a, a way to when to far less the frank in violation of old international obligations and common sense they chose to escalate this situation. russia is foreign minister pulls no punches during an annual press conference with only one topic dominating filled out of nato expansion . the russian foreign minister took your life off once again, outlining russia's red line with the cia has reportedly been training elite ukrainians, special operations teams on u. s. territory. all of this summit, mounting attentions with russia also tennis superstar know about dr. richards visa is revoked. once again by australia, meaning he could face a 3 year entry back. it all comes off that he admits to breaking so cove it isolation rules

with live and a 100 countries worldwide. it's auditing international. it's a pleasure to have you with us today. so the west went to fall those with a strong words of the russian foreign minister when talking about international security issues at his annual press conference. he also slammed the us and its allies for so called hypocrisy when it comes to the issue of human rights violations. a role. so the west, when to far less be frank in violation of old international obligations and common sense they chose to escalate this situation. well, you see the west condemns violent actions against civilians. they condemn human rights violations, but when bloody cause a carried out by those who swear their allegiance to the west, the west embraces them. this is what happened with the ukrainian qu. many people died there, including at the hands of provocateurs and this kid was approved by the united

states and the europeans just accepted that as fact. and no one is going to investigate the my down atrocities. here the russian foreign minister there covering a broad range of topics and going on for about 3 hours or more. danny armstrong, you were there at this annual press briefing day with the russian foreign minister . he covered a rock wide range of topics and you even got a chance to speak to him at one point. can you take us through some of the key points? this is i of course i was in that press conference by foreign minister said a laugh of a sound outside the russian ministry of foreign affairs here in central moscow. and the press conference came as an important time, of course, after the school, over the past week, between the russia and the u. s. and russia and nato have led to pretty much a debt. and of course, the topic on everybody's lives is the 10 situation around ukraine and of course, that nato expansion in the east that they let know. because the u. s. is pretty

much said that they will really give any guarantees to russia as regards the safety and security and nato expansion. in eastern europe. goes russia accusing nato, a trying to drag ukraine into under the auspices as sick i love, rob said there is a need effort dialogue. the question of course, is being posed by the west is, will that be a military response by russia? will that be a so full invasion into ukraine is a question that kicked off the press conference. and we can hear a lover of how to say about that. american nato seem to have made it very clear. they're not going to, it's a give you the security guarantee. if you don't get the guarantees you've said that you need, that there will be a military response. what does a military response actually mean? could you, could you lay that out? are you ready to use military force to ensure that ukraine never joined nature?

that's just mccarthy. now only western colleagues, gas using tea leaves. they mediately grab the sanctions baton as we are for everything being decided on the basis of mutual respect. and a balance of interest is the position of russia presented by nato is based precisely on the balance of interest and is aimed at the security of europe as a whole. including russia. anita wants to create military footholds around the russian federation to dominate urinary, so we're doing a lot rather also said about this perceived hypocrisy of nato, saying that they have thought to be the upholders of human rights. when a movie q happens in a place such as ukraine, the, the maiden revolution, as it was pulled, they call it simply a diplomatic process. instead of cool and russia is trying to, scott, these kara color revolutions have close to their borders. elaborate also did say

that even if ukraine is not dragged, has it were into nato, any appearance by nato on their borders. and if the us were to build any military bases in the see of as of, he would consider that a red line of course, of red line been one of the bus words of the person in this geo political situation . we can see and we can hear how he drew out. those red lines are right here. me. oh, good to go to shoot you pretty im them. we categorically do not accept the appearance of nato on our borders of blood. it's a red line. they know it, even if you crane remains outside nature, there's still a possibility of ukrainian agreements with the u. s. the u. k. in other western countries that a building military facilities and based on the see of as of there, this is also an acceptable to asterisk, this is another red line. how close

a 10 situations surrounding ukraine has been at the center of these press conference. a center of the talks have gone on in geneva, and brussels. this week, of course, is forms part of a bradshaw to those tensions between the russia and that the u. s. and the antony blink in the u. s. 70 estate. as said that all the blood, amir putin, the russian president, has done in the past couple of years, is basically facilitating everything he wished to prevent. i was lucky enough to ask her a question to set up a lover of about what he thinks about ab lincoln's words. and we can hear what he had to say he was through wasn't too impressed and very hurt. as a matter of fact, the way as well as some people in the west think certainly blinkin, as he said, lincoln was a man who is honest than a man of his word. and he thinks his possibly because of those deteriorating are

relations in the past week. that he said that, but let's have a listen to how here answer to that question. jessica, that she anthony blue u. s. secretary of state blink and argues that what present button has done over the past couple of years has only speeded up everything. that button would like to prevent so on which basis does blank and make such comments. do you think, swinging, present, pushing putin has been devoting all the last years to strengthen russian sovereignty, which is constantly under attack by the west. those are attacks on all fronts. direct military to terrance information attack, soft power mechanism, and others is a shame that someone thinks that russia is in the pocket of the west. much of what is being said, today's connected with escalating tensions around the russian federation. ah, you heard that sig? i love rob pulling absolutely no punches in his press conference. he has pretty much said that the ball is in the u. s. course as it were. as regards an outcome to

all of this has written to washington ed to has written out is demanded. those demands of security looks like nato isn't going to bend on those demands in the site. the u. s. are not going to give any guarantees. as regards those safety and security over the course, nato and, and ukraine, the russian position he outlined. these won't very one, very much one of the providing the best situation for russia and your lover of also went on to say that nato is needed to a washington to keep countries in the west on the is offices. so as you say, the press conference i finished a couple of hours ago now, but a sick, a lab robes would still ringing. true. nora correspond, danny armstrong, thank you. but would you believe that the cia is reported to have been training, ukrainian, special operations teams, all of this and bit of course, the ongoing tensions with russia. the program is believed to have been started 6 years ago just a short time ago here in the studio. artes donal quarter,

gave me all the details according to a recent yahoo news article, basically the cia is training ukrainians, special forces units on american soil. and this is to fight in case of an apparent russian invasion of ukraine. again, we said many times in this channel, moscow said many times this is basically just nonsense. but nevertheless, ukrainian troops are apparently getting some state of the art training from the u. s. government. the program has involve very specific training on skills that would enhance the ukrainians ability to push back against the russians. said the former senior intelligence official, us base ca program has included training and firearms camouflage techniques, land navigation tactics like cover and move intelligence and other areas. yahoo news of course was not specific about the actual names, but it says that 5 former intelligence and national security officials pass this information along to them. apparently these training programs involve camouflage exercises, lands, navigation, exercises and the like. but all the while washington,

the saying that these are not offensively oriented exercises, us officials claim that they're just centered around intelligence gathering us officials deny that the ca, training program is or was ever offensively oriented. but just what intelligence support entails in the paramilitary context can the ambiguous and how this training will be applied by the ukrainians may change rapidly with facts on the ground. now what is exactly intelligence gathering mean? i mean, well, in the context of power, military operations, we don't really know because we don't know what these ukrainian special forces are going to be doing with the training they received on american soil in the future. we at least know that the u. s. military advisors were training ukrainians, ukrainian forces, specifically after the events of euro. my don in 2014, but that was all. busy on ukrainian soil, we also, we for marcia executive said that going back decades, the ca has provided limited training to ukrainian intelligence units to try and

shore up you know, and i suppose an independent key and prevent russian subversion as i saw it. but that cooperation specifically was ramped up after the crimea became a part of russia. now we did reach out to the cia and the defense, the defense department of the united states for comments. so of course, we'll bring our viewers any response we get. australia has agreed to delay the deportation of tennis superstar novak brokovich. it comes off of the countries immigration minister revoked his visa for a 2nd time. today i exercised my power to cancel the visa held by mister novak joke of h on health and good order grounds on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so. i let learn more about this right now with ortiz and nicky air. and good afternoon to you, nikki. what's the latest on this joker's case? it does seem to go back and forth. doesn't that another bad day for no joke of his

family and his legions of fans around the world, off the australia announced it would be revoking his visa for the 2nd time. he now faces deportation in a possible 3 band and obtaining a new visa. now it all comes off the joke of it admitted on wednesday that he broke coded isolation rules after he tested positive for cove at 19 in december, accepting that he made an error of judgement as to the incorrect information on his trouble. formal that he said was down to a human error. my agents sincerely apologize for the administrative mistake and taking the incorrect box about my previous travel before coming to australia. this was a human error and certainly not deliberate. already was looking like the, the worth of the drama was behind him after a judge over turns the consolation of his visa earlier. so, but there was always that chance that you know, he could be cancelled again. but so now this has happened is a major disappointment. but also a decision that some hotline is, will most likely be celebrating

the well, let's talk about the reaction now we'll have some sympathy from other professional players who have spoken out on twitter. you know, saying this is not fair for a joke of which others are outraged both the unprecedented nature of australia decision and also the apparent encroachment of politics into support here for the reaction from the funds while you saw it, that will have to wait and see what happens now, but i'm pretty sure we can expect more angry scenes like that one. so it was next for a joke of it. well, he could appeal, but time is running out of causes 3 days before the australia open will begin on monday. and this particular was such a pinnacle year for john that his career also,

you know, we have won this tournament that would have been 10 consecutive wins out. the australia open making him the greatest player of all time. so i needed to say there's a lot at stake, you know, i don't is nicky aaron. thank you. well, just a few clicks away online right now you can learn more about what's going on with dr . rich from his dad. but his dad actually reached out to us here at all the international thing, the attempt to counsel his tons visa was politically motivated. you can learn more about that story right now. just a few clicks away r t dot com with teachers in france or hoping the government learns a lesson over constantly changing coven rules. they've been staging protests since the beginning of the new term causing while some pretty major destruction in schools. with more on the details on this is our correspondent, charlotte described as the biggest protesting almost 20 years france. so hundreds of schools up and down the country closed off the teachers and upper

education stuff took to the streets in alga. ah ah, tens of thousands of for testers said that they were fed up and called for times up on a government that they feelies out of touch with the reality on the ground. the strike was motivated by the major disruption in school since they reopened at the start of the year. around 10000 classes have been closed due to cobit infections. long queues outside pharmacies have played into this anger with parents and children needing tests to keep up with requirements. for pupils when a classmate has tested positive children as young as 6 are now required to wear

mosque in lessons. there is anger over the constant changing a rule surrounding schools when you get there have been for protocols since december 30, which means that the government does not know where it is going. it is sailing on side. it's only objective was for the school to reopen. so that parents will be able to go to work that the government was unprepared and disorganized, with a disregard for the health risks for the teachers who were not even given f, f, p to masks while they are on the frontline union. se schools have been left acting as a form of test and trace manages, and that the government has followed an approach that provides inadequate protection against infection for staff and students alike. and as those criticisms intensify, new measures just been announced by the french education minister in a bids to ease the tensions once his son, communion will most kind 1000000 f, f. p. 2 mosques will be distributed in schools to meet demand. he also outlined

plans to hire more people to replace those teachers who cannot go into work, but the jury is out. not so though, on another file, face mosques being worn on the streets of paris, a mandate from the authorities as positive cases of coverage surge after the festive period. but an administrative tribunal suspended that order. and it's not the only court to take a stance on wednesday. a courtney of sie deemed that mandate excessive, disproportionate and inappropriate fringe amount of personal freedom. all of this is likely to cause a headache for the mack on administration as it struggles to control new waves of the pandemic each day, bringing new condemnation of its management with just weeks now before the 2022 presidential elections. charlotte dba and ski,

r t amsterdam. well, that's good to have you with us for this friday program on our t. so to prince andrew, now the queen, 2nd son, he's been stripped of his military titles. all of this amid a high profile sex abuse case. he will also no longer be known as his royal highness in any official capacity. and it comes after a u. s. judge refused to dismiss a civil lawsuit from a woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. a buckingham palace in the meantime released the following statement. with the queen's approval agreement, the duke felix military, philly. ations on royal patronage is i've been returned. the queen, the chief vehicle continued not to undertake any public duties on his defending this case as a private citizen. the case in question was given the go ahead on wednesday, it was filed by virginia ju fray, who accuses the prince of sexually assaulting her back when she was a minor. she says she was trafficked by convicted peter file, jeffrey epstein, and forced to have sex with the prince of epstein property. the prince has

categorically rejected all of these allegations. while they 1st surfaced around 2 years ago, it was back in 2019. the prince gave a lengthy interview to the b, b. c. in which he said he didn't even recall meeting his accuser. however, after that interview, he, while he stepped down from all public duties. but till now, he had still been linked to 8 british regiments, including holding a military rank to the iconic brenadere gods. earlier, more than 150 british army veterans wrote a letter to her majesty, asking the queen to deprive her son of all his ranks and titles with the military. ultimately saying that he had failed to meet its highest standards. former, her offices minister norman baker says the queen has made the right move. i think that we're going to have a summer, or a year old in pharmacy revelations, it under require to provide evidence to the american coach wants to bring him as possible. so that's, that of course required, right,

to say the legally people are jo proven guilty in this country. i didn't even america. and therefore, you could argue that could happen until the cold case is you also in your home, the 500 veterans, and many other myself in proper, really unjustly, distasteful, to carry on. with that, he started building room need all the remoting lot, they are within to get to the queen, and was dollars are being fine or anything like that to operate in britain, he simply having what was given to him by the queen taken away dar still to come here, what altino national, taking a job, a job biden's vaccine mandate plans. the u. s. supreme court law, the move claiming the president doesn't have the authority that story about one. but in the

we embrace the you in the story did the united states talking about team and rights talking about fresh freedom. if you're going to taught the tool, you got a lot. in other words, you've got to be consistent. you cancelled on the one hand we believe in press freedom, but on the other hand, we're going to respond. julia massage. i don't think that your proper city of the united states in this case is really like someone to be really mad about the case you're putting here in australia, what they just don't understand them. right. what this is tried incentives and these religion from down to the ah, it really is happening here now on day, also on the door and then to be known globally as the home of big coin city. and we're witnessing the demise of gold as a monetary di,

monetization takes place. ah . so i just heading into the 2nd look at the program here on this friday afternoon live from moscow. it is odd t, thanks for joining us so far to the cove. it mandates. now that apparently exceed the biden administration's authority. that is the ruling of the u. s. supreme court, which is now blocked the president's corporate vaccine mandate for large businesses . it would have required staff at companies with more than $100.00 employees to get vaccinated or undergo regular testing. although congress has indisputably given oh, should the power to regulate occupational dangers? it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly requiring the vaccination of 84000000 americans selected simply because they work

for employers with more than 100 employees certainly falls in the latter category. it is instead of significant encroachment into the lives and health of a vast number of employees. furthermore, we have a situation where the health care mandate for health care workers has been upheld. now this was brought to the supreme court by a coalition of republicans and business owners and others who felt this was government overreach, that this was the biden administration and the white house kind of stepping out of downs. now we have a statement from the white house at this point, joe biden says he's disappointed and as result of his ruling, it is now up to individual employers as well as state and local governments to make these kinds of decision. but then we heard from white house spokesperson gen saki, and she said that despite this ruling, the biden administration is still going to put pressure on businesses in order to make sure their employees are vaccinated. supreme court's decision on the osha mandate essentially means that independence pandemic is up to individual employers

to determine whether their workplaces will be safe for employees, and whether their businesses will be safe for consumers as the president biden. i will be calling on and will continue to con. businesses to immediately join is those who have already stepped up. now at this point, despite the fact that this ruling has been overturned, we do have the white house and many of its allies adamant, so that there should be a mandate that they may have lost at the supreme court. but that hasn't changed their desire to push a mandate throughout u. s. society, but yet, this is another blow for, for the biden administration, at this point, they are coded response has been unpopular. these mandates have been very unpopular . ah, this is a victory for the opponents of the white house or who have opposed his mandate and now have a supreme court ruling that is in their favor. spoke with peter earl from the american institute for economic research. he believes the court decision is a tough pill of abiding this one or older showing very clearly that the by the

ministration is railing in virtually every category which has been up. this has been a particularly talk weeks about his policies are having any effect on the spread of the con variance which no was you could resolve. but with this on top of the december c, p i number yesterday it's difficult to see is reading left or the other hand, the lower the ratings go, the lower they can go. but i expected the like. we spin the, by the ministration book on this is that, you know, we tried to save you. i was supreme court stopped us, which is absurd. but then again, this is the realm of politics. biden is also been challenged on another front with american supermarket struggling to fill the shelves of the president insists progress is being made and what he says, he says is raining in the countries 40 year high inflation rate also blaming last year, 7 percent surgeon food and gas prices on global factors. however, his rivals point the finger squarely at his administration's policies under joe

biden. everything costs more, store shelves are empty, and small businesses are struggling to hire workers and stay open. this trend isn't transitory, and it's all happening under democrats. one party control. well, this con, told shop was, are also planning the president, posting images of empty supermarket isles, under the hash tag, bear shells biden. with by recently claiming supply chain companies helping sold our colleagues at odds, america decided to go and have a look for themselves. and the area that we're finding here are the pros. a shelves are empty of beef, chicken, eggs, fruit and vegetables even non perishable items, difficult to find and some grocery stores now in a normal year, 5 to 10 percent of food items may be unavailable. today, nearly 15 percent are out of stock. that according to jeff freeman,

president and ceo of the consumer brands association and officials say things may not get better for the next 12 to 18 months. now there are many reasons for this, including an increased demand for groceries with families choosing to eat at home during the omicron serge. as we saw here in dc metro area last week, winter storms have effected major interstate. and a shortage of as many as $80000.00 truck drivers are out nationwide. that's a historic high, according to the american trucking association. and because of this expert say to expect price hikes and food shortage is similar to what we saw in 2020. now here's what you're seeing. as a result on tuesday, walmart, kroger, and albert's in stocks div albertson's taking the biggest, indicating a trend among major grocers being affected by those supply chain issues. also, these trips to the grocery store are costing shoppers even more with inflation rates soaring to 7 percent for the 1st time and for decades. now, with the united states seeing more than 700000 cases of coven 19 per day on average

during the so micron serge, it's slowing down food manufacturers and causing grocery store workers to call out sick. and we heard reports from companies talking about, it had more positive tests in the past 2, when they had in all of 2020. those positive tests are taking people off the front lines. it's forcing companies to shut down manufacturing lines preemptively. and it's leading to just simply not enough supply. experts say that things may not return to normal until staffing levels are restored. this pandemic, let's up in the global food distribution network is restored. so with o micron in america, a few people in al donating blood, this seems to be a sense of reluctance. and there's been such a decline that the countries red cross is to claim its post f a blood crisis. it says now only what one day's supply left. we spoke to one of the specialists in washington. red cross supplies,

40 percent of the nation's delay. and we typically strive to keep a 5 day blood supply on hand at all times what we've been experiencing as it relates to this current blue crisis is that we've had less than a one day supply of critical blip products in recent weeks. so that's what distinguishes this particular blood shortage in terms of capacity. blood cannot be, may factored or stuck out every 2 seconds. some wine in the with needs blurred. m, as doctors are being forced to make difficult decisions about who receives transfusions and who will need to wait until more products become available. so coven is definitely a factor in terms of the blood supply. and as we're seeing a 3rd in co bit 19 variants on bed impacts the ability for donors to be able to give as you have to be feeling well and,

and of course not symptomatic. this situation will continue to become more dire and ongoing. and it will impact patient care tremendously that you can read more about that where the debate is heating up the op ed section of r t dot commerce, where we like to uphold our mantra up question more. thanks for joining us. we are banks ah ah ah well july, an annual festival in st. petersburg, dedicated to dostoevsky. ah, the great writer, a thinker and psychologist.