ma'am, so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. oh good. our new german language channel r t d is embroiled in a legal dispute as europe's media regulator. questions it's broadcast license, warranties management, stresses. the license was obtained and full compliance with european law. russia publishes a list of proposals to nato, for maintaining security with the countries deputy foreign minister saying the ball is now in the alliance's court when it comes to de escalation. also we dig into disturbing revelations that the manchester arena of suicide bomber had blinked to

a former nato soldier turned to terrorist. ah, oh, sorry, i'm here in russia's capital and you're watching our t international. my name is donald quarter. welcome to the pope groom our brand new sister channel r t. d has been accused of not having the necessary documentation to broadcast and germany r t management has responded saying its license was quote obtained in accordance with all applicable european laws and regulations, and official for the european media watchdog had some ominous words for the new check the license must be issued in germany and the application must also be filed here. first of all, this is a real irritant, and we will take care of it some context here. the new channel was taken off youtube the very day it was launched on thursday. technically,

there's no connection between that and the german t v broadcast dispute. but as you can see, it's been a rocky start for r t d. earlier my colleague union o'neill spoke to ortiz deputy editor in chief and had of communications on a balcony. and she explained what the disc, disagreement is all about just to start, but what is the head of the european regulator can complaining a bike in particular? well, 1st of all, this was a very interesting interview, very interesting comments that we saw him give where he called the r t d. essentially a pesky, neat little nuisance that is going to be taken care of. so that is some interesting language there right off the bat. but the crux of the issue is that in his view, we have no business broadcasting in germany. he is claiming

incorrectly that our t v news channel is actually based in berlin, when in fact, it is based in moscow, quite literally down the hall from, from the studio. and the news programs are coming out here being filmed here, edited put on the air and so forth. and they are, they are doing got via a license through and other countries and serbia through another european life. and are in full right to broadcast across all of europe, including in germany, various media outlets authorities in german or are seeing there's an issue, but we're r t d licensed i teach just mention there was obtained you said it was obtained in serbia. so what was the problem there? that's a legal, correct? absolutely. so our license was obtained under what is known as the european convention on transfer on tier to trans frontier television. which under that convention gives us the right to broadcast to $33.00 countries across europe.

as long as you know from us go and those countries include germany, but they also include other countries with majority or significant german language populations, such as austria, switzerland, luxembourg, and so forth. now the issue that these various commentators are saying is that we're not in fact broadcasting from moscow, which is just absurd, but that we're doing so from of, from berlin, which is home just to a production company r t d e productions that makes some of our content yeah, but the lion's share of the news broadcast that's being done here. exactly. and legal action has been launched by the german regulator. i think that's the situation as it stands. can you tell us more about what you know of a? yeah, so this is a, this is where this separation is really important. the legal action is being launched against our tv productions. which makes some, you know,

make some of the shows. but it is being launched for not applying for a for applying for essentially, for a serbian lice is not applying for the german license because they're a channel broadcasting in germany, which is absolutely false. r t d e productions does not need a license because our tv production is not a channel. it channel is our tv that is coming out of here and thus moscow, our headquarters, our parent company applied for i applied for, for the license in serbia. that's a significant distinction. it's not, it's not absolutely. uh, this is where it seems that they do. yeah. they're taking issue with them broadcasting in germany when they're just not doing such a thing. we are broadcasting in germany and we're doing so in accordance with. absolutely, all the laws and regulations of europe, of that convention that i mentioned and, and absolutely, every territory where we operate and hope all is done. so i am a big question. do you expect the child to be shut down?

we believe that the law is on our side, that the right is on our side because we data all the i's and cross the t's and did everything exactly as we should have. and so believe that at the end of the day, we will prevail. that said, the amount of pressure that, ah, our new german channels has faced even before it went on the air, difficulties with bank side difficulties, not just with licensing, but you know, the pressure on, on, you know, on our guests and so forth has been really unprecedented yeah, pressure again, as you've mentioned that beginning on our digital platforms are. so you know, we just launched the channel yesterday and he can see everything that's happening so we don't know what tomorrow will bring. but that said, am, we're ready to keep our ticket fighting. we spoke of political analyst, chris banbury, and geopolitical analyst, patrick senningson, who say the move is politically motivated. not just the german regulars also. so it

sounds like the i, e u, the european regulator is also involved. but i think this follows as sort of a general pattern it's, there's a lot of has been a lot of political, brings friendship in germany. i really believe that there's a geopolitical element to this. and the problem is, not only is it a dangerous precedent, but the, you know, the language is also disturbing when you have the sort of blogs, a ha dismissal and dismissing offhand ortiz, simply because it's, russian does sound like there's a bias there in an error bias when you have all out media war, that's a prelude. sometimes you could say to hostilities, if we haven't, you, germany, governments, which ones to distinguish itself from angela marco's pizza says so on, is clearly moving in a direction, whirl wind with the united states and its allies in relation to russia. so shutting down our t deutsche would fit in with that agenda of germany,

no one's prove itself as being a law while ally of the united states in this new cold war with, with rog and russia, but not logical in terms of freedom, speech, not logical in terms of what's going on in the world reached out to one of the main european authorities dealing with press freedom for its views on r t on the r t d dispute. the o s. c, e representative on the freedom of the media told us our request will be, can centered as soon as possible. russia has published a list of proposals for d, escalating tensions with nato, amid fears of a flare up and you, crew in ukraine among the demands are a scale back of military activity near russia's borders. the western defense alliance has already responded st. we'll consider the document, but any outcome will require an input from ukraine. our senior correspondent, we're at gasdio reports on what moscow was put forward. for years now, we've heard the same thing. oh, things have gone too far. a,

we don't want war. we want to be friends for both nato and russia, but things keep getting the u. s. and nato, its wishlist for a return to normality, something to start talking about. and it begins with a cool to de, escalate, to win the constant threats and true build ups, which only lead to more of the same. the parties shall not use the territories of other states with a view to preparing oh, carrying out an armed attack against the of the party judge for yourself. where in previous years they threatened each other with, with sanctions or legal action. now, openly booth russia and nato, a talking and fearful tones about war and of the cuban missile crisis. i'd like to believe that this is rock bottom, but there's no guarantees and guarantees are what russia wants. guarantees, for example, that us missiles aren't stationed within

a few minutes flight time. to moscow. the parties shall not deploy land based, intermediate, and short range missiles in areas allowing them to reach the territory of the other parties. moscow sees nato slow and unexplainable encroachment towards russia's borders. as an existential threat, nato argues that it's peaceful but right then the u. s. military doctrine, russia is referred to as an adversary. the closer that nato and u. s. troops and tags and missiles move to russia, the more unpredictable the game gets, which is why putin has said he's red line. nato state's commit themselves to refrain from any further enlargement of nato, including the accession of ukraine, as well as other states. not that nato thinks much of russia's concerns. not long ago, secretary general stockton berg announced that roger has no veto,

no sane nato operations and no right to any sort of security. buffalo sphere of influence, which sets us back all the way to square one. at the previous motor, this is not an attempt to revise, the post code will order. it's a response to western expansion which is being conducted in a hostile manner. the gist of the proposal that, that the u. s. nato and russia have a requirement for security as essential as food or water, that they must all equally respect. nato has received the proposals and says that the little disgust them amongst themselves and with input from ukraine, that there isn't much cause for optimism. rushes requests of largely been rejected, summons in private, some in public and some mockingly for the cameras. but perhaps this time sense will prevail, independent, political consultant, rain or rough us thinks it's it,

it's in europe's interests to strike a compromise with russia, nato. i think that at least the european branch in nature should accept this offer happily gladly. because it's of great interest, of course, for europe to live in good partnership and to tease with russia. but the question is, whether nato will decide in a way that you are europeans, at least, should wish. it may well be in the interest of the united states government and to raise the tensions between europe and russia in order to or keep europe as close as possible independence off the united states. instead of watching a good relationship building up the evolving between the european neighbors of which also a russia is a part of this may well explain why nato behaves in

a way that is against the interests off the europeans. and which drives from russia into a ever closer relationship with china coming up on our to international bite and no longer has the backing of mainstream media as the country grapples with soaring inflation and a massive increase in corona virus infections. that story and more in just a few moments. talk about a space res, i'm hypersonic weapons. you talk about the fact that will be arranged on fossil energy. we talked about a democrat demarcus. she tries is in the u. s. so if you don't think that's outrageous enough that you know is only because today the everyday life seems to me

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welcome back. now the manchester arena bomber may have been radicalized by a former nato soldier, turned terrorist that was revealed during an inquiry into the atrocity on thursday senior figures from the you case counter terrorism, police and the home office gave their closing submissions. now, just a quick reminder of what happened in 2017 solomon betty detonated explosives in a stadium hosting and ariana grande's concert 22 people were killed. many were children, youngest of which was an 8 year old girl, and hundreds more were injured. eager, staunch looks now at the latest fax that have come to light, he murdered $22.00 people in one suicide blast. now a public inquiry is trying to establish what and a hard core party go up into a suicide bomber, and how it could have been prevented. the probe is yet to deliver concrete answers, but over the past couple of years it has yielded plenty of disturbing revelations.

these pictures unearthed by the inquiry leave little to the imagination the bomb. his whole family himself included, have been gun toting maniacs, thoroughly radicalized according to the findings. this is his father and the m. i. 5, they admitted they knew about the trigger. happy father who apparently was turning his sons into extremist, am i 5 also knew about the bombers contact with not one or 2, but 6 people who were just short of being placed on the terror watch list. and my 5 were also reportedly warned by the f b i that cell mana betty was planning an attack in the u. k. which in fact he was none of that was apparently good enough to ban him from entry in 2015 and my 5 received information that summoner bady was in contact with the subjects of interest a. so i c a, so i see was a long standing a, so i, because of his previous affiliation with an extremist group in libya,

from mid 2015 onwards. am i 5 received information or some an a baby on several occasions which included conflicting information about his a spousal of pro eisley views. ah, this is abdul rove. abdullah, a convicted terrorist, suspected of radical ising the manchester terrorist. he was friends with the bomber with the bomb his father. more than that, they were brothers in arms, within one of libya's largest militant groups. the february 17th marti's brigade. that's where they learned how to shoot, kill and bomb. not without the help of natal instructors, it was a group that had taken up arms for against us. yes, indeed, we had to or forced us, as we were, backed up by the whole world and below fakin. and nature was frightened, actually with us. long sighted us as the british government also actually i was

chained by and action in nature as well. it was just normal, basic training in weapons, basic train and yet out to ain't you and reload. militant groups that lay to birth. terrorists have been ones favored by western officials. the inquiry has shown. when a delores commander was done with fighting in libya, he formed an anti government militia in syria on the irish government money. or did he subsequently lead a group from libya to serious it? yes, i saw mano he did under it for that. he was an island, is it live it? he was a live is a live in irish island and he was aided by the irish government with money. and i believe the british government also knew of others well to go and help

syrians, if against that, the fight against asset during the libyan conflict in 2011, the british government was in communication with a wide range of libyans involved in the conflicts against the cathy regime forces it is likely that this included former members of the libyan islamic fighting group and the 17th of february march. this brigade is part of our broad engagement during this time that you can help to rebel groups of various degrees of extremism. did not, and there britton's elite troops were caught on camera in libya, despite official assurances at the time that there were no boots on the ground, them, there was no other choice but to admit their reality. if the malicious and or era bellows had not been there playing a key role, i am not so certain that eric bala would have resulted in good of his downfall. in the way did. who had a few people embedded with them? not up front, so to speak, but beckoned carriers. rebel groups firepower grew. nato was dropping bombs by the

1000 and could our feed, well, eventually fell. and with him went down libya's security and rule of law. as all this myriad of militias turned against each other vying for power, the country turned into a free for all. so the u. k. began to evacuate its citizens, including militants. well guess who boarded the royal navies h. m. s. enterprise. back in 20. 14 in tripoli. none other than the future. manchester, boehmer, solomon, abedi, archie is asked nato and u. k. officials to comment on the revelations. and we'll let you know what responses given the more in the inquiry had to our website, which also has plenty of stories we couldn't fit into our bulletin. that includes how the u. s. and ukraine voted against or a un resolution condemning naziism. that's just a click away at our t dot com. now to the united states,

we're codes on the rise once again, the country is nearing 150000 daily infections, and president biden has given this warning to millions of vaccine hesitant citizens . brought back to me, we are looking at a winner of severe illness and death, unvaccinated for themselves, for families and the hospitals will soon overwhelm. apart from cove concerns, people in the u. s. are battling soaring inflation and living costs, all of which is having quite a negative impact on the popularity of the american head of state. here's ortiz, nicky, aaron, a tragic milestone bind and cold it unties right. the number of covey, dest in the u. s. is now about equal to the population of atlanta. anthony lewis combined. the toll stanza, more than $800000.00, a grim figure, which has doubled in a single year. it's a heavy burden for any president to carry. and his 1st year in office. but his name

to the president biden took some convincing on the gravity of the situation. what was 200000 were preventable death like looks when vaccines wo readily available. and the old habits of blaming donald trump is no longer going to work. just over 4 weeks ago, america had no real plan of action that most of the country, my predecessors, my brother would say, god love him, fail. the ordering of vaccines fell to mobilize the effort to administer the shots, fail to set up vaccine centers that changed the moment we took office, as biden. now use it, his influence to encourage people to get vaccinated. one can't help but wonder where the trust and the presidents woods has been undermined vaccinated 57 to

me. 570 to me. i don't want to read. i'm not sure i got to read number 2 number boosters. is what is 77000000 booster. we have roughly $350000000.00 people that actually united stage at as biden comes to the end of what was expected to be a common gear off the trunk post. so that almost at 70 percent of americans have reservations, where the bind and is elidah. they can believe in no doubt not helps by his multiple fo par, like cracking jokes about kentucky after the state was ravaged by killer tornadoes . by kid say, the best thing ever came out of kentucky was my sister in law. the president's performance this year has also been enough to turn some of the mainstream media against him just months ago. the future look to bryant as full cost as spoke

optimistically about how life with bind in at the helm would play out. but the tune has changed with some media outlets now, urging bitin against another run. combined president joe biden's age. he'll be a to, to shortly after the 2024 election and his ongoing political struggles. he's mired in the low fourties and job approval and you get this a series of stories examining with abide and runs again, and if not, what might take his place. so was the president to do? you should announce much sooner than later that he would not run for a 2nd term. the argument against this is that he would instantly turn him into a lame duck presidents. and that's undoubtedly true. bought news flush right now, he's worse than a lame duck. the white house press secretary, however se if the president has every intention of keeping his job, whether the country will concur is another massa. merican society being split along

party lines could be quote, irreversible and extremely dangerous. as the finding of a new academic study, which concludes that division in the u. s. is approaching its tipping point. it says that because the country has become so polarized that americans will find it difficult if not impossible, to unite even when faced by a serious threat such as a war, political commentator, and archie contributor lauren chen gave us her take on how things got to this point political division in america is at an all time high right now, and it is no secret that by and large the corporate press are not fans of conservatives. after all, they have been calling them not season white supremacist for going on 5 years now. and perhaps it is because the rhetoric against republicans was already so strong that now leading up to the 2020 to mid term elections. and yes, even 2024 general elections. it seems like the new way to demonize, anyone who would dare to support donald trump is not just by calling them ideological extremist as we've been seeing. but to actually go so far as to imply

that they are physically a literally dangerous and an actual threat to democracy. and if you think that's just hyperbole, check out this op ed from the washington post in his piece. our constitutional crisis is already here, writer robert kagan lamented that quote, the united states is heading into its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the civil war with a reasonable chance over the next 3 to 4 years of incidence of mass violence, a breakdown of federal authority and the division of the country into warring a red and blue enclave. and to be clear, a far from believing that potential political violence could be a both sides situations where democrats and republicans alike end up taking arms for their respective causes. commentators like kagan and emma send me, sees john heilman, make it clear that in their opinion, the threat of violence comes solely from the right. at least 8 percent. and maybe as many as 12 percent of the american people now say the job was illegitimate. and that violence was appropriate tool to remove and human restore. donald trump

considering that throughout 2020 large scale political violence was almost exclusively left wing arena, with many american cities being burned or looted under the guise of b, l. m and t for activism here in the corporate press. now trying to paint conservatives as the real threat of domestic terrorism in the country might seem disingenuous. and so with all this discussion of political division and even violence should come as no surprise that of secession has even come back to the main stream. in fact, as a bloomberg opinion piece recently noted from tax it to the new california republic poles in the us do show strong support for splitting the nation among blue and red lines. and although the concept of balcony zation or succession is still regarded as an extreme suggestion by many in the media, if from supporters and republicans really are as violent and bigoted as they would have us believe us, shouldn't they be jumping at the chance to separate themselves from them or perhaps are the allegations against conservatives. merely smears meant to keep them out of

political power. all while allowing democrats to enact legislative control over them. 3 months after the taliban took over afghanistan, humanitarian groups are continuing to sound the alarm. the banking system has collapsed and the countries on the brink of mass starvation, a situation that x that is expected to intensify during the winter. good links to means even more programs like spending the whole day in line. and again, some bread at 3 loaves of bread to help us veto children where the said improve. the baker says here from morning to make it for 3 logs is brad. the price of bread has skyrocketed with hundreds of people, including women, children and the elderly. come to the bakery every day and bake for bread. people live in poverty. prices a low from a bread used to cost $10.00. i've gone east,

but now it is 20. 23000000 people face acute food shortages this winter. as more than half the country's population out, the taliban take over, foreign donors cuts off financial aid. humanitarian aid is still getting it, but there is no telling if it will cost the 1st. when to test the taliban government is now urging the u. s. to release $10000000000.00 worth of afghan assets which were frozen after the islamist group seized power in august, the taliban foreign minister has asked the world to show quote, mercy and compassion to the country citizens. we discussed the crisis with the un secretary general's deputy representative for have galveston. situation on the ground in afghanistan continues to be difficult and conflicts. winter has come. we have temperatures dropping below 0. and

people are definitely not having enough food, enough warm enough of supplies. so it's a difficult situation. ah, our teams are reaching out to over 8000000 people now providing them with essential food items and also delivering hundreds of thousands of kids which can insulation items and which keep people warm at winter. overall package of age of cornerstone was estimated at $8000000.00 in and for the next year we will be seeking for $14000000000.00 towards the shipment in appeal, an additional $3.00 to basic human nice. the aid is coming and it's promising and there may more to make a difference. so the people on the.