispute about wearing a mask is how it unfolded the

the the local solution. i knew a lifesaver slip, we worked together for about 4 months. why was the cloakroom attendant, he was a security, it is a kind hard working man, a good man would never any problems had him. and he always told me funny stories. and i found out earlier today that there was a lease that we thought it was a bomb threat with their fire. we found out that there would be an issue with the dead and wounded. and among the dead, i saw the name of the man i was with the he pointed the gun at me, but apparently something jumped. he banded against his leg and the shot, the floor. i looked over and saw the girl line, but reception and shouting help,

please, what's wrong with my leg? the lot of which i was at my workplace and heard of far alarm as well as the sound similar to gunshot. and i saw a man running towards the exit of the building. at that moment, i made a decision to detain him, and i ran off to him. he resisted arrest. i saw that he was carrying a knife and a far on. when i was detaining him, i made sure he couldn't use these weapons and neutralized him. this story to american journalists have been threatened with massive fines if they work for what are perceived to be the wrong publications. to contribute has been to a side called the strategic culture foundation of receive stern warnings from the us treasury. this letter here it is,

was sent to daniela's michael virchow. they're both new york based journalist. it says the s c f is on the list of band organizations accused of election meddling, and the us citizens who engage in transactions with the foundations a liable to find solve this at least 300000 dollars. daniela's showed his experience with us. it was a warning regarding future articles. so essentially, if i write for sci fi and gauge and any kind of transaction, which i assume means it's a, an exchange of money i could be had with massive fines that were completely destroy my finances. so i was taken aback, i was, you know, concerned certainly, but actually i had stopped writing for the yes since the previous, you know, 4 or 5 months earlier. so i didn't feel personally threatened. but others who, who want to continue writing for s t f works dreamily frightened fair. they have all stopped writing for the site because really, there's just, it's, you know,

it's impossible to, to battle the us treasury in this kind of case. the u. s. treasury's power is, is enormous and that of a, of an individual freelance journalist is always microscopic. but some of them are so frightened, they're unwilling even to give interviews like this one. so, you know, so this is what a shilling effect means. they're, they're unwilling to write and they're unwilling even to talk about why they, why they're too afraid to write the threats make. oh, part of a targeted sanctions campaign announced by the treasury secretary back in april, treasury will target russian leaders, officials intelligence services, and their proxies. that attempt to interfere in the us electro process or so bertie has democracy. this is the start of a new u. s. campaign against russian maligned behavior. well, the u. s. government claims the strategic culture foundation is in fact controlled by russians for the intelligence agency. the s and that it's also linked to the russian foreign ministry. the foundation denies this and calls itself

a research platform about your asian global affairs. but daniel is, so it's a dangerous presidents already been set. i think of the that the at the s c f, the foundation hosts honest journalism. even though out i don't, i don't agree with much of it. this is, this is serious work by serious journalists. and that as a supporter of a free speech in a free press, i believe that readers should have access to this kind of stuff. and, and yet the, the u. s. government is trying to close down and therefore trying to stop information, which is usually at variance with official u. s. policy from reaching from reaching audiences including audiences in the us to stop journalists from writing for these kinds of websites as a new step. and i think that and i was surprised because because the united states, in fact has a very good track record on when it comes to a free press. i mean,

in america, we can say anything we want. yeah, i can write the most outrageous things about george w bush or joe biden and not have to worry for a moment about a the search secret police crashing through my door. but now. 2 things may be changing slightly and it doesn't the order well, me bringing 3 more. will you stories happening now? in fact, multiple people are confirmed, killed a numerous other still missing after a massive gas explosion on the italian on the sicily. look at that terrible. the bloss completely leveled buildings including homes, emergency services of already pulled out survivors from the rebel on the continuing . tonight, the rescue operations. thousands of strains of rallied in sydney and melbourne. 2 against vaccine mandates a new pandemic, including those introduced by victoria state premier. daniel andrews demonstrate to

say they want to do is to withdraw an order that requires residence to have had to cobit 19 jobs. now, in order to get into workplaces and other venues for a bit of a light snowfield huge, santa con event has returned for the 1st time since upon damage with sunset clad party goes enjoy top d j isn't even an egg nog. waterfall drinking contest of us that goes to find some pictures suit. it looks like the tradition is essentially all day per bar crawl with worse for wear. crowd smoke to get a little bit chaotic and rowdy from time to time merry christmas. and that's the way the week pan that in some of the news stories we brought you of the last 7 days here out into national world news. h q this sunday evening. it's kevin for me in the team. thanks for checking in this weekend. ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation,

let it be an arms race is offensive, very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk ah, many was full, the delta would be the sort of p i did, i could well you're not going to get a sure any more transmissible. delta and not what's happened. you got something which has popped up with more than 30 changes in that spike protein that we're all interested. it's accumulated, all the mutations we've seen in different varies only one bar. and that raises some very interesting issues about where did it come from in the 1st place. is it possible to get even more mute? what's gonna happen in terms of disease severity and vaccine protection? so it is suggesting that know the virus is still got some way to go through the

more surprises for right now, there are 2000000000 people who are overweight or obese. it's profitable to sell food that he's fancy and sugary and salty and addicted. it's not at the individual level, it's not individual well power. and if we go on believing that never change is obesity epidemic. that industry has been influencing very deeply. the medical and scientific established with what's driving the obesity epidemic. it's corporate mocking moon. ah, ah, ah, british judge has blocked. the extradition of wicking leaks found are joy and

assigned to the united states restaurants in the fall, a judge ruled out against expedition because january 4th, 2021. the latest chapters being written in london. in a case that has made headlines time and again for 10 years. for the u. s. prosecutors a hackers on trial, a public enemy and cyber terrorist, 4 of us, a pioneer of investigative journalism on whose fate press freedom in the west could depend on the son's case you say all the war with iraq going to the mission. busy and it says it's the same i.