ah, ah, breaking news on our ti, dozens of protesters and at least 18 police officers are killed in riots raging through catholics. them with government buildings, storm done toward with shoot. i had some for security forces, wage and on the terror operations, while russian peacekeepers arrive in the country to help restore order. a local journalist describes scene of the mass. lucy, now everything is broken. the money was taking the window. smash. notary helmets are lying on the ground, there's lots of rubbish. while overnight, a forces retook the country's largest report after it was reached by and on. our flights are still grounded, being passenger stranded, including many russians trying to get home with. there are

8 of us sitting here, they don't say anything to us. they just tell us to leave. when we go, if there is an emergency with mid day in new york, 8 pm in moscow and 11 at night and counting down where we begin the program today. because ac security forces are waging while they're calling an anti terror operation. after days of deadly riots which saw arson, looting and gunfire on the streets, dozens of people have been killed since the unrest began, including 18 police officers, hundreds more have been injured. the violence was triggered by a fuel price hike for motorists. and the last number of hours, a russian military plane landed in context on carrying peacekeepers. they are there on the request of because our government to help restore order prison cason

jermarta guy of has asked this c s t o military alliance for support to secure a vital infrastructure and military facilities. a contingent from bella, ruth's also a c s t o member is now on its way to the central asian mission as well. like as our government has accused the rioters of terrorism on the attacks on the state. this video is believed to be a group blocking access to a hospital in, i'll not say local media, say the protesters are attempting to prevent injured security forces from actually being treated. there was mentioned 18 officers have died. and according to a state tv channel, 2 of them were beheaded earlier in the day, i'll monte residents receive text messages informing them of. busy a government anti terror campaign residents were told a shelter in a safe place and according to reports, early on thursday,

security forces circled the main square in almighty, near where the mirrors office was stormed, and torched the day before. and apparently there was a shoot. i'd now are getting reports from the town of taurus, which is on the border with kirk a stun. gun fire is being reported. there. ortiz, he goes to dallas is in the capital nurse salturn. he can bring his room. so clashes in the largest cassock, city of al, my te and former capitol have entered the night. in fact, what we are hearing from the ground is that the security forces that they are conducting an all out anti terrorist operation. this is what they're cooling at. and essentially, the goal of it is to get rid of the protesters in the streets, and when i say get rid of it, it means that they are ready to resort to all means necessary. in fact, we've heard, we've seen some videos the where are these aware of where are the security forces announced through loudspeakers that they are prepared to shoot on site. anybody who

decides to remain in the streets after the curfew, which starts at 11 p. m. local time here, ah ah, well, an official representative of the collective security treaty alliance has confirmed their role in helping because authorities here is political cause often law. these keepers from the collective security treaty organization have been deployed in kazakhstan for a limited time period to normalize and stabilize the situation. their main

objectives are to protect key government and military facilities and assist the security forces of kazakhstan in restoring line order. well, we do know that thousands of people have already been rounded up over there. and we also know that more than 10 members of the local law enforcement have been killed. some very disturbing unconfirmed reports suggest that some of them were even at be headed. so that adds some very disturbing colors to the picture here. now at the same time, we will, we also know that will thout that hundreds of people have been injured during the clashes, or in fact about a 1000 i should say. and about 400 of them have been taken to the hospital. now this follows basically this is, this shows that the government's wasn't bluffing. when our president to kind of announced that there will be no more world, no more playful approach there. basically that are, they will take a very hard go very hard line approach to any sort of descendant people who decide

to stay in the streets and who decide to stay violent is the thing. before. earlier the, the authorities, they were trying to be helpful. they were trying to show compassion and they even met some of the didn't some of the initial demands of the protestors, for example, they dropped the prices of a liquefied gas, which earlier had seen a hike in more than double. so our bay, even to kind of even discern, decide, completely dismantled the government and the but that wasn't enough for the protesters. but when violence served started to flare up when basically when protest as a did, they disarmed our police. officers got access to guns, good access to live ammunition. when that happened, when they started to shoot, when they started to loot and ran sacker well, banks and the shopping malls and even trying to storm and burn down our administrative buildings. that's when the government here has said enough's enough and so they have moved in, in fact, our to kai, of the president. he did not means his words when he announced the new approach to

protests was there. she cherished their season buildings and infrastructure including sites. housing firearms, these terrace gangs are essentially international. they've undergone serious training abroad. their attack and kazakhstan must be viewed as an active aggression . therefore, on the basis of the collective security treaty i have today appealed to the heads of the c. s. t o states to assist kazakhstan and overcoming this terrorist threat. in fact, this is no longer a threat. it is undermining the integrity of the states. this military block, this military alliance that unites under its umbrella kazakstan, along with 5 other posts of yet nations. while this military block has already sent a thousands of its troops to begin a peacekeeping forces to the country to kazakhstan and uh, they are already here. at least some of them are already here. and are they are ready to begin their mission as catholics done has reached out for international help now to well so that it there basically restores the law of restores. are the

rule of law and order in the country. encouraged love in catholics done for us. now police coordinate have been set up by ron government buildings in nursing with large queues, forming a cash machines as bank suspend operations. nationwide we heard from a journalist in another city, nothing. he described the city's rapid descent into all i does because every 20 minutes you can hear shooting near the police department me. there's automatic fire and pistol shots. i think it seems like they are trying to storm the police department today. and i walked across the central square and saw the burn down city hall and the president's residence. i talked to people. everyone is scared. people are rushing out to buy food and stores their queue because people have no access to information because of the internet outage. i mean, they don't understand what's going on like well, i'll mati international airport. the busiest in the country was over run by

protesters yesterday after a gun battle that lasted several hours. security forces managed to retake the facility over night, but there is substantial damage and flights remain grounded, leaving travelers stranded. meanwhile, an attempt to seize another or a port in act how was prevented according to local media on in the capital nurses on most flights, something cancelled due to the unrest. we spoke to a woman whose parents are stuck there and with whom she was contact might and you can, if children go yesterday, my parents were going to leave no sal time for saint petersburg and dr. the same day and evening because they were told their flight had been delayed, then around 10 pm local time, they were allowed to board the plane. when they were older, to leave the aircraft until to leave the airport as well that the flight had been cancelled by this time he had passed through customs and that's where they are currently. currently 8 russians, they're 30,

the rest managed to leave. they get to know so the information and they can't reach to them. they arrived and kind of extending me december to celebrate new year with our grandparents leaving a small seat in the of the capital. they managed to get to know the town as far as i know, some acquaintances gave them a lift. they weren't able to stay because they had to get back to their work and st . petersburg. they have been trying to reach the russian consulate and catholic stone, but so far to no avail. last time kathrina topple, spoke to her father was on wednesday evening. she recorded the conversation in it. he described his and his wife's plight. what to do? there are 8 of us sitting here, they don't say anything to us. they just tell us to leave them where we go. if there is an emergency here, they don't give us water. they don't provide us with a hotel room, nothing. and there is no mobile connection, and luckily we were given a chance to make a call from a contact number. but there is no internet and no connection at all. yes,

on that latter point, the russian embassy and catholics townhouse confirm that the internet is indeed down, but official say they are doing all the account to help travelers caught up in the chaos. the opera rising star to just to give you a general overview after a new year, a fuel price hike, because our president has tried to address that issue by imposing a 6 month camp on the cost of petrol, diesel, and liquified petroleum goes. motorists are not rushing to fill up leaving 2 long lines of cars or on petrol stations in my driver's report, leave and fighting to get to the pumps the security meltdown. and celtic, found his, his supply chains, food trucks are unable to get to supermarkets. and here you can see empty shells in nurse or town. earlier in the day, large crowds gathered in october when eastern catholic stand up is where the fuel rides 1st started before snowballing into broader anger, over inequality,

the unemployment, unclaimed of government, corruption and nepotism. in recent days, people tried to storm government buildings there, but the situation in town is not relatively come. indeed, let's bring you a quick recap of how things have actually unfolded. ah, ah ah.

a group of unidentified people attack the mere tv and radio studios and l much the attackers destroy the tv production complex and workplaces of journals. ah, just some context. kazakhstan is the biggest of the central asian republics and shares borders with russia and china. it's

a key part of beijing's belts on road initiative. and as the world 9th biggest country context on has vast natural resources from metals to uranium man, it ranks 12th among global oil producers. the situation in the nation has been closely watched by russia with the foreign ministry, voicing and support for the cause our government. we considered the recent events in the friendly country as an externally inspired attempt by force using trained unorganized arm groups to undermine the security and integrity of the country. among the guests we've had on this issue was a historian who gave us his insights on the root causes of the mass disorder in kazakhstan and who potentially stands the gain. it's another, the fuel price, of course, was just the trigger for the instability that we're seeing. tensions have been building for a long time. the standard of living has sharply decreased. however,

no one could predict the way this would unravel. there is not only one reason, one source of the instability, the reasons are of deep nature and the need to be considered separately. yarber years of the main source of these grievances is the redistribution of power in kazakhstan. i have no doubt that this unrest was provoked by certain powerful group in the catholic political and business elite. these events were aimed at putting president a clive in an uncomfortable position, weakening him, and continued to enjoy the benefits and preferential status that emerged janessa by his presidency. and i would also note that as soon as the curve removed as a buyer's nephew from the national security council, and as a bite himself, as head of the council. at that moment the protesters began to have firearms. immediately a criminal element became more noticeable. and what is very important, a radical religious element before that it did not exist at all, only often as a buyer's removal. it makes you think. but

a zillion as these events likely have an internal origin. but there is certainly a desire to benefit from these events among pro western organizations and radical religious ones. and there is also a desire from the outside. of course, it would be beneficial for them to create a ring of so called controlled chaos. the situation in kazakhstan will not stabilize for a long time. i can say that with confidence it will remain highly conflict prone for a long time. that's convenient for some, and this is one of the most important links in creating chaos around brushes, territory, and equally, projecting it into china. with you're watching our t still ahead and then use our joe biden. some harsh words for a donald trump one year old from the storming of the capitol building in washington dc. that story coming up shortly. ah

ah, ah. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it, tracy confrontation, let it be an arms race, his on offense, very dramatic development. only personally and going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. and i'll be speaking to guess of the world politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then you know, we recorded this episode in the past and this was our future. when

we recorded it in our going it predict what's gonna happen in 2022. so it's a real time war. ah, so in 10 minutes into the our welcome back. it is exactly a year old from the u. s. capital riots and joe biden, us said it was old calls by a quote, web of lies spun by his predecessor, although notably biden got through his entire anniversary speech without once mentioning donald trump by name. mister trump, himself in all still insist that jo biden's election when was marred by fraud ortiz caleb open report. well, we heard u. s. president joe biden,

speaking about the events of the previous year, january 6th, in which the capital was storm to used solemn and harsh words to describe the events. and he put them squarely on the shoulders of former president donald trump . however, it's important to note he did so without ever saying donald trump's name for the 1st time in our history, president, had not just lost an election. he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. the former president, united states of america, has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. he's done so because he values power over principle. because he sees his own interest is more important than his country's interest and america's interest. and because his bruise, diego matters more to him than our democracy or our constitution,

he can accept he lost. now it's also interesting to note that as joe biden spoke, he said that the capital rioters were not a group of tourists. they were rather a group of armed insurrection, just who intended to overturn the results of a fair election. he said that the elections that took place in 2020 were the fairest elections in the history of the united states. and he said that russia and china are betting that democracy is debt. now, it's also interesting that com, la harris, the vice president spoke prior to joe biden speaking, and many are wondering if this was more of a common le harris moment than a joe biden moment. despite the fact that joe biden is the president and comma la harris is only the vice president. now it's also interesting that donald trump had planned a press conference for today in florida. however, that press conference was canceled. donald trump cancelled his press conference

citing what he referred to as buyers and dishonesty from the congressional probe. busy into the january 6 events as well as from the media in light of canceling, his press conference, donald trump did put a statement on the internet responding to joe biden, speech years. some of what was in that statement, biden, who is destroying our nation with insane policies of open borders, corrupt elections, disastrous energy policies, and constitutional mandates, and devastating school closures. use my name today to try to further divide america . the democrats want to own this day of january 6, so they can stoke fears and divide america trumps allegation that the elections in the united states were fraudulent. don't seem to have panned out. however, jo biden's promise to re unify the country and the aftermath of the events following the 2020 elections and the january 6 capital riot. they haven't really handout either. polls indicate that the u. s. public is still very, very divided. recent recent studies and polling data shows that at this point,

53 percent of americans say that divisions in the country are worse than they were at the time of the capital riot. in addition to that, only 55 percent of americans accept joe biden is having legitimately won the 2020 election and only and at this point, 57 percent say that events similar to january 6 are likely to occur within the next few years. now the reaction from us mainstream media has also been pretty divided. some outlets are playing up the events of january 6. as the day we almost lost democracy, a great threat, an armed insurrection, other mainstream media outlets in the united states are downplaying. the events saying they are minimal. busy that this is employed by the democrats to play up the idea that they are victims to demonize trumps supporters. here's some of what we've seen in us media. vast majority of americans believe democracy is under threat today. they're just the body of the evil here. there are

a handful of members who absolutely have distorted lie, exaggerated about what took place on that day make no mistake about or january 6 was not a one off. it stems from the, the big lie perpetrated by donald trump, putting all the blame on president trump is definitely not fair. and it's also furthering divide the divide in the country. cultural regional and political divisions have always been an aspect of u. s. society, but the polarization that happened during the time that donald trump was president seems to be escalating. and as the january 6 capital riot is commemorated, it's important to note that us leaders continue to emphasize that the u. s. model for a democratic society is the ideal for the world and it's what the world should aspire to. however, around the world, there are many who look at the events that happened on january 6th last year. and

wonder if that's really the case. serbia is outraged after its biggest star tennis world, number one nova joke of which was denied entry to a stream over a vaccine dispute. he's on the brink of becoming the most successful tennis player of all time in the men's game, which would happen if he won this month australian, open in melbourne, ortiz donald quarter bricks on the story for us. right now. the world's top tennis player, novak joke of which is awaiting his deportation, hearing in an australian quarantine hotels just several days after his visa was canceled upon entering the country. now, while he was given a medical exemption to participate in the australian open, that's going to be coming up later this month. the border authorities in australia said that he failed to meet the country's entry requirements. we also heard the thoughts of the prime minister of australia on this. so let's take a listen. rules are rules, is that the policy of the government and has been governments strong board of

protection policies, and particularly in relation to the pandemic. that is ensure the destroyer has one of the lowest death rights from covet anywhere in the world. we one of the 1st countries to move on shutting ab was we were criticized at the time. but it was the right decision. and we have maintained those important border controls, the entire period of the pandemic. and we don't have any details as to why exactly the australian border authorities rejected joke of which is attempts to enter the country after all. medical information is strictly confidential when it comes to these reviews, but what we do know is the joke of which was given a medical exemption to participate in the australian open. so of course, serbia feels like their top player did everything he could have to follow the rules . i told r nova that the whole of serbia is with him and that our bodies are doing everything to see that the harassment of the world's best tennis player is brought to an end. immediately. we've seen a number of reactions from the players themselves. many are at least sympathetic

with joker if it's a situation, while others are seriously outraged both at the unprecedented nature of such a decision. and what seems to them to be an encroachment of politics and a sport to my knowledge. this has never happened before to any player in the history of the australian open, that it happened to the defending champion. and whether you liked him or not. a person who stands by his convictions and divided by all the rules presented to him may be popular to a number of people brings no joy to the australian open or to the international reputation of australia as an open minded and welcoming nation. when next time somebody will tell you sports is not interfering with politics. you remember the 6 january, 2022, and surely political ego is not allowing best tennis player in the world to enter the country to which they governmental institutions, granted entree. so as you can see, these, this set of anti coven measures in australia has really rubbed a lot of people the wrong way in the sports world. but we're going to have to wait until this hearing on monday to see if joke of it's really is going to be deported

over this. well, let's go live now to ellis cash nor ellis is professor of sociology at aston university in birmingham, an author of the book making sense of sports. you're very welcome back to the program. does this bond make any sense? joke of it was granted a medical exemption by 2 independent medical panels in australia. after all, it makes sense. yes. is the short answer the question union, but whether it actually is a wise decision is a different thing. let me try sketches scenario here. what i think has happened, what i suspect television companies have the width henry in all pro sports today. and b, c, have a big broadcasting contract with the australian open tennis organizes. they have said look, we don't want another di, ballclub. but last year, where we had a very sterile kind of tournament with no crowds. and we also want to make sure

that we get the best place in the world. tedra is out the door at that stage was $5050.00 because he was also suffering from covered. so they said, look, we want the world's number one player, the marquis name of the game. we want to make sure he's definitely so overtures went out to jarvis to make sure that he would his hand then he is presumably then sought medical exemption read the rules. ready and realized or to his satisfaction at least that he satisfied the criteria for entry to the australian open. a couple of days ago he would refuse entry and we know not quite why the medical exemption may have been in some somehow flawed or it could have been some other kind of problem with this, these replication. but either way, it seems to me that got morrison the a prime minister, has painted himself into a bit of a corner now, because on the one hand,

if he allows joke of which entry into australia, then it's going to kick off in melbourne because this is the most locked down country in the was they have been hardly able to move to the past 2 years. yet they will then witness someone coming in from the outside and playing full price money, which could be as much as $2750000.00 us dollars. right. but the other lot his, his fault is it, you know, he, he's not a triangle mackenzie tree. you know, of course i'm doing audio really. i'm just flashing it i because i do see a lot of anger against novak joke of it, himself in australia, less and less for the australian state, although it's been called. busy draconian trying to get into the country trying to get out yet he's feeling the ire of a nation here that does not seem right to somebody who's on the verge of making history as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. but somehow,

the australians believe that he's cheated, the system, they don't accept that his medical exemption is valid, legitimate, straightforward. they have somehow got it into their heads that he has come up with something fraudulent and he is seeking a free pass into australia. and the problem then becomes if next week he is refused permission to enter australia. scott morrison, almost single handedly has created an anti vac smarter because anti faxes will claim that joke of ej has been persecuted unfairly. and thus they have a great symbol of anti backs campaign. i'm not saying that joke which himself is an anti vac, sir? no, he is said, i don't want the facts and that's all there is to it. he hasn't campaign for other people know.